Dodge

A Windows 8.1 game applicaiton, with Linq to Xml and Windows Isolated Storage.

Features/Technologies/Tools:

• Windows 8.1 Universal App
• AppBar/CommandBar
• Windows Isolated Storage
• Linq to Xml

Structure

The App consists of one project (my first project, remember? ;-))

Main Objects

• MainPage
  • Hosts the app's splash image, command bar (opens by right click), and Load/Save/Settings Canvas objects.
  • Contains 2 grids: One for the game's board and one for indicators (timer and life counter).
  • Contains the "Game" object
• Game
  • Controls the game's timer and level.
  • Contains the game's Board and serves as a middleware between MainPage and Board object.
• Board
  • Hosts the game's entities (Player, Enemies and Obstacles) and controls their movement.
  • Events: NewEntityCreated, EntityIsHit, EntityIsDead
• Entity
  • Abstract class that serves as a parent class for Player, Enemy and Obstacle classes.
  • Events: PositionChanged, ImageOpened
  • Properties as shown in the diagram below.
• Player
  • Inherits from class Entity
  • Has a "step size" property, initialized in constructor.
  • Has a Move method, allowing to change its position one step at a time, at a given direction.
• Enemy

  • Inherits from class Entity

  • Has a "step size" property, initialized in constructor.

  • Has a private Move method, called by a timer, whos interval determined according to game's level.

  • Has the following randomly set properties, that controls the way it moves:

    Move Pattern

    Pattern	Description
    Following Player	Moves towards player
    Straight	Moves back and forth in straight lines
    Diagonal	Moves in diagonal lines; Changes direction in 90 degrees when hitting something
    Circular	Moves in circles. Changes direction (clockwise/counterclockwise) when hitting something. Circle's Radius is set to maximum possible on initial positioning

    Move Pace

    Pace	Description
    Constant	Moves one step every timer tick. Default for following-player enemies
    Quantum	Stays in place for a predetermined number of timer ticks and then moves a predetermined number of steps
    Accelerated	Starts moving in a regular interval, then accelerates to a predetermined value, then returns to a regular interval and starts again
    Decelerated	Starts moving in a regular interval, then decelerates to a predetermined value, then returns to a regular interval and starts again

Instructions

• The player first appears in the middle of the screen and is marked with a bottom yellow "shadow".
• The target is to avoid enemies until there's only one left, and to achieve that at a minimum time.
• Move the player with the keyboard's arrows.
• A collision between a player and an enemy decrements both their lifes by 1.
• A collision between two enemies decrements the life of the causer by 1.
• Player lifes: 10
• Enemy lifes: 3

Menu Operations

Use mouse right click to show/hide menu bar

• Settings

  • Level
    • Beginner (default)
    • Intermediate
    • Expert

  The game's level controls the speed in which enemies move.

  

• Save/Load Game

  • Use Save/Load buttons at top command bar
  • Files are saved as XML and are stored in: %LOCALAPPDATA%\Packages\{GUID}\LocalState