Assesment 2

Assesment 2

1. Prescribed criteria

   • Prescribes criteria 1
     • You must use variables that match your storyline
       • Use variables that are related to the storyline
       • The variable is reflected on characters, objects and places
       • Maintains a consistent form
   • prescribed criteria 2
     • You must have at least two choices for each input
       • Always have more than 1 option
       • Should have opposite actions or paths
   • Prescribed criteria 3
     • Must use a WHILE loop
       • Must have a WHILE loop
   • Prescribed criteria 4
     • Your story must have at least 10 different variables in total
       • All the 10 variable must be different from each other
       • Have all of them make sense when out together
       • Use different variations

2. Self-determined criteria

   • An easy and fun game that doesn’t require too much brain power
     • An easy game that doesn’t have too many words or paragraphs
     • The story or game itself isn’t too complicated
     • The game needs to be fun and entertaining

3. Existing text-based adventure games

   • Hitchhikers to the galaxy
     • Interactive fiction game solving humorous puzzles the destruction of Earth
   • Forest of lyrica
     • A rhythm video game that combine chinese poetry modern music and storytelling

4. Algorithm constructs

   • Sequence
     • the default control structure where instruction that are in step-by-step order
   • Assignment
     • sets the value of a variable, storing data in memory
   • Iteration
     • the act of repeating a process to approach a desired goal
   • Selection and condition
     • programming is a control structure that enables a program to make decisions and follow different paths
   • Modularisation
     • process of breaking a complex system into smaller manageable parts

5. Coding constructs

   • IF statements
     • a programming control structure that enables decision-making from a specific block of code
   • FOR loops
     • a programming control flow statement used to carry out a block of code
   • IF_ELSE statements
     • t provide another path if the first condition is false

6. Ideas for story

   • Lost in a forest trying to find a way home
     • find food, build shelter, navigate the dark forest and just survive the night
   • Locked in a room trying to find the key to get out
     • solve hidden puzzles, and search for the key, with no phone and a clock ticking
   • Locked in an escapes room, solve riddles to escape
     • trapped in a strange room tying to search for clues, crack codes, and find items