Introduction
This project is based on the famous traditional board game "Snake & Ladders".
It overcomes the barrier between classic board games and modern games by enhancing the GUI environment to provide better & friendly game play through giving multiplayer option to users to play with a secure account that intrigues the visual & audio effects. Hence, catering every need for unique gaming experience.
Basic Features
- Multiplayer game to involve two players playing simultaneously.
- Interactive Main-menu giving various options.
- User-friendly Welcome screen.
- Dice can be used manually (keeping the essence of traditional board game).
- Load Game function to load previous unfinished game.
- Save Game function to continue the same game at another time.
- Tutorial for beginners to understand the flow and control of game.
- Authorized Access (password) for load game to provide privacy.
- Basic GUI implementation.
- Sound effects.
- Short-keys to provide fast reaction time for specific commands.
What’s New? (Improvements)
- Three new & different Game Modes.
(i.e. Total: classic, modern, time knockdown, turn knockdown) - Separate Dice-Menu with four different settings.
(i.e. auto/manual, single/double dice) - Win-Menu will now show turns & positions of both players, along with total time taken in each match.
- To reduce the code size & improve efficiency for locating ‘Cursor-Pointer’ on board, a complex equation is used.
- Hidden Settings for Filing & some In-game functions.
(i.e. Delete Specific Slot, Erase All Data, Rename Files, ON/OFF Sounds) - Flexible Menu for load game function, displaying all saved games along with their respective game modes. Also, you can select any saved Game in the Menu (without scrolling up/down) by simply typing the index number in a dialogue box.
(i.e. To enable the dialogue box, press Ctrl+w) - Save Game Menu can now show the Available Slots.
- Calculated Time will now be displayed in Standard Format.
Fixed In-Game Issues
- Restricted dice settings to encourage fair game-play with warning message & beep
- Restricted users from resuming/saving finished game
- Restricted users from resuming/saving at start-up of application
- Same user names, game names & previous saved game names will not be accepted
- Functions are cleared from stack after their complete execution
- Invalid inputs will no longer be accepted
- Load Game Menu will not open if its respective data files are not present
- Save Game Menu will not open if Available Slots are full
Flow/Control of Game
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