About Warcraft

 

(The descriptions are adapted from Warcraft game user's manual [8]

 Warcraft is a real time strategy game built into a fantasy setting. It deals with a war between the human kingdom of Azeroth and an alliance of monsters known as the Orcish Horde. Once the user decides which side to play on, they take over as the commander of their side's forces. The game progresses through a series of goal-oriented scenarios, where specific objectives must be completed to finish each scenario. Starting with an easy scenario, the user gradually gains control over more and more types of military units, buildings, and technologies. Only in the final scenario does the user have all of the game's features at their disposal. Moving forces around in battle is of course a major part of the game. But logistics, resource management, and technology development are all key parts as well. A player must balance short-term tactical gains against long term strategic advances.

We chose this game for several reasons. First, the game has a user interface that most people consider easy to use. Despite its simplicity, it is very powerful, covering a wide range of functionalities that are available to the player.

Fundamentally, as the commander of the Azeroth army, you have to protect the human settlements by producing food to feed the people and the army, mine gold to fund these activities, harvest lumber for constructing different structures, train peasants to harvest lumber, gold, and to construct various structures, and train footmen (soldiers) to protect and attack. Peasants are trained in the town hall, while Footmen are trained in the barracks, which is to be constructed by the Peasants.

To win the game you must eliminate all opposing forces, using different war strategies.

Major characters and structures of interest in the game

Peasants:

They are the people of the kingdom of Azeroth, who live in the settlements surrounding the swamps. They are strong and hardworking people, capable of harvesting lumber, mine gold or construct various structures. They can be found in the town hall, from where they are gathered for training. They don't have any fighting skills and are powerless against an orcish onslaught.

 

Peon:

 Peons are the lowliest creatures among the orcs. They harvest lumber and mine gold. They can be considered as the orcish counterparts of Peasants. They don't have any attacking capabilities.

 

 

Footman:

They are foot soldiers of the army trained in combat using sword and shield, They can also deliver lethal blow with their weapons. You have to create a barrack first to train more footmen to fight the orcs.

Grunt:

The warriors of orcs, capable of close combat. They use axe and shield for attack and defense.

 

Town hall:

Place were humans of the settlement assemble. Gold as well as lumber are also stored here. It also acts as the training center for peasants. There can be only one town hall.

 

Orcs' Town hall:

Town hall of the orcs, where peons are trained. This place is equivalent to the town hall of humans. 

Farms:

Vital element of the human settlement, providing the food needed for the peasants and the footmen. Farms are constructed by Peasants, spending gold and using lumber.

 

Orcs' Farms:

These are the farms of the orcs. If you are the leader of the humans you should destroy orc farms to starve them to death.

Gold mine:

The treasure both orcs and humans are looking for to raise funds for their activities. Only peasants of humans and peons of orcs are capable of mining gold from these mines.

 

 

 

 

 

 

There are several other characters, structures and activities in this game, but the above description will give the minimum knowledge required to understand this project report.