Text Based Adventure Game

Text Based Adventure Game

1. Categories

   • Shooter
     • First Person Shooter (FPS)
       • Valorant
       • Tom Clancy’s: Rainbow 6 Siege
       • Counter Strike: Global Offense
     • Third Person Shooter (TPS)
       • Fortnite
       • Kill Switch
   • Role-Playing Games (RPG)
     • Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy
     • Fallout 3
   • Simulation
     • Goat Simulator
     • PC Building Simulator
   • Strategy
     • Superhot: Mind Control Delete
     • Clash Royale
   • Sports
     • FIFA 24
     • NBA2K24

2. Existing Solutions

   • Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy
   • Choose Your Own Adventure Books

3. Consoles/Devices

   • Nintendo Switch
     • Hand-Held
       • Joy-Con
       • Pro Controller
     • Portable
   • Play Station
     • Monitor (HDMI Connection)
     • Sony
     • TV
   • X-Box
     • Monitor (HDMI Connection)
     • Microsoft
   • Personal Computer
     • Microsoft

4. Programming Languages

   • Python
     • Web Development
       • Instagram
     • Machine Learning
       • Speech Recognition
       • Image Recognition
     • Artificial Intelligence
       • ChatGPT
       • Google Gemini
   • Java
     • Applications
       • Mobile
       • Desktop
     • Game Development
       • Minecraft
       • Angry Birds
   • HTML
     • Web Development
       • Berkshire Hathaway Inc.

5. Game Criteria

   • Prescribed
     • Your story must have at least 10 different inputs before finishing.
       • You must include a minimum of 10 input decision points.
       • You must have each decision point require the user to type in their choice.
       • The first decision will be “Do you want to pick up the guns or leave them on the table?”.
       • The second decision will be “Do you want to go left or right?”.
     • You must have two choices for each input. IE. Yes | No, Left | Right, Buy | Sell
       • You must include a minimum of 2 choices for every input decision point.
       • You must have the choices be displayed to the user.
       • You must continue the story accordingly after the user enters their choice.
       • The program will check if the user has inputted their choice correctly, with no spelling mistakes.
     • You must use IF statements.
       • You must tell the player if they entered an invalid response/choice.
       • You must use an IF statement when telling the user if their guess was higher than the secret number in the mini game included.
       • You must use an IF statement when telling the user if their guess was lower than the secret number in the mini game included.
       • You must use an IF statement for every choice that the player will make.
     • You must use a WHILE loop.
       • You must use the “True” condition in the first WHILE loop.
       • You must run a WHILE loop for while the player is still playing the game.
       • You must use a WHILE loop for while the user is playing the mini game.
       • You must use “break” to stop the while loop if the player succeeds or fails.
     • You must use variables.
       • You must use a variable for the number that the user guesses in the mini game.
       • The variables must be named in accordance with what the decision is.
       • You must have a variable for every choice that will be made.
       • You must use a variable for the secret number in the mini game included.
   • Self-Determined
     • You must make the game look appealing and easy to read.
       • You must include ASCII art for better visualisation.
       • You must choose colours based on the severity of the situation/choice.
       • You must select appealing colours for the text.
       • You must apply empty spaces to ensure easy reading.

6. User Persona

   • Joseph McShanag
     • Needs and Expectations
       • Need it to relate to his interests and needs it to be a challenge. It must also be appealing and easy to read.
     • Frustrations
       • They are all based on the fantasy genre, however he likes sci-fi much more.
     • Interests
       • Video Games
       • Space
       • Books
       • Science Fiction Adventures

7. Pseudocode

   • Construct 1: Sequence
     • How a piece of code should be in chronological order, ensuring the output is completely logical
   • Construct 2: Assignment
     • How a piece of code could include variables that store information that can be used in the rest if the code.
       • SET
   • Construct 3: Selection & Condition
     • How a piece of code could include statements that only function based on whether a condition is met or not.
       • IF
       • IF ELSE
       • WHILE
       • END IF
       • ELSE
       • END WHILE
   • Construct 4: Iteration
     • How a piece of code could include a repeat of steps when needed.
       • FOR
   • Construct 5: Modularisation
     • How a piece of code could define a function that needs to be re-executed at different points in the code. Makes the code more efficient.
       • DEFINE
       • FUNCTION