Mind Map

Mind Map

1. Requirements of Solution

   • Core Features
     • Text input
     • Story Text Output
   • User interface
     • Web app with HTML
     • Blue Colour scheme
   • Data Management
   • Non-Functional
     • Performance
     • Scalability
     • Reliability
     • Usability
   • User Requirements
   • Technical Requirements
     • Python
     • Use Flask
     • Process natural language

2. Essential Elements, Components and Features of Problems

   • Essential Elements
     • Objectives/Goals
       • Forest of Lyrica needs to be rethemed into a game about mountains
       • The story must be about climbing to the top of a mountain
       • There must be relevant images with the game
       • The game must include the top of a mountain
     • Forest of Lyrica must be rethemed to appeal to the user persona
     • Stakeholders
       • User Persona
       • Developer
       • Teachers
   • Components
     • Inputs
       • User persona intrests
       • User persona Goals
       • User persona frustrations
       • Forest of Lyrica
     • Processes
       • Forest of Lyrica algorithm
       • Pseudocode
       • Testing Tables
     • Outputs
       • Text based adventure game
       • Evaluation Table
     • Tools and Technologies
       • Visual Studio Code
       • Python
       • Flask
       • HTML
   • Features
     • Complexities
       • Must be able to process commands in English
       • Keep track of items in the backpack
       • Game is written in python, but there is a component that serves flask
     • Interdependencies
       • The UI depends on HTML and CSS
       • The images are influenced by the story
       • Changing items may require the python backpack to be rewritten
     • Scalability
       • Website only needs to be accessible for one user
       • Does not need to be scalable

3. Success Criteria

   • Success Criteria is created in the evaluation

4. Scope of the Problem

   • Importance of the Problem
     • User would like to play a game that is rethemed
       • Likes mountains
       • Wants to climb a mountain
       • The game must be based off forest of lyrica
     • Forest of Lyrica is not appealing to users
       • Not realistic
       • Boring story
       • Issue affects players who want to play a text based adventure game
   • Context
     • Text based adventure game will be created that will satisfy the user
     • Solution will satisfy the user persona and increase its appeal
     • the input is processed using natural language processing
     • Textual description of the surroundings and any other information needed such as items in the inventory, points of interest, hints and help messages.

5. Use perspective and User experience requirements

   • Usability Principles
     • Utility
       • What features the solution has
     • Learnability
       • How quickly new users can become proficient with the system
     • Effectiveness
       • The speed and efficiency with which users can complete tasks or use the utilities
     • Safety
       • How the system helps prevent user errors and how easy it is to recover from mistakes
     • Accessibility
       • Considerations for users with disabilities (e.g., visual, auditory, cognitive)
   • User Needs and Goals
     • User Persona
       • Corbin
       • Canadian
       • Geologist
     • User Objectives
       • Experience climbing Mount Everest
       • Reach the summit of a mountain and enjoy the view
       • Complete a game about mountain climbing
       • Play a game with fun challenges
     • Frustrations
     • Needs
       • The game must feature a mountain
       • The game must be realistic, i.e. no dragons
       • He must be able to make it to the top of the mountain
       • There must be an inventory system to enhance the game

6. Constraints and Limitations

   • Python Environment
     • Flask
     • Python
   • Forest of Lyrica codebase
   • Must be text based adventure game
   • Technical Constraints
     • Hardware Limitations
       • Software is not limited by hardware
     • Software Compatibility
       • Windows
       • Python 3.13
     • Scalability
       • One user
       • Website does not need to be scalable
   • Organisational Constraints
     • Limited time
     • No Budget
     • One developer
   • User Constraints
     • Accessibility
       • Website must work on chrome
       • Text must be readable
       • Images cannot be too small
       • There must be high colour constrast to be easy to read
     • User Expectations
       • Must load in less than a second
       • Must be text based game
       • The website must be aesthetically pleasing
   • Ethical Constraints
     • Positive impact on society
     • Story must be inspiring
     • Sustainable principles

7. Missing, required or unnecessary facts or information

   • Unnecessary Information
   • Sources of Information
     • Online
       • Existing solutions
       • W3 schools
     • QCAA
   • Required Information
     • Theme of the game
     • What packages are required to install
     • How many paths/scale the text based adventure game requires
     • What should the UI look like?