Help Command

In order to put instructions in, we need to have a list of commands that the user can use to interact with the game.

In main.py

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current_room = kitchen

backpack = []

# add a dictionary of all the commands the user can input with their descriptions assigned as values

commands = {

    "north": "move to the room north of where you are",

dead = False

while dead == False:

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The goal is to have the primary room add the destination room to the linked_rooms attribute, and then add the primary room to the to the destination room's linked_rooms attribute.

In room.py

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   def describe(self): 

    print( self.description )

   def link_room(self, room_to_link, direction):

compliment = {

    'north': 'south',

    'east': 'west',

    'up': 'down',

    'left': 'right'

}

    # add the link for the other room direction

room_to_link.linked_rooms[compliment[direction]] = self

    self.linked_rooms[direction] = room_to_link

   def get_details(self):

    print(self.name)

    print("--------------------")

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Now that we have changed the method, we need to change how we call it in the main game.

In main.py

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print("There are " + str(Room.number_of_rooms) + " rooms to explore.")

# only link the rooms that are north and east

kitchen.link_room(dining_hall, "south")

dining_hall.link_room(kitchen, "north")

dining_hall.link_room(ballroom, "west")

ballroom.link_room(dining_hall, "east")

dave = Enemy("Dave", "A smelly zombie")

dave.set_conversation("Brrlgrh... rgrhl... brains...")

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If we want a link to only be one way, we now need to define a new method to remove a link that we have already done.

in room.py

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   def describe(self): 

    print( self.description )

   def link_room(self, room_to_link, direction):

compliment = {

    'north': 'south',

    'east': 'west',

    'up': 'down',

    'left': 'right'

}

room_to_link.linked_rooms[compliment[direction]] = self

    self.linked_rooms[direction] = room_to_link

# add a method to remove a link that exists in a room 

def remove_link(self, direction):

if direction in self.linked_rooms:

    del self.linked_rooms[direction]

   def get_details(self):

    print(self.name)

    print("--------------------")

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then in main.py, remove the direction that you do not want to have linked.

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print("There are " + str(Room.number_of_rooms) + " rooms to explore.")

dining_hall.link_room(kitchen, "north")

ballroom.link_room(dining_hall, "east")

# provide the instruction to remove the link from the room. In this case removing ballroom link from the dining_hall

dining_hall.remove_link("west")

dave = Enemy("Dave", "A smelly zombie")

dave.set_conversation("Brrlgrh... rgrhl... brains...")

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