Year 9 - Item 2

Year 9 - Item 2

1. Task requirements

   • Prescribed criteria
     • Your story must have at least 10 different variables in total
       • Game must have 10 or more variables in total
       • Game must follow a storyline
       • The variables must be different
     • You must have at least two choices for each input (IE. Yes | No, Left | Right, Buy | Sell)
       • Game must be multi choice
       • Choice Input should be one word (Yes/No, look left/middle/right)
     • You must use a WHILE loop
       • Use at least one WHILE loop in the game’s code
     • You must use variables that match your storyline
       • Variables must make sense in the context of the story
       • The variables must actually be used in the story
   • Self prescribed criteria
     • The game should be set in a medieval fantasy adventure genre and include a setting of an abandoned church and its library
       • Game has a church setting
       • Game has a library/archive attached to the church
       • Story should have fantasy elements (magic/supernatural)

2. Algorithm constructs

   • Iteration
     • Is the use of loops to simplify code
       • WHILE insect flies MOVE forward
   • Selection & condition
     • Basically if then statements; if a condition is true, select this
       • IF colour sensor IS EQUAL TO Black THEN TURN left -50
   • Assignment
     • Attaches values or names to variables
       • START Declare playerName = () END
   • Sequence
     • Is the order in which the code runs; usually top to bottom
       • START WHILE true MOVE forward END

3. Code constructs

   • IF statements
     • Is the code that runs if something happens
       • IF woodChoice is equal to NO OUTPUT “You cannot camp the night”
   • FOR loops
     • Is what tells the code to repeat and for how long
       • FOR 5 seconds OUTPUT “Welcome to : Far Far Away!”
   • SET variables
     • Assigns a value or name to a variable
       • DECLARE inventory SET TO wood x2, Axe x1, torch x5

4. Existing text based adventure games

   • Fellow traveller
     • a dark urban fantasy interactive fiction story set in an alternative present version of North America. By robotVampire
       • Weakness -Because the game is incomplete, many of the options don’t seem to have any significant impact in the game— isn’t really multi-choice(?)
   • Forests of Lyrica
     • classic text-based adventure and coding-challenge game created by Marco Casavant.
       • Strengths - game works, minimalistic, reminiscent of old rpgs or choose your own adventure games, UI is very simple and easy to understand
       • Weakness - A bit confusing story wise; there is a lot of options that seem open but cannot be done and a bit difficult to keep track unless you ave a really good memory/ decide to quit down with notebook and pen

5. Ideas for story

   • User specific settings
     • Setting/s should meet what the user persona expects
       • in this case a church with supernatural/ magic elements (world building I guess?)
   • Different endings
     • User choices should last lasting impact on the ending/ story
       • Choosing to explore can affect if your run continues
       • Exploring different areas unlocks other parts of the story