Thread: My Text RPG

I am designing a text-based RPG. (isn't everyone?)
I have attached the executable, snd i am asking for suggestions and corrections that could be made to the storyline. The rooms arent completed yet, so you return to the main menu after all of the technicalities, but i am welcoming suggestions for those too. Keep in mind that the game has a theme, mostly mideval, and it is evident when you make it through the story. Updates will be posted in this thread, so come back soon!

~Inquirer

P.S. Feel free to let me know what you think of the game in more detail than the poll above, and any ideas for a name for the game.

P.P.S. The files included are the storyline.h file and the executable.

Hey.
i give it a 3. There isnt much there at the moment except the few messages that make up the story... so its kinda hard to say.

Look like it has some good potential, but from ehre it could go anywhere

plus coffee was misspelled.

You have a GREAT beginning. I am excited to see the actual game in action. I'm not going to vote ATM, because there isn't any real gameplay

Hey Inquirer, do yourself a favor and disable the console cursor and the mouse cursor Don't know how?

PHP Code:

#include <windows.h>
...

SetConsoleMode(GetStdHandle(STD_INPUT_HANDLE), ENABLE_LINE_INPUT); // Disables the mouse cursor

...
void setcursor(int visible, DWORD size)
{
    if(size == 0)
    {
        size = 20;
    }
    HANDLE hConsole = GetStdHandle(STD_OUTPUT_HANDLE);
    CONSOLE_CURSOR_INFO lpCursor;    
    lpCursor.bVisible = visible;
    lpCursor.dwSize = size;
    SetConsoleCursorInfo(hConsole,&lpCursor);
}
...

setcursor(0, 0); // Disables the console cursor 


I am currently drawing the map fpr the game, and it will take quite awhile to program once i finish. (i doubt that i will release the map, as it would give a swrious advantage to the person with it) I currently have a 15 x 15 map, and most of it is occupied by rooms, Is that too much? because there are some places that could be easily erased. Let me know!

~Inquirer

P.S. The whole game will take place in a castle, and you begin in the central courtyard. I am still in need of ideas for the game name, and for complications and items for the rooms. I also know about the ytpos, i just haven't gotten to that yet. I am currently working on finishing the game engine.

Thanks for the compliment. However, i have hit a rather large problem. I originally had a menu (like the main menu) for the gaming engine, however it got too large to show on one screen. It also takes quite a bit of programming to change when i have tons of case statements and printf()s and numbers that go with the commands, and letter shortcuts like 'q' for '0' etc. So i have set up a command line, and i can't figure ouit how to get it to work. I have cut it down to one command, and it still won't work.

Here is the current code. Let me know what i am doing wrong.

PHP Code:

void gameMenu(){
    // Main gaming engine, the loop that runs the whole game
    char* command;
    cout << ":";
    cin >> command;
    switch (command){
        case "quit":
        case "q":
        case "Quit":
        case "Q":
            mainMenu();
            break;
    }
} 


I quote Visual C++ 6....

*ahem*

switch expression of type 'char *' is illegal

are you serious?
dang. What do i have to do then? make them single character commands?

Yea I'm serious... think about it for a minute, what's a pointer? A memory address basically, so... you're saying, "If memory address X == 'quit'". Which doesn't make any sense does it?

thanks, now i see why that doesn't work. Is there any other way to do it? like using the &command or **command or something?

You could do this...

PHP Code:

#include <iostream>

#define BUFF 20

void mainMenu();
void gameMenu();

int main()
{
    gameMenu();
    return 0;
}

void gameMenu()
{
    // Main gaming engine, the loop that runs the whole game
    char command[BUFF];
command:
    std::cout << "Command: ";
    std::cin >> command;
    if (command[0] != 'q' && command != "quit")
    {
        std::cout << "Not an option!\n";
        goto command;
    }
    mainMenu();
}

void mainMenu()
{
    std::cout << "mainMenu()";
} 


And it's not case-sensitive... so, don't be verbose

what's not case sensitive, and what is the "command:" thing all about?

PHP Code:

    char command[BUFF];
command: ////////////////////////<< this command: thing
    std::cout << "Command: "; 


And it's not case-sensitive... so, don't be verbose

That's a jump-point for the goto loop... er, I probably shouldn't have used that... and also I noticed the example I gave you is flawed, if you see [phpif (command[0] != 'q' && command != "quit")[/php] This would mean I could type 'quick' and it would work... SO... look at this example, and see if it helps you understand what's going on (I replaced the goto loop)

PHP Code:

#include <iostream>

#define BUFF 20

void mainMenu();
void gameMenu();

int main()
{
    gameMenu();
    return 0;
}

void gameMenu()
{
    // Main gaming engine, the loop that runs the whole game
    char command[BUFF];
    for (;;)
    {
        std::cout << "Command: ";
        std::cin >> command;
        if (command[0] == 'q' && command[1] == '\0')
            mainMenu();
        if (command[0] == 'Q' && command[1] == '\0')
            mainMenu();        
        std::cout << "Not an option!\n";
    }    
}

void mainMenu()
{
    std::cout << "mainMenu()";
    exit(0);
} 


Nevermind what I said about case-sensitive