Adventure game

i just started to try C++ again as lately i have been using game maker programs. anyway, i would like to make an adventure game(text based of course) using C++ but i really dont know how. could somebody give me a link or something to a tutorial showing how to do this?

-thanks in advance.

oh and also, is there a way to change the color of text in C++?

I have source to change color, but it works only on Windows.
Maybe some headers will be missing...

Code:

/*******************************************************************
	
	[File name] : 
		console.h

	[date]		: 
		2.7.2005

	[Purpose]	: 

*******************************************************************/


#ifndef Console_h
#define Console_h


//-----------------------------------------------------------------
//	eColors enumeration
//		- Cerror is used as return value in catch statements
//			when error occures.
//		- null is added for balance.
//-----------------------------------------------------------------
enum eColors
{
	CERROR = -1, CNULL,
	CDARKEST_BLUE, CDARK_GREEN, CDARK_BLUE, CDARK_RED, CDARK_PURPLE, 
	CGOLD, CLIGHT_GRAY, CGRAY, CBLUE, CLIGHT_GREEN, CCYAN,
	CRED, CPURPLE, CYELLOW, CWHITE
};


//-----------------------------------------------------------------
//	class Console
//-----------------------------------------------------------------
class Console
{

public:
	
	Console();
	~Console()
	{
		cout << "\n~\tConsole. color = " << _color;
	}
	
	
	eColors		getColor() const;
	void		setColor(eColors);
	void		clrscr() const;	//Clear the screen

private:
	
	eColors _color;

};


//-----------------------------------------------------------------
//	End
//-----------------------------------------------------------------

#endif	/*	(Console_h)	*/

Code:

/*******************************************************************
	
	[File name] : 
		console.cpp

	[date]		: 
		2.7.2005

	[Purpose]	: 
		Implementation of the class 'console' from the console.h .

*******************************************************************/




//-----------------------------------------------------------------
//	Includes
//-----------------------------------------------------------------

#include "Console.h"
#include <iostream>
	using std::cout;
	using std::endl;
#include <exception>
	using std::cerr;
#include <windows.h>


//-----------------------------------------------------------------
//	Global variables
//-----------------------------------------------------------------
HANDLE  hConsole = GetStdHandle(STD_OUTPUT_HANDLE);	//	For colors


//-----------------------------------------------------------------
//	Constructors & destructors
//-----------------------------------------------------------------
Console::Console():_color(CCYAN)
{
	try
	{
		Console::setColor(CDARK_GREEN);
		cout << "\nConsole created with color " << getColor();
	}
	catch(exception &exc)
	{
		cerr << exc.what();
	}
}


//-----------------------------------------------------------------
//	Accessors
//-----------------------------------------------------------------
eColors Console::getColor() const
{
	try
	{
		cout << "\n\t\tgetColor() , " << eColors (Console::_color )<< "\n";
		return Console::_color;
	}
	catch(exception &exc)
	{
		cerr << exc.what();
	}
	
	return eColors(-1);		//	-1 is error value
}

//---------------------------------------

void Console::setColor(eColors Color)
{
	try
	{
		if (Color > 15)
			throw ("\nColor doesn't exist!");
		Console::_color = Color;
		SetConsoleTextAttribute(hConsole , Console::_color);
	}
	catch(exception &exc)
	{
		cerr << exc.what();
		getchar();
		exit(-1);
	}
	catch(const char *msg)
	{
		Console::setColor(CRED);
		cerr << "\n\nError occured!\n\n*msg : " << msg;
		cerr << "\nPress ENTER to exit....";
		getchar();
		exit(-2);
	}
}


//-----------------------------------------------------------------
//	Other functions
//-----------------------------------------------------------------
void Console::clrscr() const
{
	try
	{
		COORD coordScreen = { 0, 0 };
		DWORD cCharsWritten;
		CONSOLE_SCREEN_BUFFER_INFO csbi;
		DWORD dwConSize;
		HANDLE hConsole = GetStdHandle(STD_OUTPUT_HANDLE);
	    
		GetConsoleScreenBufferInfo(hConsole, &csbi);
		dwConSize = csbi.dwSize.X * csbi.dwSize.Y;
		FillConsoleOutputCharacter(hConsole, TEXT(' '), dwConSize, coordScreen, &cCharsWritten);
		GetConsoleScreenBufferInfo(hConsole, &csbi);
		FillConsoleOutputAttribute(hConsole, csbi.wAttributes, dwConSize, coordScreen, &cCharsWritten);
		SetConsoleCursorPosition(hConsole, coordScreen);
	}
	catch(exception &exc)
	{
		cerr << exc.what();
	}
}


//-----------------------------------------------------------------
//	End
//-----------------------------------------------------------------

USAGE :

Code:

...
Console *Con = new Console();
...
Con->clrscr();
Con->setColor(CDARKBLUE);
...
delete Con;

anybody know anything about a tutorial or something?

A tutorial on/about what?

Originally Posted by Cool-August

A tutorial on/about what?

Making a text adventure game

Do you want to make a game with lots of C++ or use a prebuilt template? If you want to use something like a template go to www.TADS.org.

what's actually a "text adventure game"?
if i wanna create a game, i would learn something like openGL, DirectX etc.
also if u like, u can script good 2D games using Macromeadia Flash.