PokeGame 327

Version 1.09

Creator: Jacob Garcia

PokeGame 327 is a game currently under development for ISU class COM S 327. It is a Pokemon-style game, and it is expected to be finished by May when the class concludes. Please see below sections for information about the game.

NOTE: The game is currently unplayable if cloned from github. Game requires pokemon DB which I will add when I finish this project.

World

The map is randomly generated each time with different roads and terrain.

• Mountains (%): White; denotes the world border.
• Trees (^): White; you cannot walk past them.
• Water (~): Blue; you cannot pass through.
• Short grass (.): Green; clearings where you can walk through without encountering Pokemon.
• Tall grass (:): Green; you can walk through tall grass but might be stopped by Pokemon.
• Roads (#): Yellow; they go from north to south and east to west.
• PokeMarts (M): Magenta; one 2x2 PokeMart on each map.
• PokeCenters (C): same as PokeMart.

Characters

There are different types of characters. The player, NPCs, and Pokemon.

• PC (@): White; the player.
• Hikers (h): Red; Hikers path to the PC
• Rivals (r): Red; Rivals also path to the PC
• Pacers (p): Red; Pacers start with a direction and walk until they hit some terrain they cannot traverse, then they turn around and repeat, pacing back and forth.
• Wanderers (w): Red; Wanderers never leave the terrain region they were spawned in. They have a direction and walk straight ahead to the edge of the terrain, whereupon they turn in a random direction and repeat.
• Sentries (s): Red; Sentries don’t move, they just wait for the action to come to them.
• Explorers (e): Red; Explorers move like wanderers, but they cross terrain type boundaries, only changing to a new, random direction when they reach an impassable terrain element

Controls

Movement Controls:

• 7 or y: Move PC one cell to the upper left.
• 8 or k: Move PC one cell up.
• 9 or u: Move PC one cell to the upper right.
• 6 or l: Move PC one cell to the right.
• 3 or n: Move PC one cell to the lower right.
• 2 or j: Move PC one cell down.
• 1 or b: Move PC one cell to the lower left.
• 4 or h: Move PC one cell to the left.

Interactions:

• ">" : Attempt to enter a Pokemart or Pokemon Center. Works only if standing on a building.
• "<" : Attempt to exit a Pokemart or Pokemon Center.
• 5 or space or . : Rest for a turn. NPCs still move.
• f: Fly to any map in the world.

Display Options:

• t: Display a list of trainers on the map, with their symbol and position relative to the PC (e.g., "r, 2 north and 14 west").
• up arrow: When displaying trainer list, if entire list does not fit in the screen and not currently at the top of the list, scroll list up.
• down arrow: When displaying trainer list, if entire list does not fit in the screen and not currently at the bottom of the list, scroll list down.
• escape or q: When displaying trainer list, return to character control.
• B: View bag

Quit Game:

• Q: Quit the game.

Running the Game

To run the game:

1. Navigate to the folder's directory in the terminal.
2. Type "make brun". This will build and run the game in the terminal.

Known Bugs

There are a few bugs I have discovered with my program that should be known just in case. The two seeds will show you the bugs. The first one has an endless loop when trying to generate the first map. Second one has two buildings overlap eachother. Out of the probably thousand of times I have ran my program, I have NEVER had these issues again but I wanted to put them here just incase they show up.

• 1708631599 - Endless loop, cant place buildings
• 1708632100 - Buildings overlap

Updates

1.09 (4/15/24)

• Fully implemented battle mechanics
• Reduced default amount of trainers to 5 (was 10)
• Added bag

1.08 (4/9/24)

• Added ability to discover pokemon in tall grass
• Starter pokemon screen added
• NPCs now have pokemon given to them upon spawn

1.07 (3/30/24)

• Added class to recieve data from Pokedex DB

1.06 (3/22/24)

• Ported entire program to C++
• Moving from map to map in the world functionality added back
• Fly ability re-added back too

1.05 (3/7/24)

• Added user interface with ncurses
• Player can move around the map
• Added new view to see all trainers on current map

1.04 (2/23/24)

• Added all the NPCs
• Used Dijkstra's Algorithm method to send Hiker and Rival NPCs to the player
• All NPCs are able to move
• Implemented priority queue for NPC movement.

1.03 (2/13/24)

• Added Player Character (PC)
• Added Dijkstra's Algorithm to calculate distances from the PC
• Prints all paths to PC, which when printed will be green.
• Seeds get saved in txt file for debugging purposes

1.02 (2/2/24)

• Added the World Map.
• Ability to move from map to map.
• Lined up paths to connect all maps with gates.
• Closed paths at world borders.
• Buildings are now not guaranteed to spawn everytime. Lower chances the farther you go out.

1.01 (1/25/24)

• Initial creation.
• Map creation.