FIA1 DIGI Assignment

FIA1 DIGI Assignment

1. Task Requirements

   • Prescribed Criteria
     • The player must complete a series of event to complete and finish the game
     • A player beings with 3 points
     • No equipment given, however can pick up items from places in the map to use them
     • Player begins on the center of a 5x5 map
     • Map must be displayed visually using ASCII Art
     • Must be an NPC that can be talked to
     • When talked to, the NPC will give hints from a possible list of 5
     • The player can navigate the gate using compass comments such as "north"
     • Other commands will return: "I do not understand"
     • Constraints and Limitations
       • Developer Issues
         • There was issue when planning the setting and characters for the game
   • Self Determined Criteria
     • Create objects
     • Have bread be scattered around map and heal player
   • Existing Solutions
     • Forest of Lyrica
       • Positives
         • The game will have a 5x5 map, allowing player freedom and access to more gameplay choices
         • Equipable items give player objectives and reason to explore the map
         • The python engine allows further coding freedom compared to engines such as HTML
       • Negatives
         • The map is only 3x3, reducing total playtime and player satisfaction
         • There is no NPC throughout the game to interact with
         • The map is not visually displayed to the player, having to rely only on text direction

2. Developer Program

   • User Interface
     • Usability Principle
     • The game will have a 5x5 map, allowing player freedom and access to more gameplay choices

3. Data Types

   • Local Variables
     • Defined inside a function or block
   • Global Variables
     • Defined outside of all functions or blocks
   • The difference in both data types is that Global can be accessed by any functions, while Local can only be accessed in the function in which it is declared