CIS 3280 - Object-Oriented Programming in C++

Remember that rooms have to be able to be linked together (north, south, east, and west).  Monsters and treasures need to be able to be placed in linked lists.  The Player class can contain information about the game, such as health points, contents of the player's "bag" (things the player is carrying), etc. 

You do not have to implement the initialization routines that builds these linked structures yet, just write the class definitions.   A main routine that instantiates some of these objects is good practice for the quiz but is not yet required.

1. Create overloaded operators for your monster class that will allow them to be added to or removed from a room.  Overload the "+=" operator for adding a monster to a room and the "-=" operator to remove a monster from a room. Then overload the "<<" and ">>" operators to print and read monsters.   For example:

    room  Dungeon;

   monster  Godzilla;  

   Dungeon += Godzilla;  // adds Godzilla

                         // to Dungeon

   Dungeon -= Godzilla;  // removes Godzilla

                         // from Dungeon

   Dungeon.Print_Monsters();

   In your main routine, instantiate at least four of your

      rooms, and then read in a monster description from the

      user. Show that you can move a monster from room

      to room (adding to one room and deleting from another).

      Show that you can have more than one monster in a

      room.  This will require a function, Print_Monsters, that

      traverses the list of monsters and prints them all.

2. Create an inheritance hierarchy for your treasures.  For example, treasure is the base class and subclasses could be gemstones, coins, or food.  Make sure that each subclass adds unique attributes to the base class.   Instantiate each of your treasures (but don't worry about putting them in a list yet).

1. Write the initialization routines for your map (link the rooms together to build the map structure).  Place your monsters, treasures, and utility items in the appropriate rooms.

2. Implement the player's "bag" that holds the items the player collects.  Write appropriate functions to put an item in a bag (and thereby remove it from a room) and to drop an item out of the bag (thereby adding it to a room).  Create a base class "Item" that can be subclassed for any item that could be in the player's bag:  treasures, weapons (such as knife or spear), and utility items (such as lamp or healing powders).  Write a polymorphic print function that allows the contents of the player's bag to be printed out appropriately. 

Command Interpreter and Player Status

1. Write a command interpreter to allow the user to input commands.  Use exception handling to handle incorrect user input.  Your command set should contain at least the following commands:

2. Write functions "save_status" and "get_status" that save and restore information about the current Player's status.  Use file I/O to save this information in a record in a file.  When the game is initialized, it should check for a player status file and restore the saved game if one is present.  Player status could consist of points in the game, treasures collected, monsters killed, etc.

Your game is now almost complete.  To finish it, add one more feature of your choosing that will show off your object oriented design and implementation skills.  Some ideas: