Text based Video Games

Text based Video Games

1. Prescribed Criteria

   • Your game must include at least 10 different player questions in total
     • Does the game have 10 different player questions?
     • Has it been coded correctly?
   • You must have at least two choices for each input.
     • Are there two choices for each input?
     • Do the choices relate to the questions?
   • You must use a WHILE Loop
     • Was a while loop used?
     • Does the WHILE loop make the code easier
   • You must use variables
     • Are the variables easy to read or comprehend?
     • Do the variables relate to the situation?

2. Self-Determined Criteria

   • I must change the colour of the texts
     • Do the colours have a specific pattern?
     • Do the colours match the theme of the game?
   • I must add photos
     • Do the photos relate to the game?
     • Do the photos make the game more interesting?
   • I must have a fun game with many different exciting choices to make.
     • Is the game fun?
     • Are the choices exciting?

3. Existing Video Games

   • The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
     • Pros
       • Fun game
       • Not confusing when it comes to answering the questions
     • Cons
       • Boring design
       • Not a large variety of possible answers which is frustrating
   • The World Ends Today ... I think
     • Pros
       • Lots of description
     • Cons
       • Basic design
       • Harsh language used
       • Hard to see the available option

4. Game Ideas

   • Futuristic story where the player is an astronaut and must encouter different obstacles in his/her spaceship in order to reach at Mars
   • Medieval story in which the player is on a quest to find a sacred crystal which will help him/her in receiving magical powers
   • A comedic story in which the player is a student and must encounter funny and odd obstacles to get to school.

5. Algorithm Constructs

   • Sequence
     • A set of instructions that are processed one after the other
   • Assignment
     • Storing a value in a variable
   • Selection + Condition
     • A selection statement uses a condition to select which line of the program will be used next.
   • Iteration
     • Used when something is repeated so anything and usually used for a loop
   • Modularisation
     • Used to reduce complexity of system by separating into modules

6. Pseudocode Keywords

   • Start/Stop
   • If/Endif
   • While/Endwhile
   • Input/Output