Software Requirements Specification

Programming Assignment 6

WordGuess Version 2

Due No Later Than Friday, Dec 10 at 7PM

Introduction

Purpose: This application will be a variant of the WordGuess game that you did as PA4. In this version, you will be making the WordGuess game for multiple players. Changes will need to be made WordGuess.java.  This document will describe the changes that you need to make to the original game. Refer to the PA4 document for the original items.

• Create a class from which we will make objects.
  
• Instantiate an array of such objects.
• Use that array in an application.
• In this particular application, you will be implementing a multiplayer version of the WordGuess game.
  
• Do everything necessary to implement, compile, execute and debug a Java program.
• Conform to the style guide for this class.
  

• Successfully submit to the submission system no later than 7pm on Friday Dec 10.
• Bring the hardcopy to your final exam.
• There is no late penalty. No late submissions will be accepted.
  

Prerequisites

Starter files

New file

Detail about each method

• Constructor - Takes in a String representing the player name and
  sets the value in the name field. The constructor should also
  initialize the score to 0.
• getName - Accessor method to return the name of the Player.
• getScore - Accessor method to return the current score for the Player.
• addPoint - Mutator method to increment the score by one. (The Player gets a point for every word they successfully complete.)
• toString - Accessor method to return a String in the form of ("Player: %20s\t%d", name, score)

Changes to WordGuess.java

• You will need a new private field players, which will be an array of Player objects. You should initialize this array to null in your constructor, because you will build the array in the playGame method.
  
• You will still produce the welcome message.
• You should then call a new private method, buildPlayers which takes no parameters and returns nothing. It will do the following:
  
• You will need to prompt for the number of players. (Output a blank line, then the String, "How many players today? ". Output a blank line after reading the input value.
• If a bad value is entered (either a zero, negative number, or something other than an int), assume 1 player.
  
• You will also need to prompt for the names of each player and instantiate each of the player objects in the players array. (Output the String, "Enter player %d's name: ",
  where the substitution is the number of that player (beginning with
  1).  Output a blank line after reading in the value. Repeat this
  step for each of the players.
• You will need to change the game play as follows:
• Change the prompt: "What is your guess: " to "%s, what is your guess? " where the substitution is the player's name.
• If the player successfully guesses a letter, change the success display from "YES!! %s is in the word." to "YES!! %s is in the word. Go again.".
• Play will continue with the same player until the player either finishes the word or until they miss a letter.
• If the player is unsuccessful in guessing a letter, change the display from "Nope... %s is not in the word." to "Nope... %s is not in the word. %s's turn.", where the second substitution is the next player's name.
• The game will continue until a player finally guesses the whole word. Play will not stop when there are 6 bad guesses.
• At the end of each round, the winning player is awarded a point. (use the addPoint method in Player).
• Change the display, "\n\tYou WIN!!!!\n" to "\n\t%s WINS!!!!\n" where %s is the name of the winning player.
• Change the line, "Strikes: %d\tBad Guesses: " to "Bad Guesses: "
  
• At the beginning of each subsequent game, the player just after the winning player will begin the game.
  
• When play ends, before displaying the message, "Game over. Play again soon." display each player's name and score on a separate line and output a blank line. (Use your toString method in Player.)

Strategies

• Make sure you understand how the flow of the game will proceed.
  Instead of looping through one player you will loop through one player
  while successful, then loop through each of the players before deciding
  whether or not to continue and play another game.
• Think carefully how you will end if a player who is not the last
  player successfully completes the word. The next player to take a turn
  will be the next player in line.
• Think carefully about how you will go from the last player in the array to the first as you go through each round.

Grading and handing in your work

• You will earn 80 points for successfully submitting this program.
• The remaining 20 points are earned by strict adherence to the Style Guide for this class.
• You must successfully submit by Friday Dec 10 at 7pm.
• You must turn in the hardcopy no later than your final exam time duing the Dec 13 week.