Games are fun activities that can enhance the process of thinking, learning and problem-solving strategies. With these criteria, games have been said one of the best learning media for education that can improve the learning process. With the exploding of technology, computer games are quite popular among students. In the learning process, many ways have been introduced to attract students. One of the basic programming languages that should be taken by many students is a Java programming language. A programming language is a difficult subject for students to learn. They are having problems to understand the concept of that subject. This study purposely to develop a computer game for learning Java programming based on Snake and Ladder board game.
Snake and ladder game have been chosen as a learning media in this study. This game played on board with gridded squares. Several ladders and snakes exist on the board, which connect to specific grids. The players will navigate the board according to the roll of dices. The navigation process on the board has been mapped according to the course to teach and learn. The past research shows the effectiveness of the game as a learning media. Therefore, Java programming seems appropriate to learn through a game because most of the programming language is very difficult to understand, and some of the students are giving up learning. The learning process through the notes, reference book and guidance from the lecturers are not enough to attract the student to understand the concept of programming language. To make it fun, this study aims to develop a game based on Snake and Ladder board game in Java programming language.
- int[ ][ ] store = to Creat the 2D Array for the board.
- int no_of_players = Total no of player’s who wants to play agame.
- int game = This variable contains the main logic of the program, in which the counters moves forward.
- int[ ] start = use in main loop for compare and set limits.
- int dic_show = to show the dice in game.
- String[ ] player_name = Store player name.
- String lastname = To hold the winning name.
- int[ ] player_game_pos = Store player position .
- String RESET = "\033[0m"; = Colour Reset.
- String YELLOW = "\033[0;33m"; = Colour Code.
- Public int snake(int game) In this function, we holds all the snakes. If your counter lands on the head of a snake, you must slide down to the bottom of the snake.
- Public int Ladder(int game) In this function, we holds all the Ladders. If your counter lands at the bottom of a ladder, you can move up to the top of the ladder.
