User Manual - Beety and the lost dots

Project: Beety and the lost dots
Author: Jochem Vogel

This project is part of my education HBO-ICT at the HZ University
of Applied Science in Vlissingen. This is the first Java project
I've ever made.

Beety and the lost dots is a text based adventure game. Your character is
Beety, the lady beetle. The goal of the game is to get five dots. If you
found these five dots, you won. These five dots are hidden in gardens.

How does the game works? There are sixteen gardens in the game, seven
dots, three sir beetles and an aphid. When you eat this aphid, you're
able to pick up your fifth and last dot.

Explanation of all your commands:

go (direction) - When you want to go in a direction. For example: you want to go east. Typ: 'go east'.
quit   - When you're completely done with this game.
help   - When you have no idea what to do.
take (item)    - When you see an item and you want to pick it up.
drop (item)    - When you have an item in your inventory and you want to drop it.
eat (item)     - When you find an item you can't pick up, eat it. Maybe you can.
items  - When you want to see which items you are carrying.
look   - When you have no idea where you are and you want some information.
charge - When you are in a garden you want to save. Charge the beamer.
fire   - When you want to go back to the saved room. Fire your beamer.
bug    - When you've found a bug in the system.

Explanation of some terms:

Sir beetles:
If you find a sir beetle you got two options. Give him a dot and he keeps you
alive or you don't give him a dot, he'll kill you and the game is over.
There are seven dots in the game. If you found three sir beetles, it isn't
possible to get the five dots, so the game is over.

Human footstep:
If you are playing too long and used a lot of moves, you'll be crushed by
a human footstep.

Aphid:
This is the most delicious food. If you eat this aphid you will become bigger.
From then on it is possible to get the fifth, and lost, dot.

Beamer:
With the beamer you can teleport. If you want to save your current location,
you simpely charge your beamer. If you are stuck and you just want to go back,
you can easily fire your beamer to go back to your saved location.

BETA patch notes:
Thanks for downloading our game! This is the first version of the game.
There are no sir beetles YET. Our team is working hard to get this feature, and
a lot of other cool features, as soon as possible in the game. Right now you can
try to finish the game with the least amount of moves. Post your highscore on
Instagram with the hashtag #BeetMyScore and win fantastic prizes!

You got some cool ideas for in the future? Don't hesitate
to contact me: jochembru39@gmail.com.



THIS CONTAINS SPOILERS.

IF YOU HAVEN'T PLAYED THE GAME YET.

DON'T LOOK FURTHER.







Which features will come in the future:

- A locked door: You will need a key to go in the room with the aphid.
- Sir beetles: There will be sir beetles. If you give them a dot, they will
keep you alive. If you don't give a dot (or don't have one) they will kill you.
- Music: When you've won there will be played a song of the Beatles: Hey Jude.