Choose your own adventure MVP/React skeleton

[maoivy]

Implemented basic choices and choice tracking in the React skeleton (see #56 for the React skeleton, #45 for the meta issue). Most direct next steps would be integrating with backend to get the adventure JSON objects

[ryaanahmed]

Really good -- this is the perfect level of polish for a mvp since it really lets us feel through whether the thing works or not.

The main thing that doesn't work to me is the success score -- that it's a number that gets summed up as you go. Doesn't feel very intuitive. I think if we did this as a probability, the end result would feel a lot better ("You have a 33% chance of success" vs. "Your success score is 220" [out of what, even?])

I also do think we need the extra string @Dylan-Weber was proposing in the end view, which explains why any given step is likely to succeed or not (e.g., "Choosing Facebook had only 2% chance of success bc almost no one uses it here." etc.)

If you could add these details, then I think we'll be in a good position to add some real stories/data and then polish.

[ryaanahmed]

i know this is just mvp / prototyping code but whoa there unnecessary whitespace

[ryaanahmed]

nice work with this wrapper component!

[mscuthbert]

(note also the conflicting stylesheet that needs to be fixed before merge)

[ryaanahmed]

@Dylan-Weber @maoivy @Mayowa99 -- if someone could turnaround the smaller changes listed here sooner-rather-than-later, then we can merge, deploy, and have @evanlieb give it a spin before our Friday sessions. That'll put is in a strong position to make changes moving into the final version.

[maoivy]

@ryaanahmed could you take a look to see if I've addressed everything correctly?

Changes in the latest commit:

• changes the view to edX view
• adds a successDetail property to each option that goes into further detail about how choosing that option might affect your chance of success
  • e.g., if you choose Facebook but Facebook is banned in the country, it says so.
  • should this be displayed as you go along, or only at the end?
• changed success calculation to be a multiplier: player starts out with 1
  • e.g., if a (general) media campaign has a 90% chance of working and then choosing Twitter has a 60% chance of working, the player ends with a 54% (or 0.54) chance of succeeding
  • should probably refine the calculation

[ryaanahmed]

@maoivy -- yes! This is fantastic. Just gave it a whirl, and I can already feel how this will be a useful teaching tool.

should this be displayed as you go along, or only at the end?
I think only at the end fits Evan's idea that the player first does things based on their own assumptions and has the underlying issues revealed at the end.

[ryaanahmed]

There are some technical bits and bobs that need refining here, but this is now a really great prototype. Will merge/deploy and we can show to @evanlieb for feedback.