Programming Homework Help. Non-Linear Story by reading a text file.
Deliverables:
● File with story text
● Source code (cpp and header files) – it must compile or you will receive a 0
● Questions (in a separate text file)
Note – there are two versions of this assignment:
● One uses an array
project is to create a non-linear story engine programmed in C++ . It will be similar to the types of
stories you can find on www.twinery.org. NOTE: you are not to use twinery.org to complete any part of this
assignment – It is noted here just to give you an idea of what an interactive story is.
Your project must have at least 10 story elements. In a non-linear story, some elements will move the story
forward, while others represent an alternate path. At each decision point, you can have any number of options,
but I suggest limiting to 3 for this assignment.
Here is an example of an interactive story- with five story elements – only 3 of the elements are listed here:
Story scene #1
A little girl is going through the woods with her red cape on the way to her grandmother’s house. It is a lovely
sunny day and she is singing and admitting the lush foliage in the forest. Suddenly she hears a movement behind
her and she sees a friendly wolf.
Should she:
Talk to the Wolf [goes to scene 2]
Give the basket to the Wolf and get out of there [goes to scene 3]
Story scene #2
The Wolf says, “Hello little girl, where are you going”. “To bring my sick grandmother some fresh eggs”, said the
little girl. “Can I help you carry all of those precious eggs so that they arrive safely”, the Wolf replied.
Should she:
Tell the Wolf she wants to visit Grandma herself [goes to scene 4]
Give the basket to the Wolf and get out of there [goes to scene 3]
Ask the Wolf to accompany her to her grandmother’s house [goes to scene 5]
Story scene #3
The Wolf says, “Hello little girl, where are you going”. “Hello sir”, she says sweetly. “I was going through the forest
to give my yummy eggs to someone and I think it should be you.”. The Wolf was pleased by the gesture and
distracted long enough for the little girl to slip away.
End of story
● Create your story
● Create the input file
● Create a class to store each “scene”
● Read the input file into a dynamic array of scenes
● Make it interactive: Create an engine to “run” a scene- i.e., display prompts and go correctly to
the next scene until you get to the end
Implementation Guidelines:
Read the story elements/scenes in from a file with the following format:
@s1 This is a description of a scene in the story.
It can span
several lines.
@p1 prompt for choice 1
4
@p2 prompt for choice 2
3
@p3 prompt for choice 3
7
Explanation:
@s1 beginning of a scene and also the scene number
@p first line is question to prompt user. Next line is scene to go to.
@0 terminating scene – it has text only. It may not be the last scene
In the example above, choice 1 will jump to the 4th scene.
For the story described above – here is the file to correspond to it. Note that this is NOT complete!
———————- Beginning of file ——————–
@s1 A little girl is going through the woods with her red cape on the way to her grandmother’s house. It is a lovely
sunny day and she is singing and admitting the lush foliage in the forest. Suddenly she hears a movement behind
her and she sees a friendly wolf.
@p1 Talk to the Wolf
2
@p2 Give the basket to the Wolf and get out of there
3
@s2 The Wolf says, “Hello little girl, where are you going”. “To bring my sick grandmother some fresh eggs”, said
the little girl. “Can I help you carry all of those precious eggs so that they arrive safely”, the Wolf replied.
@p1 Tell the Wolf she wants to visit Grandma herself
4
@p2 Give the basket to the Wolf and get out of there
3
@p3 Ask the Wolf to accompany her to her grandmother’s house
5
@s3 The Wolf says, “Hello little girl, where are you going”. “Hello sir”, she says sweetly. “I was going through the
forest to give my yummy eggs to someone and I think it should be you.”. The Wolf was pleased by the gesture
and distracted long enough for the little girl to slip away.
@0
———————- ETC——————–
