Challenge
To make a text based adventure game to show off all of your programming skills. Your character should be able to move around between locations, pick-up objects and interact with other characters/enemies. The scope of your story is completely up to you but there are a few ideas below that people have completed in the past.
Fantasy game: A fantasy style adventure with gobins, woods, swords etc.
Escape room: A game where your character was trapped in a house and you had to solve puzzles in each room to escape
Football prospect: You were a professional footballer who could travel between locations like stadium, training ground etc. You could improve your stats and it increased the chances of you winning matches at the stadium
Its important you use as many skills as possible in your game. The diagram below might help give you some ideas.
Where to start
The following 4 videos show how to make locations using functions and then move around. Please work through them if you are unsure where to begin:
01 Understanding basic functions
Help Videos & Guides
GCSE Skills
Below are the main skills you must have by the end of the GCSE course. If you are a Y10 or Y11 student then you should try and demonstrate all of these skills within your game.
| Skill | Example Use |
|---|---|
| Inputs | Asking for the players name |
| Outputs | Printing out the story as you play the game |
| If Statements | Making decisions such as left or right down a chosen path |
| Nested If Statements | Making decisions based on a previous decision |
| For Loops | Spending attribute points to upgrade your character |
| While Loops | Having two characters fight until ones health reaches 0 |
| Lists | For a bag to store items as you progress through the game, or a list of locations you have previous visited |
| Procedures | For the locations to visit as you move around the game |
| Functions | To add an item to your bag |
| File Handling | To save an instance of your game so it stores your health, money, inventory etc. |
| External Modules/Libraries | Importing random to build chance into the game |