3.5. textgame.movable

This module is for everything that sits around in rooms.

class textgame.movable.Item(description, name, ID='', takable=True, value=0, key=None, initlocation='')

Bases: object

everything that is somewhat movable like treasures, weapons, tools, monsters

Parameters

• description – string describing the thing

• name – short name for the thing

• ID – unique string by which the item can be taken by the player (eg. ‘coins’ for ‘a sack of coins’)

• takable (bool) – is the player able to add this to his/her inventory?

• value (int or float) – how valuable the item is

• key – if an item has a key, it can be used to open/close doors that are locked with the same key

• initlocation (string) – room ID of the room this thing should be placed in at the beginning of the game

describe()

return the description

class textgame.movable.Monster(description, name, ID='', takable=False, deaddescript='', initlocation='', strength=0, spawns_in=None, spawns_at='always', spawn_prob=0, ignoretext='', status=None)

Bases: textgame.movable.Item

monsters or people, can fight, get spawned or always be at one place, get killed

Parameters

• deaddescript – string describing the thing when it’s dead

• strength – float between 0 and 1

• spawns_in – list of strings with room IDs (or even only part of room IDs) that specify in which rooms the monster should spawn

• spawns_at – define the daytime at which the monster should spawn (always/night/day)

• spawn_prob – probability to spawn (float between 0 and 1)

• ignoretext – this gets returned by textgame.player.Player.attack() if the monster’s history is -1. This only happens if the monster has an initlocation

• status – dict that can (but doesn’t need to) contain the following key-value pairs (values must be bool): ‘alive’, ‘active’, ‘fighting’, ‘trap’, ‘singleencounter’, ‘harmless’

kill()

set description to deaddescript and make sure this monster does not spawn anymore

class textgame.movable.Weapon(*args, **kwargs)

Bases: textgame.movable.Item