A 2D top-down dungeon crawler game developed in Java using Swing and AWT. Navigate through rooms, defeat enemies, collect items, and defeat the final boss.

• Fixed Save/Load System: Robust serialization that preserves game state, player attributes, and room configurations.
• Dynamic Dungeon Generation: Randomly generated room contents and enemy placements.
• Diverse Enemies: Multiple enemy types with unique movement and attack behaviors.
• Combat System: Projectile-based combat with upgrades and item interaction.

• Java JDK: 17 or newer (Fully compatible with Java 25).
• Gradle: 9.3.1 (Included via Gradle Wrapper).

Clone the repository to your local machine:

git clone https://github.com/woodj/finding-of-i-zack.git
cd finding-of-i-zack

You can run the game directly using the provided Gradle Wrapper:

./gradlew run

Generates an executable JAR in build/libs/.

./gradlew build

After building, you can run the standalone JAR:

java -jar build/libs/The-Finding-Of-I-Zack.jar

Executes the JUnit 4 test suite.

./gradlew test

Check code quality using Checkstyle.

./gradlew checkstyleMain

• src/main/java: Core game logic and engine.
• src/main/resources: Game assets (sprites, backgrounds, icons).
• src/test/java: Comprehensive JUnit test suite.
• .github/workflows: Automated CI/CD pipelines.

This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the LICENSE file for details.