v.1.0.0

RELEASE!

Cat Attack was developed as apart of 2023 - 2024 AP Computer Science Video Game Project.
Feb 9, 2024 - Apr 2, 2024; 53 days of work!

Release from pre-production! Thank you to our artist & music composer, as well as our coding team, read credits below.
While newer releases may roll out slower if at all after this, minor patches will be released soon.

Credits:

Developers:
Simon N, Mason Z, Esan Y, Tyler G

Artist:
Alex F.

Music Composer:
Monica M.

v.1.0.0: release notes:

v.0.3.0-beta pushed to release, no further changes at of this moment, some minor changes will be implemented, collected user input + suggestions during testing, still compiling, may take action based on some suggestions and implement. Current version notes below.

🎮 Controls

Player One - Katze

• A - move left
• D - move right
• W - jump
• S - attack
• Q - shield
• 1, 2, 3: different stats

Player Two - Skin Walker

• ⬅️ - move left
• ➡️ - move right
• ⬆️ - jump
• ⬇️ - attack
• SHIFT - shield
• 8, 9, 0: different stats

Main Menu

• ESC - will bring up controls, similar to how control button behaves in the pause game menu?
• Start button - starts the game

In Game

• ESC - pauses the game, can also be used to unpause if paused - brings up pause game menu
  • restart button: resets the game & return players to Main Menu
  • resume button: resumes the game, you can also press ESC to do the same
  • controls button: will open a window that allows you to understand the controls + game
    End Screen
• automatic bring up, 500 counter (will play when victory music ends) - game over options
  • restart button: resets the game & return players to Main Menu
  • quit button: closes the program and exits

✅ Completed Features

• Background - main background, with the carpet seperate as an "item" to appear like character has a walk cycle + floor is carpet like
• Movement - able to complete basic movement, gravity + jump is working
• Controls - basic controls for abilities + movements, see above for keybinds
• Music - playMusic.java, contains two functions, run() + close() - this function will play sound on loop until close()
• Animations - check Sprite.java + ImageResource.java, able to call functions for animations
• Shield - character ability to shield, temp-allows protection against attacks + retain ability to attack, has cooldown time that is not apparent visibily in game
• Attack - character ability to attack, currently one basic attack
• Win/Loss System - has a win + loss conditions, with respective screens, ends game
• Menu - basic menu with [play button] working
  • Added pause game menu with [controls button] [restart game button] [resume button]
  • Added controls menu, allows players to take a look at control keybinds
  • Added game over options, allow users to restart or quit the game
  • Added button sound effects, has button SFX
• Combo System - a combo system, a specific combination moves will be able to enable a certain actions or effects towards an enemy

🚧Work in Progress Features

Note: 🔵 - New functions | 🟡 - Updating existing code | 🔵🟡- Tested code, not yet implemented entirely

• Menu 🟡- custom menu music, will pause when [Play Button] is hit and play game music, add setting + game info buttons
• Health Bar 🟡 - basic health bar, proned to be revamped for visual and fucntional purposes
• Profile Picture 🟡🔵- add profile picture next to character to symbolize each character + current used stat, check code annotations

🚨 Bugged Features

• Sound Effects - graphicPanel function, playSound() - this function will play the sound with "filePath" once when called.
  Problem: certain sound effects being buggy, overlayed - walking sounds removed
• Character Stats Select - check above at controls for more info, able to change individual character stats for buffs/debuffs tradeoffs
  Problem: disable ability to change stats midgame, add a pregame to select character + stats
• Damage Animation - when hit, a character will play a short damage animation, function .damage() in Sprite.java
  Problem: visual glitch, when hit, doesn't disable and plays in loop (currently removed from usage due to bug)

🔮 Future Proposed Features

• Character Select Screen - choosing characters, and allowing players to select their stats as they wish, related to Character Stats Select
• Menu Cont. - able to mute music + sfx
• Health Bar - revamp health bar for both visual and functional purposes
• Varied Maps - able to switch and choose maps pregame
• Exported EXE - runnable file or online host the game

v.0.3.0-beta

#Beta Release

v.0.3.0-beta: release notes:

game completed, moving to beta trials from alpha before release past pre-production!

