Final Project Update

So far for my final project, I worked on the software for the game. I made 3 distinct classes: one for the raindrops, one for a timer and one for the ‘catcher’. I also added a timer onto the screen; however, it is currently counting up and needs to do the opposite. I also worked out how to print out the values for each time a raindrop intersects with the ‘catcher’ which I can further use to build the levels of my game. I also found the images I would like to use in an array to portray the growing flower and need to code this next as opposed to the ‘catcher’.

Catcher catcher;    // One catcher object
Timer timer;        // One timer object
Drop[] drops;       // An array of drop objects
int totalDrops = 0;
int numCaught = 0; // Starting a count for the number of caught raindrops

PImage background;

void setup() {
  size(480, 270);
  background = loadImage("background.jpg"); // Putting in a background
  catcher = new Catcher(32); // Create the catcher with a radius of 32
  drops = new Drop[1000];    // Create 1000 spots in the array
  timer = new Timer(300);    // Create a timer that goes off every 300 milliseconds
  timer.start();             // Starting the timer
}

void draw() {
  background(255);
  // Set catcher location
  catcher.setLocation(mouseX, height); 
  // Display the catcher
  catcher.display(); 

  // Check the timer
  if (timer.isFinished()) {
    // Deal with raindrops
    // Initialize one drop
    drops[totalDrops] = new Drop();
    // Increment totalDrops
    totalDrops ++ ;
    // If we hit the end of the array
    if (totalDrops >= drops.length) {
      totalDrops = 0; // Start over
    }
    timer.start();
  }
  
{
  text(timer.getTime(), 420, 50);
  fill(30);
  textSize(30);

  // Move and display all drops
  for (int i = 0; i < totalDrops; i++ ) {
    drops[i].move();
    drops[i].display();
    if (catcher.intersect(drops[i])) {
      drops[i].caught();
      numCaught++;
      print(numCaught);
    }
  }
}
}

class Catcher {
  float r;    // radius
  color col;  // color
  float x, y; // location

  Catcher(float tempR) {
    r = tempR;
    col = color(50, 10, 10, 150);
    x = 0;
    y = 0;
  }

  void setLocation(float tempX, float tempY) {
    x = tempX;
    y = tempY;
  }

  void display() {
    stroke(0);
    fill(col);
    ellipse(x, y, r*2, r*2);
  }

  // A function that returns true or false based on
  // if the catcher intersects a raindrop
  boolean intersect(Drop d) {
    // Calculate distance
    float distance = dist(x, y, d.x, d.y); 

    // Compare distance to sum of radii
    if (distance < r + d.r) { 
      return true;
    } else {
      return false;
    }
  }
}

class Drop {
  float x, y;   // Variables for location of raindrop
  float speed;  // Speed of raindrop
  color c;
  float r;      // Radius of raindrop

  Drop() {
    r = 8;                   // All raindrops are the same size
    x = random(width);       // Start with a random x location
    y = -r*4;                // Start a little above the window
    speed = random(1, 5);    // Pick a random speed
    c = color(50, 100, 150); // Color
  }

  // Move the raindrop down
  void move() {
    // Increment by speed
    y += speed;
  }

  // Check if it hits the bottom
  boolean reachedBottom() {
    // If we go a little beyond the bottom
    if (y > height + r*4) { 
      return true;
    } else {
      return false;
    }
  }

  // Display the raindrop
  void display() {
    // Display the drop
    fill(c);
    noStroke();
    for (int i = 2; i < r; i++ ) {
      ellipse(x, y + i*4, i*2, i*2);
    }
  }

  // If the drop is caught
  void caught() {
    // Stop it from moving by setting speed equal to zero
    speed = 0; 
    // Set the location to somewhere way off-screen
    y = -1000;
  }
}

class Drop {
  float x, y;   // Variables for location of raindrop
  float speed;  // Speed of raindrop
  color c;
  float r;      // Radius of raindrop

  Drop() {
    r = 8;                   // All raindrops are the same size
    x = random(width);       // Start with a random x location
    y = -r*4;                // Start a little above the window
    speed = random(1, 5);    // Pick a random speed
    c = color(50, 100, 150); // Color
  }

  // Move the raindrop down
  void move() {
    // Increment by speed
    y += speed;
  }

  // Check if it hits the bottom
  boolean reachedBottom() {
    // If we go a little beyond the bottom
    if (y > height + r*4) { 
      return true;
    } else {
      return false;
    }
  }

  // Display the raindrop
  void display() {
    // Display the drop
    fill(c);
    noStroke();
    for (int i = 2; i < r; i++ ) {
      ellipse(x, y + i*4, i*2, i*2);
    }
  }

  // If the drop is caught
  void caught() {
    // Stop it from moving by setting speed equal to zero
    speed = 0; 
    // Set the location to somewhere way off-screen
    y = -1000;
  }
}

class Timer {

  int savedTime; // When Timer started
  int totalTime; // How long Timer should last

  Timer(int tempTotalTime) {
    totalTime = tempTotalTime;
  }

  // Starting the timer
  void start() {
    // When the timer starts it stores the current time in milliseconds.
    savedTime = millis();
  }

  // The function isFinished() returns true if 5,000 ms have passed. 
  // The work of the timer is farmed out to this method.
  boolean isFinished() { 
    // Check how much time has passed
    int passedTime = millis()- savedTime;
    if (passedTime > totalTime) {
      return true;
    } else {
      return false;
    }
  }
  
  int getTime() {
    return millis()/600;
  }
}

Next, I’m going to be working on using the IR camera and learning how to program it with the interaction I would like.