Treasure Hunter Program

Version 2.0

 

Background:  This program builds on your previous version of Treasure Hunter (1.0).  If you do not have version 1.0 done yet, see the details for Treasure 1. 

 

Overview:  In this version, you will make the game dynamic so that the user can choose to move up, down, left, right, quit, or ask for help. 

 

Specifics:

 

  1. Adjust your Get Starting Point subroutine to ensure that valid data is entered for the row and column.  Do not allow the user to enter a starting row or column outside the valid range (rows = 1 - 24, columns = 1-80).

 

  1. Adjust your subroutine called get.command.  The get.command subroutine should ask the user for their command choice (U, D, L, R, Q or H). 

U = Up

D = Down

L = Left

R = Right

Q = Quit

C = Clue

H = Help

The user is allowed to enter a choice, but it must be a valid letter (allow for upper or lower case).  You DO NOT need to react to their choice in this subroutine.  Clear the screen after they’ve entered a valid command.

 

  1. Add another new subroutine called handle.command.  This subroutine reacts to the command entered by the user.   The subroutine should essentially be a big IF structure.  The structure should do one thing if the user entered U, another if the user entered D...etc.

  2. Add another new subroutine called bury.treasure. This subroutine determines a random row and column for the treasure. Include a RANDOMIZE TIMER statement in this subroutine so that the treasure is "buried" in different locations each time the game is played.  
  3. Finally adjust your main program.  The idea is to show the title screen, show the directions/help screen, bury the treasure, and then get a starting location.  After you’ve finished these four starting tasks, you show the hunter on the screen, get a command, and handle the command.  Then, you show the hunter again (maybe in a different location), get another command, and handle the command...etc.  This continues until the user decides to quit.  (In this version of the game, there is no way to “win” or find the treasure.)

Program flow:

title.screen
directions/help
bury.treasure
get.starting.point

do

show.hunter
get.command
handle command

loop until the user quits