Crawler

Inspiration

I've never created a game in Java before, so I decided to take on the challenge of creating a simple Pac-Man-styled game.

What it does

The game functions similarly to Pac-Man, with the twist that you are an anthropomorphic mushroom being hunted by a centipede-like being. In the current version, I wasn't able to create a sprite for the centipede, so we're left with an angry, grey square.

How we built it

I followed a 2d Java platformer tutorial while editing it as I went to match with a more Pac-Man-oriented game.

Challenges we ran into

The entire game was a struggle as I ran into small errors from simple details that I had missed, which brought the entire game down.

Accomplishments that we're proud of

I'm really proud to have gotten as far as I did considering that this is the first time I have ever created a game in Java or even created a game for any hackathon.

What we learned

I learned a lot about setting up a game loop, creating animations, and accepting user input from the keyboard.

What's next for Crawler

I'm not sure if I'll continue working on this project considering that its code is considerably jumbled in my opinion. If I were to do a deep cleanup, then I believe that I'd continue to work on the game.

Built With

• java