Dungeons & Dragons

Team Week 1 Project for Epicodus, September 17th, 2020

By William Donovan-Seid, Brian Harvey, David McCaslin, Mike Manchee, and Drew Parker

Published at: Dungeons and Dragons

Description

Create a character using a D&D API. Character is then put up against random monsters and NPC's from the D&D API. Battles would have difficulty settings and that would determine the strength and number of monsters you face. Gain experience and advance your character. save characters to your machine with local storage and keep playing. Future thoughts; Story, multi-player, and database.

Specs

Spec	Input	Output
MVP (Build 1)	...	MVP
a. Create the Battle Board	start game	battle board
b. MonstersList, use DnD5eapi.co API to create monster list	API call	List
c. Basic Player, Create basic player to play with	start game	player
d. Attack Function, Create a button and attack function	attack	damage
e. Health Function, Create a tag and health function	health change	report
f. Images, All Players and Monsters will have Images	start game	image
g. Flee Function, Create a button and flee function	flee	explore
Build 2	...	Build 2
a. Armor Class Functionality, Introduce AC to Battle	...	AC
b. 2nd Attack Function, Create a second button and attack function	2nd attack	damage
c. Healing Potion Functionality, Create a health button and heal function	button	heal player
d. Creature Drops Functionality, Health potions and gold randomly drop from creatures	monster dead	drops
Build 3	...	Build 3
a. Splash Page, Landing page to start the game	open website	start button
b. Character Creation, Create character from scratch (name and class)	start	new player
c. Stats Creation, Add stats and ability change Str, Wis, Int,...	new player	player has stats
d. Leveling Functionality, Add stat point, HP, and Level	Level button	player levels
Build 4	...	Build 4
a. Weapon Bonus Functionality, Add bonus to weapon damage and attack	attack	bonus
b. Armor Bonus Functionality, Add bonus to armor	defend	less hits
Build 5	...	Build 5
a. Town Functionality, Add an area to rest, gain health, and access the store	Town Button	Town
b. Stores Functionality, Add a place to buy health potions and upgrades to armor and weapons	Store	Buy Stuff
Build 6	...	Build 6
a. Menu Functionality, Add menu to Travel, go to Town, view character sheet	menu button	menu display
b. Campfire Functionality, Add a campfire to gain health but a chance of monster attack	Camp	Health or Monster
Build 7 and Beyond	...	Beyond
a. Story, Add a fun story to the adventure	...	Beyond
b. Quest Board, Add a quest board to the town	...	Beyond
c. Animations, Add action animations	...	Beyond
d. Multiplayer, Add other players	...	Beyond
e.	...	Beyond

Setup/Installation Requirements

• Download option

  • Download files from GitHub repository by click Code and Download Zip
  • Extract files into a single directory
  • Run GitBASH in directory
    • Type "npm install" - to install Node Package Manager and additional files
    • Type "npm run start" - to open compiled browser and view project
  • Have fun with The Exchange!

• Cloning options

  • For cloning please use the following GitHub tutorial
  • Place files into a single directory
  • Run GitBASH in directory
    • Type "npm install" - to install Node Package Manager and additional files
    • Type "npm run start" - to open compiled browser and view project
  • Have fun with The Exchange!

Known Bugs

• The minus button in the character sheet doesn't work properly.
• The images of the monsters plus the names push outside of their container.

Technologies Used

Project Specific

• API call with error handling
  • API documentation located Here

Main Programs

• HTML
• CSS
  • Bootstrap
• JavaScript
  • JQuery
• NPM
  • JSON - WebPack Creation

Other Links

GitHub's William Donovan-Seid Brian Harvey David McCaslin Drew Parker Mike Manchee

License

Copyright (c) 2020 {William Donovan-Seid, Brian Harvey, David McCaslin, Mike Manchee, and Drew Parker} Licensed under MIT