Haunted Forest *Example of text game*

[Kirdra]

//-------------------------------------------------------------------------
//  Kirdra 2002     Haunted Forest v0.1
//-------------------------------------------------------------------------

#include <conio.h>                                                //getch()             
#include <iostream>                                          //cin/cout etc
#include <stdlib.h>                     //Clear the screen - system("cls");            

//-------------------------------------------------------------------------
//  Variable names pretty much decribe what they do
//-------------------------------------------------------------------------

int Win_Condition = 0;
int Treasure = 0;
int Weapon = 0;                                    
int User_Location_X = 0;
int User_Location_Y = 0;                             //Position on the grid               
int User_Input, Q = 0;            //I like to use Q as a Quit Game variable               
int Game_Over = 100;                               //Turns before game over
                                
int Display_Room()                //Function - Include for example purposes 
    {
cout << "X position = "<<User_Location_X<<"\n";
cout << "Y position = "<<User_Location_Y<<"\n\n";
    }

//-------------------------------------------------------------------------
//  The program begins
//-------------------------------------------------------------------------

int main()
{

    cout << "This game is designed to be used on the number pad.\n";                      
    cout << "To quit the game press 0 then Enter, to see your\n";
    cout << "current co-ordinates press 5 then Enter. To use the\n";
    cout << "directions simple press the number besides the\n";  
    cout << "direction name.";                      //Information for users
    getch();                      //Waits for a key press before continuing
    
//-------------------------------------------------------------------------
//  The loop begins
//-------------------------------------------------------------------------

do
{
    
//-------------------------------------------------------------------------
//  Define our barriers/walls
//-------------------------------------------------------------------------

if (User_Location_X  == 6)
        {
    cout << "You can not continue in this direction.\n";
    User_Location_X--;
    getch();
        }
    
else if(User_Location_X == -6)
    {
    cout << "You can not continue in this direction.\n";
    User_Location_X++;
    getch();
    } 

else if(User_Location_Y == 6)
    {
    cout << "You can not continue in this direction.\n";
    User_Location_Y--;
    getch();
    }   

else if(User_Location_Y == -6)
    {
    cout << "You can not continue in this direction.\n";
    User_Location_Y++;
    getch();
    }

//-------------------------------------------------------------------------
//  Game over if 100 turns expire
//-------------------------------------------------------------------------

Game_Over = Game_Over--;         //Game_Over is reduced by 1 each loop when    
if(Game_Over == 0)                              //it reaches 0 the game ends
    {
    system("cls");
    cout << "Night falls, the monsters of the Forest come out to play.\n\n";
    cout << "Game Over.";
    getch();
    return 0;                                   //This teminates the program
    }

//-------------------------------------------------------------------------
//  This text will display every loop
//-------------------------------------------------------------------------

    system("cls");

    cout << "Haunted Forest     v0.1\n\n";
    cout << "8)North\n6)East\n2)South\n4)West\n\n"; 
    cin >> User_Input;  
    cout << "\n"; 

//-------------------------------------------------------------------------
//  If user wants to quit
//-------------------------------------------------------------------------

if(User_Input == 0)
{
    system("cls");
    cout << "Night falls, the monsters of the Forest come out to play.\n\n";
    cout << "Game Over.";
    getch();
    return 0;   //This teminates the program
}

//-------------------------------------------------------------------------
//  Updating Co-ordinates and outputing relavent text to screen
//-------------------------------------------------------------------------

switch(User_Input)
    {
case 8: cout << "You venture north.\n\n";
    User_Location_Y++;  break;                   
case 6: cout << "You venture east.\n\n";            
    User_Location_X++; break;     
case 2: cout << "You venture south.\n\n";           
    User_Location_Y--; break;     
case 4: cout << "You venture west.\n\n";            
    User_Location_X--; break;
case 5: Display_Room(); 
    }
    
//-------------------------------------------------------------------------
//  Now to include special areas (rooms that do something)
//-------------------------------------------------------------------------

//-------------------------------------------------------------------------
//  Treasure room
//-------------------------------------------------------------------------
if(User_Location_X == 0 && User_Location_Y == 5)
{
    if(Treasure == 1)           //If the user has already been here
    {
    cout << "You see an empty treasure chest.\n\n";
    }
    else if(Treasure == 0)      //If the user has not been to this area
    {
    cout << "You have found the treasure of the Haunted Forest.\n\n";
    Treasure = 1;               //Telling the program the user has been here
    }                           //for the next loop for the relevant message
    
}

//-------------------------------------------------------------------------
//  Weapon room
//-------------------------------------------------------------------------
if(User_Location_X == 5 && User_Location_Y == 0)
{
    if(Weapon == 1)
    {
    cout << "You see marks in a tree made from a knife.\n\n";
    }
    else if(Weapon == 0)
    {
    cout << "You have found the Haunted Dagger.\n\n";
    Weapon = 1;
    }  
}

    
//-------------------------------------------------------------------------
//  Output for a winner
//-------------------------------------------------------------------------

if(Win_Condition == 1)
{
    system("cls");
    cout << "You have completed Haunted Forest v0.1\n\n";
    getch();
    return 0;    //This teminates the program   
}

//-------------------------------------------------------------------------
//  The message after a turn expires
//-------------------------------------------------------------------------

        cout << "The Sun begins to fade it is getting darker."; 
        getch();
        system("cls");

//-------------------------------------------------------------------------
//  End the do loop
//-------------------------------------------------------------------------

}               //This Bracket ends the "do" that was opened for the loop 

while(Q!=1);    //Because the loop has ended the program will read to the 
                //end of the code thus quiting 

//-------------------------------------------------------------------------
//  End the program
//-------------------------------------------------------------------------     

return 0;       //This teminates the program

}               //int main()

I was so happy when I finished this game. Short but I learned a lot through it, more so through ideas than accual code. It took a bit of thinking to come up with the barrier/wall system. although it is very simple

This source code has been stiriped down from the original btw. Just want to show the basic structure of the program.


*Edit* Quick bug fixed

[Hunter2]

Very fancy commenting

[Kirdra]

I like to keep my code very neat/spaced out and easy to read so it's easy to update/modify and to copy into other in other programs.

I will move on to windows programming now I think so I can add images to my creations, maybe even animations!

[Hunter2]

I used to try commenting like that; unfortunately, I gave up after a while, leaving my code splotchy and ugly