Lab 10 - Multi Threading

Objectives

• We have learned Multi Threading in the lecture. In this lab, we will try to use this technique to implement a simple game.

Resources

• Download all source code in ZIP format
• Java Tutorial: Threads: Doing Two or More Tasks At Once

Assessment: A Bouncer Game

• Let's watch a demo on the screen. Please save it as lab10Demo.jar, and double click it.

  
  

• Assessment

1. Download the ZIP file lab10.zip which contains a skeleton of the game.
2. You need to apply the Multi Threading technique in this assessment.
3. You need to modify only the GameEngine.java
4. Modify the startGame() method such that one can start the game. ( Hint : create a thread and start it. )
5. Implement the suspend/resume function. ( Hint : use the given methods in SuspendRequestor class. )
   
• Implement the suspendResumeGame(), requestSuspend(), and requestResume() methods
• Modify the run() method such that one can pause/resume the game (by pressing 'p')