Text-based adventure games

Text-based adventure games

1. Story/Engagment

   • genre
     • adventure
     • romance
     • sci-fi
     • mystery
     • crime
   • Challaneges
     • word puzzles
     • riddles
     • math challenges
   • structure
     • start
       • setting
     • conclusion
     • secret endings

2. User requirements

   • fustrations
     • No romance games available.
   • Interests
     • romance stories, computer games
   • goals
     • play an engaging romance game

3. Coding options

   • Python
     • Code samples
       • Variables
         • x = 12
         • backpack
       • Loops
         • While True
       • Inputs
         • x = input(Choose your path( (left/right))
       • if statements
       • outputs
         • numbers
           • float
           • integer
         • words

4. coding environment

   • Thonny
   • Visual Studiio
   • notepad

5. existing solutions

   • “The Dreamhold”
   • “Zork”
   • “Spider and Web”
   • Hitchhiker’s Guide to The Galaxy
     • many input choices are available and not present to user so user can keep repeating game to find all endings

6. Task

   • Prescribed Criteria 1
     • Must have 10 different inputs before finishing
       • game will have minimum of 10 inputs
       • each input will require the user to type the answer to the decisions
       • the first input of the game will be in response to “enter your name”
       • user input will lead to different story lines
   • Prescribed criteria 2
     • You must have two choices for each input. IE. Yes | No, Left | Right, Buy | Sell.
       • Each input will have minimum two choices for the user to type
       • The program will check that user input matches the options offered
       • Input choices will be simple to ensure game is easy to follow
       • input choices will be presented to user in text
       • program will ask user to input again if input does not match options
   • Self Determiend criteria
     • Game/story must fit into genre
       • game will introduce minimum 2 characters
       • Story will be set in highschool
       • Endings will lead to different love interests
       • Game will have lines of dialogue
       • user can customise character description
   • Perscribed Criteria 3
     • Must use if statments
       • program will contain minimum 1 if statement
       • If pathway is chosen by user input
       • Ending will differ depending on which IF variable is inputted
       • Game experience will depend on user input
       • If statement will check if a requirement was fulfilled
   • You must use a WHILE loop
     • Program contains minimum 1 WHILE loop
     • Game continues to run while variable is true
     • Loop breaks
     • Loop conditions can be fulfilled
     • In game challenge will use while loop
   • perscribed criteria 5
     • You must use variables
       • Program defines minimum 1 variable
       • User input will define “name” variable
       • Input will determine ending of game
       • Variable definition will be relevant too variable
       • I will include a variable called “fiona_affection”