Enchanted Woods

Video: https://vimeo.com/471794121

General Info

Enchanted Woods is an interactive maze game.
It is the course project of Programming of Interactive System in University Paris Saclay.

Technologies

java version 11.0.8
javafx-sdk-11.0.2

Setup

To run this project, you should first setup Javafx:
How to get JavaFX and Java 11 working in IntelliJ IDEA:
https://www.jetbrains.com/help/idea/javafx.html

About the game

Brief introduction of the gaming process

• Launch the game
• Customize the appearance of the gaming character
• Select gaming difficulty level
• Start the game

Goal

Get out of the maze within a limited time

Operation

• Move around the character with arrow keys
• Avoid the contact with ghosts
• Get the key
• Click to burst the bubble and pick up tool:
• Timer: gain extra time for the game
• Magic stick: draw a path and the character will follow it to move automatically
• Drag and drop the axe to chop off the corresponding trees

Implemented functionalities

Before starting the game

• Route between different pages according to instruction
• Drag and drop to customize the appearance of the character
• Select the level of difficulty
• Watch the tutorial before start to play the game

Watching the tutorial

Starting the game

• Navigate the character around with arrow keys
• Remaining time: the character need to get out of the maze before time runs out, otherwise the game will restart
• 2 auto moving ghosts:
  
  • The ghosts are moving randomly every 0.5s
  • The game will detect the collision with the character and the ghosts every 0.5s
  • The character will get killed if he contact with the ghost, and the game will restart

Game Operation

Bubble

• Click the bubble for 5 times
  • Bubble will burst and randomly reveal one of the following tool
  • Timer: collect the timer by dragging, and you will gain
  • Magic stick: click the magic stick by dragging, the magic stick on toolbar will be enabled and number will change accordingly
• After the bubble is exploded and tools get collected, this cell will allow the character to pass

Magic Stick

• Click the magic stick when it’s not disabled (number>1 && no opacity)
  • Cursor turns to magic stick
  • Press Shift + D while hovering the mouse to draw the path
  • The magic stick can only last for 8s, and it’ll be disabled and cursor returns to default
  • The character will start to navigate automatically following the drawn path

Axe

• Click the magic stick when it’s not disabled (number>1 && no opacity)
  • Cursor turns to magic stick
  • Press Shift + D while hovering the mouse to draw the path
  • The magic stick can only last for 8s, and it’ll be disabled and cursor returns to default
  • The character will start to navigate automatically following the drawn path

Gaming Status

• A pop-up window will show up either the character win the game or lose it
• A pop-up window will show up if the cat at the exit without key.