haskin / java-mod-1-assessment

Module 1 Project Guidelines

Overview

Console application with user input loop of user-defined length (e.g. "how many books would you like to buy?") that can replay the user's input to the user on demand or when the user input loop is done

Project Brief

Create a simple game that asks the user to guess a number between 0 and 10 and tells the user whether they "won"

Requirements

• The system must ask the user for an integer between 0 and 10.
• The system must generate a random number between 0 and 10.
• If the user's number is greater than the system's generated number, then the user wins.
• Otherwise, the system wins.
• The system must inform the user who won.
• The system must display an error message if the user's input is not in the desired range.
• The system must display an error message if the user's input is not a number.
• Let the user choose game "level" - tell the user what each level means:
  • Easy: guess a number - program will tell you if it was higher or equal (you win) or lower (computer wins) than the program's number.
  • Medium: guess a number - program will tell you if it was strictly higher (you win) or lower or equal (computer wins) than the program's number.
  • Hard: guess a number - program will tell you if it was equal (you win) or not (you lose) to the program's number.
  • Store each game level “explanation message” in an array and use the level indicated by the user to index into the array.

Stretch goals

• Let the user choose the lower and upper bound (positive numbers) for the game (i.e. make 0 and 10 user-definable)
• Include negative numbers
• Display an ascii graphic art to let the user know the result of the game

Getting Started

• Create a class that will contain all the logic for your game
• You need to be able to run this class, so make sure it has a public static void main()method
• Separate the different aspects of your game into their own methods

Sample Code

• Start by creating a runnable class:

public class StudentGame {
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        System.out.println("Running...");
    }
}

• Create a method for each separate piece of logic for your game, e.g. your game must generate a random number, so it will need a generateRandomNumber() method:

public int generateRandomNumber() {
}

Reminders

• Use existing built-in Java functions where possible.
• The Scanner class has useful functionality for getting input from the user.
• The Random class has useful functionality for generating random numbers.