PAC-MAN: OOP Game

Info

About	PAC Man OOP Game is a python game that incorporate Object-oriented programming principles to create classes to create characters and coins to create a game.
Team	Louisa Goncharenko, Andrew Alsing
Goal	Develop a robust python game application using an Object Oriented Programming Principles.

File Structure

Pacman/
├── character.py         # Character class: Parent class
├── pacman.py            # Pacman class that inherits from parent
├── ghost.py             # Ghost class that inherits from parent
├── coin.py              # Coin class that is passed into other classes to increase coin levels.
├── main.py              # Main File that runs the game

Diagram of Class Inheritance

Features

• Each character (both ghosts and Pacmans) have the ability to move on a grid using (x,y) coordinates
• Each character has an eat method where if they bummp into one another, the character with the highest coin level eats the other character.
• Ghosts are given a color attribute and a mood for visual effects.
• Each character is able to add or lose coins based on class methods.
• Ghosts have a visibility method that changes there visibility on the board for visual effects.

Learnings

• created classes
• used single-class inheritance
• used a super method to inherit attributes from parent classes
• generated a random amount of coins for each characters

Improvements for the game

• Using Pygame library to draw character and the grid
• Creating buttons to start and pause the game