I was always fond of Flappy Bird when it was initially released. I thought it would be really exciting to learn to code while also creating something I am very familiar with. Lots of great resources online to help support this project. Developing this was interesting as every resource I came across had similar ideas but went about it in different ways. I found the spacebar pressing interesting and it simulated the traditional phone tapping to keep the character afloat. There were some struggles and I had to research a few pieces of deprecated code.
I just went back and re-did the labels to show a bit better and accurately display the Final Score. Considering moving it down below. But I like where it is for now and its better aligned after my most recent changes. Everything is working as expected now and I am a bit happier. While testing it I did find a bug that allowed my character to float above the screen and I can keep pressing the space bar with no pipes in the way but accrue points. Eventually when I drop, if I do not hit a pipe I can keep playing with the score from above. I will have to take a look at that next time.
NOTE - This project was written many years ago. Hopefully soon I will pick it back up or make some changes. Do not be surprised if there is depricated code.
- C# - I don't often use C# but this was a great exercise at the time that provided some fun exposure to it.
- Documentation/markdown - I will also work on my markdown, formatting and presentation of my ideas in this repo.
- Working with a GUI - Often I am scripting for a CI/CD tool and it utilizes bash, so leveraging a GUI was exciting to me.
- To run this game, download the repo using the following command
example command - cd into the source code directory
- Next step
- Block character from floating above the screen borders
- Add a Restart button
If there are any concepts, projects or ideas that you may have, I am always taking suggestions. Please feel free to submit an Issue here: Suggestion Template. While there are no guarantees, new ideas and suggestions are always helpful and appreciated!
If you would like to help contribute to this repository or see a fix that you would like to implement, please see CONTRIBUTING. Teamwork makes the dreamwork and I am always open to any co-pairing ideas, sessions or reviewing pull requests.
- - Calculating and Keeping Score
- - Start Menu