Microsoft Word - Scattergories.docx Scattergories Project CSC 241 Winter 2021 Prototype Scattergories Game App While some games require complex graphical displays to render the nuance of play, others...

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Microsoft Word - Scattergories.docx Scattergories Project CSC 241 Winter 2021 Prototype Scattergories Game App While some games require complex graphical displays to render the nuance of play, others are impressively simple while still quite fun. Scattergories is an entirely text-based game in the real world and should translate pretty easily to even a simple text user interface. The basic rules are fairly simple. Players must think of words within a list of categories that start with a randomly selected letter within the allotted time. After the time is up, players compare their list of words to the other players and score points for acceptable, unique words. For example, if the category is Food and the random letter is P, the result may have turned out as: Player 1: Papaya Player 2: Pickle Player 3: Papaya Player 4: Pickled Pepper Players 2 and 4 would score points for this topic, but Players 1 and 3 would not. Player 4 would earn 2 points by some versions of the rules because their answer included a P on both words. A quick search on Scattergories will show more examples and detailed explanations of the rules. Your team will prototype a virtual version of Scattergories played using Python apps that users can run remotely and play asynchronously. Each player can thus play their rounds at their convenience and send in their results for later scoring. Being a prototype, try to simulate the complete game experience from start to finish, and add details to each feature within the game as time allows. Feature 1: Starting a new game One player initiates a game choosing the number of rounds. The result of starting a game is a text file that stores the categories for each round. The initiating player can then email or otherwise share the game with any nu8mber of players. Possible enhanced feature(s):  Allow the player to choose the numbers of categories in each round rather than the fixed lists  Randomly generate categories from a pool of categories, so the game is different each time  Rather than sending a file in plain text, cipher the file’s output so the players cannot see the words in advance. Feature 2: Playing a round Upon receiving the game file, a player can complete their round. The app should present the categories to the user from each round, starting by reminding the user of the round’s starting letter. Then present each category within that round, capturing the answers for each category. The app should save the player’s responses to each round in a new file. Possible enhanced feature(s):  Provide some feedback for the user if their word does not start with the target letter  Optimize the user interface for speed  Track how quickly the user responds to the set of categories in a round  Show the user some timer or updated progress of time as they complete the round Scattergories Project CSC 241 Winter 2021 Feature 3: Scoring Upon completing the round, the players then send their answer files back to the game originator for scoring. The scoring feature should allow the user to see all of the player answers for a given category within a given round. Possible enhanced feature(s):  Consider the most usable interface. Is showing one category at a time easier, or showing all of the answers for an entire round? Does the number of players matter? Should there be multiple options of interfaces the user can select from?  Provide initial scoring by identifying when players have exact matches and suggest initial points  Capture the points for each user in each round and compute the totals for the round and perhaps the winner of the game  Provide a new summary file that players can review and dispute the answers of other players or otherwise suggest changes to the scoring Your team’s goal is to cover the core behavior in each feature. Don’t rule out the enhanced features too quickly, as it may turn out they are easier to implement than the proposed core behavior. At the same time, don’t fall in love with making one feature perfect while not completing a basic version of the full game. It is better to enhance the basic version of the app than to have a half-completed masterpiece that is not useful.