Assignment Overview

In this assignment you will practice with everything you have learned so far in class to create a custom

interactive text based game using python 3.7.1.

Background

Some of the very first computerized role-playing games were text based adventures such as Zork,

Oregon Trail, or Legend of the Red Dragon. Often these games involved exploring a location,

encountering a foe or trial, and dying in a spectacularly hilarious way. Other text based games are

based on existing pencil and paper games such as Hangman or Mastermind.

Project Specification

You are going to design a game that your classmates will be able to play in class. You may choose to

create your own role playing game, or program a simple version of an existing game. No matter which

game you choose to program, there are certain things common to all games that you must include:

A set of instructions to direct the player on the rules

A clear goal so the player knows what they are trying to achieve

A means of keeping score to know how well the player performed

A leaderboard saved in a file that is updated every time the game is played

Whether they win or lose, a prompt to ask the user if they want to play again, and make sure

their response is an acceptable answer (yes/no, y/n).

Make sure to check the validity for all of your user inputs throughout the program. Dont let bad input

create errors.

Notes and Hints:

You should start with this program, as with all programs, by breaking the program down into parts.

1. Make a plan: Begin by mapping out the flow of execution in your program. Break it down into

different parts and decide what can be broken out into functions (printing instructions, reading

the leaderboard file, printing out the leaderboard, validating input, etc.). Your flowchart and

pseudocode are part of your deliverables, so take your time to design something that you know

you can code.

2. Reuse where possible: Some of the features and functions that you will need for this project

have already been written in your previous assignments such as input validation or printing

instructions. Find any logic or code that you have already written and turn it into a reusable

function within your program.

3. Test your code often. Make sure you have run through every possible scenario that you

mapped out in your flowchart.

4. Figure out how you will collect the players names and keep score for your leaderboard. For

Hangman, number of letters correctly guessed; for Mastermind, fewest moves to solution; or

for a role playing game, number of foes vanquished. The leaderboard should maintain a list of

the top ten players and their scores. It should be printed out at the end of any gaming session

after the user has indicated that they dont want to play anymore. As new users play, more

names can be added to the leaderboard.

Deliverables

You will be expected to turn in the following files for your final project:

Your code in a single file

A diagram that includes a flowchart of the flow of execution through your code. You can use

an online tool such as LucidChart to create your flowchart, or just use shapes in PowerPoint.