COMP203 Midterm Project

COMP203: Midterm Project

The purpose of this project is for you to write and test a complex Logo program. The expectations for your program are outlined below, along with an estimate of the point value of each portion of the project. If you would like to write something other than one of the programs suggested, please submit a suggestion for my approval.

(10 pts) Include a cover page describing your program. This should be one-half to two pages typed. It should include a description of how your program is organized (use a flow chart or, if you prefer, one of the methods demonstrated on pages 109-112) and mention any special features you'd like me to consider when grading your program.
(30 pts) Make sure your program runs! I usually give generous partial credit, but if I can't copy and paste your code into Logo and then run it I may become stingy. (So, before you put it in the dropbox, copy and paste your code into Logo and try to run it!)
You will probably want to look at how the readword and ifelse commands are used in the Haunted House example.
(10 pts) Your code should be readable. Use helpful variable and procedure names (e.g. "get.move" rather than "step2") and use a ; to add comments where necessary.
(20 pts) Your code should be modular. Different tasks (get.move, draw.picture, etc.) should be performed by different procedures. Don't forget that it's possible to test modules independent of the main program! (Please use at least three procedures. Depending on your task, a good sized program will use at least seven different procedures.)
Start now! As you know, writing and debugging programs takes time. This is your first big programming project and will take even more time. I'll be happy to help out if you get stuck and will grant limited extensions to the due date, but I'm not available for private conferences the night before it's due!
(30 pts) Your code should do something interesting! Programs with extra options or features (e.g. a two-player option for a game, or a rotation option in the linear algebra project) will receive extra credit. (Your program should use an if or ifelse statement and a value stored in a variable to provide four or more significantly different experiences to the user.)
- Write a program that uses Logo's random operation to estimate the value of pi by randomly selecting points in a square and calculating what proportion of those points lie inside the inscribed circle.
- Conversation: Write a Logo program that "talks" to your user, with at least four different types of responses. It might be something like the hi procedure on page 5 of Chapter 1, but instead of ignoring the user's response it could look at the response and choose between a response like that in converse or groupie on page 67, query on page 49, or exaggerate on page 87. Your procedure's conversations need not always make sense, but its responses should be appropriate at least some of the time.
- Craps: The computer should simulate die rolling by adding two random integers between 1 and 6. The total of each roll should be reported, along with the result (win, loss, point, rolling for point).
- Linear algebra: Store a list of points that, when the dots are connected, makes a picture. Ask the user whether he or she wants to translate or dilate the picture, then get the vector/ratio of the transformation from the user. Apply the transformation to the list of points, then draw the picture.
  You may also be able to do something similar using turtle graphics.
- Math test: Create a four problem multiple choice mathematics test which attempts to quickly judge a student's mathematics ability level by asking easier questions when a student gets a wrong answer and harder questions when the student gets a right answer. Report the student's perceived ability level at the end of the test. (The Accuplacer test freshmen take when entering BSC works this way!)
  All students should be presented with the same number of questions, regardless of their performance.