CIS 3280 Adventure Game Project

Assignment 1 – Game Design

Introduction

Adventure is a time-honored interactive game that has been enjoyed by many and has been implemented in many forms. First implemented in 1977, t involves a command-line interface that allows the player to navigate some sort of map (a dungeon, a castle, a spaceship) while attempting to collect treasures and avoid monsters. A sample Adventure game session might be:

You are standing at the doorway of a small cottage to the north. The door is open and a light is shining inside.

>> north

You are now inside the cottage. A blazing fire warms the room, which is inhabited by a very old elf. Startled by your presence, he falls out of his chair and drops a shiny gold key.

>> get key

You now have the key in your backpack.

>> south

The game progresses in this manner, with the player moving through the virtual world, collecting objects (perhaps later the key could be used to open a door), encountering creatures both good and bad, and trying to find the hidden treasures. The player wins when all the treasures have been found and brought back to a “home base” (usually the starting point of the game). Try playing the original Adventure game, online version..

Assignment

Design an adventure game (be creative) including creating a map data structure, treasures stored in the map, and monsters that can annoy or kill the player. 

Deliverables:

1. A short (2-3 page) design description detailing your game ideas:
• Game map
• Premise of game – what is the virtual world you are building?
• Challenges for the player: monsters, pitfalls, etc.
• Win conditions – how does the player get or lose points, treasures, etc.?
2. Code for a simple linked list of monsters:
• A monster structure
• A traversal routine that prints out the names of the monsters present
• A driver (main) program that initializes the structure with at least four monsters

Turn In:

• Your design document in HARDCOPY
• Your code in HARDCOPY
• A floppy or CD with your code, project files (we will compile your code), and document files in electronic form.

Assignments are due at the beginning of class on the date due. Late assignments cannot be accepted.