As part of my job hunt I was asked to code breakout, as a competency test. I actually really enjoyed the project. As a student in game design it is often discouraged to write your own engine, as it takes allot of time and there are plenty of engines and tools out there to make your life easier.
While Java is definitely not the best language for graphics and games if you are just using the standard APIs. I still really enjoyed the process, so over the course of 4 days between life and work I pulled together this.
While Java is definitely not the best language for graphics and games if you are just using the standard APIs. I still really enjoyed the process, so over the course of 4 days between life and work I pulled together this.
Credits
This project was developed by Anna Tito:
http://www.annatito.com/
http://www.mythicalcreature.net/
The audio was sourced from the Sound Librarian: http://www.stephanschutze.com/index.html
This project uses JSoundSystem Audio API to play its audio you can find the API: https://sites.google.com/site/ham90mack2/jsound
The ball bounce and animation solution in this project was based on the solutions provided by:
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/573084/how-to-calculate-bounce-angle
And
http://leepoint.net/notes-java/examples/animation/40BouncingBall/bouncingball.html
The font used here is Bitween 10, by Keisuke Asami, http://www.dafont.com/designers-high.d670
http://www.annatito.com/
http://www.mythicalcreature.net/
The audio was sourced from the Sound Librarian: http://www.stephanschutze.com/index.html
This project uses JSoundSystem Audio API to play its audio you can find the API: https://sites.google.com/site/ham90mack2/jsound
The ball bounce and animation solution in this project was based on the solutions provided by:
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/573084/how-to-calculate-bounce-angle
And
http://leepoint.net/notes-java/examples/animation/40BouncingBall/bouncingball.html
The font used here is Bitween 10, by Keisuke Asami, http://www.dafont.com/designers-high.d670
Below is the executable .jar file and the project's entire source code. To run the .jar you will need to have Java installed. If you don't have it or are unsure you can download it from here.
I made this application in the Eclipse IDE, the below source code zip is the fully exported Eclipse project. If you are not familiar with the Eclipse IDE and wish to open the source code in another IDE you can find the source code with the project's src directory. 
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