Assessment

Assessment

1. Existing text based adventure games

   • Colossal Cave Adventure
     • Colossal Cave Adventure is history's first text adventure game. Players type simple commands to explore a massive, mysterious underground cavern, solve puzzles, dodge hazards, and collect hidden treasures within a cave
       • STREGTHS: The detailed, immersive text descriptions create a strong, atmospheric sense of wonder.
       • WEAKNESSES: Many solutions rely on illogical trial-and-error, making blind progression incredibly frustrating.
   • Fallen London
     • Fallen London is a gothic, choice-based browser RPG set in a Victorian London stolen by bats and dragged underground. Players navigate a witty, sinister world of secrets, high society, and cosmic horrors through rich, literary text.
       • STRENGTHS: Hundreds of interconnected storylines provide thousands of hours of high-quality reading
       • WEAKNESSES: Progressing through later story arcs demands excessive, repetitive stat-farming loops.

2. Ideas for story

   • Add health points
     • Have 5 starting health points for the player
       • Player can lose health points by getting hurt (stung by a jellyfish, etc)
     • player dies when loses all 5
       • health_bar = 5 if health_bar <= 0: print ("You have ran out of health. You died")
   • Make it exploration based
     • Exploring ocean caves
     • Have an objective the player needs to complete
       • Player needs to escape the cave before their oxygen runs out
   • Have items
     • The player can use items they find to help them in the game.
       • A torch can help the player see in the dark
       • A pickaxe can be used to mine items

3. Self-determined criteria

   • Create a fun and simple adventure gameMake the game immersive
     • Have more than 1 way to win and lose
     • Have health points
     • Have items the player can use

4. Prescribed Criteria

   • Your story must have at least 10 different variables in total
     • The story has to have variables
     • All variables must be used in the game
     • All variables must be different
   • You must have at least two choices for each input (IE. Yes | No, Left | Right, Buy | Sell)
     • The player must be able to pick from 2 or more actions per input
     • The choice inputs must be different
   • You must use a WHILE loop
     • A while loop must be used
   • You must use variables that match your storyline
     • The variables must relate to the story
     • The variables must have purpose in the story
     • The variable names must match the purpose of the variable

5. Coding Constructs

   • IF statements
     • Executes specific code only when a condition is true
       • if user_has_key == True: print("Door unlocked.")
   • FOR loops
     • Repeats code a set number of times sequentially.
       • for item in ["apple", "banana", "cherry"]: print(item)
   • WHILE loops
     • Repeats code continuously as long as condition holds.
       • while energy_level > 0: keep_running()
   • Break statement
     • Immediately exits and terminates the current running loop.
       • while True: if password == "correct": break

6. Algorithm Constructs

   • Modularisation
     • Modularisation in Python is the process of breaking down a large program into smaller, independent, and manageable pieces called modules.
       • def calculate_tax(income): return income * 0.2
   • Iteration
     • Iteration in Python is the process of repeating a block of code multiple times, or to run a loop until a specific condition is met.
       • while score > 0: score -= 10
   • Selection and condition
     • Selection is a programming concept where code makes decisions and executes different paths based on whether a condition is true or false.
       • if score > 50: print("Passed")
   • Assignment
     • Assignment in Python is the process of storing a value inside a variable
       • score = 100
   • Sequence
     • A sequence in Python is an ordered collection of items where each element is indexed by an integer, starting at 0
       • x = 5 y = 10 result = x + y