CSC 8310   Linguistics of Programming Languages

Dr. David Matuszek,   david.l.matuszek@lmco.com
Summer 1998, Villanova University

Prolog Assignment

Write an adventure game in Prolog similar to the "Spider" sample game.

You can copy and use source code from the sample game; in particular, you probably want to take the code for picking up and dropping things, and for moving from place to place.

Pick any theme you like for your adventure game: rescue, survival, treasure hunt, "a day in the life," or whatever appeals to you. A good size for your game is 5 to 10 rooms, and maybe 5 to 10 objects.

I'll ask for the following specifics:

• At least two objects with special "behaviors:" for example, a flashlight that only works when it has fresh batteries, a safe that has to be unlocked to get the contents, a vending machine, a time machine, a marker that you can use to write on room walls, etc.
• At least four new verbs specific to your game (e.g. kill in the spider game).
• Documentation that describes your special objects and your new verbs.
• Game instructions that briefly describe your new verbs.

Please turn in:

• A listing of your source code.
• A transcript of a sample run of your program.
• Source code in machine-readable form (on floppy or by e-mail).