GAME1111 (Tuesday section) – Quiz – Week 5

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How do your characters’ stats change in Choice of Broadsides?

• Your character doesn’t have stats at all, actually.
• Every time you advance a chapter in the story, you “level up” and several of your stats go up by some amount.
• Every so often you must play a mini-game that raises stats if you win (or lowers them if you fail).
• Various choices you make throughout the game make different stats go up or down.

Which of these is the best description of the stats’ purpose during the game?

• Certain stats give you an advantage during mini-games you must play.
• The goal of the game is to bring all your stats to 100%.
• Certain choices will end in failure, unless corresponding stats are high enough.
• If any stat drops to 0%, the game ends immediately.

In the original version of Hunt the Wumpus, what shape is the Wumpus’s cave?

• A dodecahedron.
• An infinite grid.
• A 10-by-10 grid.
• A cube.

The wumpus-hunter says, “I feel a draft!” What does that mean?

• The Wumpus is nearby, breathing.
• Bats are nearby, flapping their wings.
• The hunter needs to adjust their Utilikilt™ before continuing.
• A pit is nearby, doing whatever pits do.

Which of these best describes the story structure of Lost Pig (and other games like it)?

• Exploration of a series of larger spaces, connected by narrow, plot-advancing set pieces.
• Purely open-ended exploration. The player must set their own goals.
• The story moves along according to a set schedule, no matter what the player does.
• The computer makes up the story as it goes, depending upon player input.

In what perspective is Choice of Broadsides told?

• First-person.
• Second-person.
• Third-person.
• It's ambiguous.

Which of these objects are in Grunk’s inventory at the start of the game?

• The pig.
• Grunk’s axe.
• Grunk’s pants.
• A letter from Grunk’s boss.

Which of these is not a way to die in Hunt the Wumpus?

• Shoot yourself with your own arrow.
• Get eaten up by the Wumpus.
• Get bitten by a rabid bat.
• Fall down a pit.

Which of these is a recurring character in Choice of Broadsides?

• The ghost of the player-character’s father (or mother).
• An officer of the enemy navy.
• A mysterious child.
• A former lover.

At the beginning of Lost Pig, what’s Grunk’s stated motivation?

• Pigs are tasty.
• The pig is his best friend.
• The pig belongs to his boss.
• Grunk can’t remember.

For extra credit, briefly describe the final action sequence at the end of Choice of Broadsides.