Design

Design

Haunted House project specifications.

Table Of Contents

• Functional Requirements

Functional Requirements

1. Multiplayer
   • Multiple players on different computers can participate in game
2. Characters
   • Each player will control a single character in the game
3. Character characteristics
   • Each character will have multiple characteristics
   • Characteristics will interact with other aspects of the game
     • Rooms
     • Events
     • Omens
     • Haunts
     • Fights
   • Characteristics are organized into categories
     • Mental
     • Physical
   • Characteristics include
     • Physical
       • Strength
       • Speed
     • Mental
       • Sanity
       • Intelligence
4. Map composed of rooms
   • Game map is composed of multiple rooms placed next to each other
5. Map generation
   • Rooms are placed down as users reach the boundaries of the map
6. Room characteristics
   • Allow a user's character to interact with a room
   • 3 times for interactions to take place
     • On enter
     • On leave
     • On turn end
   • Types of interactions
     • Dice roll with effect on character characteristics
     • Card draw
     • Character movement
       • Ex: Character falls through floor into another level
       • Ex: Room moves
     • Allowance to enter / exit room
       • Aka: Is there a door in the direction a character is trying to enter / exit?
7. Haunts
   • A single player controls the actions of the haunt
   • Haunt gets triggered when a certain number of omen cards are drawn and a player fails to roll above that number
   • Many different haunts to choose from
8. Turn cycle
   • Each character completes the following actions every turn in this order:
     • Move between rooms, limited by speed characteristic
     • Interact with room
     • Roll for haunt
9. Extensible
   • Make every aspect of the game as a plugin
   • Allow others to load custom plugins