A text based adventure originally invented by Gregory Yob. This version is a solution to a problem from the text Programming Principles and Practice Using C++ by Bjarne Stroustrup.
From Chapter 18 Ex 12:
Implement a version of the game "Hunt the Wumpus". The basic premise is that a rather smelly monster lives in a dark cave consisting of connected rooms. Your job is to slay the wumpus using bow and arrow. In addition to the wumpus, the cave has two hazards: bottomless pits and giant bats. If you enter a room with a bat, the bat picks you up and drops you into another room. If you enter a room with a bottomless pit, its the end of the game for you. If you enter the room with the Wumpus he eats you.
When initially confronted with this problem I did not possess the facilities to execute it satisfactorily. While I'm sure a minimal version was possible at the time, I grew frustrated when attempting to assemble the game components.
Game is currently playable though there are many opportunities to improve the project.
- Game class is too big and needs refactoring
- Game class lacks any testing, this will be achievable after above
- Message text is baked into the source code and needs to be stored separately
- Assignment_table has a logic bug that produces segfaults
- Naming of objects could be improved
On top of this list I would also like to explore how to properly utilize CMake to test my project as it currently compiles most of the source code twice.
Lastly, while refactoring I will keep an eye on what would be needed to be done to satisfy later exercises in the book:
From Chapter 19 Ex 14 & 15:
Provide a GUI interface and a bit of graphical output to the "Hunt the Wumpus" game. Take input from an input box and display a map of the part of the cave that is currently known to the player.
Allow the user to mark the rooms based on knowledge and guesses, such as "maybe bats" and "bottomless pit".