Text Based Adventure Game

Text Based Adventure Game

1. testing game logic

   • Algorithm
     • START
     • END
     • SET
     • EQUAL TO
     • IF
   • Desk Checking
   • User Survey
     • Person 1
     • Person 2

2. coding environment

   • Thonny

3. coding options

   • Python

4. user persona

   • frusttrations
     • Other text based games are to complicated
   • interests
     • Space Exploration
   • name
     • Max Smith
   • goals
     • Inspiration for their own game they are creating, but has never tried making one before.
   • needs and expectations
     • Simple, but detailed because they are new to coding.

5. Task

   • complete scaffold
   • prescribed criteria
     • You story must have at least 10 different inputs before finishing
       • Requirements
         • Create a start and end for the player
         • Inputs must contain space related options
     • You must have two choices for each input. IE. Yes | No, Left | Right, Buy | Sell
       • Requirements
         • When picking a bad choice character will die
         • Each choice opens up a new path for the character
     • You must use IF statements
       • Use IF statements to assign choices
       • IF statements must declare choices
     • You must use a WHILE Loop
       • Requirements
         • Use while loop in Thonny
         • WHILE loop must bring the player back to their previous choice if they type in an invalid choice
     • You must use variables
       • Variables must declare two decisions
       • Player can choose between the two decisions
   • Self Determined Criteria (SDC)
     • Create a simple game about space exploration
       • Requirements
         • Must include a meteoroid
         • Player must explore outer space
         • Include a spaceship the player uses to move around

6. existing solutions

   • AI Dungeon
   • The Text Adventure
   • Galatea
   • Trigaea
   • A Dark Room
   • Speaker
   • SPACE FROG!

7. game

   • genre
     • Adventure
     • Romance
     • Mystery
   • style of game
     • Action
     • RPG
     • Fighting

8. Flowchart

   • 10 inputs
   • Decision
   • Process
   • Sub-process