Asteroids (Part 3)

Adding bullets and finishing the game

To finish our Asteroids game, we need to write a new class that represents Bullets. We will store the Bullets in an ArrayList much like we did with the Asteroids. Once we can shoot the bullets and destroy Asteroids, we will have a working game. Your Asteroids game doesn't have to look like any other. Feel free to modify it in any way you wish.

Suggested steps to completing this assignment

1. Create a new Bullet.pde file in your AsteroidsGame folder. One way to do this is in Sublime is to choose New | New File and then choose File | Save as and name your file Bullet.pde.
2. On line 14 of index.html add Bullet.pde to the list of files in the data-processing-sources and choose File | Save.
3. Write a Bullet class that extends Floater in Bullet.pde.
4. Write a constructor that takes one ship argument: Bullet(Spaceship theShip) This constructor will
   • Use the public "getter" (accessor) functions of the Spaceship class to intialize myCenterX, myCenterY, myXspeed, myYspeed and myPointDirection of the bullet to be the same as the ship.
   • accelerate() by 6.0 or so (think of this as a push to get the bullet moving)
5. Override the show() method of the Floater class so that you can use circular bullets
6. Now, add just one bullet to your program. First, just draw it to the screen. Make sure you can see it before continuing to the next step.
7. Now, move the bullet.
8. Now create an ArrayList of Bullets. The list should be empty to start with. Everytime you press the key to "shoot", add a new Bullet to the ArrayList. Modify the program with loops that draw and move all the bullets in the ArrayList
9. Check slides 49-51 of the Asteroids Parts 2 and 3 presentation for some sample code that illustrates steps 1 - 8
10. One way to check for collisions between the bullets and the Asteroids is to write a loop within a loop.

• a loop that goes through all the bullets to see if there is a collision between that bullet and the asteroid
• if there is a collision remove both the asteroid and the bullet from their ArrayLists then use break; to stop the loop to prevent any index out of bounds execptions.

11. Submit the same URL for your AsteroidsGame that you submitted for the three previous assignments to google classroom.

Extensions

If you have extra time, you might add some extra features to your Asteroids game. Have fun and be creative!

• Randomly shaped Asteroids
• Different types of weapons besides bullets
• Have two Asteroids classes, one large and one small. When a large Asteroid is removed from the ArrayList add two small ones with the same x and y
• Add a second spaceship (UFO) that appears after a while and shoots at the players spaceship
• Keep track of the score and/or the health of the ship
• Save the score or health to save the player's progress
• Andrew Ong put a video up of his Asteroids Game from several years ago which has a number of amazing features.