Level Builder Design

Overview

The Level builder will be a GUI application to create a level. Levels will be designed through a drag and drop interface. The level creator will be able to save a level that can then be played by the game.

File Format

The file format of the saved level will be a modified UTF-8 binary file. The first section of the file will be:

difficulty (String)
Level Hight (int)
Level Width (int)

The second section will hold the entities of the level (the enemies)

numberOfEntities (int)
(for each entity)
   id (int)
   entityType (String)
   Xcoardinate (int)
   Ycoardinate (int)
   width (int)
   height (int)
   weight (double)
   xVelocity (double)
   yVelocity (double)

The third section will hold the obstacles

numberOfSurfaces (int)
(for each surface)
   id (int)
   surfaceType (String)
   Xcoardinate (int)
   Ycoardinate (int)
   width (int)
   height (int)

Source Code Links

• Level Designer Model

• level class with save/load

• Level Unit Test