Project #6: Lion's Den
Escape the Lion's Den with the power of recursion and OOP

DESCRIPTION

Requirements

  • Write a program that allows the user to escape a den of Lions

  • This project must read a map from a file into a 2D Array and be written in an object oriented style.

STEP BY STEP

Part A - Tour The Code

    • Take some time to read over everything that's in the project

    • Make sure you understand what each part of the program is trying to do

Part B - Accessor Methods

  • Look for accessor methods with "fix me." You'll find these in: Player, Lion, and Den

  • Carefully implement these methods. Think about edge cases and efficiency.

    • For example, consider boolean canMoveToCell(int row, int col)

      • Can I move to a position that is out of the bounds of the array?

      • Can I move into a wall?

      • Does the order of these two checks matter?

      • Can I use another accessor method I just wrote to avoid code duplication?

Part C - Den - Display

  • Implement this method and make sure everything is displaying properly

Part D - Moving the Player

  • Complete the player's move method

    • Make sure you call it in Den's update() method

    • The valid input options are n s e and w. Do not change the control scheme.

  • Suggested process:

    • Basic version moves without thinking about obstacles. Test it.

    • Then worry about walls. Moving into a wall should just do nothing.

    • Then handle special cases:

      1. If the player moved onto an exit, the player wins the game

      2. If the player moved into a lion, the player loses the game

    • Test this! Make sure your conditions are all handled correctly before moving on.

Part E - Moving the Lions

  • Now you can implement the lion's move method.

    • Lion's cannot move into walls

    • Lions cannot move into each other

    • If a lion enters the player's space, the player loses the game.


Part F - Testing

  • This is a complex program with a lot of moving parts

  • Try and break it before submitting it.




EXTRA CREDIT IDEAS (+10%)

Additional Danger

  • Consider adding an additional enemy type that has a different behavior from lions.

  • Make sure you reduce the number of Lions accordingly. Your game shouldn't be too hard to beat.

  • It must represent additional complexity in your coding and not just be a copy/paste or simpler version of the same class.

    • Good Examples:

      1. Jaguar moves toward the player, rather than moving randomly

      2. Giant Frog moves two spaces at a time, leaping over obstacles

      3. Boar only moves every other turn. When it moves, it moves an entire row or column - stopping at a wall.

    • Bad Examples:

      1. Ghost Lion is a normal lion but can go through walls (this is just the lion but with bugs)

      2. Cheetah is a normal lion but it moves twice per round (this is a single line of code)