My_Zork

Features of the program

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• Resource files that appear when certain items are picked up e.g. map when you pick up the 'poorly drawn map'.
• Simulated combat & leveling.
• Teleporting too much has a chance to damage the player, but will avoid enemies and traps.
• Some rooms have traps and/or enemies in them.
• To pick up the item, type any part(at least 3 letters) of the item name(ignores case) into the box and click the 'Take' button or press the return key.
• Different messages depending on what caused the death of the player.
• Atk power gets increased by strength(1 point for every 3 strength points) and weapons(best weapon will be used).
• Hp(initial value 100) gets increased by stamina(1 point for every 2 stamina points)
• Win condition: pick up 'Jeweled Crown' and 'Sword of Destiny'.
• Lose condition: lose all your hp i.e. hp < 1.

Concepts used in the program

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Templates:

• Used for the damage and heal functions in the character class.

Operator overloading:

• Overloaded the prefix '++' operator for the character to level them up.

Friend classes:

• The zorkul class is a friend of the character class, to access the character's atkpow,
• The mainwindow class is a friend of the zorkul class, to access the character object.

Inheritance:

• Weapon inherits from item,
• Bat inherits from enemy.

Tips:

• Pick up the map in the starting room(Poor Village).
• Don't go through trapped rooms too often.
• Don't use the teleport too often.

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This project was made for CS4076(Event Driven Programming) module in second year, by:

• Damian Skrzypek