Help with Texted Based game.

[Brad Cole]

Hi! I'm new to C++ and I'm in the process of making a texted based game and I've come up with a problem. How do you make the storyline change based on your actions that you make in the game? Would I make one big if else statement with many if else statements inside? I've tried making one big switch statement and that didn't work out. I would appreciate any help.

[hamsterman]

I think it would be best to use a graph-like structure to hold all scenes. However that is somewhat complex to make. A switch should work fine. Example:

bool play = true;
int state = 0;
string input;
while (play) {
   switch (state) {
      case 0:
         cout << "go left or go elevator? ";
         getline (cin, input);
         if (input == "go left") state = 1;
         else if (input == "go elevator") state = 0;
         else cout << "invalid input!\n";
         break;
      case 1:
         cout << "you wen't left and were eaten by wild rabbits!\n";
         play = false;
         break;
      case 2:
        cout << "you wen't elevator and escaped the rabbits!\n";
        play = false;
        break;
   }
}

(not tested)

Also, obligatory link, http://cplusplus.com/articles/G13hAqkS/

[Brad Cole]

Thanks hamsterman. I haven't tried the code out yet because I've took the concentration of making a 2D game because of the link you posted. If I where to make a 2D game would I still be able to use the code you gave me and use it in the 2D game storyline?

[Stupebrett]

Even though some people on this forum seems to hate console games, they're pretty fun to make (and play) with libraries like NCurses/PDCurses etc. At least I think so.