Predator Prey Simulation

Teah Serani

• teahserani@gwu.edu
• This was a class assingment for Introduction to Software Engineering.

YOU NEED TO CHANGE THE FILE PATH IN PPSim FOR IT TO WORK.

World

populate()- add Predator and Prey

update()- makes all animals move

Create()- draws all animals

PPSim

Here the world is created using GUI. When the users clicks the world restarts.

Animal

Animal is the parent class for Predator and Prey. Information about the functions are described below:

NewDirection()- generates a random number that is corresponds to a direction(Up, Down, Left, Right)

WhenToMove()- allows the animal to move

move()- default method

Create()- draws the animal

Predator

Is a child class of Animal.

move()- creates a new random number to change direction 20% of the time

Eat()- converted Prey to Predator

Hunt()-Allows Predator to Follow Prey and convert to predator

Prey

Is a child class of Animal.

move()- creates a new random number to change direction 10% of the time

Create()- makes Prey a circle with a random color

Additional Information

For extra credit I added music to the background. YOU NEED TO CHANGE THE FILE PATH IN PPSim FOR IT TO WORK.

In addition when the user pressed the spacebar new prey appear. Both of these make the game more entertaining for the user.

Demo