FINAL PRESENTATION - ConsoleRPG EF Core Application

Zach Stepp

Connection String

• Modify the connection string in appsettings to the one included in the assignment.

Grade Goal: A+

• For this project I aimed for the A+ grade by implementing the required featues for each of the other grades, adding new featues of my own, and making slight improvements to aspects of the game along the way.

  • The "big selling point" of what makes my project unique is character swapping. I recalled the multiplayer vision from the start of the course and realized I could at least let the user control distinct player characters by swapping between them.
  • Made slight changes to the combat, to help properly display what makes a different character unique.

• Below I've modified the original README file, describing how / where I implemented each requirement.

Basic Required functionality:

• Add a new Character to the database
  • Add a new character under Character Management.
  • Follow the prompts and the monster or player will be added and saved to the game.
  • New players are given a random weapon not already held by another player so they can fight!
• Edit an existing Character
  • Edit characters from Character Management. All changes to the character are saved upon existing character editor.
• Display all Characters
  • Display all characters and their current room from Character Management.
  • Prompts for the user to press enter at a few stages in the list, this is implement throughout the game for visibility.
• Search for a specific Character by name
  • Perform a case-insensitive search for characters from Character Management, which displays detailed information about the character(s) including abilities for players.
• Logging (should already be in place)
  • Relevant information is logged for the user.

"C" Level (405/500 points):

1. Include all necessary required features.
2. Add Abilities to a Character
   • Add abilities to searched character from Character Management.
   • Follow the prompt (entering either "shove" or "smash" for type) and confirm at the end.
   • What fields you enter change depending on ability type (ex. smash doesn't have distance, shove does).
   • Changes are saved upon completion.
3. Display Character Abilities
   • I've included character ability details in Character Search from Character Management.
   • Ability details are displayed as well.
4. Execute an ability during an attack
   • A random ability from the player's abilities is selected and executed after each attack.
   • Enemy takes damage from the ability.
   • Correct functionality if there are no abilities.

"B" Level (445/500 points):

1. Include all required and "C" level features.
2. Add new Room
   • Add a new room under Room Management.
   • Follow the prompts and the room will be added and saved to the game.
   • Characters can be added to rooms by adding new characters or editing existing ones. User is reminded of this after creating the room.
   • The user is asked to confirm the details of the room before going ahead to place it on the map, as that can be a trickier process.
   • User is prompted a room to branch off from and what direction the room should be from that room.
3. Display details of a Room
   • Seperate options to search for a room by name, or see current room information, all under Room Management.
   • Each option displays room information and inhabiting players and monsters.
   • Handles cases where the search comes up empty, or the Room has no Characters gracefully.
4. Navigate the Rooms
   • Navigate the current player character from the main menu, using N/S/E/W. Doesn't move if there is no room in the direction.
   • Map display is kept from the week 13 template.
   • DisplayMap is specifically called on ocassion when changes to rooms are made which could make the display inaccurate (ex. Adding Rooms)

"A" Level (475/500 points):

1. Include all required, "C" and "B" level features.
2. These features might represent if you were an "admin" character in the game.
   • List characters in the room by selected attribute:
     • View a sorted list of the players and monsters in the room by either Name or Health. Found under Admin Options.
   • List all Rooms with all characters in those rooms
     • Select either players or monsters to see which rooms they inhabit, grouped by room. Found under Admin Options.
3. Find a specific piece of a equipment and list the associated character and location
   • Shows all equipment currently in the game, their holder, and location. Found under Admin Options.

"A+" Stretch Level (500/500 points):

The sky is the limit here! Be creative!

1. Include all "C", "B", and "A" level features.
2. Stretch Feature: Implement something creative of your own making
   • By keeping player and monster characters seperate, I was able to implement multiple player functionality and the ability to swap characters.
     • Start by choosing a character upon beginning the game.
     • The map follows whichever player is being controlled by the user, there really is no main character.
     • Only monsters are fought when attacking, all players are allies.
     • Player location, status, everything, is saved and switching between characters is easy from the main menu.
   • Added functionality for monsters to die in combat. They are removed from the room and set to 0 health.
     • They don't try to attack after they're already dead, and players don't attack dead enemies or use abilities on them if the main attack did the job.
     • Dead enemies can be effectively revived through the character editor, or just make new ones!
   • Added a shove ability to test expansion of abilities, and to enhance combat.