Hello,
I am currently studying computer games design at uni and i am really struggeling. I am brand new to coding(not to computer games tho) and i have been set my first coarse work, and realy cant do it. i am posting here to see if anyone can help me. I have been asked to code a basic word jumble game with this information given;

In this assignment, students are required to produce a documentation as well as a working text-based computer game program. The game that the students are required to produce is similar to the Word Scramble game. The rules of the game are:

1.In this game, the player try to guess the hidden word from scrambled letters from that word.
2.The player guesses the word by inputting one letter at a time, for each location in the word.
3.There are limited number of guesses that a player can have.
4.If the player uses up all his guesses then he will loose a life.
5.The player has a limited number of lives.
6.If the player’s life reaches zero then game over.
7.If the player manages to predict all the characters of a word the player then some points are awarded to the player depending on how many guesses left and the length of the word.
8.The player lives can be increased after reaching certain milestones in the score.

we are using microsoft visual C++. If its possible for anyone to help me with the coding or ne ideas on the codeing please do.
Thanks alot

Sure, the best way to start coding is to just pick one thing to start with. Then get that working 100% fixing any complier/logic errors. Then move onto the next thing. Getting that to work 100%. Do not try to write all the code at once.
I would just start with,
You will need some way to store the word. A char array or a string from the string class would work. Once you have that sorted out move onto how to scramble the word. ect ...

Take a look at:

www.gidforums.com

...as it may help you get started.


:davis:

To be successful in game development, it’s important to map out exactly where you want to go and what you want to do. There seems to be a lot of design-related posts in here, so I would say everyone should give Video Game Design Pro a shot. It’s a design documentation tool used to help guide users through the process of creating their designs. www.thecorpament.com