Snake Game

A classic and dynamic Snake Game implementation in Java featuring data persistence and progressive difficulty.

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About the Project

Snake Game is a highly interactive desktop game developed strictly in Java. It features persistent high scores and settings, dynamic levels of difficulty, and a custom UI. The project focuses on object-oriented programming, local file management, and graphical user interfaces using Java Swing.

Gameplay Demo

Gameplay.mp4

Developed by: Camilo Andres Arias Tenjo

Key Features

• Dynamic Difficulty: Three tailored levels (Easy, Medium, Hard) that directly modify the snake's initial length, movement speed, and spawn rates for both food and obstacles.
• Progressive Speed: As the snake eats, its speed gradually increases frame-by-frame until reaching a maximum cap limit of 0.05s.
• Custom Score Strategy: Every time the snake eats a mouse (food), the score increases by exactly one unit, regardless of the active difficulty tier.
• Data Persistence: Locally saves the game configuration (Files/Config.txt) and historical score data (Files/Data.JSON).
• Information & History Dashboard: Easily accessible history and general information panels via intuitive buttons located at the top right of the main menu.

Architecture & Technologies

• Core Language: Java
• UI Framework: Java Swing / AWT
• Data Serialization: JSON (Using Google Gson - gson-2.8.2.jar)
• Build Tool / Environment: Eclipse Java Builder / Standard JDK

Requirements & Installation Guide

Make sure you have the following prerequisites installed on your system before proceeding:

• Java Development Kit (JDK): Version 1.8 (Java 8) is required and specifically configured for this project.

Follow these steps to run the project on your local machine:

1. Clone or Download the repository to your workspace directory.
2. Setup the Library: Ensure that the Libraries/gson-2.8.2.jar file is properly added to your Java Build Path / Classpath so JSON persistence can work.
3. Compile the source code: Use your preferred IDE (Eclipse, VS Code, IntelliJ) to build the sources in the src/ directory.
4. Run the Game: Execute the main class located inside the presenter application package: co.edu.uptc.presenter.Presenter

Difficulty Levels Specifications

Easy Level

• Initial Length: 5 blocks
• Base Movement: 1 block per 0.8s
• Spawn Times: Food every 20s | Obstacles every 8s
• Speed Progression: Increases by 0.02s per food consumed (Max limit: 0.05s)

Medium Level

• Initial Length: 4 blocks
• Base Movement: 1 block per 0.5s
• Spawn Times: Food every 10s | Obstacles every 6s
• Speed Progression: Increases by 0.025s per food consumed (Max limit: 0.05s)

Hard Level

• Initial Length: 3 blocks
• Base Movement: 1 block per 0.2s
• Spawn Times: Food every 4s | Obstacles every 2s
• Speed Progression: Increases by 0.03s per food consumed (Max limit: 0.05s)

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A classic game brought to life with Java and object-oriented design.