• ReadMe updated
• Code in Main updated
• Other branches may be deleted soon as well, replaced with experimental + backup branches
• bugs fixed, more features impemented

Some work in progress features are currently working, but are to be updated!

Note: game seems to run slower on PC than Mac, tick-speed wise + laggy

✅ Completed Features

• Background - main background, with the carpet seperate as an "item" to appear like character has a walk cycle + floor is carpet like
• Movement - able to complete basic movement, gravity + jump is working
• Controls - basic controls for abilities + movements, see above for keybinds
• Music - playMusic.java, contains two functions, run() + close() - this function will play sound on loop until close()
• Animations - check Sprite.java + ImageResource.java, able to call functions for animations
• Shield - character ability to shield, temp-allows protection against attacks + retain ability to attack, has cooldown time that is not apparent visibily in game
• Attack - character ability to attack, currently one basic attack
• Win/Loss System - has a win + loss conditions, with respective screens, ends game
• Menu - basic menu with [play button] working
  • Added pause game menu with [controls button] [restart game button] [resume button]
  • Added controls menu, allows players to take a look at control keybinds
  • Added game over options, allow users to restart or quit the game
  • Added button sound effects, has button SFX
• Combo System - a combo system, a specific combination moves will be able to enable a certain actions or effects towards an enemy

🚧Work in Progress Features

Note: 🔵 - New functions | 🟡 - Updating existing code | 🔵🟡- Tested code, not yet implemented entirely

• Menu 🟡- custom menu music, will pause when [Play Button] is hit and play game music, add setting + game info buttons
• Health Bar 🟡 - basic health bar, proned to be revamped for visual and fucntional purposes
• Profile Picture 🟡🔵- add profile picture next to character to symbolize each character + current used stat, check code annotations

🚨 Bugged Features

• Sound Effects - graphicPanel function, playSound() - this function will play the sound with "filePath" once when called.
  Problem: certain sound effects being buggy, overlayed - walking sounds removed
• Character Stats Select - check above at controls for more info, able to change individual character stats for buffs/debuffs tradeoffs
  Problem: disable ability to change stats midgame, add a pregame to select character + stats
• Damage Animation - when hit, a character will play a short damage animation, function .damage() in Sprite.java
  Problem: visual glitch, when hit, doesn't disable and plays in loop (currently removed from usage due to bug)

🔮 Future Proposed Features

• Character Select Screen - choosing characters, and allowing players to select their stats as they wish, related to Character Stats Select
• Menu Cont. - able to mute music + sfx
• Health Bar - revamp health bar for both visual and functional purposes
• Varied Maps - able to switch and choose maps pregame
• Exported EXE - runnable file or online host the game

v.0.2.0-alpha

Alpha Release

v.0.2.0-alpha - release notes:

added menu feature, currently only contains start game method currently, GraphicPanel.java + Item.java affected, not backwards compatible, no other changes over v.0.1.0-alpha

pre-release, basic game functional with major elements completed, most other features are in development phase or in debugging phase

• ReadMe revamped
• branch "mason" pushed to Main
• Beginning the merge of all respective branches into Main

Some work in progress features are currently working, but are to be updated!

Note: game seems to run slower on PC than Mac, tick-speed wise + laggy

✅ Completed Features

• Background - main background, with the carpet seperate as an "item" to appear like character has a walk cycle + floor is carpet like
• Movement - able to complete basic movement, gravity + jump is working
• Controls - basic controls for abilities + movements, see above for keybinds
• Music - playMusic.java, contains two functions, run() + close() - this function will play sound on loop until close()
• Animations - check Sprite.java + ImageResource.java, able to call functions for animations
• Shield - character ability to shield, temp-allows protection against attacks + retain ability to attack, has cooldown time that is not apparent visibily in game
• Attack - character ability to attack, currently one basic attack
• Win/Loss System - has a win + loss conditions, with respective screens, ends game

