adding the create and describe functions to the game

xpub-mud/xpub_mud.py

@@ -107,12 +107,14 @@ Hi there! This is the multiplayer, text-based version of the Experimental Publis
 
             # send the player back the list of possible commands
             mud.send_message(id, "Commands:")
-            mud.send_message(id, "  say <message>  - Says something out loud, "
+            mud.send_message(id, "  say <message>                  - Says something out loud, "
                                  + "e.g. 'say Hello'")
-            mud.send_message(id, "  look           - Examines the "
+            mud.send_message(id, "  look                           - Examines the "
                                  + "surroundings, e.g. 'look'")
-            mud.send_message(id, "  go <exit>      - Moves through the exit "
+            mud.send_message(id, "  go <exit>                      - Moves through the exit "
                                  + "specified, e.g. 'go outside'")
+            mud.send_message(id, "  create <exit> <new roomname>   - Creates a new exit and room")
+            mud.send_message(id, "  describe <description>         - Change the description of the current room")
 
         # 'say' command
         elif command == "say":
@@ -225,6 +227,90 @@ Hi there! This is the multiplayer, text-based version of the Experimental Publis
         elif command == "made":
             mud.send_message(id, "You made a ")
         
+        # 'create' command
+        elif command == "create":
+
+            # store the exit or room that will be created
+            parameters = params.lower()
+            parameters_list = parameters.split()
+            print("[INSPECT] parameters: ", parameters_list)
+            
+            if len(parameters_list) >= 1:
+                # store the new exit name
+                new_exit = parameters_list[0]
+                print("[INSPECT] new exit: ", new_exit)
+            else:
+                new_exit = None
+                
+            if len(parameters_list) >= 2:
+                # store the new room name
+                new_room = " ".join(parameters_list[1:])
+                print("[INSPECT] new room: ", new_room)            
+            else:
+                new_exit = None
+                
+            # store the player's current room
+            current_room_name = players[id]["room"]
+            print("[INSPECT] current room: ", current_room_name)
+            
+            # store information about the player's current room
+            current_room = rooms[players[id]["room"]]
+            print("[INSPECT] current room dict: ", current_room)
+            
+            # if both the new exit and new room are given
+            if new_exit is not None and new_room is not None:
+                
+                # send player a message when the exit already exists
+                if new_exit in current_room["exits"]:
+                    mud.send_message(id, "This exit already exist.")   
+                    
+                # create new room
+                else:
+                    print(f"[INSPECT] Make new room: { new_room }, in the direction: { new_exit }")
+                    
+                    # add the new exit to the current room
+                    rooms[current_room_name]["exits"][new_exit] = new_room
+                    
+                    # store information about the new room
+                    rooms[new_room] = {}
+                    rooms[new_room]["description"] = ""
+                    rooms[new_room]["exits"] = {}
+                    
+                    # add the opposite exit direction to the exits of the new room
+                    if new_exit == "west":
+                        exit_to_add = "east"
+                    elif new_exit == "east":
+                        exit_to_add = "east"
+                    if new_exit == "north":
+                        exit_to_add = "south"
+                    elif new_exit == "south":
+                        exit_to_add = "north"
+                    
+                    # store this exit to the new room
+                    rooms[new_room]["exits"][exit_to_add] = current_room_name
+                    
+                    # announce the new room to the player
+                    mud.send_message(id, f"A new room is added: { new_room } (in the { new_exit })")
+                    # invite the player to write a description for the room
+                    mud.send_message(id, "The room is not described yet. When you are in the room, you can use 'describe' to add a description. For example: 'describe This is the XML! It smells a bit muffy here.'")
+
+            # warn the player when the "create" command is not used in the right way 
+            else:
+                mud.send_message(id, f"Sorry you cannot create a new room in that way. Try: 'create direction roomname'")
+        
+        # 'describe' command
+        elif command == "describe":
+
+            # store the exit or room that will be created
+            description = params.lower()
+            print("[INSPECT] description: ", description)
+            
+            # store the player's current room
+            current_room_name = players[id]["room"]
+            print("[INSPECT] current room: ", current_room_name)
+        
+            rooms[new_room]["description"] = description      
+        
         # some other, unrecognised command
         else:
             # send back an 'unknown command' message