Mind Map

Mind Map

1. Prescribed Criteria

   • Your story must have at least 10 different variables in total
     • Score variable
     • Player name variable
     • Player health variable
   • You must have at least two choices for each input (IE. Yes | No, Left | Right, Buy | Sell)
     • Fight/Run
     • Yes/No
     • Left/RIght
   • You must use variables that match your storyline
     • Distance from spaceship
     • Player health
     • Distance from alien
   • You must use a WHILE loop
     • Game continues while health >0

2. Self-Determined Criteria

   • Include a health counter
     • Health start at 100
     • Health can increase/decrease
     • Health range= 0-100
   • Include player choices that affect the game
     • Choices can change outcomes
     • Different paths available
     • Decisions affect gameplay

3. Ideas for Story

   • Add health counter
     • Player can lose and gain health depending on their choices.
       • Health decreases after alien attack
   • Alien invasion themed adventure
     • Running away from aliens
       • Getting to safety before an alien encounter
   • Needs to find safety zone
     • Player needs to find it in order to win
       • The safety zone could be a spaceship

4. Existing Text Based Adventure Games

   • Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy
     • Space adventure game with puzzles and choices
       • Strength
         • Encourages problem-solving skills
         • Keeps players engaged and entertained
         • Interesting storyline
       • Weakness
         • Very difficult
         • Frustrates players easily
         • Too many dead ends
   • Genesis
     • Sci-fi text based adventure game with player choices
       • Weakness
         • Lots of reading
         • Can be confusing
         • Players can get stuck easily
       • Strength
         • Interesting storyline
         • Many choices for users to make
         • Multiple endings

5. Algorithm Constructs

   • Sequence
     • Steps happen in a specific order
       • E.g. Start > Ask name > Begin game
   • Assignment
     • Gives a value to variable
       • E.g. health=100
   • Selection & Condition
     • Makes decisions using IF/ELSE statements
       • E.g. IF player chooses left, enter cave ELSE go to forest
   • Iteration
     • Repeats actions using loops
       • E.g. FOR loop repeat 3 times
   • Modularisation
     • Breaks the code into smaller sections
       • E.g. Start game, player choices, ending sections

6. Coding Constructs

   • IF statements
     • Runs code only if a condition is true
       • E.g. IF player chooses left, enter cave ELSE go to forest
   • FOR Loops
     • Repeats code for a set number of times
       • E.g. FOR loop repeat 3 times