MiniGame Menu Screen - UQcsse3200/2024-studio-2 GitHub Wiki

Overview

The MiniGameMenuScreen class provides players with a menu to select among various mini-games, including Snake, BirdieDash and Under-water maze mini games. Players can choose to play any mini-games or navigate back to the main menu for the main game. This screen utilises LibGDX's Scene2D module for managing UI elements and handling user input.

Mini-Game Menu Screen

More information about specific mini-games are below.

Snake Mini-Game

BirdieDash Mini-Game

UnderWater Maze Mini-Game

Class Definition

public class MiniGameMenuScreen implements Screen {
    private Stage stage;
    private BitmapFont font;
    private final GdxGame game;
    private Skin skin;
    private SpriteBatch batch;
    private Texture snakeTexture;
    private Texture skyTexture;
    private Texture waterTexture;
    private Texture backgroundTexture;
}

Imports

import com.badlogic.gdx.Gdx;
import com.badlogic.gdx.Input;
import com.badlogic.gdx.Screen;
import com.badlogic.gdx.graphics.Color;
import com.badlogic.gdx.graphics.GL20;
import com.badlogic.gdx.graphics.Texture;
import com.badlogic.gdx.graphics.g2d.BitmapFont;
import com.badlogic.gdx.graphics.g2d.SpriteBatch;
import com.badlogic.gdx.scenes.scene2d.Stage;
import com.badlogic.gdx.scenes.scene2d.InputEvent;
import com.badlogic.gdx.scenes.scene2d.ui.Image;
import com.badlogic.gdx.scenes.scene2d.ui.TextButton;
import com.badlogic.gdx.scenes.scene2d.ui.Table;
import com.badlogic.gdx.scenes.scene2d.ui.Skin;
import com.badlogic.gdx.scenes.scene2d.utils.ClickListener;
import com.badlogic.gdx.utils.viewport.ScreenViewport;
import com.csse3200.game.GdxGame;

Methods

show()

  • Called when the screen is shown for the first time

  • Setup:

    • Initialises Stage, SpriteBatch, BitmapFont, and Skin.
    • Loads textures for the background and mini-game icons.

  • UI Elements:

    • Creates TextButton for exiting the menu and selecting mini-games.
    • Creates Image for mini-game icons (Snake, Flappy Bird, Underwater Maze).

  • Layout:

    • Arranges UI elements using Table.
    • Adds images and buttons to the table and positions it on the screen.

  • Listeners:

    • Adds click listeners to buttons and images to handle user input, such as changing the screen or updating UI colors.

  • Background Rendering:

    • Clears the screen with a specified colour.
    • Draws the background texture using SpriteBatch.

  • UI Updates:

    • Updates and renders the stage to reflect any changes.

  • Input Handling:

    • Checks for the Escape key to return to the main menu.

resize(int width, int height)

  • parameters: width and height of the new screen
  • Called when the screen is resized

pause()

  • Called when the game is paused

resume()

Called when the game is resumed after a pause

hide()

  • Called when the screen is hidden

dispose()

  • Called to dispose of resources to prevent memory leaks