Processing/Arduino Snake game

Forum 2005-2010 (read only) Software Interfacing
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Hey
have started making my first real processing/arduino project, so far i borrowed the source code for an unfinished version of snake and then adapted it to work with arduino so the 2 can talk to each other and the game can be controlled by a physical object thats not a keyboard or mouse. so its all going quite well except that i can't seem to be able to make the snake die, its getting quite messy, because i don't want to hardcode it to say if you hit your tal die for each new segment that is created. so i need to write an algorithm that can work out how many segments the snake is made of and where they all are so that if the head hits one of them it ends the game.
anyway here is my source code

Thanks in advance

import processing.serial.*;
 
 Serial myPort;  

ArrayList ellipseList;
Ellipse head;
int SEGMENT_SIZE = 20;
int dir;
int prevPosX, prevPosY;
PFont f;
String mesaj="";
boolean ok=false;
Ellipse food;


void setup()
{
  size(1274, 798);
  String portName = Serial.list()[0];
  myPort = new Serial(this, portName, 9600);
  
  
  ellipseList = new ArrayList();
  head = new Ellipse(140, 140);
  ellipseList.add(head);
  dir=2;
  // Start with head and small body
  ellipseList.add(new Ellipse(width/2 - 2 * SEGMENT_SIZE, height/2));
  addFood();
 
  //speed of game
  frameRate(12);
}
void draw()
{
  fill(0);
  background(255,255,255);
  text(mesaj,width/2-100,height/2);
  
 
  if(ok)
  {
    food.createEllipse();
    tryToEatAndMove(ellipseList.size());
  }
}

boolean tryToEatAndMove(int p)
{
  int x = head.getX();
  int y = head.getY();// collison variable 
 int sl = ellipseList.size();
 
    Ellipse e1 = (Ellipse) ellipseList.get(ellipseList.size() - 1);
    
 
 if ( sl>3){
 
   Ellipse e3 = (Ellipse) ellipseList.get(ellipseList.size() - 3);
 }


  Ellipse e2 = (Ellipse) ellipseList.get(ellipseList.size() - 2);

//      Ellipse e4 = (Ellipse) ellipseList.get(ellipseList.size() - 4);
    
    println("tail:" + e1.getX() + " " + e2.getX());
   
    //for ( int i = sl; i=1; i= sl-1) {
      //print ( "i: " + i);
    //}
    
    int tpx1 = e1.getX();
    int tpy1 = e1.getY();
    
    int tpx2 = e2.getX();
    int tpy2 = e2.getY();
    
   // int tpx3 = e3.getX();
   // int tpy3 = e3.getY();
    
 //   int tpx4 = e4.getX();
 //   int tpy4 = e4.getY();
    
    if (dist(x, y, tpx1, tpy1) < 14){
      print("dead a ");
      //exit();
  }
    if (sl>1){
    if (dist(x, y, tpx2, tpy2) < 14){
      print("dead b ");

      //exit();
    }  
    }
  //  if (dist(x, y, tpx3, tpy3) < 14){
   //   print("dead");
   //   exit();
  //}
  
  if (dist(x, y, food.getX(), food.getY()) < 14)
  {
    // Move the body
    move();
    
    //colision with yourself
    
    
    
    // Get last two segments
  //  Ellipse e1 = (Ellipse) ellipseList.get(ellipseList.size() - 1);
  //  Ellipse e2 = (Ellipse) ellipseList.get(ellipseList.size() - 2);
//     Ellipse e3 = (Ellipse) ellipseList.get(ellipseList.size() - 3);
//      Ellipse e4 = (Ellipse) ellipseList.get(ellipseList.size() - 4);
    
    println("tail:" + e1.getX() + " " + e2.getX());
  
