🤖 RoboRally - Group 11

A Java Desktop Implementation of the RoboRally Board Game with BDD and MVC

🚀 Overview

This is a Java-based desktop application of the classic RoboRally board game, developed as part of the 02160 - Agile Object-Oriented Software Development course. The project emphasizes clean architecture, object-oriented principles, and agile development methodologies. It uses Behavior-Driven Development (BDD) via Cucumber, follows the Model-View-Controller (MVC) architecture, and applies design patterns like Singleton, Factory, and Observer.

🧪 To start the game, you must run the tests inside the cucumber-test folder, which launches the application via step definitions.

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🎮 Game Features

✅ Core Functionality

• 🧠 Robot’s independent programmed movement via card selection
• ⚙️ Robot-Tile interactions (Obstacles, Conveyor Belts, Pits, etc.)
• 👥 Multiplayer support (2 players, extendable)
• 🎨 Intuitive Swing-based GUI for card and round control

✨ Optional Enhancements

• 🍺 Beer Tile – Shuffles player's hand mid-round
• 🌀 Teleport Tile – Warps robot to a designated location
• 📦 Conveyor Belt – Moves robot in a fixed direction
• ⚠️ Pit Tile – Removes a life and respawns the robot

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🧱 Architecture

• Model: Core game logic (cards, tiles, board, player state)
• View: GUI implementation using Java Swing
• Controller: Handles game flow and event interactions

🧩 Design Patterns

• 🧱 Abstract Classes (Cards, Tiles, Board)
• 🔁 Singleton (Deck creation)
• 🏭 Factory Pattern (Tile generation)
• 🔔 Observer Pattern (Event-driven UI updates)
• 📌 Static Variables (Global player/board state)

💡 SOLID Principles were applied to ensure modularity, testability, and low coupling.

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🧪 Behavior-Driven Development

The project uses Cucumber for defining user stories and acceptance criteria.

📁 To launch the game:

# Navigate into cucumber-test directory and run:
mvn test