Design Objectives for Tutorial Levels (1-3)

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Description

To engage and educate players from the onset, we need to design specific objectives for the first three tutorial levels that introduce basic game mechanics, customer preferences, and sustainability concepts.

Acceptance Criteria

• Level 1 Objectives: Teach players to select ingredients and create simple dishes, emphasizing fresh and local ingredients.
• Level 2 Objectives: Introduce customer preferences and dietary restrictions, teaching players to match dishes to customer needs.
• Level 3 Objectives: Educate players on reducing waste and composting, encouraging the use of all ingredients provided.

Tasks

• Define clear, achievable tasks for each level that align with the educational goals.
• Implement visual indicators (checklist, progress bar) for tracking task completion.

Additional Notes

This issue focuses on the educational aspect of the game, ensuring that players learn about sustainability while mastering the game's mechanics.

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Level 1: Introduction to Basic Game Mechanics

• Objective: Teach players how to select ingredients and create simple dishes.
• Tasks:
  • Select specified ingredients from a list.
  • Combine ingredients to create a simple dish, e.g., a salad.
• Educational Goal: Introduce the concept of using fresh and local ingredients.
• Progress Tracking: A checklist or visual indicator showing the selected ingredients and the completed dish.

Level 2: Matching Dishes to Customer Preferences

• Objective: Introduce customer preferences and dietary restrictions.
• Tasks:
  • Create a dish that meets the specific dietary needs of a guest.
  • Utilize feedback to adjust dish composition if needed.
• Educational Goal: Highlight the importance of meal planning to reduce waste.
• Progress Tracking: Use icons or color codes to indicate successful or unsuccessful matches to customer preferences.

Level 3: Basic Sustainability Concepts

• Objective: Teach players about reducing waste through proper ingredient utilization.
• Tasks:
  • Use all given ingredients to create dishes without leftovers.
  • Introduce composting of inedible parts.
• Educational Goal: Educate about waste reduction and composting.
• Progress Tracking: A waste meter showing the amount of waste produced and a bonus for zero waste.

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UI Implementation

• Implement UI elements and game logic to present objectives to players at the start of each level, track their progress, and provide feedback based on the actions they take

1. Objective presentation

• Level start modal: use a dedicated modal or dialog that appears at beginning of each level. Modal would clearly list objectives that player needs to complete
• In-game objective tracker: incorporate a persistent UI element (e.g. a sidebar or corner display) that continuously shows player's progress towards current objectives

2. UI design

• Clear descriptions: use concise and actionable language for your objective descriptions (OK)
• Visual progress: use checkmarks, progress bars, or similar visual elements to indicate progress towards each objective.

3. Tracking objective progress

• Event Listeners
• Updating objective state

**4. Providing player feedback

5. Highlighting completed objections
6. Level completion celebration**

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Objective 1: completed

• A checklist or visual indicator showing the selected ingredients and the completed dish.
• Select specified ingredients from a list.

• Combine ingredients to create a simple dish, e.g., a salad.

• Introduced concept of waste

• Educational Goal: Introduce the concept of using fresh and local ingredients.

Added the following fields to Ingredient class:

int freshness = 100; // initial freshness (100 being freshest)
bool isLocal = false;  // flag for local origin

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Ideas for level 2 and 3 objectives fine-tuned

New guests and preferences

quo: cat
- doesnt like seafood
- like sweet

elly: bird
- lactose intolerant
- like grilled dishes

dan: raccoon
- doesnt like vegetable
- like seafood

level 2

• serve quo with zero waste
• serve dan 2 dishes

level 3

• maximise utilisation of prep area before cooking (add as many ingredients as possible)
• use composting method (when there is waste, there is option to compost it)

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Level 2 implementation