Badlibs

This is a Madlibs-style game written entirely in Java for the command line. Players are given the option to create a new game or join an existing game. The person to initiate a game is deemed the "scribe" and determines how many players will be able to participate in that game (minimum of 2 including the scribe, maximum of 5). Once all spots have been filled the scribe will prompt the other player(s) for a noun, verb, adjective, or adverb depending on the word(s) to be substituted. The game is turn based; if there are more than two players then the non-scribe players are assigned a number and take turns suggesting words. Once the story has been completed, the scribe sends it to all the other players and the silly story is saved as a text file.

Getting Started

1. Compile all Java files

javac *.java

2. Start the Server program on a chosen port

java Server <port>

3. Open a new command line window and start the Client class on the same port

java Client localhost <port>

4. Enter information when prompted (there are checks for invalid input)

############ BADLIBS ############

Welcome! Please enter your name:
Sara

Do you want to start or join a game? Enter S for start, J for join, or R for random:
S

Enter a channel name: 
badlibs

Enter the number of players for this game: 
4

Ready! Now waiting for other players to join...
Sara has joined the game.

5. Repeat steps 3-4 depending on the number of players in the game (max 5 including the scribe)

Playing the Game

*There are 2 versions of the same story - I recommend "3littlepigs-short.txt" for quick testing but not for a full game

Once all players are connected, the game setup will begin. The scribe will be asked to choose a story, although at the moment there are only two: Three Little Pigs (short) and Three Little Pigs (full)

Which story would you like to use?
Three Little Pigs (short)

All players, including the scribe get an announcement of which player has the current turn.

It's <player>'s turn.

The player whose turn it is will get a series of prompts like the following:

Type in a(n) noun: 
book
Type in a(n) adverb: 
actually
Type in a(n) adjective: 
cold

This continues until the last sentence is filled in, then the modified story is revealed to all players.

Known Issues

• Need to add list of story names in prompt for scribe to choose
• Nouns are currently all singular, need to distinguish between plurals and singulars in story text files
• Story is saved as a text file automatically, need to give players option to save it
• Scribe does not see the current sentence w/ prompts or the new sentence with substituted words

Future Improvements

• Add more stories
• Add options to play again
• Expand all dictionaries to include more words

Authors

• Sara Bawale

Acknowledgments

• Many thanks to professor Andy Chin for the support in developing this project
• Thank you to Billie Thompson - PurpleBooth for providing the the template for this README file