DIGI

DIGI

1. prescribed criteria

   • Your story must have at least 10 different variables in total
     • The variables function properly
     • the variables contribute to the story
     • the variables are distinct
   • You must have at least two choices for each input (IE. Yes | No, Left | Right, Buy | Sell)
     • used many different choices
     • use three choices
     • choices have an outcome
   • You must use a WHILE loop
     • use while true
     • use while health
     • use while at least once
   • You must use variables that match your storyline
     • variables are options that relate to the story
     • there is a path after choosing the variable
     • the variables are easy to understand and what they do to the story

2. self- determined criteria

   • make the formatting of the game readable and pretty
     • use \n to make gaps between big blocks of text
     • the formatting is easy to understand
     • use symbols to decorate
   • use ascii art at least once
     • the ascii art is related to the story
     • the ascii art is pretty
     • the ascii art is used to put a good image in the players mind

3. ideas for story

   • chance based outcome
     • the choice you make has a chance to succeed or fail
       • if you choose to open a box, the chance is random on what you receive out of it
   • add health
     • you lose health when an undesirable outcome is chosen
       • you try to kill the dragon but you have no weapon so you lose health
   • add multiple choices
     • when there is multiple choices to choose from
       • you can choose from 3 options such as shop, movies, home

4. existing text based adventure games

   • Hitchhikers guide to the galaxy
     • based on a comedic science fiction series, a 1984 interactive fiction text based adventure game
       • complex code that makes many possible paths for the game
       • hard to understand and win
   • forests of lyrica
     • a game where players explore a magical forest, solve riddles, collect items, and interact with mystical beings to complete quests.
       • has visual elements to make the game more easily understandable
       • limited vocabulary

5. algorithm construct

   • Modularisation
     • The practice of dividing a large program into smaller, independent, and reusable components called modules
       • one section for a certain bit of code
   • iteration
     • iteration refers to the repeated execution of a block of code until a specific condition is met or for a predetermined number of times.
       • repetition
   • selection & condition
     • a programming construct that enables a program to choose between two or more paths depending on a true or false condition
       • if, else
   • assignment
     • a fundamental construct in programming that sets or re-sets the value stored in the storage location denoted by a variable name
       • choice = input
   • sequence
     • a sequence is an ordered set of instructions or steps that a computer executes in a certain order

6. coding constructs

   • IF statements
     • An IF statement is used to make decisions in your program
       • if choice == "laundry":
   • FOR loops
     • a for loop is used to iterate over a sequence of items
       • for fruit in fruits: print(fruit)