Thread: text based game c programing

hello im trying to write a text based game for class and not really sure where to start i was hoping i could get some pointers on how to start

How difficult do you want it to be?

The first thing to do is to pick a game:

* Guess a number.
* Guess a code.
* Guess a word. (hangman)
* Blackjack.
* Battleship.
* Craps.
* Crib. (or some other card game)
* Tic-tac-toe.
* Checkers.
* ...

That's just a sample. Your options are limitless.

im aiming for a text based adventure game kind of like D&D

btw im using pelles c so im kind of limited so far all the examples ive been looking at require which doesnt work with pelles

Originally Posted by bobert503

im aiming for a text based adventure game kind of like D&D

To make an adventure game you'll need data structures like the following.

Code:

MAP
  --1--
  |   |
  2   3
  |   |
  |   4
  |   |
  --5--

ROOMS
Num  Name                 Descrip
1    "The Dingo Room"     "A dingo stands astride a mangled corpse."
2    "Release the Crack"  "A crack .......... is smoking crack. There is crack here."
3    "Bill"               "A wise old man smiles and pats his crotch."
4    "El Diablo Cheese Sandwicho" "Just use your imagination."
5    "Reflector"          "Mirrors adorn every wall. The room still seems small, though."

ROOM CONNECTIONS
   N  E  S  W
1  0  3  0  2
2  1  0  5  0
3  1  0  4  0
4  3  0  5  0
5  0  4  0  2

ROOM OBJECTS
RoomNum ObjNum(s)
1       2
2       1
3       0
4       3
5       0

OBJECTS
ObjNum Name                RoomNum
1      Crack               2
2      Magic Dingo Collar  1
3      Cheese Sandwich     4
4      Baseball Bat        0

PLAYER
  Location:   1
  Inventory:  4, ...
  Score:     42

Games, even text-based, can be quite difficult for a beginner to implement. I am assuming you're a beginner, if you don't even know where to start. I would actually suggest you avoid a project like this for now, as it is more complex than you might realize.

If you still want to go ahead with this idea...

You need to start with a plan. If you don't have a plan, you are not anywhere near ready to begin coding "for real" (though writing little test snippets to check out ideas along the way is a good idea).

Do you have any ideas on how you want the game to work? For instance, some questions that pop to mind are:

• How will movement work? Will it be text-based like the old-style MUDs, or a "graphical" map made up of characters that show current location?
• What commands do you want to include?
• What kind of character information do you want to keep track of?
• What kinds of things do you want the player/character to be able to do?
• How will battles work?

The answer to each one of these questions will yield a host of details you will need to figure out before you even start thinking about how your program will be structured.

Once you have a plan ready, then "where to start" will become pretty obvious.