Due on or before October 25 at 11:59 PM.

For this assignment you will be modifying the Generic Board Game program from Chapter 6 of the text.

Make the following changes to the game program:

• Chapter 6, Exercise 1: Customize the Game. Pick a theme for your version of the board game (racing game, zombie apocalypse game, etc.). Modify the "game.txt" file with appropriate actions and messages for your new game.
• Chapter 6, Exercise 2: Add an introduction. Add an introduction to the game that explains the game and the rules for how to play.
• Chapter 6, Exercise 3: Improve the output. Modify the output in main() and in the print_board() function to make it easier to read the game board. For example, you could add vertical lines |'s between each square.
• Chapter 6, Problem 4: Additional Game Variables. Create a new "score" variable for each of the players. This could be an actual score or another variable such as gold, health, fame, etc. As the game progresses, special squares should cause each players' "score" variable to increase and decrease. Change the victory conditions to match the new variable. For example, the game might end when the first player reaches the goal, but the winner is the player with the most gold (and maybe the first player to reach the goal gets some bonus gold making it more likely that the player will win). Alternatively the game might end when the first player's score reaches zero (for example, if the "score" variable is health).

  To make this change to the program several related changes will have to be made in the code and in the game file.

  • The square class will need to be expanded with one additional variable that keeps track of how much a player's "score" changes when they land on that square.
  • The action() function will need to be modified so that it correctly changes the player's "score". Or a new function in the square class will need to be created to change a player's "score".
  • Each line in the game.txt file will need to be modified to include an additional value that determines how much a player's score changes by.
  • The read_board() and set_square() functions will need to be modified to read the additional value out of the game.txt file and correctly store it in the game objects.
  • The victory conditions will need to be modified to check the players' scores or possibly to have a player lose if the their score (e.g. health) reaches zero.

Turn in: Use the script command to demonstrate how your program works. Place the output from the script command into a file named Assignment9output.txt. Be sure that all of your new special squares on your board are tested in the output. If you can't finish all of the specified functionality, turn in as much as you complete, but your program must compile and run. Turn in a copy of your program code and the Assignment9output.txt file to Canvas.