Plants vs Zombies - Java Edition

Details

Created by: Nguyen Tri Nhan, Nguyen Le Hoang Long and Thai Nhat Anh

This is a clone of the strategy video game, Plants vs. Zombies, originally developed by PopCap Games.

Made as a part of final project in Object-Oriented Programming course at International University - VNUHCM.

A classic "Plants vs Zombies" tower defense game developed in "Java Swing".

🚀 Features

🌻 Dynamic Gameplay

• Authentic 9x5 Yard Layout: Experience the classic tower defense grid.
• Sun Economy System: Collect falling sun and sunflowers to fuel your defenses.
• Lawn Mower Defense: Last-line-of-defense automatic mowers to clear lanes.
• Shovel Tool: Reposition your strategy by removing plants.
• Smooth Animations: Frame-based sprite animations for a polished feel.

🌿 Diverse Plant Arsenal

• Peashooter: Your basic long-range attacker.
• Sunflower: Essential for generating sun.
• Wall-nut: High-durability shield to stall zombies.
• Potato Mine: Explosive trap that packs a punch.
• Cherry Bomb: Immediate area-of-effect explosion.
• Chomper: Devours zombies whole (needs time to chew!).
• Hypno-shroom: Turns enemies into allies to fight for you.
• Ice-shroom: Freezes all zombies on screen temporarily.
• Jalapeno: Destroys an entire lane of zombies.
• Spikeweed: Deals damage to zombies walking over it.
• Sun-shroom & Mushroom Shooter: Specialized night-time defenders.

🧟 Formidable Zombie Horde

• Normal Zombie: The standard garden variety.
• Conehead Zombie: Extra protection with a traffic cone.
• Buckethead Zombie: Extremely durable with a metal bucket.
• Flag Zombie: Leads the wave at higher speeds.
• Newspaper Zombie: Becomes enraged once his paper is destroyed.
• Pole Vaulting Zombie: Jumps over your first line of defense.

🖥️ User Interface

• Thematic Main Menu: Beautifully designed start screen with Play/Exit.
• In-Game Overlay: Accessible "MENU" button to pause or exit anytime.
• Game Over States: Clear win/loss conditions with quick restart options.

📸 In-game Screenshots

Day Level	Night Level

How to Play

4. Run the game using the provided script:

   ./run.sh

Alternatively, run directly with Java:

   javac -d out src/*.java
   java -cp out Main

Note: Ensure you are in the project root directory so that the resources/ folder is accessible.