Text based adventure game

Text based adventure game

1. requirements

   • Prescribed criteria
     • must include at least 10 different questions
       • Include a variety of input types to keep interaction engaging and diverse
       • Create events that require the player to make a decision to continue the story
       • Ensure player choices are spaced evenly throughout the game’s progression
     • You must have at least two choices for each input
       • Ensure all choices lead to different outcomes or consequences
       • Design each input event to include at least two meaningful options
       • Avoid dead-end choices that don’t affect the story direction
     • You must use a WHILE Loop
       • Use a WHILE loop to repeat actions until a condition is met
       • Implement a WHILE loop to manage ongoing scenarios or challenges
       • Use WHILE loops to allow re-attempts for tasks or puzzles
     • You must use variables
       • Use variables to store important player data
       • Track player decisions or progress using variables
       • Update variables to change outcomes based on choices
   • Self determined criteria
     • Progression System
       • like different levels in the game
     • Having several different endings to the conclusion.
   • constrains and limitations
     • time
       • The timeframe is constrained to five weeks.
     • Skill
       • Limited skill level

2. Aesthetic features

   • Features incorporated
     • Colours
       • Utilize colors to emphasize crucial elements of the game, such as decisions, essential information, or alerts.
       • Enhancing images with color to create a more vivid contrast with the text.
     • Simple images
       • utilizing ASCII art to depict images
     • Icons or Symbols
       • Incorporating symbols such as *, #, @, and others to enhance the visual appeal of your output.
         • USing '***' to show important events or markers in the game.

3. • Existing Text Based Adventure Games

   • Existing text games
     • The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy
       • description
         • Based on Douglas Adams' famous book. Full of humor and very difficult puzzles.
         • pros
           • full of humor
           • engaging puzzles
           • a lot of choices to puzzles
         • cons
           • gets boring as progess
           • the visual effect gets boring
           • not engaging in general
     • Doki Doki Literature Club
       • description
         • Appears as a visual novel but has heavy text-based storytelling and player choice.
           • Slow Start
           • Limited player choices
         • pros
           • Shocking Twist
           • Character Depth
           • Strong Use of Text
         • Cons
     • Undertale
       • description
         • Lots of dialogue and storytelling through text, even though it's a visual game.
         • Pros
           • Great storytelling with emotional impact
           • Clever dialogue and humor
           • Player choices really matter (multiple endings)
         • cons
           • Some story parts are hard to understand on first play
           • Might require multiple playthroughs to fully experience the story