[Bluej-discuss] Chapter 7 Zuul

[Michael Kölling]

Hi Ben,

Great that you like the project! I must say, this is also one of my  
favourite projects for student assignments. I have used it many times  
with quite different groups of students, and the results are  
different every time, because it allows so much freedom.

Students often get interesting ideas. One that I really liked  
recently was from a group of students, who connected the Zuul project  
to the dialogue idea from chapter 5 (the tech-support system): they  
had a game where you would meet characters, and then you could have a  
chat with them based on the 'eliza' system - very nice.

Regards,

Michael


On 4 Apr 2006, at 19:09, bendillon at aol.com wrote:

> Just wanted to commend the authors for including the Zuul program  
> in the "Objects First" book.  With modern games focussing so much  
> on fancy graphics and simulated gore, it's very nice to have an old- 
> style text adventure that forces students to be more creative.
>
> All my second semester students greatly enjoyed working on this  
> project because each put a different spin on the adventure.  Here  
> are their projects:
>
> Student #1 programmed our entire high school into the program.  It  
> generated a random schedule, so that the user had to visit each of  
> the designated rooms in order.
>
> Student #2 programmed a house in which there were rooms of no  
> escape, e.g. a bathroom that, when you entered, suddenly had no way  
> out unless you were carrying a certain object.
>
> Student #3 programmed a game in which you had to collect treasures  
> from around a house.  It included crawling into a furnace and  
> pulling a cord to get one of the treasures; pull the wrong cord or  
> stay too long, and the furnace slammed shut with you inside.
>
> Student #4 programmed a world in which you drove around and  
> collected the 95 Theses, then nailed them all to the door of a  
> church to win.  It of course gave him extra pleasure to write this  
> program, as he is a Lutheran attending a Catholic school!
>
> Thanks, David and Michael!
>
> Ben :D
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