    
    
    
    int dX = e1.getX() - e2.getX();
    int dY = e1.getY() - e2.getY();
    // Add another segment at the end
    ellipseList.add(new Ellipse(e1.getX() + dX, e1.getY() + dY));
    // Add food to replace the one being eat
    addFood();
    println("Length: " + ellipseList.size());
    
    return true;
  }
  // Not on food, just move
  move();
  return false;
}
void addFood()
{
  int rx = int (random(1, 56));
  int ry = int (random(1, 42));
  food = new Ellipse(rx*14, ry*14,14);// gs yay!
 //food=new Ellipse(280,280 ,14);
    print(food.getX() + " ");
      print(food.getY() + " ");
}
void move()
{
  prevPosX = head.getX();
  prevPosY = head.getY();
  switch(dir)
  {
    case 0:
 head.moveUp();
 break;
    case 1:
 head.moveDown();
 break;
    case 2:
 head.moveRight();
 break;
    case 3:
 head.moveLeft();
 break;
  }
  followHead();
}

void followHead()
{
  fill(0);
  head.createEllipse();
  fill(0);
  for (int i = 1; i < ellipseList.size(); i++)
  {
     Ellipse e = (Ellipse) ellipseList.get(i);
     int ppX = e.getX();
     int ppY = e.getY();
     // Move the segment where the previous one was
     e.x = prevPosX; e.y = prevPosY; // Need Ellipse.setX and setY...
     prevPosX = ppX;
     prevPosY = ppY;
     e.createEllipse();
  }
}

void mousePressed()
{
  mesaj="";
  ok=true;
  dir=0;
}

void keyPressed()
{
  if(key==CODED)
  {
    if(keyCode==UP)
    {
 dir=0;
    }
    if(keyCode==DOWN)
    {
 dir=1;
    }
    if(keyCode==RIGHT)
    {
 dir=2;
    }
    if(keyCode==LEFT)
    {
 dir=3;
    }
  }
}

void serialEvent(Serial myPort) {
  // read a byte from the serial port:
  int inByte = myPort.read();
   if (inByte == '1') { 
     dir=0;
   }
      myPort.clear();  
       if (inByte == '2') { 
     dir=3;
   }
   if (inByte == '3') { 
     dir=2;
   }
   if (inByte == '4') { 
     dir=1;
   }
}


class Ellipse
{
  int x; int y; int l; 
  Ellipse(int _x, int _y)
  {
    // size of snake 
    x=_x; y=_y; l=14;
  }
  Ellipse(int _x, int _y, int _l)
  {
    x=_x; y=_y; l=_l;
  }
  void createEllipse()
  {
    rect(x,y,l,l);
  }
  void createEllipse(int a,int b)
  {
    ellipse(a,b,l,l);
  }
  
  void moveUp()
  {
    y-=l;
    if(y<0) y=height;
  }
  void moveDown()
  {
    y+=l;
    if(y>height) y=0;
  }
  void moveRight()
  {
    x+=l;
    if(x>width) x=0;
  }
  void moveLeft()
  {
    x-=l;
    if(x<0) x=width;
  }
  int getX()
  {
    return x;
  }
  int getY()
  {
    return y;
  }
  int getL()
  {
    return l;
  }
}
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Please post your code using the # button.
Please modify your post, and select the code and press the # button. Code in scrollable boxes is much easier to read.

Now, then, what was the Arduino related question?

3

Hey Paul
Sorry about that didn't know how to get the grey box. I know it's not strictly an arduino related problem but thought someone here might be able to help. D

4

What is the purpose of this code:

if ( sl>3){
   Ellipse e3 = (Ellipse) ellipseList.get(ellipseList.size() - 3);
 }

e3 is a local variable that goes out of scope at the end of the block. It appears to serve no useful purpose.

When posting code that has an issue, please remove all commented out code. If that code worked, or was necessary to document the problem, it wouldn't be commented out.

so i need to write an algorithm that can work out how many segments the snake is made of and where they all are so that if the head hits one of them it ends the game.

You have a list of ellipse objects. Each object has a getX() and getY() method. Every time you create a new ellipse, you add it to the list.
So, the size of the list tells you how many segments there are. Each segment knows where it is. Loop through the list of segments, comparing the segment x and segment y with the head x and head y. A match means you are dead.

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So your problem is that the snake won't die? I would think that a simple way to keep track of the pixels that are on is to create an array of 1's and 0's and every time you turn on/off a pixel, change the state of the point in the array. Then check this array at the head of your snake for a pixel that is on, and if it is, the snake dies. But I don't think you'd need to tell the array that a pixel is on in the "apple's" position, because you seem to already have a growing method working.