EEN218 Spring 2005, Game Assignment

• The world must be described in a text file which the program reads on startup. Changing that text file should be ALL that is required to change that map of the world and the objects within it.
• The running game should simulate a person/robot moving through the world at the command of the user. The user must be able to give simple typed commands telling the person/robot what to do. It must be able to turn in various directions, move forwards, pick up and put down objects, and describe its surroundings. Of course, you may make the person/robot able to move and act of its own volition, but that is not a requirement.
• The commands understood by the person/robot should be simple typed English words or phrases, not numbers or single letters selected from a menu.
• The must be a "help" command that lists the available commands for new users.
• The person/robot must be restricted by some aspects of the environment. This means that the text map file must be able to describe some connections between locations which can be traversed, and some which can't (e.g. windows and walls). The person/robot should not be able to walk through walls.
• There should be a number of objects in the world, which the person/robot can pick up, carry around, and put down. Once an object has been put down in a location, it should stay in that location until something moves it. You may treat some objects as "treasure", or valuable in the sense of scoring points, but that is not important.
• The program must be well written and have a clear design. The grade will be based on the quality of the programming, not on the interestingness or excitement of the game.