rules/script.py

#This is a script that writes rules and instructions
#First it sets variables
import os
import random
import urllib.request
#games = ["backgammon", "pokemon", "war"]
#Pull the content from games.txt
#Open games.txt file
#Read the game name list from the games.txt file
#Make a game name list
gamenames = open("text/games.txt").read().split("\n")
#print(type(gamenames))
#print(gamenames)

#Read the verbs list from the verbs.txt file
#Make a verbs list
verbs = open("text/verbs.txt").read().split("\n")
#print(type(verbs))
#print(verbs)

#Read the objects list from the objects.txt file
#Make a objects list
objects = open("text/object.txt").read().split("\n")
spaces = open("text/spaces.txt").read().split("\n")
themes = open("text/themes.txt").read().split("\n")
introductions = open("text/introductions.txt").read().split("\n")
#Waiting to be fixed <<<<
#tools = urllib.request.urlopen("http://pad.xpub.nl/p/SI19-prototyping-7-tools/export/txt").read().split("\n")
tools = open("text/tools.txt").read().split("\n")
def spaceremover (defspace):
    for object in defspace:
        if object == "":
            defspace.remove("")
    return defspace

objects = spaceremover(objects)
tools = spaceremover(tools)
verbs = spaceremover(verbs)
gamenames = spaceremover(gamenames)
themes = spaceremover(themes)
spaces = spaceremover(spaces)
introductions = spaceremover(introductions)
#new funtion quantifier
def quantifier (words):
    amount = random.randint(0,7)
    word = random.choice(words)
    word = str(amount) + " " + word
    if amount == 1 or amount == -1:
        return word
    if amount == 0:
        word = word.replace("0 ","no ")
    if word[-1] =="y":
        word = word[0:-1]
        #word = word.replace("y","")
        return word + "ies"
    return word + "s"
#print(type(objects))
#print(objects)
def dotprint(text):
    printerpath = '/dev/usb/lp0'
    if os.path.exists(printerpath):
        os.system(f'echo "{text}"> { printerpath }')
    print(text)
#object = ["teammate", "card", "turn", "place", "board", "dice", "nice", "backgammon"]
#verb = ["choose", "pick", "give", "burn", "cut"]

#Then it writes a title
dotprint("~*"*60)
dotprint("\n" + " " *10+"How to play " + random.choice(gamenames)+"\n")
dotprint(random.choice(introductions))
dotprint("\n" + "~*"*60 +"\n")
#Then it loops through instructions
for i in range(random.randrange(5,10)):
    dotprint("Action " + str(random.randrange(100,1000)) + ": "+ random.choice(verbs) + " " + quantifier (objects) + " with " + random.choice(tools) + " from the " + random.choice(themes) + " section to " + random.choice(spaces))
#f"{a:02}"
dotprint("\n" + "~*"*60 +"\n")
dotprint("After you finish playing the game, please proceed to the pen plotter station to contribute in the collective writing process. (and answer the question How do we library that? or somethin specific) \n")
dotprint("""
         wWWWw               wWWWw
   vVVVv (___) wWWWw         (___)  vVVVv
   (___)  ~Y~  (___)  vVVVv   ~Y~   (___)
    ~Y~   \|    ~Y~   (___)    |/    ~Y~
    \|   \ |/   \| /  \~Y~/   \|    \ |/
    \\|//  \\|//  \\|///  \\|//   \\|//  \\\|///
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
""")