A New Text Adventure

PrintStar on 2008/04/02 03:00 of PrintStar Zero

I wanted to try to make a point-and-click adventure for this pyweek, but I think I found out by the end of the first 24 hours that the graphics necessary were just too difficult for me to even attempt. But I decided I could put together a nice text adventure that would be just as fun (maybe more fun). And besides, I've really been into using Python's cmd module lately (command lines are hot!).

I have a lot of the game logic complete, but it's mostly the basic text adventure stuff (movement, inventory and object handling). I still need to create the game and write the logic for non-player characters and object interactions. The whole game is stored in an sqlite database.

I think I'm also going to include a walkthrough for people who want to play through the game, but don't want to invest the time. Seem reasonable?

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saluk on 2008/04/02 04:49:

I LOVE TEXT ADVENTURES! Graphics are often overrated anyway. A walkthrough would be great. With so many entries it would be nice to be able to go through without fear of getting stuck.

kfields on 2008/04/02 05:24:

I thought about doing a Zork clone. Are you going to use chatterbot technology? That's what I would do.

PrintStar on 2008/04/02 14:08:

I never thought of using a chatterbot of any type. That may have been a good idea...

Instead I'm using the cmd module in the Python standard library and writing all the interaction logic myself. It's a bit difficult just because I want interactions to be as natural as possible.

kfields on 2008/04/02 15:04:

Well, it's probably too late to change strategies. You would need to learn how to use the tokenizer and construct pattern trees. Here's a link about A.L.I.C.E that will help if your interested.