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Python Python Collections (2016, retired 2019) Dungeon Game Win or Lose

Hai Phan
Hai Phan
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Posted by Hai Phan
Hai Phan
2,442 Points

Help me fix my game, please!

OK this is my Dungeon game, I wish I can do it by myself but it took me a week and also still not done yet, so I think I need help! The plan is after a certain move, a new monster will appear, so you have to find the door quickly before you get stuck. The problem with my game is after a new monster appears, they didn't move! The only one keeps moving is the first one. So anyone here can help me? I also hope Kenneth Love can teach me more about this game :grin:

import os
import random

SMALL_CELLS = [
(0,0),(1,0),(2,0),(3,0),(4,0),
(0,1),(1,1),(2,1),(3,1),(4,1),
(0,2),(1,2),(2,2),(3,2),(4,2),
(0,3),(1,3),(2,3),(3,3),(4,3),
(0,4),(1,4),(2,4),(3,4),(4,4)
]

MEDIUM_CELLS = [
(0,0),(1,0),(2,0),(3,0),(4,0),(5,0),(6,0),(7,0),(8,0),
(0,1),(1,1),(2,1),(3,1),(4,1),(5,1),(6,1),(7,1),(8,1),
(0,2),(1,2),(2,2),(3,2),(4,2),(5,2),(6,2),(7,2),(8,2),
(0,3),(1,3),(2,3),(3,3),(4,3),(5,3),(6,3),(7,3),(8,3),
(0,4),(1,4),(2,4),(3,4),(4,4),(5,4),(6,4),(7,4),(8,4),
(0,5),(1,5),(2,5),(3,5),(4,5),(5,5),(6,5),(7,5),(8,5),
(0,6),(1,6),(2,6),(3,6),(4,6),(5,6),(6,6),(7,6),(8,6),
(0,7),(1,7),(2,7),(3,7),(4,7),(5,7),(6,7),(7,7),(8,7),
(0,8),(1,8),(2,8),(3,8),(4,8),(5,8),(6,8),(7,8),(8,8),
]

LARGE_CELLS = [
(0,0),(1,0),(2,0),(3,0),(4,0),(5,0),(6,0),(7,0),(8,0),(9,0),(10,0),(11,0),(12,0),
(0,1),(1,1),(2,1),(3,1),(4,1),(5,1),(6,1),(7,1),(8,1),(9,1),(10,1),(11,1),(12,1),
(0,2),(1,2),(2,2),(3,2),(4,2),(5,2),(6,2),(7,2),(8,2),(9,2),(10,2),(11,2),(12,2),
(0,3),(1,3),(2,3),(3,3),(4,3),(5,3),(6,3),(7,3),(8,3),(9,3),(10,3),(11,3),(12,3),
(0,4),(1,4),(2,4),(3,4),(4,4),(5,4),(6,4),(7,4),(8,4),(9,4),(10,4),(11,4),(12,4),
(0,5),(1,5),(2,5),(3,5),(4,5),(5,5),(6,5),(7,5),(8,5),(9,5),(10,5),(11,5),(12,5),
(0,6),(1,6),(2,6),(3,6),(4,6),(5,6),(6,6),(7,6),(8,6),(9,6),(10,6),(11,6),(12,6),
(0,7),(1,7),(2,7),(3,7),(4,7),(5,7),(6,7),(7,7),(8,7),(9,7),(10,7),(11,7),(12,7),
(0,8),(1,8),(2,8),(3,8),(4,8),(5,8),(6,8),(7,8),(8,8),(9,8),(10,8),(11,8),(12,8),
(0,9),(1,9),(2,9),(3,9),(4,9),(5,9),(6,9),(7,9),(8,9),(9,9),(10,9),(11,9),(12,9),
(0,10),(1,10),(2,10),(3,10),(4,10),(5,10),(6,10),(7,10),(8,10),(9,10),(10,10),(11,10),(12,10),
(0,11),(1,11),(2,11),(3,11),(4,11),(5,11),(6,11),(7,11),(8,11),(9,11),(10,11),(11,11),(12,11),
(0,12),(1,12),(2,12),(3,12),(4,12),(5,12),(6,12),(7,12),(8,12),(9,12),(10,12),(11,12),(12,12)
]

ALL_MONSTERS = []
ALL_MOVES = []
ALL_VALID_MONSTER_MOVES = []
MOVES = ['A', 'D', 'W', 'S']

def clear_screen():
    os.system('cls' if os.name == 'nt' else 'clear')

def get_location():
    map_size = input("Pick your map size [Small|Medium|Large] \u261E ")
    custom_cells = []
    k = 3
    if map_size.lower() == "small":
        custom_cells = SMALL_CELLS
    if map_size.lower() == "medium":
        custom_cells = MEDIUM_CELLS
    if map_size.lower() == "large":
        custom_cells = LARGE_CELLS
    return random.sample(custom_cells, k), custom_cells

def move_player(player, move):
    x, y = player
    if move == "A":
        x -= 1
    if move == "D":
        x += 1
    if move == "W":
        y -= 1
    if move == "S":
        y += 1
    return x, y

def move_monster(monster, move):
    x, y = monster
    if move[0] == "A":
        x -= 1
    if move[0] == "D":
        x += 1
    if move[0] == "W":
        y -= 1
    if move[0] == "S":
        y += 1
    return x, y

