THE

HELICOPTER
GAME

Submitted by:
Ann Mary George
223/COE/14
Anshul Gupta
Apar Madan
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224/COE/14
227/COE/14

Introduction:
Helicopter game is a fun game which operates in single mode. The helicopter
game aims to achieve a best score by making the helicopter overcome
obstacles in the form of small rectangles. The control of the helicopter is
achieved with the help of mouse movements such as mouse click and
release.

Rules:
The mouse clicking enables the helicopter to move in a vertical direction .
The clicking of the mouse has to been in such a way to overcome these
obstacles without crashing into any of the rectangles that come one by one
onto the screen .
It is a fun game and we hope to see you smashing best scores to have
great time with your friends.

Features:
Single player game:
The game makes use of only the mouse to steer the helicopter to prevent it
from crashing into the obstacles.
The helicopter is actually stationary on the screen and the obstacles are
randomly projected to the player space . The movement of the mouse
controls the movement of helicopter and the obstacles.
Graphics and implementation:
This game is loosely derived from the famous Android game of 'Flappy Bird'
and implemented with an helicopter in its place. A stationary background is

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implemented with the help of jframe and the helicopter and smoke is a jpg
image added to make the graphics more appealing.
User friendly:
The game keeps track of the last played game and score in the sense that it
records the highest score of the previous player who played the game in the
form of a text file.

Scope of improvement:
Different levels of the helicopter:
The game now contains only a level that has a movement of the helicopter
and rectangle at a constant speed . We can increase the speed of the
incoming rectangles and introduce certain levels to this game.
Better graphics:
Obstacles are of rectangle type . We can introduce new obstacles in the form
of different objects and shapes.
Multiplayer mode:
Multiplayer mode can be implemented with the help of more helicopters and
keeping tabs of scores of the both. Control of the helicopters can be
implemented with the help of keyboard instead of using the mouse for
controlling the helicopter.

TECHNOLOGY USED:
JDK (JAVA DEVELOPMENT KIT) JDK VERSION-7: The Java Development
Kit (JDK) is a software development environment used for developing Java
applications and applets. It includes the Java Runtime Environment (JRE), an
interpreter/loader (java), a compiler (javac), an archiver (jar), a
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documentation generator (javadoc) and other tools needed in Java

development.

ECLIPSE
Version: Mars.1 Release (4.5.1)
Build id: 20150924-1200
Eclipse is an integrated development environment (IDE) used in computer
programming. It contains a base workspace and an extensible plug-in system
for customizing the environment. Eclipse is written mostly in Java and its
primary use is for developing Java applications, but it may also be used to
develop applications in other programming languages through the use of
plugins.

Screenshots of the running program:

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