#Brick Breaker

2013 Ty-Lucas Kelley

Version 1.2 (Last Updated: 9/6/2014)

Music used with permission of owner.

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LICENSE

This file is a part of Brick Breaker.

Brick Breaker is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
(at your option) any later version.

Brick Breaker is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
GNU General Public License for more details.

You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
along with Brick Breaker.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.

###What's New:

• Cleaned up unneeded folders and files
• Removed all console logging
• Fixed music bug on Linux
• Changed look and feel to emulate the OS it's running on
• Various bug fixes

###Description:

This game is a clone of "Breakout", a game in which the player controls a paddle that is used to bounce a ball that breaks blocks. Items are occasionally dropped from the blocks. The game tracks the player's name, lives, level, and score as well. If the player scores high enough, they are placed on the high score board, which is displayed at the end of every game. There are an unlimited amount of levels, and the user can also select to have background music played throughout the game. Catch the green items to make your paddle larger, and avoid the red ones!

###Screenshot

###Controls:

• Spacebar: starts game, pauses/resumes during game
• Left arrow: moves paddle left
• Right arrow: moves paddle right

It is recommended to click and release the keys each time you wish to move, rather than hold them down, due to the delay built into most operating systems. You will be far more precise if you click and release for each movement.

###How to Download:

• Go to this URL: https://github.com/tylucaskelley/BrickBreaker
• Click the "Download ZIP" button near the bottom-right side
• Unzip the folder once it downloads.

###How to Run:

• Double-click the BrickBreaker.jar file, located in dist.

• On Linux, you may have to run from terminal:

    $ java -jar dist/BrickBreaker.jar
  

• Enter your name.

• Select an option for audio playback.

• Enjoy!

For myself and any who wish to contribute to the game's improvement

1. Refine relationship between ball and brick: sometimes there is odd behavior when ball hits corner of a brick (technically hits 2 sides at same time).
2. Potential sounds: when ball hits something, new level, life loss, game over, etc.
3. Fix error where two clicks of spacebar are needed occasionally. May be a concurrency problem.
4. Compose original soundtrack for game