README.md

C163P2 - MineSweeper Game

Components

Objective 1 : Make a functional minesweeper game with Model View Controller (MVC) design

Objective 2 : Practive recursion in Java

Cell.java

Contains setter and getter methods to check and update the following boolean variables:

Variable	Function
isExposed	if Cell is exposed
isMine	if a Cell is a mine
isFlagged	if a Cell is flagged

GameStatus.java

This method is called from the MineSweeperPanel class and it determines if a player has won the game after the select method (see above) was called. (The following are standard MineSweeper rules):

• Return a GameStatus. Lost, if player selects a mine
• Return a GameStatus.Won, if player has exposed all non-mine locations
• Return a GameStatus. NotOverYet if the previous rules do not apply

enum	Status
Lost	Game Lost
Won	Game Won
NotOverYet	Anything else

MineSweeperGame.java

This class handles ALL of the game activities

methods	function
select(int row, int col)	What happens when a cell is selected
getMineCount(int row, int col)	Returns number of neighbouring mines
recursion(int row, int col)	Uses "0-fill" algorithm to reveal empty cells

MineSweeperPanel.java

Panel incorporates MineSweeperGame

methods	function
displayBoard()	Spans minesweeper board
iconSet(int i)	Sets icon for each cell using array
flagMine(int row, int col)	Method that toggles cells

MineSweeperGUI.java

GUI calles the panel and other elements of the game.

methods	function
gameSizePrompt()	Prompts for size of board