This project is an implementation of the classic Arkanoid game with slight alternations, developed as a project for the OOP course in Bar-Ilan university. The game features a GUI, multiple levels, score tracking, sound effects and file management while adhering to OOP principles and design patterns.
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• Description
• Main Features
• Technologies Used
• Installation and Running:
  • macOS and linux
  • Windows
• Future Plans
• Credits

1. GUI: Built using Java and the biuoop-1.4.jar given by the course's lecturer and TAs.
2. File Management: High-scores are saved locally using JSON files.
3. Sound Effects: Both original Arkanoid and custom-made sound effects were incorporated into the game using java built in tools.
4. Levels and difficulties: The game consists of several levels, with progressively increasing difficulty.
5. Design Patterns:
   • Singleton: Managing global game settings and resources. (e.g. screen dimensions and game resources)
   • Observer: Used in event listening between game components. especially used for hit detection between the ball and the blocks as well as score updates.
   • Command: For executing actions related to menu selections.

• Java: Core programming language, used version 17.
• biuoop library: Provided by Bar-Ilan's course staff for handling GUI components and sensors.
• GSON: For reading and writing JSON files used in the high score management code.
• Javax Sound API: Used for handling the game's sound effects.

Installing and running the game will depend on your operating system. Using the built-in terminal of macOS/ linux and built in cmd of windows you can follow these steps to easily run the game.

git clone https://github.com/YuvalAnteby/Arkanoid.git

cd Arkanoid

javac -cp biuoop-1.4.jar:*.java

java -cp biuoop.jar:ArkanoidGame

git clone https://github.com/YuvalAnteby/Arkanoid.git

cd Arkanoid

for /R src %f in (*.java) do javac -cp "lib/*" -d out "%f"

java -cp "out;lib/*" Main

This project is complete, and there are currently no plans to expand its features. Further contributions or suggestions for improvements are welcome.

• Impact Sounds: The impact sounds used in this project were sourced from "The Essential Retro Video Game Sound Effects Collection [512 sounds]" by Juhani Junkala.
  All rights for these sounds remain with the original creator.
  You can find the collection here
• biuoop-1.4.jar: The GUI library used in this project was provided by the Object-Oriented Programming (OOP) course staff at Bar-Ilan University.