ENGG1340: COMPUTER PROGRAMMING 2 Group 142

Team Members:-

• NAME: Jaffery Syed Muhammad Ali Murtaza
  UID: 3035718046

• NAME: Rajiv Arnav
  UID: 3035709057

Description of the Text-Based Game -

• Our project is dedicated to emulate a trivia based gameshow. This game show would include several rounds bound by a sequential game pattern i.e. succession of rounds in an order.
• The project structure is based on our user earning points in the form of money by answering trivia questions. Every right decision would lead to addition of points, in turn every error would lead to the reduction of points i.e. the game money. The currency of money earned can be entered by the user or using default value be set to game currency.
• The questions will be divided into different rounds. In some rounds, the questions will be answered by manually by entering the answer, while in other rounds the user would have to select an option.
• The topics would include but are not limited to science, sports, politics, gk.
• The game will include rapid fire rounds and lucky 7 round's that would allow the user to gamble with large amounts of money. and rounds which would create chances to earn more money by gambling. Such rounds will include fun elements like typewritter effects, sound effects and suspense building with screen pause functions!
• At the end of the game, a player report will be generated and a score status of current player would be displayed.

Compilation and execution instructions

To compile and run the code, enter:

make gameshow
./gameshow

Features we have Implemented:

How Does Our Program Implement Random Events?

• As our game is trivia based, we intend to use functions under rand() to randomly select questions that the user will answer. These questions will be randomly chosen from sata structures which store the questions, options and answers.
• The lucky 7 round uses rand() function to randomly generate numbers for the betting game.

How Do We Use Data Structures?

• The game is based on trivia questions. These questions are stored in structures.
• Some questions are stores in arrays.
• User data is stored using structures as well.

How Do We Implement Dynamic Memory Management?

• The rapid fire round is based on the users demands.
• As per the users choice, the number of questions are entered to a dynamic array and the answers are stored in another dynamic array. These questions and answers are then used to play the rapid fire round.

How Do We Use Dynamic Memory Management?

• In the rapid fire round, the user is propted to enter the number of questions they can answer to their capabilities.
• This value is used to initialize a dynamic array to stors questions for the user!

Use Of File input/output:

• All of the user data is stored in a file.
• Some of the game variables would be also written in files to maintain proper records of game choices and other implementation of game features.
• If one player quits the game in the middle of the game, he/she can restart from last saved checkpoint by entering name and loading data

How Do We Impliment Program code in multiple files?

• Program code will be stored in multiple files to implement the game functionality without any errors.
• These files would help to regulate the process used in the game.

Non-Standard C/C++ Libraries:

• #include <time.h> : Used to initialize seed of srand to current time
• #include <unistd.h> : Used to impliment sleep and usleep functions in the game

At a Glance:

Our game begins by greeting the user followed by taking in user data. This data is entered into a file using input and output streams. When the user enterers their name, the code checks if previous data exists for the particular user. If data is found, the user is presented with the chance to use that data or let it go. The advantage of this feature is that no other player can access data for another user. The introduction gives a detailed explanation of the game and prompts the user to continue when they’re done reading it. The user also had the ability to change the game currency or keep it to the default value. Once the game begins, the user is prompted to answer questions from different sections of the game. These questions are generated randomly from structures that store these questions. The game includes bonus rounds like lucky 7 and rapid fire. These rounds are different from the rest of the game structure. This is what makes them special. They also incorporate different features like the typewriter effect and using sounds. After each round the data is updated in the file. If the user quits the game in the middle of a round, they can restart from the last checkpoint. In the end of the game, the score for the current user is shown and goodbye message is displayed.