@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ Primary - after climbing the tower, re-run the last script on all levels - update primary README to current abilities and game - stick to only one player.rb file and just update readme file each time (no separate level folders) +- attacking or looking backward should be less effective than forward/left/right % make beginner tower go up to the 10th level % make intermediate tower go up to the 15th level - polish into gem @@ -13,7 +14,6 @@ Secondary Ideas - handle errors cleanly stating if it's in the user's Player script -- attacking or looking backward should be less effective than forward/left/right - rename tower to dungeon - invalidate old player.rb when generating a new level so they don't accidentally edit that one. - some actions take multiple turns (such as swinging a large axe) other units may be able to detect this and get out of the way TODO @@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ description "The air feels thicker than before. There must be a horde of sludge." tip "Be careful not to die! Use warrior.health to keep an eye on your health, and warrior.rest! to earn 10% of max health back." +clue "When there's no enemy ahead of you, call warrior.rest! until health is full before walking forward." time_bonus 35 size 9, 1 towers/beginner/level_003.rb @@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ description "You can hear bow strings being stretched." tip "No new abilities this time, but you must be careful not to rest while taking damage. Save a @health instance variable and compare it on each turn to see if you're taking damage." +clue "Set @health to your current health at the end of the turn. If this is greater than your current health next turn then you know you're taking damage and shouldn't rest." time_bonus 45 size 7, 1 towers/beginner/level_004.rb @@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ description "You hear cries for help. Captives must need rescuing." tip "Use warrior.feel.captive? to see if there's a captive, and warrior.rescue! to rescue him. Don't attack captives." +clue "Don't forget to constantly check if you're taking damage and rest until your health is full if you aren't taking damage." time_bonus 45 size 7, 1 towers/beginner/level_005.rb @@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ description "The wall behind you feels a bit further away in this room. And you hear more cries for help." tip "You can walk backward by passing ':backward' as an argument to walk!. Same goes for feel, rescue! and attack!." +clue "Consider walking :backward to start off, and then switch to :forward when warrior.feel(:backward).wall? returns true." time_bonus 55 size 8, 1 towers/beginner/level_006.rb @@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ description "Another large room, but with several enemies blocking your way to the stairs." tip "Just like walking, you can attack! and feel in multiple directions (:forward, :left, :right, :backward)." +clue "Call warrior.feel(direction).enemy? in each direction to make sure there isn't an enemy beside you (attack if there is). Call warrior.rest! if you're low and health when there's no enemies around." time_bonus 40 size 4, 2 towers/intermediate/level_002.rb @@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ description "You feel slime on all sides, you're surrounded!" tip "Call warrior.bind!(direction) to bind an enemy to keep him from attacking. Bound enemies look like capitves." +clue "Count the number of enemies around you, if there's two or more, bind one." time_bonus 50 size 3, 3 towers/intermediate/level_003.rb @@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ description "Your ears become more in tune with the surroundings. Listen to find enemies and captives!" tip "Use warrior.listen to find spaces with other units, and warrior.direction_of to determine what direction they're in." +clue "Walk towards an enemy or captive with warrior.walk!(warrior.direction_of(warrior.listen.first)), once warrior.listen.empty? then head for the stairs." time_bonus 55 size 4, 3 towers/intermediate/level_004.rb @@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ description "You can feel the stairs right next to you, but are you sure you want to go up them right away?" tip "You'll get more points for clearing the level first. Use warrior.feel.stairs? and warrior.feel.empty? to determine where to go." +clue "If going towards a unit is the same direction as the stairs, try moving another empty direction until you can safely move toward the enemies." time_bonus 45 size 5, 2 towers/intermediate/level_005.rb @@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ description "What's that ticking? Some captives have a timed bomb at their feet!" tip "It's best to rescue captives first that have space.ticking?, they'll soon go!" +clue "Avoid fighting enemies at first. Go around them until you've rescued all of the ticking captives." time_bonus 50 size 6, 2 towers/intermediate/level_006.rb 2806c9a97997e74b7ffe53451fe61123e559448a Ryan Bates ryan@railscasts.com http://github.com/ryanb/ruby-warrior/commit/8af81c132fad7be74a7b42ba0ba61e88961bdc7b 8af81c132fad7be74a7b42ba0ba61e88961bdc7b 2009-01-19T23:18:36-08:00 2009-01-19T23:18:36-08:00 adding clues for most levels 464ae86377195ebf2af699ccecc159776fb6a067 Ryan Bates ryan@railscasts.com