Please help (Text Adventure Game)

I am creating a text adventure game. I have a class called room with a list of rooms in it. I want to set descriptions for these rooms, what objects are in them and what exits there are to the other rooms but i dont know how to. Any suggestions. Thank you.

Angel

Code:

//Room.h

#include <iostream>
using std::ostream;
using std::istream;


class Room
{

private:

string room1;
string room2;
string room3;
string room4;
string kitchen;
string hall;
string descriptionroom1;
string descriptionroom2;
string descriptionroom3;
string descriptionroom4;
string descriptionkitchen;
string descriptionhall;

public:



}//class Room

You have to get back to the basics of Object oriented programming. You don't create a class and then... put all the objects in the class. Each room should be an object. You declare as many of those objects as you have rooms.

Code:

//Room.h

class Room
{

private:

string description;
string exits;
string objects;

public:
  Room(...);
  string getDescription();
  string getExits();
  string getObjects();

};

Code:

int main()
{
  Room kitchen(...);
  Room hallway(...);
  Room bedroom(...);

  return 0;
}

I of course wouldn't use strings, but since I'm not really sure what ur doing I just used them for the sake of example.

If you're going to write the getters you might as well right the setters.

Code:

void setDescription(string);
void setExits(string);
void setObjects(string);

...but in reality, you have to go back and think about what your rooms really contain. Would objects really be a string? What about exits? Look at how I've implemented this and tell me if it makes more sense to you.

Code:

class roomObject;  // Implement this later, just know it's there

class Room {
   public:
      void setDescription(string);
      string showDescrition();
      void takeObject(roomObject);
      void dropObject(roomObject);
      void exitThrough(Room);
   private:
      string Description;
      vector<roomObject> Objects(1);
      vector<Room *> Exits(1);   // I'm not sure if you can use a vector of pointers,
                                 // infact I think STL has better containers for this
                                 // but you get the idea.
};

yep, but I have a feeling he won't know what either are :P

Originally Posted by Kurisu

Code:

//Room.h

class Room
{

private:

string description;
string exits;
string objects;

public:
  Room(...);    
  string getDescription();
  string getExits();
  string getObjects();

};

Code:

int main()
{
  Room kitchen(...);
  Room hallway(...);
  Room bedroom(...);

  return 0;
}

I of course wouldn't use strings, but since I'm not really sure what ur doing I just used them for the sake of example.

Thank you everyone for your help but i am still al little confused. Why wouldnt you use strings? And where do i put the list of rooms and the objects in them and the description? Thank you.

You should use strings (although maybe not as a way of storing exits or objects). You should also remember to add the #include <string> when you do.

You can have a list of rooms anywhere else, like in your main game engine, or in main(), or in another class that handles all the rooms.

Originally Posted by SlyMaelstrom

If you're going to write the getters you might as well right the setters.

Code:

void setDescription(string);
void setExits(string);
void setObjects(string);

...but in reality, you have to go back and think about what your rooms really contain. Would objects really be a string? What about exits? Look at how I've implemented this and tell me if it makes more sense to you.

Code:

class roomObject;  // Implement this later, just know it's there

class Room {
   public:
      void setDescription(string);
      string showDescrition();
      void takeObject(roomObject);
      void dropObject(roomObject);
      void exitThrough(Room);
   private:
      string Description;
      vector<roomObject> Objects(1);
      vector<Room *> Exits(1);   // I'm not sure if you can use a vector of pointers,
                                 // infact I think STL has better containers for this
                                 // but you get the idea.
};

I dont know what a vector is but i do have to use a lot of pointer because i have 4 different classes.

Okay, maybe we could actually HELP the poor fellow.
But first, what are you doing, none bothred to ask that.
Mabe you should make classes for the objects FIRST and then slap them into you're room
Also, maybe you should do without rooms for now. It would do better for a learning
expirance to just wok on the basics. I'm working on a text based
RPG right now, I have classes for all types of items, then classes
n'such for spells and crap like that. You should work on the little
stuff before you write the big stuff. Like, for examle, the ellefant
wasn't made all at once. It's made up of tiny cells, that make bigger cells that make bigger cells. In a similer way you should
make classes that are used in other classes and more and more
like this

Code:

class WEAPON {

//weapon code


};

class ARMOR {

//armor code

};

class POTION {

//potion code

};


class ITEM {

int type // 0 for potion 1 for weapon....

POTION P;
WEAPON W;
ARMOR A;

};


class INV {

ITEM Items[5];

long GOLD;  

//..........


};


class PLAYER {

INV Invintory;

int HP, CON, DEX, STR, WIS, CHA, INT, MANNA, ....

};

See what I mean... Don't make the player before you make the ARMOR.

So what you are saying is i should work on my thing class which hold all the objects which are supposed to go in the room? Because i also have a player class which is where i was going to know what objects the player is holding and the players location, a game class which i was gonna have keep the current information about the game, initialize the game and set up all the location so if i type N it knows to go north 2 the other room and i also wanted this class to process the move typed in by the player and determine when the game is over. Then there is the room class where i was gonna contain the name of the room and the description what is in the room and where each exit goes. Thank you.

Angel