High score

This is a mini game made with the Kree Game Engine

What you'll need

• Kree v2.1 or latest

• Java IDE

What you'll learn

• How to use UI

• Storing data using Prefs

• WASD movement

Start off

1. Set up your Java Project and add Kree to your build path

2. Create a package called avoid

Creating a Launcher Class

// Launcher.java
package avoid;

 import dev.jabo.kree.Game;
 import dev.jabo.kree.Scene;
 import dev.jabo.kree.SceneManager;
 import dev.jabo.kree.Window;

 public class Launcher {
     public static Game game = new Game(new Window("High Score", 800, 600));
     public static MyScene myScene = new MyScene(game);
     
     public static void main(String[] args) {
        SceneManager.setScene(myScene);
        game.start();
     }

}

Just a basic launcher class. For more explanations, check out https://kree.gitbook.io/documentation/avoid-the-enemy#preparation

Creating Scene

// Launcher.java
package avoid;

import java.awt.*;
import java.awt.color.ColorSpace;

import dev.jabo.kree.*;
import dev.jabo.kree.components.*;
import dev.jabo.kree.ui.Button;
import dev.jabo.kree.ui.Text;

public class MyScene extends Scene {

    public MyScene(Game game) {
        super(game);
    }
    @Override
    public void Initialize() {

    }

    @Override
    public void Update() {

    }

    @Override
    public void Render(Graphics g) {

    }

}

Here, we setup the class and also import everything we need.

Adding variables

// MyScene.java
package avoid;

import java.awt.*;
import java.awt.color.ColorSpace;

import dev.jabo.kree.*;
import dev.jabo.kree.components.*;
import dev.jabo.kree.ui.Button;
import dev.jabo.kree.ui.Text;

public class MyScene extends Scene {

    private GameObject player;
    private Text txt = new Text(this, "Maximum value of X ever: 0", new Vector2(50,50), 200);
    private float max = 0;

    public MyScene(Game game) {
        super(game);
    }
    
    @Override
    public void Initialize() {

    }

    @Override
    public void Update() {

    }

    @Override
    public void Render(Graphics g) {

    }

}

Variables we need:

• player(GameObject)

• txt (Text, to display our high score)

• max (float, our high score)

Initializing the player and adding WASD movement

// MyScene.java
package avoid;

import java.awt.*;
import java.awt.color.ColorSpace;

import dev.jabo.kree.*;
import dev.jabo.kree.components.*;
import dev.jabo.kree.ui.Button;
import dev.jabo.kree.ui.Text;

public class MyScene extends Scene {

    private GameObject player;
    private Text txt = new Text(this,"Maximum value of X ever: 0", new Vector2(50,50), 200);
    private float max=0;

    public MyScene(Game game) {
        super(game);
    }
    @Override
    public void Initialize() {
        // Player
        player = new GameObject(this, "Player");
        player.getTransform().setPosition(new Vector2(game.getWindow().getWindowWidth() / 2, game.getWindow().getWindowHeight() / 2));
        player.getTransform().setScale(new Vector2(32, 32));
        player.addComponent(new MeshRenderer());
        player.addComponent(new PlayerMovement(1f, PlayerMovement.WASD));
        player.addComponent(new RigidBody());
        ((RigidBody)player.getComponent("RigidBody")).gravity = false;
        player.addComponent(new Prefs());
    }

    @Override
    public void Update() {

    }

    @Override
    public void Render(Graphics g) {

    }

}

Our player is a GameObject. it spams in the middle of the screen.

Components used:

• MeshRenderer

• PlayerMovement

• Prefs (if you're just building a small game it's okay to use Prefs on a normal GameObject, but if you're build a bigger game you should use a manager GameObject to handle Prefs)

Implementing Prefs

// MyScene.java
package avoid;

import java.awt.*;
import java.awt.color.ColorSpace;

import dev.jabo.kree.*;
import dev.jabo.kree.components.*;
import dev.jabo.kree.ui.Button;
import dev.jabo.kree.ui.Text;

public class MyScene extends Scene {

    private GameObject player;
    private Text txt = new Text(this, "Maximum value of X ever: 0", new Vector2(50,50), 200);
    private float max = 0;

    public MyScene(Game game) {
        super(game);
    }
    @Override
    public void Initialize() {
        // Player
        player = new GameObject(this, "Player");
        player.getTransform().setPosition(new Vector2(game.getWindow().getWindowWidth() / 2, game.getWindow().getWindowHeight() / 2));
        player.getTransform().setScale(new Vector2(32, 32));
        player.addComponent(new MeshRenderer());
        player.addComponent(new PlayerMovement(1f, PlayerMovement.WASD));
        player.addComponent(new RigidBody());
        ((RigidBody)player.getComponent("RigidBody")).gravity = false;

        player.addComponent(new Prefs());
        max = ((Prefs)player.getComponent("Prefs")).getFloat("max");
    }

    @Override
    public void Update() {
        if(player.getTransform().getPosition().getX() > max) {
            max = player.getTransform().getPosition().getX();
            ((Prefs)player.getComponent("Prefs")).storeFloat("max", max);
        }
    }

    @Override
    public void Render(Graphics g) {

    }

}

With getFloat(String name) you get a float variable, already stored.

With storeFloat(String name, float value) you can store a variable.

Prefs isn't secure! Data is stored in data.txt file

Updating the text with the high score

// MyScene.java
package avoid;

import java.awt.*;
import java.awt.color.ColorSpace;

import dev.jabo.kree.*;
import dev.jabo.kree.components.*;
import dev.jabo.kree.ui.Button;
import dev.jabo.kree.ui.Text;

public class MyScene extends Scene {

    private GameObject player;
    private Text txt = new Text(this, "Maximum value of X ever: 0", new Vector2(50,50), 200);
    private float max = 0;

    public MyScene(Game game) {
        super(game);
    }
    @Override
    public void Initialize() {
        // Player
        player = new GameObject(this, "Player");
        player.getTransform().setPosition(new Vector2(game.getWindow().getWindowWidth() / 2, game.getWindow().getWindowHeight() / 2));
        player.getTransform().setScale(new Vector2(32, 32));
        player.addComponent(new MeshRenderer());
        player.addComponent(new PlayerMovement(1f, PlayerMovement.WASD));
        player.addComponent(new RigidBody());
        ((RigidBody)player.getComponent("RigidBody")).gravity = false;

        player.addComponent(new Prefs());
        max = ((Prefs)player.getComponent("Prefs")).getFloat("max");
    }

    @Override
    public void Update() {
        txt.setText("Maximum value of X ever: "+ max);
        if(player.getTransform().getPosition().getX() > max) {
            max = player.getTransform().getPosition().getX();
            ((Prefs)player.getComponent("Prefs")).storeFloat("max", max);
        }
    }

    @Override
    public void Render(Graphics g) {

    }

}

With setText(String) you can set the text a of Text Component.

What to do next?

• This very basic tutorial showed you some amazing things. Now you can try to implement this in you own Kree game!

Congratulations on completing this tutorial!

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