Create a main menu, instantiate a new game with player stats, and create a brief intro scene

anthonyLuttrell commented 5 years ago

NEW GAME is selected from main menu

For now, player will not select various ant classes, player will be forced to use a generic ant species. This will change once we figure out how we are implementing ant classes
Immediately after player selects NEW GAME, player is presented with text that explains the current situation and given two options for how to proceed
Values on screen indicate the following (these values should always be present on the screen/console):
- POPULATION - for the local colony, should not count parts of a forage or invasion squad (int totalPop = 7000 * 0.05)
- HP - this represents the queen’s health (int hp = 15)
- FOOD - this represents food for the entire colony (int food = 18)
- RESOURCES - the represents a value for upgrading the colony (int resources = 0)

Game setup and brief intro

Each printed character should have a few millisecond delay as it is printed to simulate a typing effect
The game should keep an eye out for a key press (space or enter) to skip the above effect
The ellipsis (...) should remain at the end of every sentence if it is not the last sentence in a sequence. This lets the player know there is more dialogue coming
Every time the player presses the enter key when prompted ("Type 1 to fall back"), but not when skipping the typing effect, they should get audible feedback. This should work for now

Scene dialogue and flow:

“Your colony is under attack! You are on the brink of defeat and you must fall back in order to avoid complete annihilation! ...”

“Type 1 to FALL BACK now...”

If 1, proceed to fallBack(); method
- fallBack(); doesn't exist yet, so just create something for now
Pass the initial player stats (HP, FOOD, etc.) into the fallBack(); method

“Type 2 to continue to fight.”

If 2, player is presented with text: “Your entire colony has been overrun and annihilated; a colony with such a low POPULATION is no match for an enemy of this size!”
- End game, back to MAIN MENU

Snapshot of current flow:

EhWhoAmI commented 5 years ago

We also need to add a help command just in case

anthonyLuttrell commented 5 years ago

We also need to add a help command just in case

@EhWhoAmI , Do you mean a help command that the player can type/access at any point in the game?

blackk100 commented 5 years ago

There should be an indicator of how many pops are out on foraging/invasions as well. This could be shown beside the main population indicator in parenthesis, have a different visual indicator, etc.

Also, if pops value isn't the exact value of the colony population, such as a reduced one (5000 being represented as 5.0), POPULATION should be a float or double.

EhWhoAmI commented 5 years ago

I added a basic help thing, like this in the run method:


            if (input.toLowerCase().equals("help")) {
                //Help 
                System.out.println("Here\'s yr help");
            } else {
                currentModule.executeCommand(input);
            }```

Maybe we could read form a documentation file.
The text in the `System.out.println` is just a placeholder.

Veradux commented 5 years ago

This issue is assigned. You can contribute to it here: https://github.com/Veradux/wwa/tree/menu You can think of your own tasks, create an issue for them, and assign yourself to it. Or you can pick one of these already existing tasks here: https://github.com/veradux/wwa/issues

EhWhoAmI commented 5 years ago

@Veradux how far done are you? This issue is kinda crucial to finish soon.

Veradux commented 5 years ago

@EhWhoAmI Why do you think that it's crucial? A lot of the features don't need to be developed in order.

The only thing that people might depend on is what the Player model has, and what the menus will be displaying. Basically things determined by game design. But we're approaching it with the mindset that they can always be changed.

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