From: Steve Rees <stevoreesimo@...>
Date: 2011-01-13T07:02:07+09:00
Subject: random orc game

I am learning, slowly, how to use ruby.
This is a small game I made, will be changing the random win/lose
decider to a question/answer system.
If anyone has time to give it a quick test as it is and tell me where
certain parts arent working and why, I would really appreciate it.
One of the main parts which doesnt work as i expect it to, no matter how
I have changed the order and the wording is the code near the bottom of
the script which counts player lives used when health reaches zero. It
appears to wait until orc health is zero to process the player's health,
even if player's health is a minus number.
I can post this as an attachment if this is unsuiably long as text.

def ask question
  goodAnswer = false
  while (not goodAnswer)
    puts question
    response = gets.chomp
    attack = rand(11)
    attacker = rand(11)

    if (response.to_s == 'fight')
      goodAnswer = true
      if attack.to_i >= attacker.to_i
        answer = true and (damage = (attack.to_i - attacker.to_i))
        puts 'You Win by ' + (attack.to_i - attacker.to_i).to_s +
'hitpoints'
        gets
        puts 'You are Strong!'
        gets
      else
        answer = false
        puts 'You lose by ' + (attack.to_i - attacker.to_i).to_s +
'hitpoints'
        gets
        puts 'You should have run!'
        gets
      end
    else
      puts 'Please answer fight'
    end
  end
  answer
end

hair = ['Lank', 'Greasy', 'Skanky', 'Dirty', 'Smelly']
colour = ['green', 'brown', 'red', 'black', 'wormy', 'slick']

puts 'Your Health begins at 100 hitpoints, you have 5 lives'
print 'A queue of Orcs is lining up to attack you, press enter to
continue...'
initialise = gets
reply = 'yes'

health = 100
orchealth = 100
orcs = 0
lives = 0

while reply == 'yes'
  matches = ask 'Do you attack? (type:fight)'
  puts 'Did you win?'
  gets
 puts
  puts matches

if matches == false
then health = (health - 50)
 orcheath = orchealth
 gets
 puts
 puts 'The Orc\'s health is now ' + orchealth.to_s
 gets
  puts 'Your health is now ' + health.to_s
  puts
  gets
puts 'Would you like to fight again? (please answer yes to play again or
enter to quit'
reply = gets.chomp

else matches == true
health = health
orchealth = (orchealth - 50)
puts
puts 'The Orc\'s health is now ' + orchealth.to_s
gets
puts 'Your health remains at ' + health.to_s
puts
gets
puts 'Would you like to fight again? (please answer yes to play again or
enter to quit'
reply = gets.chomp


while (orchealth == 0) or (health == 0)
while orchealth <= 0
orcs = (orcs + 1) and orchealth = 100
puts 'The number of orcs killed so far is: ' + orcs.to_s
gets
puts
puts 'A new Orc arrives to fight, he has ' + hair[rand(4)].to_s + ', ' +
colour[rand(5)].to_s +  ' hair, his health is 100'
gets
end

while health <= 0
lives = (lives + 1) and health = 100
puts 'The number your of lives used so far is: ' + lives.to_s
gets
puts
puts 'You use up a life and your health is now 100 again'
gets
end

while lives >=5
puts 'you die'
reply = 'no'

end
end
end
end
puts 'Goodbye and farewell...'

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