A fun and challenging text-based RPG written in C++ as a first-year programming assignment. Explore rooms, survive combat, uncover secrets, and shape your adventure through typed commands!

• 🧍‍♂️ Hero Creation

  • Create your hero on the fly or define them in a text file.

• 🏰 Room Exploration

  • Navigate a structured world of rooms using a mix of menu choices and direct input.
  • Coordinates are based on a Cartesian system for defining rooms, mobs, and dialogues.

• ⚔️ Turn-Based Combat

  • Simple combat system with automatic turns.
  • If the hero’s health drops below 5, they’re allowed to flee from battle.

• 🎲 Random Events

  • Each move has a 15% chance to trigger a surprise combat encounter.
  • Alternatively, you might trigger a mishap (e.g., tripping or falling from a tree).
  • Never both at once!

• 💾 Game State Management

  • Supports live import/export of game state at runtime.
  • Invalid input lines in config files are gracefully skipped.

• 💬 Command System

  • Use the help command to list all available keywords and actions.

• 🐣 Easter Egg

  • Type whoisyourdaddy for a powerful Warcraft III-style cheat that boosts your hero's stats to god-tier. 😈

• 🧟 Permadeath

  • If your hero dies, it’s game over — no retries!

• 💰 Loot & Rewards

  • Defeating enemies earns gold to make your hero stronger.

You can find examples of input formats in:

• input.txt
• in.txt

Sections include WORLD, MOB, and more. The parser uses internal states to process them correctly and skip bad lines when necessary.

🤓 This was my first real project after just 7 months of learning to code in C++. It features some world-class overengineering, and if-else chains longer than a 1080p screen.

That said, it’s a surprisingly complete and functional game — and I’m genuinely proud of what I built back then. 💙

Would I refactor it someday? Maybe. But it’s a beautiful piece of student nostalgia as it stands.

Enjoy exploring the world — and beware the monsters! ⚔️🗺️🐉