After I had spent a semester learning the basics (and not-so-basics) of MATLAB, it was time to tackle the final project - make a computer game or cool application using MATLAB. As I was familiar with the hidden google loading-page game, I decided to make a MATLAB replica of that game, but add in a few personal touches.

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The game is played similarly to the google dinosaur game - obstacles scroll left across the screen and the dinosaur jumps over them. Unlike the google game, there is a large number of obstacle types - cacti of varying size, birds, and mystery boxes. These mystery boxes are marked with normal or upside-down question marks to signify good or bad powerups that can make or break the dinosaur's journey along the map. The game gradually speeds up to get increasingly difficult.

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If you have a copy of MATLAB, you can download my game here:

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http://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/fileexchange/51105-jumpyjumpv4

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The game is over 1000 lines of code. I optimized it to run best (MATLAB isn't great for games as compared with other coding languages). This project really helped introduce me to the fun of writing code.