Text-Based Adventure Game 2024

Text-Based Adventure Game 2024

1. Impacts

   • Economic
     • Competition against existing markets
     • Risk of rapid innovation
     • Profitability
   • Personal
     • Information security
     • Cohesion
     • Personal experience
   • Social
     • Quality of life
     • Engaging

2. Developer Problem

   • Data
     • Data Source Options
       • DSO 1 - restart progress each time player plays again
         • Con
           • More time consuming for player to complete game
         • Pro
           • Challenges player as progress is not saved
           • More time efficient to develop a digital solution
     • Data Storage and Retrieval
       • SQLite Database
       • Save data for progress
     • Required Data
       • ASCII
         • String
           • Integers
             • Data type length
               • Constraint
       • Health point
         • Integer
           • Data type length
             • Constraint
       • NPC
         • What they will say - string
           • Data type length
             • Constraint
       • Player commands
         • String
           • Data type length
             • Constraint
       • global variable
         • mapLoc, endGame, gameMessage
   • Coding Environment
     • Development Tools
       • Thonny
     • Key Algorithms
       • Common keywords
         • N, E, S, W
         • Pick up
         • Take
         • Use
         • Hint
         • Up, down, left, right
   • User Interface
     • Usability Principles
       • Safety
         • Different variations of directions to prevent errors e.g. North and up
         • Messages to prevent player from exceeding boundaries
         • Error messages for commands that cannot be used
         • Limiting number of input commands that player can use
       • Learnability
         • Standardised control directions e.g. N, E, S, W
         • Hint messages
         • Minimalist layout
       • Effectiveness
         • Consistent steps required to complete game
       • Utility
         • Challenges to allow greater engagement as users desire some level of difficulty
         • Be able to complete the game
       • Accessibility
         • Accessible with all devices
         • Visual interpretation e.g. ASCII art
     • User Interface Components
       • Visual display using ASCII art
       • Text input
         • Text display
     • Features

3. Task Requirements

   • Existing Solutions
     • Hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy
       • Pro
         • Multiple different ways to complete the game
         • Challenging
         • Interactive
       • Cons
         • Time consuming
         • Restarts if you mistype a command
   • Constraints & Limitations
     • Coding Environment
       • Python
     • Time
       • Due date
     • Skills
       • Pseudocode
       • Python
   • Self Determined Criteria
     • SDC1 - Must have a theme story similar to Forest of Lyrica such as walking around in school
       • Requirement
         • Text-based
         • Need to obtain something to complete the game
   • Prescribed Criteria
     • PC2 - Player begins with no equipment but can pick up items from the map and use them
       • Requirement
         • Have items throughout the map
         • Commands that can be used to pick up/use items
     • PC3 - Player begins in one of the centre squares of a 5 x 5 map grid
       • Requirement
         • Have a 5 x 5 grid
     • PC4 - The map must be displayed visually, as ASCII art
       • Requirement
         • Characters to make ASCII
     • PC5 - Must be at least two Non-Playable Characters (NPCs) that can be talked to
       • Requirement
         • Have messages that NPCs can reply with
         • Have NPCs
     • PC6 - When talked to, the two NPCs will give a random game hint from a possible list of 5 hints. E.g. “The bakery is north.”
       • Requirement
         • Hint messages
     • PC7 - The player can navigate the map using valid commands: “north”, “south”, “east” and “west”. Other navigation commands will return: “I do not understand”.
       • Requirement
         • N, E, S, W aligns with 5 x 5 grid
     • PC8 - When the player arrives at a new location a text-based description of the location is displayed.
       • Requirement
         • Messages for each location
     • PC9 - If the player tries to move outside the boundary of the map a message appears explaining that the way is blocked, and the player cannot move in that direction.
       • Requirement
         • Align numbers that exceed 5 x 5 grid to being a 'boundary'
     • PC10 - Have a series of events that the player must complete to finish the game.
       • Requirement
         • Challenges in different locations
     • PC1 - Player begins with 3 health points
       • Requirement
         • Can add or remove health points
         • Has health points

4. User Problem

   • User Persona
     • User Persona 1
       • Details
         • 16 year old
         • Mansfield, Australia
       • Needs
         • Game can be completed
         • Understandable
         • Functionable
       • Wants
         • Innovative
         • Engaging
         • Challenging