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Escape
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An Adventure Game Assignment
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| The approach I use when assigning an adventure game is to encourage students to write an "adventure engine"
which has the basic commands implemented but the storyline is read in from data files. In this way one can write
the program one time, then just create a new set of data files for each new adventure game. The best response to
an adventure game assignment was "Escape to Pokagon," where students are asked to write an adventure
simulation for the exploration of the park. A key component of the assignment is the use of extra credit. Students
are only required to implement a base set of features; additional features (which usually require additional learning
and effort) are worth additional points. A majority of the students will pursue some form of extra credit, and
sometimes they can surprise you with their effort and creativity. It is strongly recommended
that students approach this program in stages: first to just be able to read in and parse the data file, then a
simple adventure engine that supports movement only, and finally the "full working" version which allows
for the manipulation of objects, scoring, and so forth. |
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To make this assignment easy to adopt, a variety of resources are at your disposal. Copies of the assignment handouts
are available in both Word and PDF format. In addition, source code for the assignment is available.
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Follow the twisty link back to the nifty adventure assignment....
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| Web page created 9 February 2002 by John K. Estell, ECCS Department, Ohio Northern University. |