Trivia Quiz is a quiz game in which the player will be challenged to test his knowledge and memory in a fun and inovative way from questions that consist of five diverse subjects.
- General Information
- Technologies
- Object Classes
- Functionality
- Instructions
- Used Resources and Literature
We made this game beacause we are fans of both fun and challenging Trivia Quizes. Our team chose five subjects from different spheres :
- Geography
- Computer Science
- Science
- Sports
- Pop Culture
to immerse and challenge the player at the same time. Because the oversaturation in this genre , we spent a lot of time planing and designing the game so it feels fresh and new , but as model we took Trivia Crack.
In order to make this game we taught the best platform was Microsoft's Visual Studio 2019, and as a programing language we chose C# because its the most supported and best optimized programing language for this platform.
- Microsoft Visual Studio is an integrated development environment (IDE) from Microsoft. It is used to develop computer programs, as well as websites, web apps, web services and mobile apps. Visual Studio uses Microsoft software development platforms such as Windows API, Windows Forms, Windows Presentation Foundation, Windows Store and Microsoft Silverlight. It can produce both native code and managed code.
- C# (pronounced C sharp) is a general-purpose, multi-paradigm programming language encompassing strong typing, lexically scoped, imperative, declarative, functional, generic, object-oriented (class-based), and component-oriented programming disciplines. It was developed around 2000 by Microsoft within its .NET initiative and later approved as a standard by Ecma (ECMA-334) and ISO (ISO/IEC 23270:2018). C# is one of the programming languages designed for the Common Language Infrastructure.
Like every Trivia Quiz it consists of Questions and Answers. We designed our own classes so that the readability and reusability of the code is at a high level.
First of all here is the Question class:
public class Question
{
public string QuestionName { get; set; }
public Answer Answers { get; set; }
}The first property 'QuestionName' is simply the Question and the second property 'Answers' is an Object from the following Answer Class :
public class Answer
{
public string CorrectAnswer { get; set; }
public List<string> AllAnswers { get; set; }
public Answer()
{
AllAnswers = new List<string>();
}
public void Correct()
{
for (int i = 0 ; i < AllAnswers.Count ; i++)
{
if (AllAnswers[i].Contains("(T)"))
{
var tmp = AllAnswers[i].Substring(0, AllAnswers[i].Length - 4);
AllAnswers[i] = tmp;
CorrectAnswer = tmp;
return;
}
}
}
}In this class we store the correct answer in the 'CorrectAnswer' property and all other Answers in the 'AllAnswers' property. We provide a constructor and a 'Correct()' method. Because the base of our questions and answers are Notepad files and the correct answers are all marked with "(T)" it helps us sort and differenciate the correct from the wrong answers for a given question.
Every resource the apllication needs is stored in the '/Resources' directory in the same project directory. Most of the resources are images that we use such as background images , the wheel of questions and notepad files which serve as the base of our aplication. We use six Forms that are interconnected in order to run this aplication. The starting form is 'TiviaHome.cs' which serves as a sort of home screen for the game. From there the user can access the 'Instructions.cs' form in which he can read all the necessary information about playing the game , or he can start a new game by accessing the 'TriviaNewGame.cs' form. This form is the 'brain' of the game because it is the form which contains all of the logic for this aplication.
