From: Ruairidh Mchardy <ruairidh82@...>
Date: 2008-11-04T05:36:05+09:00
Subject: Re: Text Based RPG in Ruby

Hugh Sasse wrote:
> On Tue, 4 Nov 2008, Ruairidh Mchardy wrote:
> 
>> Hi,
>> 
>> Just modified my code a little and now have:
>> 
>> Grunty = Grunt.new(100, 300, 300, "Ak47")
> 
>   Grunty is a constant. (Capital letter). Probably not what you want.
> 
>> randy = rand(100)
>> Health = Grunt.hp - randy
> 
>   ^^ also a constant.
> 
>>  puts  "Grunty is battling a kitten!"
> 
>    puts  "#{grunty.name} is battling #{article} #{enemy.name}"
> 
>> puts "The kitten attacks Grunty with an AK47 and inflicts #{randy} 
>> points of damage!"
>> puts "Grunty lost #{randy} health!"
>> puts "Grunty's hp is #{Health} "
>> 
>> So Grunty is my monster and I'm checking the starting vars from the 
>> Grunt class, then subtracting hitpoints from a random value. So perhaps 
>> I should do my checks of if Grunt.hp == 0 then blah in the attack class?
> 
> ..in the attack *method*. Yes.
>> 
>> Attached is my (albeit messy) code so far!
>> 
> Not sure what happened to that, didn't reach the mailing list.
> Well, it didn't reach me anyway.
> 
>> Hugh,
>> 
>> Very true in regards to learning from others, I just feel that I 
>> couldn't emulate that coding style as I don't understand it 
>> sufficiently. It's very frustrating!
> 
> Did you look at the stuff that only uses modules, and no metaclasses
> at all?  It takes a bit of getting used to, but I think that code is
> easier.  Anyway, maybe you don't need to vary your traits that much
> if all characters have @hit_points, @charisma, @damage (weapon power),
> @inventory = [], @description, @name.
> 
> It can get really complicated simulating all this stuff, especially
> if you want to take account of where you are:
> "You cannot use a two-handed sword in a narrow passage -- at least,
> not without upsetting the landlord."
> 
>> 
>> Thanks for the help guys!
>> 
>> Kind Regards,
>> 
>> Ruairidh McHardy
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>> 
>         Hugh

Wow didn't expect quite so many replies! It seems I have a lot to learn 
but it's highly enjoyable (after coffee). I realize that my structuring 
is definitely rather odd...

I think my problem is that I haven't fully learnt the grammar of Ruby 
and am probably suffering from a lack of planning in my game design. I 
hadn't really taken into account all the work it requires!

I think I'll be recoding a lot of this project after seeing the replies 
as my current code (now attached, forgot last time!) is far too messy.

Thanks guys!

Kind Regards,

Ruairidh Wynne-McHardy

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