GroupProject-CSCI3308

Who:

• John Gallagher: John-Gallagher
• Ted Freeman: TheoFr
• Chase Heck: whattheheck11
• Joel Barkley: Psychonattic
• Nathan Carmine: ncarmine

Modular Monopoly (Mod-opoly)

Description:

An open source, customizable Monopoly clone written in pygame

Vision Statement:

To create an open source Monopoly game using pygame, with the ability to customize the board to the user's liking.

Motivation:

To make players smile while combining our love of modularity and board game.

Risks:

• Limited experience with pygames framework
• Cross-platform difficulties (Windows, Mac OS, Linux, etc.)
• Schedule conflicts among group members
• No prior experience working with the group members
• Legal/copyright questions

Mitigation strategy for dealing with the risk:

• We will each research Pygames to familiarize ourselves with it
• We can perform development on the school computers, giving us equal development environments
• We will only use open-source graphics or create our own to take away legal risk
• We will meet regularly at predefined times to discuss the project, using online tools to schedule

User Requirements

• As a user I want an Intuitive UI so that I can easily use the program.
  • ID Number: 1
  • Story Points: 40
• As a user I want to see the current status of the board so I can make gameplay decisions.
  • ID Number: 2
  • Story Points: 35
• As a user I want to know where my game piece is to make buying and selling decisions in-game.
  • ID Number: 3
  • Story Points: 20
• As a user I want to know where other players' game pieces are in order to make gameplay decisions.
  • ID Number: 4
  • Story Points: 25
• As a user I want the game to save the game progress so that I can play in discrete sessions.
  • ID Number: 5
  • Story Points: 10

Functional Requirements

• As a user I want a single player mode so that I can play if I don’t have another person to play with. (AI)
  • ID Number: 6
  • Story Points: 45
• As a user I need to be able to buy properties and gain money from chance and community chest properties so that I get more enjoyment from the game.
  • ID Number: 7
  • Story Points: 32
• As a user I want to be able to role dice to progress along the board.
  • ID Number: 8
  • Story Points: 5
• As a user I want to be able to win the game by bankrupting the other players.
  • ID Number: 9
  • Story Points: 7
• As a user I want to be able to play against at least one other human player.
  • ID Number: 10
  • Story Points: 42

Non-Functional Requirements

• As a user I want to see my high scores or the number of wins so I can see how well I have done in the past.
  • ID Number: 11
  • Story Points: 14
• As a user I want to see aesthetically pleasing graphics when I play the game so that I play it more. * ID Number: 12 * Story Points: 27
• As a user I want to be able to choose different game pieces so that I can customize the experience.
  • ID Number: 13
  • Story Points: 13
• As a user I want to be able to change the difficulty of the AI in order to tailor the game to my skill level.
  • ID Number: 14
  • Story Points: 50
• As a user I want to be able to play agianst up to 3 other players.
  • ID Number: 15
  • Story Points: 39

Methodology:

Agile Process

Project Tracking software:

Trello Link Here

Project plan:

##RUN:

• Download the git project and extract it.
• In the terminal, navigate to the directory GroupProject-CSCI3308-master
• Run the command: python main.py
• To run a custom theme, add the theme name after main.py. For example run: python main.py high-res for a high res version of the board.

##THEMES: To create a new theme:

• Create a new directory under ./images/themes with the name of your theme. Eg: ./images/themes/MyTheme
• Each theme directory should contain the following:
  • 40 images titled space0.jpg to space39.jpg. Each image corresponds to the 40 spaces on the board, starting at "Go" (space0) and going clockwise around the board, ending at "Boardwalk" (space39).
  • A spaces.csv file with six rows
• Each row in spaces.csv should be as follows:
  1. The title of each of the 40 spaces, starting at Go, going clockwise. (40 cols)
  2. The type of each space. There are different 10 spaces: (40 cols)
     • "property" - A purchasable property that can have houses on it
     • "railroad" - A purchasable railroad space, traditionally four on a board, in the middle of each row
     • "utility" - A purchasable utility space, traditionally two on a board.
     • "tax" - Income/Luxury Tax space. Non-purchasable. Traditionally two on a board
     • "chest" - Community Chest space. Non-purchasable. Draw a Community Chest card.
     • "chance" - Chance space. Non-purchasable. Draw a Chance card.
     • "go" - The initial space you start at. bottom-right corner
     • "jail" - In Jail/Just Visiting space. bottom-left corner of the board.
     • "parking" - The Free Parking space. top-left corner.
     • "gotojail" - Player goes to jail when on this space. top-right corner.
  3. The price for each of the purchasable spaces. This includes properties, railroads, and utilities. (# of cols = # of properties + railroads + utilities on the board)
  4. The rent for each of the purchasable spaces, not inluding utilities. (# of cols = # of properties + railroads)
  5. The cost for each house. This is not the rent cost with houses, this is the price required to get one additional house. (# of cols = # of properties)
  6. The color of each property. (# of cols = # of properties)

To run the program with your selected theme:
python main.py MyTheme

If your theme does not work, the game will automatically revert to the default theme. If you remove, add, or modify anything in the ./images/themes/default/ directory, you may have to reinstall the game files.