Scenario

You work for a small company that creates text-based games. You have been asked to pitch an idea to your team for a text-based adventure game with a theme and environment of your choice. Your game must include different rooms, items, and a villain. The basic gameplay will require the player to move between different rooms to gather all of the items. A player wins the game by collecting all the itemsbeforeencountering the villain. The player will have two options for commands in the game: moving to a different room, and getting an item from the room they are in. Movement between rooms happens in four simple directions: North, South, East, and West.

You must include the designs for your game as a part of your idea pitch. Specifically, you have been asked to provide a map that displays the different rooms and items. You have also been asked to use pseudocode or flowcharts to design code for moving between rooms and getting items. If your pitch gets approved, these designs will help your team members understand the pitch, and will help the team develop the game in the future.

Directions

In this project, you will break the problem down into a set of requirements for your game program. Then you will design your game by creating a storyboard and pseudocode or flowcharts. Remember, in Project One, you are onlydesigningthe game. You will actually develop the code for your game in Project Two.

• What is your theme? What is the basicstoryline?
• Whatroomswill you have? (Note: You need a minimum of eight.)
• Whatitemswill you have? (Note: You need a minimum of six.)
• Who is yourvillain?

1. Next, you will "complete your"storyboardbydesigning a map that organizes the required elements of the game (rooms, items, and villain). Using the blank map in your template, organize the different rooms and the items in each room. The following requirements must be met:

• There must be a minimum ofeightrooms.
• Each room must containoneitem, with the exception of the "start" room and the room containing the villain.
• The "start" room is where players will begin their moves and should not contain any items.
• The room containing the villain shouldnotcontain any items.

2. Remember, to win the game, the player must move through the rooms, collect all the items, and avoid the room with the villain until all of the items have been collected. Make sure that it is possible for the player to win the game. For example, the room with the villain should not block a room containing an item.

1. Create pseudocode or a flowchart that logically outlines the steps that will allow the player to move between roomsusing commands to go North, South, East, and West. Use your notes from Step #3 to help you design this section of code. Be sure to address the following:

• Whatinputdo you need from the player? How will you prompt the player for that input? How will you validate the input?
• What should the program do if the player enters a valid direction? Whatoutputshould result?
• What should the program do if the player enters an invalid direction? Whatoutputshould result?
• How will youcontrol the program flowwith decision branching and loops?

1. Create pseudocode or a flowchart that logically outlines the steps that will allow the player to get the item from the room they are in and add it to their inventory. Use your notes from Step #3 to help you design this section of code. Be sure to address the following:

• Whatinputdo you need from the player? How will you prompt the player for that input? How will you validate the input?
• What should the program do if the player enters a valid item (the item in their current room)? Whatoutputshould result?
• What should the program do if the player enters an invalid item (an item not in their current room)? Whatoutputshould result?
• How will youcontrol the program flowwith decision branching or loops?

What to Submit

To "complete this" project, you must submit the following:

Design DocumentorDesign Presentation

Submit your completedDesign Document TemplateorDesign Presentation Template, which should contain all of the designs for your program. Be sure that you have completed the following pieces of the template:

Storyboard (Theme Description and Map)

Include a paragraph (if using Word) or a slide (if using PowerPoint) that describes the theme, the basic storyline, the rooms, the items, and the villain. Submit your completed map with the layout of the different rooms and the items in each room. Your map should be on one page of the Word document or one slide of the PowerPoint presentation. You completed these items in Steps #1 and 2.

Pseudocode or Flowcharts

Include the pseudocode or flowcharts showing how the player will move between rooms and get the item from each room. Input, output, and the decision branching and loops that control the program flow should be clear. You completed these designs in Steps #4 and 5.

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