Mind Map

Mind Map

1. Prescribed Criteria

   • Must have at least 10 different variables in total
     • So, the player would be able to lead many different paths to make it more interesting.
     • So the game would be interactive and enjoyable instead of only a couple of questions
   • Must have at least two choices for each input
     • So there can be a lot of different endings to make the game better/ more fun
   • Must use variables that match your storyline
     • Use variables that contribute to fantasy or adventure
   • Must use a WHILE Loop
     • say the player's health is critical after a fight until they get a health potion

2. Self-Determined Criteria

   • Have ASCII art in the game
     • To break up the blocks of text
     • add a little bit of fun
   • Have multiple absurd or random endings that make the game funnier
     • Make the games more enjoyable

3. Ideas for Story

   • Add a Monster
     • Could make the game much more interesting
       • e.g. add monster under the bridge
   • Add a disease
     • Let the game have more spinoffs
       • e.g. the villagers give you a disease
   • Make player find treasure
     • Let the player have a purpose when playing the game instead of just surviving

4. Existing Text Based Adventure Games

   • Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
     • it’s a must-play for fans of the novel
       • comically absurdist style contrasts nicely with the serious tone of many text games
       • insanely hard puzzles
   • AI Dungeon
     • Choose character, setting, and situation
       • ai creates a unigue tale where you can do anything
       • The AI isn’t especially coherent or logical

5. Coding Constructs

   • IF Statements
     • A construct that allows a program to execute a block of code only if a specified condition is true
       • Condition is expression that evaluates to true or false
   • FOR Loops
     • used to repeat a block of code a fixed number of times
       • useful when the number of iterations is known in advance

6. Algorithm Constructs

   • Sequence
     • executing instructions in the exact order they are written
   • Assignment
     • Is the process of giving a value to a variable
       • SET total to 0
   • Selection & Condition
     • Selection is a control structure that allows an algorithm to choose different paths of execution
     • condition is a logical expression that evaluates to either
       • True or False
       • Equal to or not equal to
       • Greater than or less than
   • Iteration
     • The process of repeating a set of instructions
       • FOR loops
       • while loops
   • Modularisation
     • process of breaking down a complex algorithm into smaller modules