🚧Work in Progress Features

Note: 🔵 - New functions | 🟡 - Updating existing code | 🔵🟡- Tested code, not yet implemented entirely

• Menu 🟡- custom menu music, will pause when [Play Button] is hit and play game music, add setting + game info buttons
• Health Bar 🟡 - basic health bar, proned to be revamped for visual and fucntional purposes
• Profile Picture 🟡🔵- add profile picture next to character to symbolize each character + current used stat, check code annotations

🚨 Bugged Features

• Sound Effects - graphicPanel function, playSound() - this function will play the sound with "filePath" once when called.
  Problem: certain sound effects being buggy, overlayed - walking sounds removed
• Character Stats Select - check above at controls for more info, able to change individual character stats for buffs/debuffs tradeoffs
  Problem: disable ability to change stats midgame, add a pregame to select character + stats
• Combo System - combo system, in GraphicPanel.java in "simon" branch
  Problem: not working during merge with "mason" branch
• Damage Animation - when hit, a character will play a short damage animation, function .damage() in Sprite.java
  Problem: visual glitch, when hit, doesn't disable and plays in loop (currently removed from usage due to bug)

🔮 Future Proposed Features

• Character Select Screen - choosing characters, and allowing plyaers to select their stats as they wish, related to Character Stats Select
• Menu Cont. - Ability to restart game and read game info, able to mute music + sfx
• Health Bar - revamp health bar for both visual and functional purposes
• Varied Maps - able to switch and choose maps pregame
• Exported EXE - runnable file or online host the game

v.0.1.0-alpha

Alpha Release

v.0.1.0-alpha - release notes

pre-release, basic game functional with major elements completed, most other features are in development phase or in debugging phase

• ReadMe revamped
• branch "mason" pushed to Main
• Beginning the merge of all respective branches into Main

Some *work in progress features are currently working, but are to be updated!

Note: game seems to run slower on PC than Mac, tick-speed wise + laggy

✅ Completed Features

• Background - main background, with the carpet seperate as an "item" to appear like character has a walk cycle + floor is carpet like
• Movement - able to complete basic movement, gravity + jump is working
• Controls - basic controls for abilities + movements, see above for keybinds
• Music - playMusic.java, contains two functions, run() + close() - this function will play sound on loop until close()
• Animations - check Sprite.java + ImageResource.java, able to call functions for animations
• Shield - character ability to shield, temp-allows protection against attacks + retain ability to attack, has cooldown time that is not apparent visibily in game
• Attack - character ability to attack, currently one basic attack
• Win/Loss System - has a win + loss conditions, with respective screens, ends game

🚧Work in Progress Features

Note: 🔵 - New functions | 🟡 - Updating existing code | 🔵🟡- Tested code, not yet implemented entirely

• Menu 🔵🟡- currently being worked on, released ASAP
• Profile Picture 🟡🔵- add profile picture next to character to symbolize each character + current used stat, check code annotations
• Health Bar 🟡 - basic health bar, proned to be revamped for visual and fucntional purposes

🚨 Bugged Features

• Sound Effects - graphicPanel function, playSound() - this function will play the sound with "filePath" once when called.
  Problem: certain sound effects being buggy, overlayed - walking sounds removed
• Character Stats Select - check above at controls for more info, able to change individual character stats for buffs/debuffs tradeoffs
  Problem: disable ability to change stats midgame, add a pregame to select character + stats
• Combo System - combo system, in GraphicPanel.java in "simon" branch
  Problem: not working during merge with "mason" branch
• Damage Animation - when hit, a character will play a short damage animation, function .damage() in Sprite.java
  Problem: visual glitch, when hit, doesn't disable and plays in loop (currently removed from usage due to bug)

🔮 Future Proposed Features

• Character Select Screen - choosing characters, and allowing plyaers to select their stats as they wish, related to Character Stats Select
• Menu Cont. - Ability to restart game and read game info, able to mute music + sfx
• Health Bar - revamp health bar for both visual and functional purposes
• Varied Maps - able to switch and choose maps pregame
• Exported EXE - runnable file or online host the game