Holy Grail, Batman!

For some reason I am reminded of NetHack. Am I wrong, or could this
have great use in a text adventure game? Or even a graphical game, but
one should start small.

And Hofmann... you wouldn't happen to play the trumpet, would you?

On 5/21/06, Kamilche <klachemin@[...].net>  wrote:
>  It's possible to do it without using custom code for each class.
>  Take a look at this data driven snippet:
> 
>  class Person(object):
>       name = 'Person'
>       health = 50
>       hunger = 10
>       def __setattr__(self, key, val):
>           if key == 'health':
>               if val < 1:
>                   print "%s is dead!" % self.name
>               else:
>                   print "%s has %d %s remaining" % (self.name, val, key)
>           elif key == 'hunger':
>               if val > 100:
>                   print "%s has starved to death!" % self.name
>               else:
>                   print "%s is %d%% hungry" % (self.name, val)
>           object.__setattr__(self, key, val)
> 
>  class GameObject(object):
>       name = 'GameObject'
>       adj = 'affects'
>       stat = 'health'
>       empty = 'The %s is empty!'
>       value = -1
>       amt = 1
>       fmtline = "@NAME @ADJ @TARGET for @VALUE"
>       def Use(self, target):
>           if self.amt < 1:
>               print self.empty % self.name
>           else:
>               val = getattr(target, self.stat, 0) + self.value
>               s = self.fmtline
>               s = s.replace('@NAME', self.name)
>               s = s.replace('@TARGET', target.name)
>               s = s.replace('@ADJ', self.adj)
>               s = s.replace('@STAT', self.stat)
>               s = s.replace('@VALUE', str(self.value))
>               print s
>               setattr(target, self.stat, val)
>               self.amt -= 1
> 
>  class MachineGun(GameObject):
>       name = 'Machine gun'
>       adj = 'shoots'
>       value = -10
>       amt = 100
> 
>  class Bomb(GameObject):
>       name = 'Bomb'
>       adj = 'blasts'
>       empty = 'The %s has already been detonated!'
>       value = -100
>       amt = 1
> 
>  class HealthPotion(GameObject):
>       name = 'Health Potion'
>       adj = 'heals'
>       value = 10
>       amt = 1
> 
>  class Poison(GameObject):
>       name = 'Belladonna'
>       adj = 'poisons'
>       value = -1
>       amt = 1
> 
>  class Food(GameObject):
>       name = 'Banana'
>       fmtline = '@TARGET eats the @NAME '
>       stat = 'hunger'
>       empty = "The %s has already been eaten!"
>       value = -1
>       amt = 1
> 
>  def main():
> 
>       person = Person()
>       machinegun = MachineGun()
>       for i in range(5):
>           machinegun.Use(person)
> 
>       person = Person()
>       bomb = Bomb()
>       bomb.Use(person)
>       bomb.Use(person)
> 
>       person = Person()
>       machinegun = MachineGun()
>       for i in range(4):
>           machinegun.Use(person)
> 
>       potion = HealthPotion()
>       potion.Use(person)
> 
>       poison = Poison()
>       poison.Use(person)
> 
>       banana = Food()
>       banana.Use(person)
>       banana.Use(person)
> 
>  main()
> 
>  ''' Sample output follows:
> 
>  Machine gun shoots Person for -10
>  Person has 40 health remaining
>  Machine gun shoots Person for -10
>  Person has 30 health remaining
>  Machine gun shoots Person for -10
>  Person has 20 health remaining
>  Machine gun shoots Person for -10
>  Person has 10 health remaining
>  Machine gun shoots Person for -10
>  Person is dead!
>  Bomb blasts Person for -100
>  Person is dead!
>  The Bomb has already been detonated!
>  Machine gun shoots Person for -10
>  Person has 40 health remaining
>  Machine gun shoots Person for -10
>  Person has 30 health remaining
>  Machine gun shoots Person for -10
>  Person has 20 health remaining
>  Machine gun shoots Person for -10
>  Person has 10 health remaining
>  Health Potion heals Person for 10
>  Person has 20 health remaining
>  Belladonna poisons Person for -1
>  Person has 19 health remaining
>  Person eats the Banana
>  Person is 9% hungry
>  The Banana has already been eaten!
>  '''
>