HuntTheTwistedWumpus

Hunt the Wumpus multiplayer implementation

Requirements

The cave map

• Is a collection of cave rooms numbered as in the following diagram

• There are 2 type of rooms

  • Pits / Trap rooms
  • Normal Rooms

• There is no light in the cave so the players must use only sound to navigate

• Each map will contain 4 pit rooms

Actors

• Wumpus

  • Each map will contain 1 Wumpus

• Giant bats

  • Each game will contain 2 Giant bats

• Players

  • Each game can accommodate maximum 5 players

Items

• Pebble / Stone
• Magical Bow
• A player can wield either the Pebble or the Magical Bow at one time
• Arrow
  • At the start of his/her round each player with a magical bow receives 1 arrow

Actions

• The players will take turns executing actions
• Each player can execute one action per turn
• The player turn will automatically timeout in 1 minute
• Each player can do the following actions
  • Pickup magical bow
    • If the player picks up a magical bow and already has a pebble, the player will automatically drop the pebble in the current room
  • Drop magical bow in the current room
    • If the player drops the bow he looses the arrow
  • Pickup pebble
    • If the player picks up a pebble and already has a magical bow, the player will automatically drop the magical bow in the current room
  • Drop pebble in the current room
  • Throw the pebble in an adjacent room if he/she has a pebble
    • Once a pebble lands in another room it will stay there until it is picked up by another player
  • Shoot an arrow in an adjacent room if he/she has a magical bow and an arrow
    • If the arrow reaches a room where the Wumpus is present, the arrow will kill the Wumpus
      • The player that kills the Wumpus is the winner of the game
      • All the players will be notified that the Wumpus was killed
    • If the arrow reaches a room where there is one or more players, one of the players (random selection) in that room will be killed
      • When the player dies he/she will scream
  • Walk in an adjacent room
    • If a player walks in a room that is a pit, the player will die.
      • The falling player will scream
    • (1)If a player walks in a room where the Wumpus sleeps, the Wumpus will eat the player
      • The dying player will scream
    • If a player walks in a room with a Giant Bat,
      • (2)
  • Wisper
    • When a player whispers the whispers will only be heard by the other players in that room
  • Speak
    • When a player speaks the words will only be heard by the other players and/or the Wumpus in that room or the adjacent rooms
  • Scream
    • When a player screams the scream will be heard by all the other players and the Wumpus

Pebble sounds

• When the pebble is dropped or falls in a room that is not a pit, it will make a "click" sound
• When the pebble is dropped or falls in a room that is not a pit, it will make a "wushhh" sound
• The sound made by the pebble will be heard by the people in that room and the adjacent rooms
• The sound made by the pebble will be ignored by the Wumpus

The Wumpus actions

• If the Wumpus hears a sound it will move to an adjacent room that is not a pit and has no players
• If the Wumpus moves to a room with a Giant Bat,
  • (2)
• (1)

Giant Bat actions

• (2)If the Wumpus or a player walks in the room where the giant bat settled then
  • the Giant Bat will pickup the Wumpus or player and drop it/he/she in a random room that is not a pit and has no players
  • then the Giant Bat will settle in a random room that is not a pit and has no players or the Wumpus
  • all the players will hear the sound of the wings made by the Giant Bat when it is flying
  • the Wumpus will also hear the sound made by the Giant Bat and will move if it's not already carried by the Giant Bat

Init

• The map will be initialized with 4 randomly selected pit rooms
• At the start of the game all players will be placed in Room 1
• Room 1 will contain 3 magic bows and 2 pebbles
• The Giant Bats will be placed in 2 different randomly selected rooms that are not pit rooms and have no players in it
• The Wumpus will be placed in a randomly selected room that is not a pit room and has no players or Giants Bats in it

References

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hunt_the_Wumpus