So, I’ve spent time brainstorming what I want my game to be, creating a project skeleton, and implementing it.
I’m starting out by prompting the user to choose a basic archetype, based off of the generic classes found in fantasy tabletop games. I have a mechanism to do so (oddly enough, I noticed I accidentally made it similar to what Zed did in ex.43), but I’m kind of worried I’m over-complicating it (something I tend to do a lot when I program):
class CharacterCreation(object):
"""The user provides input regarding what archetype they'll play as."""
def __init__(self, archetype):
self.archetype = archetype
@classmethod
def choose_arch(cls):
"""
Prompts the user to choose their character archtype, which will be
passed as a parameter later on.
"""
while True:
try:
user_arch = str(input("Barbarian, Ranger or Wizard? > "))
except:
print("Please enter one of the archetypes listed above.")
continue
if user_arch.lower().startswith('b'):
return 'barbarian'
elif user_arch.lower().startswith('r'):
return 'ranger'
elif user_arch.lower().startswith('w'):
return 'wizard'
else:
print("Please enter one of the archetypes listed above.")
class Barbarian(object):
def enter(self):
print("It worked!")
class ArchMap(object):
def __init__(self, user_arch):
self.user_arch = user_arch
arch_map = {'barbarian' : Barbarian()}
def get_arch(user_arch):
arch = ArchMap.arch_map.get(user_arch)
return arch
user_arch = CharacterCreation.choose_arch()
arch_map = ArchMap.get_arch(user_arch)
arch_map.enter()It ends up with the output I want (“It worked!”), which means I can tap into the other classes and access their methods. That being said, I always prefer to go the simple route.