I'm currently learning Python and am stuck while making a text-based game for moving and picking up items to defeat a boss. The issue I'm currently stuck on is that my movement function is not changing rooms and is printing the invalid input message I have set up. Here's the code I have so far. def move(current_room, direction, rooms): #Set acceptable inputs valid_inputs = ['North', 'South', 'East', 'West', 'Exit', 'Quit'] #Loop to determine the move is valid if direction.strip() not in valid_inputs: print("Invalid input.") print('-'*15) return current_room elif direction in rooms[current_room]: new_room = rooms[current_room][direction] if 'item' in rooms[current_room]: print('You see a ', rooms['item']) else: return new_room #Invalid move response else: print("There's nothing in that direction.") print('-' * 15) return current_room #Player Status def show_status(): print('You are in the {}'.format(current_room)) print('Inventory: '.format(inventory)) print('-'*15) return show_status #Show Rules rules() #Gameplay Loop while True: if current_room == 'Ritual Chamber': if len(inventory) == 6: print('Congratulations! You have defeated the necromancer!\nThe surrounding towns are safe again!') break else: print('Oh no! You\'ve become the necromancer\'s next victim!') break show_status() direction = input('Which direction would you like to explore? ').upper() print('-'*15) if direction == 'Quit' or direction == 'Exit': print('You have quit the game.\nThank you for playing.') break current_room = move(current_room, direction, rooms) Continue reading...
