Project idea · ungraded

Text Adventure Engine

Build a small engine for text adventures: rooms, exits, items and simple puzzles described in a data file, a command parser ("go north", "take lamp", "use key on door"), and saved games — then write a short adventure with it.

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Milestones

Build the smallest working version first. Ticks are saved in this browser only.

01Model Room, Item and Player as classes; describe a three-room world in a JSON file.
02Write a parser that turns commands into (verb, object) pairs and rejects unknown verbs politely.
03Implement go, look, take, drop and inventory.
04Add locked doors and items that unlock them.
05Save and load the game state to a file; test the parser and the save format with unittest.

Stretch goals

Add characters that respond to `talk` with a small dialogue tree.
Load several adventures from a folder and let the player choose.
Add a scoring system and an ending condition.

Data

You write the world file yourself; keep it small at first (three rooms, two items, one puzzle).

Run it yourself

python adventure.py worlds/castle.json