Code for How to Make a Text Adventure Game in Python Tutorial

text_adventure.py

# Import pyinputplus for choice inputs and os to clear the console. import pyinputplus import os import json # setting up some variables currentKey = '0' currentKeys = [] itemAlreadyAdded = False # Get the Story Prompts # A dictionary is used because we dont want to allow # duplicate keys with open('story.json', 'r') as f: storyPrompts = json.load(f) inventory = { 'banana(s)': 0, 'clock(s)': 2, 'swords(s)': 0, } # Check if the prompts are valid for prompt in storyPrompts: promptText, keys, *_ = storyPrompts[prompt] # Add ":" at the end of the prompt Text if not promptText.endswith(':'): storyPrompts[prompt][0] = promptText + ': ' # Check if the keys are strings, if not transform them storyPrompts[prompt][1] = [str(i) for i in keys] # Giving the user some instructions. print('Type in the number of the prompt or -i to view your inventory ... have fun.') # Prompt Loop while True: # Clearing the Console on all platforms os.system('cls' if os.name == 'nt' else 'clear') # Get the current prompt all its associated data currentPrompt, currentKeys, _, action = storyPrompts[currentKey] # Finish the Adventure when the next keys list contains the string 'end' if 'end' in currentKeys: break # Look for inventory Changes if not itemAlreadyAdded: if 'minus' in action: inventory[action.split('-')[1]+'(s)'] -= 1 if 'plus' in action: inventory[action.split('-')[1]+'(s)'] += 1 # Add Option Descriptions to the current Prompt with their number for o in currentKeys: invalidOption = False thisaction = storyPrompts[o][3] if 'minus' in thisaction: item = storyPrompts[o][3].split('-')[1]+'(s)' if inventory[item] == 0: print(storyPrompts[o][3].split('-')[1]+'(s)') invalidOption = True if not invalidOption: currentPrompt += f'\n{o}. {storyPrompts[o][2]}' currentPrompt += '\n\nWhat do you do? ' # Get the input from the user, only give them the keys as a choice so they dont # type in something invalid. userInput = pyinputplus.inputChoice(choices=(currentKeys + ['-i']), prompt=currentPrompt) # Printing out the inventory if the user types in -i if '-i' in userInput: print(f'\nCurrent Inventory: ') for i in inventory: print(f'{i} : {inventory[i]}') print ('\n') input('Press Enter to continue ... ') itemAlreadyAdded = True continue else: itemAlreadyAdded = False currentKey = userInput # Printing out the last prompt so the user knows what happened to him. print(storyPrompts[currentKey][0]) print('\nStory Finished ...')