Saya sedang berpikir untuk menulis game petualangan berbasis teks kecil, tapi saya tidak terlalu yakin bagaimana saya harus merancang dunia dari sudut pandang teknis.
Pikiran pertama saya adalah melakukannya dalam XML, mendesain sesuatu seperti berikut ini. Permintaan maaf untuk tumpukan besar XML, tapi saya merasa penting untuk sepenuhnya menjelaskan apa yang saya lakukan.
<level>
<start>
<!-- start in kitchen with empty inventory -->
<room>Kitchen</room>
<inventory></inventory>
</start>
<rooms>
<room>
<name>Kitchen</name>
<description>A small kitchen that looks like it hasn't been used in a while. It has a table in the middle, and there are some cupboards. There is a door to the north, which leads to the garden.</description>
<!-- IDs of the objects the room contains -->
<objects>
<object>Cupboards</object>
<object>Knife</object>
<object>Batteries</object>
</objects>
</room>
<room>
<name>Garden</name>
<description>The garden is wild and full of prickly bushes. To the north there is a path, which leads into the trees. To the south there is a house.</description>
<objects>
</objects>
</room>
<room>
<name>Woods</name>
<description>The woods are quite dark, with little light bleeding in from the garden. It is eerily quiet.</description>
<objects>
<object>Trees01</object>
</objects>
</room>
</rooms>
<doors>
<!--
a door isn't necessarily a door.
each door has a type, i.e. "There is a <type> leading to..."
from and to are references the rooms that this door joins.
direction specifies the direction (N,S,E,W,Up,Down) from <from> to <to>
-->
<door>
<type>door</type>
<direction>N</direction>
<from>Kitchen</from>
<to>Garden</to>
</door>
<door>
<type>path</type>
<direction>N</direction>
<from>Garden</type>
<to>Woods</type>
</door>
</doors>
<variables>
<!-- variables set by actions -->
<variable name="cupboard_open">0</variable>
</variables>
<objects>
<!-- definitions for objects -->
<object>
<name>Trees01</name>
<displayName>Trees</displayName>
<actions>
<!-- any actions not defined will show the default failure message -->
<action>
<command>EXAMINE</command>
<message>The trees are tall and thick. There aren't any low branches, so it'd be difficult to climb them.</message>
</action>
</actions>
</object>
<object>
<name>Cupboards</name>
<displayName>Cupboards</displayName>
<actions>
<action>
<!-- requirements make the command only work when they are met -->
<requirements>
<!-- equivilent of "if(cupboard_open == 1)" -->
<require operation="equal" value="1">cupboard_open</require>
</requirements>
<command>EXAMINE</command>
<!-- fail message is the message displayed when the requirements aren't met -->
<failMessage>The cupboard is closed.</failMessage>
<message>The cupboard contains some batteires.</message>
</action>
<action>
<requirements>
<require operation="equal" value="0">cupboard_open</require>
</requirements>
<command>OPEN</command>
<failMessage>The cupboard is already open.</failMessage>
<message>You open the cupboard. It contains some batteries.</message>
<!-- assigns is a list of operations performed on variables when the action succeeds -->
<assigns>
<assign operation="set" value="1">cupboard_open</assign>
</assigns>
</action>
<action>
<requirements>
<require operation="equal" value="1">cupboard_open</require>
</requirements>
<command>CLOSE</command>
<failMessage>The cupboard is already closed.</failMessage>
<message>You closed the cupboard./message>
<assigns>
<assign operation="set" value="0">cupboard_open</assign>
</assigns>
</action>
</actions>
</object>
<object>
<name>Batteries</name>
<displayName>Batteries</displayName>
<!-- by setting inventory to non-zero, we can put it in our bag -->
<inventory>1</inventory>
<actions>
<action>
<requirements>
<require operation="equal" value="1">cupboard_open</require>
</requirements>
<command>GET</command>
<!-- failMessage isn't required here, it'll just show the usual "You can't see any <blank>." message -->
<message>You picked up the batteries.</message>
</action>
</actions>
</object>
</objects>
</level>
Jelas perlu lebih dari ini. Interaksi dengan orang dan musuh serta kematian dan penyelesaian adalah tambahan yang diperlukan. Karena XML cukup sulit untuk dikerjakan, saya mungkin akan membuat semacam editor dunia.
Saya ingin tahu apakah metode ini memiliki kelemahan, dan apakah ada cara "lebih baik" atau lebih standar untuk melakukannya.