MDAD-TD

Modern Day Applications of Defending High-Priority Structures in a Fantasy Environment: A Tower Defense

Purpose

We built this application in our Processes of Object-Oriented Development class in fall 2013. Our task only required that we create a tower defense game with no other specifics. So how far could we go? The project fuses some role-playing and real time strategy elements into the tower defense without trying to overwhelm the player.

Build Instructions

Requirements

• These operating systems are known to work: Windows or OS X 10.8
• The preferred installation method Eclipse
• Java Development Kit 6 or 7

Steps to Build an Runnable JAR File

1. Download the zip file for the source code and extract it in an empty directory.
2. Building with Eclipse is the preferred method. Open TiledMapGame, TiledMapGame-desktop, and TiledMapGame-android as projects in Eclipse.
3. With Eclipse open, select the File dropdown in the menu bar and click Export…
4. In this frame, expand the Java directive, select “Runnable JAR File”, and press Next
5. At the top of this dialogue, click the Launch configuration dropdown and ensure “Main - TiledMapGame-desktop” is selected.
6. Next, select the location you would like to create the JAR. Note: This program creates files. It’s advisable to create a new folder to put the built project.
7. Make sure to select the “Extract required libraries into generated JAR” option.
8. Press finish. Eclipse will export a runnable JAR at your specified location.
9. Take a look at the User’s Manual and enjoy the game.