Java Sample Games

Maze3D -- Maze Game
Version 1.5 (Released: 10/10/97)
Group Focus: Middle School Students

PLAY MAZE GAME

Home = 7	Up Arrow = 8	PgUp = 9
End = 1	Down Arrow = 2	PgDn = 3

Maze Game Rules
Generate and solve mazes on Web browsers that support Java.

The mazes are displayed in three dimensions. Press the appropriate button to get a "New" maze, "Solve" a maze, or "Clear" the solution from a maze.

When this applet is run under the application viewer, resizing the window results in a new maze (except when the window is minimized and subsequently restored). Larger windows yield mazes with more rooms.

The vertical scroll bar can be used to change the tilt of the maze. Check "Square rooms" or "Hexagonal rooms" to change the style of maze.

After a maze with square rooms is drawn, you can use the arrow keys to solve it. After a maze with hexagonal rooms is drawn, you can use the Home, Up Arrow, PgUp, End, Down Arrow, and PgDn keys (or the corresponding numbers) to solve it. These keys are laid out on your numeric keypad as follows:

Home = 7

Up Arrow = 8

PgUp = 9

End = 1

Down Arrow = 2

PgDn = 3

The direction of movement in the applet will correspond to the direction of the key from "5" on the keypad.

Each maze has exactly one solution that does not involve backtracking (passing through a doorway more than once).

Press "About" for information about distributing this applet.

Maze Game Educational Value

This kind of program helps students with problem-solving abilities and logical thinking. Students should find challenge in games that require decisions. Teachers should learn more about a students' thinking process by letting them spend time on a game of this level.

Simon Says

Group Focus: Middle School Students

PLAY SIMON SAYS

Simon Says Rules
This is the classic Simon game in Java. The game gives you a sequence of colors to repeat back to it. Each time you successfully complete the sequence, it adds another color on to the end of the sequence. The further you go in the game, the faster the sequence is given to you and the less time you have to repeat it. Try to beat your own high score!

Simon Says Educational Value
This program allows students to work on memory challenges. The student is challenged in the ability to remember a series of steps and the completion of those steps. A classic by all standards.

Source Codes For Games

Maze Game Java Source

Simon Says Game Source

WHERE TO NOW?

Maki's Link Page

Professor Ellerbruch Web Site

Northern Michigan University(NMU)

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Updated: 08 November 2001 - 3:00 PM

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