Coin and Number Treasure Hunt for kids

Inspiration

I have seen first hand how I used to get bored when I was in kindergarten. All we had was useless youtube videos and nothing else to do. Our parents, didnt want us to watch videos all day long and there were no useful applications which can easily help you learn both motor skills and counting at the same time.

What it does

The game in its first screen loads a map with randomly placed coins and the user of the game is expected to collect these coins as the count of the game keeps going up and the screen displays the current count of coins you have collected. The game ends with displaying the total coins collected and applauding the user for the achievement

How we built it

I have used an Object oriented approach to making this game in java. I haved JPanel for drawing, used BufferedImage and Graphics2D for displaying images and a bit map numbers to hold a map data of the paths. I am generating Coins dynamically on the map and using KeyListener to detect keys.

Challenges we ran into

I ran into various challenges, like figuring out collision detection, displaying the current score, keeping track of coins collected and finally I also wanted to add more maps for a continuous engaging game. The last part is still not done and i am still working on it.

Accomplishments that we're proud of

Loading a map from a text file of numbers makes it easy to add new maps without doing a lot of work.

What we learned

How to make an engaging , 2D game in Java while learning programming

What's next for Coin and Number Treasure Hunt for kids

I want to enhance it to show numbers on the coin and display a target number for the kid, and based on the target number, I want the kid to navigate and find the coin with the target number.

Built With

• java