A Text-based Game

Goals

Design a game with pointer-linked spaces

Use object-oriented programming concepts

Requirements

This is the final project and you will be able to design and implement a one-player, text-based game where the player can move through spaces to get items and accomplish goals.

You have the freedom to decide what kind of them you would like to create for your game as long the requirements below are met.

Space class

The game requires a Space class, which represents the space the player can be in. The Space class must be an abstract class that will have pure virtual functions.

Inside the Space class, there must be at least 4 Space pointers: top, right, left, and bottom.

Use the class to create a game with the structure of linked space. (You are free to add more Space pointers to the Space class, but must have at least 4 Space pointers)

Note:

Even if your structure is linear, such as a train, you still have at least 4 pointers in the Space class

Any unused pointers need to point to NULL.

The game must have at least 3 derived classes that are derived from the Space

Each representing a different type of space, and need to have a special action for the player to interact with. It can be opening the door to another space, or maybe attack the monster, or turn on the light switch, or sing a song to please the king.

The game must have at least 6 spaces.

Gameplay

The game must have a theme. It can be a crime-solving theme, a fantasy game. The game must also have a goalfor the player, so the player can complete the goal to achieve victory.

The game must keep track of which space the player is in. It can be in a form of visualized space, by printing the map out and indicate where the player is, or printing text describing where the player is at and what adjacent space is around the players space.

You must create a container for the player, to carry items. The container must have a capacity limit. The game must contain some items for the player to obtain in the game and one or more of these items must be required as part of the solution to accomplish games goal, such as a key to open a locked door, etc.

The game must have a time limit, which limits the amount of time/steps/turn the user can take before losing the game. The following are some notable examples of the time limit:

Step limit that limits the number of times the user can switch spaces.

Health system which decreases the players health point from space to space, and maybe some painkillers scattered around the spaces.

Note: make sure you give enough steps to allow the game to perform testing.

Again, the user must be able to interact with parts of the space structure, not just collecting items to complete the game.

Interface

At the beginning of the game, the goal of the game must be declared and printed to let the player know the goal of the game.

The game cannot contain free-form input. An example of free-form input would be to type out kitchen to go to the kitchen space in the game. It is tedious and counter-intuitive.

The game must provide the user a menu option for each scenario of the game.

You are not required to have a printed map to visualize space, a text-based game is sufficient. But, it would be great to have a printed map, it is easier to interact with, and its cool to show a cool game with a map to friends and family.