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==Text dungeon==
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== Text dungeon ==
A text dungeon game for literacy and numeracy. The file describing the dungeon is plain text, it can be edited with an editor such as Write.
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[[File:1312970491.png]]
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Read at https://help.sugarlabs.org/text_dungeon.html
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[[File:Textdungeon1.xo]] install bundle, works on Sugar 0.88 - 0.92
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The source file has been moved to [https://github.com/godiard/help-activity/blob/master/source/text_dungeon.rst GitHub]
 
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The intention is that children would both play and create dungeons to develop math, literacy and problem solving skills:
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Playing the game
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* visualise 2D spaces (could extend to 3D or even 4D)
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* navigate compass directions N E S W and relationship to right, left
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* text literacy
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* can include subject related content
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* problem solving
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Making/editing/reading a dungeon file
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* all the above plus
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* Cartesian coordinates
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* variables
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* word processing skills
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* programming like skills
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* create in any language
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===Dungeon file format===
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[l,room x,room y] your location
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[i, item, item ....] your inventory
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[u,room x, room y, item, room x, .....] location of items
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[d,room x, room y, direction, locked, room x, .....] status of wall/door segments, unlisted segments are locked, doors can be asymmetric
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[r,room x,room y,direction,item which unlocks,open text,closed text,text when opening]  one entry for each unlockable door
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[[File:Sampledungonmap.jpg]]
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For example, the Sampledungeon represented above is described by these strings
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[u,0,0,lamp,0,1,key,1,1,sword,1,0,princess]                 #key in room 0,1 , sword in room 1,1 ,princess room 1,0
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[d,0,0,0,0, 0,1,2,0, 0,1,1,1, 1,1,2,1, 1,1,3,0, 1,0,0,0] #room 0,0 north door open, room 0,1 south open, room 0,1 east door locked etc
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===Keyboard commands===
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h - help
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f - forward
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r - right
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l - left
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b - list backpack contents
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p item - pick up item
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d item - drop item
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u item - use item
 
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