First of all we have some global variables which need to be explained :
private List<Question> GeographyQuestions; //List of all posible geography questions
private List<Question> SportQuestions; //List of all posible sport questions
private List<Question> ScienceQuestions; //List of all posible science questions
private List<Question> PopCultureQuestions; //List of all posible pop culture questions
private List<Question> ComputerScienceQuestions; //List of all posible computer science questions
private int GeograpyLeft; // Number of geography questions left
private int SportsLeft; // Number of sport questions left
private int ScienceLeft; // Number of science questions left
private int PopcultureLeft; // Number of pop culture questions left
private int computerscienceLeft; // Number of computer science questions left
public static Question Current; // Global variable for accessing the chosen Question
public static string CurrentCategory; //Category from which a question will be chosen
private static Random random; // Random number generator
public static int Points; // Number of points for corectly answered questions
public static int Lives; // Number of lives left in the current game
private int timerValue; // Time of wheel rotation
private int timerSlow; // Time at which the rotationlal angle will reduce its size
private float angle; // Angle of rotation
private int circlePosition; // Center postion of the wheelSecondly we think we should explain the most complicated functions that are in this form which are :
public Bitmap RotateImage(Bitmap b, float angle)
{
Bitmap rotatedImage = new Bitmap(b.Width, b.Height);
Graphics g = Graphics.FromImage(rotatedImage);
g.InterpolationMode = InterpolationMode.High;
g.TranslateTransform((float)b.Width / 2, (float)b.Height / 2);
g.RotateTransform(angle);
g.TranslateTransform(-(float)b.Width / 2, -(float)b.Height / 2);
g.DrawImage(b, 0, 0, b.Width, b.Height);
return rotatedImage;
}We pass the wheel and create a bitmap from it , rotate it by the angle value and then return it to be redrawn on every timer tick. As stated there are five categories where you can get a question from , but we have six areas on the wheel. The sixt one is a joker field which opens the 'Joker.cs' from where the user can select the category from which he wants to answer a question.
public void GetQuestion()
{
if (CurrentCategory == "Geography")
{
Current = GeographyQuestions[random.Next(GeograpyLeft)];
GeographyQuestions.Remove(Current);
GeograpyLeft--;
}
else if (CurrentCategory == "Science")
{
Current = ScienceQuestions[random.Next(ScienceLeft)];
ScienceQuestions.Remove(Current);
ScienceLeft--;
}
else if (CurrentCategory == "Sports")
{
Current = SportQuestions[random.Next(SportsLeft)];
SportQuestions.Remove(Current);
SportsLeft--;
}
else if (CurrentCategory == "PopCulture")
{
Current = PopCultureQuestions[random.Next(PopcultureLeft)];
PopCultureQuestions.Remove(Current);
PopcultureLeft--;
}
else if (CurrentCategory == "ComputerScience")
{
Current = ComputerScienceQuestions[random.Next(computerscienceLeft)];
ComputerScienceQuestions.Remove(Current);
computerscienceLeft--;
}
this.Hide();
TriviaAnwserQuestion form = new TriviaAnwserQuestion();
while (form.ShowDialog() != DialogResult.Cancel)
{
}
this.Show();
Current = null;
CurrentCategory = null;
label4.Text = Points.ToString();
CheckLives();
GetStatusOfGame();
}After the spinning animation of the wheel has ended and the 'CurrentCategory' property is set, we check it's value and depending on that we fetch a Question by random that the user needs to answer. This seleceted question is passed onto the 'TriviaAnswerQuestion.cs' from where the user answers it and gets points or loses a life depending on his choice. After the game is finished depending on the outcome , win or lose the 'EndMessage.cs' form will open and print the correct outcome. After that the user gets redirected to the home section ('TriviaHome.cs'), where he can make his decision whether he chooses to play another round or quit the application.
First of all after the user starts the aplication he will be redirected to this screen.
Here the user has 3 options. On clicking exit he will exit the application. The 'Instructions' button will redirect the user to the instructions window if he wishes to learn the rules of the game. The user can read all of the game rules and informations on this window.
Or if the user chooses to start a new game he will be redirected to this window. The goal of the game is to get 30 questions corectly. In the center of the screen we have the wheel , on the far right corner the ammount of points and on the far left we have the number of remaining lives. After clicking on Rotate the wheel will spin and after the annimation stops you will be redirected to one of the 6 possible outcomes. One of them is a joker where you select your prefferd question category and the every other outcome is a form where you will answer a question. If the users clicks on restart he forfits the game and gets redirected to the home screen.
This is the form where the user answers his questions. Every button represents one answer and by clicking on it he submit its value and gets redirected back to the home page or to the end page depending on his situation. After being redirected the game makes calculations depending on the submited value and allows the user to spin the wheel again.
This is the endpage. Here the message output will differ depending on the state of the users game wether he has won it or not. After pressing the home button you will be redirected to the first srceen where you can choose if you want to continue playing or exit.
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