For one of my first lengthy projects in Codeacademy, I chose to do a text based game where you’re an ambassador to newly discovered alien races. You are tasked with establishing good relations through dialog with three different alien races. These races have different levels of technology, dispositions, and circumstances. You are given a choice of items to assist you in diplomacy.
Once the bones and logic were mostly done (special thanks to ChatGPT for help with organization and times when I got stuck), I found much of the time ended up being expended on the creative side of the game - dialog mostly. It is a text-based game, as per my current skill level, but I found a surprising amount of depth in the vastly different personalities of the aliens. I had a lot of fun writing it. I…
For one of my first lengthy projects in Codeacademy, I chose to do a text based game where you’re an ambassador to newly discovered alien races. You are tasked with establishing good relations through dialog with three different alien races. These races have different levels of technology, dispositions, and circumstances. You are given a choice of items to assist you in diplomacy.
Once the bones and logic were mostly done (special thanks to ChatGPT for help with organization and times when I got stuck), I found much of the time ended up being expended on the creative side of the game - dialog mostly. It is a text-based game, as per my current skill level, but I found a surprising amount of depth in the vastly different personalities of the aliens. I had a lot of fun writing it. If you’re a fan of Sci-fi literature and shows, there are some Easter eggs in there just for you.
I would like to come back to it to touch up some things and make it into a standalone game - maybe with some simple graphics and an interface.
I hope it gives you some deep thoughts and laughs. Thanks for checking it out.