def get_moves_monster(monster, custom_cells):
    moves_monster = ['A', 'D', 'W', 'S']
    x, y = monster
    if custom_cells == SMALL_CELLS:
        right_limit = 4
        if x == 0:
            moves_monster.remove("A")
        elif x == right_limit:
            moves_monster.remove("D")
        if y == 0:
            moves_monster.remove("W")
        elif y == right_limit:
            moves_monster.remove("S")
        return moves_monster
    if custom_cells == MEDIUM_CELLS:
        right_limit = 8
        if x == 0:
            moves_monster.remove("A")
        elif x == right_limit:
            moves_monster.remove("D")
        if y == 0:
            moves_monster.remove("W")
        elif y == right_limit:
            moves_monster.remove("S")
        return moves_monster
    if custom_cells == LARGE_CELLS:
        right_limit = 12
        if x == 0:
            moves_monster.remove("A")
        elif x == right_limit:
            moves_monster.remove("D")
        if y == 0:
            moves_monster.remove("W")
        elif y == right_limit:
            moves_monster.remove("S")
        return moves_monster

def get_moves_player(player, custom_cells):
    moves_player = ['A', 'D', 'W', 'S']
    x, y = player
    if custom_cells == SMALL_CELLS:
        right_limit = 4
        if x == 0:
            moves_player.remove("A")
        elif x == right_limit:
            moves_player.remove("D")
        elif y == 0:
            moves_player.remove("W")
        elif y == right_limit:
            moves_player.remove("S")
        return moves_player
    if custom_cells == MEDIUM_CELLS:
        right_limit = 8
        if x == 0:
            moves_player.remove("A")
        elif x == right_limit:
            moves_player.remove("D")
        elif y == 0:
            moves_player.remove("W")
        elif y == right_limit:
            moves_player.remove("S")
        return moves_player
    if custom_cells == LARGE_CELLS:
        right_limit = 12
        if x == 0:
            moves_player.remove("A")
        elif x == right_limit:
            moves_player.remove("D")
        elif y == 0:
            moves_player.remove("W")
        elif y == right_limit:
            moves_player.remove("S")
        return moves_player

def draw_map(player, custom_cells):
    global ALL_MONSTERS
    if custom_cells == SMALL_CELLS:
        tile = "{} "
        for cell in custom_cells:
            x, y = cell
            if x < 4:
                line_end = ""
                if cell == player:
                    output = tile.format("\U0001F3C3")
                elif cell in ALL_MONSTERS:
                    output = tile.format("\U0001F47F")
                else:
                    output = tile.format("\u2589")
            else:
                line_end = "\n"
                if cell == player:
                    output = tile.format("\U0001F3C3")
                elif cell in ALL_MONSTERS:
                    output = tile.format("\U0001F47F")
                else:
                    output = tile.format("\u2589")
            print(output, end=line_end)
    if custom_cells == MEDIUM_CELLS:
        tile = "{} "
        for cell in custom_cells:
            x, y = cell
            if x < 8:
                line_end = ""
                if cell == player:
                    output = tile.format("\U0001F3C3")
                elif cell in ALL_MONSTERS:
                    output = tile.format("\U0001F47F")
                else:
                    output = tile.format("\u2589")
            else:
                line_end = "\n"
                if cell == player:
                    output = tile.format("\U0001F3C3")
                elif cell in ALL_MONSTERS:
                    output = tile.format("\U0001F47F")
                else:
                    output = tile.format("\u2589")
            print(output, end=line_end)
    if custom_cells == LARGE_CELLS:
        tile = "{} "
        for cell in custom_cells:
            x, y = cell
            if x < 12:
                line_end = ""
                if cell == player:
                    output = tile.format("\U0001F3C3")
                elif cell in ALL_MONSTERS:
                    output = tile.format("\U0001F47F")
                else:
                    output = tile.format("\u2589")
            else:
                line_end = "\n"
                if cell == player:
                    output = tile.format("\U0001F3C3")
                elif cell in ALL_MONSTERS:
                    output = tile.format("\U0001F47F")
                else:
                    output = tile.format("\u2589")
            print(output, end=line_end)

def new_monster(custom_cells, player):
    global ALL_MOVES, ALL_MONSTERS
    if custom_cells == SMALL_CELLS:
        if len(ALL_MOVES) == 0:
            print("** New monster will appear in 3 moves **")
        elif len(ALL_MOVES) % 3 == 1:
            print("** New monster will appear in 2 moves **")
        elif len(ALL_MOVES) % 3 == 2:
            print("** New monster will appear in 1 moves **")
        elif len(ALL_MOVES) % 3 == 0:
            print("** New monster will appear in 3 moves **")
            seq = custom_cells.copy()
            seq.remove(player)
            random_monster = random.choice(seq)
            ALL_MONSTERS.append(random_monster)
        return ALL_MONSTERS
    if custom_cells == MEDIUM_CELLS:
        if len(ALL_MOVES) == 0:
            print("** New monster will appear in 5 moves **")
        elif len(ALL_MOVES) % 5 == 1:
            print("** New monster will appear in 4 moves **")
        elif len(ALL_MOVES) % 5 == 2:
            print("** New monster will appear in 3 moves **")
        elif len(ALL_MOVES) % 5 == 3:
            print("** New monster will appear in 2 moves **")
        elif len(ALL_MOVES) % 5 == 4:
            print("** New monster will appear in 1 moves **")
        elif len(ALL_MOVES) % 5 == 0:
            print("** New monster will appear in 5 moves **")
            seq = custom_cells.copy()
            seq.remove(player)
            random_monster = random.choice(seq)
            ALL_MONSTERS.append(random_monster)
        return ALL_MONSTERS
    if custom_cells == LARGE_CELLS:
        if len(ALL_MOVES) == 0:
            print("** New monster will appear in 7 moves **")
        elif len(ALL_MOVES) % 7 == 1:
            print("** New monster will appear in 6 moves **")
        elif len(ALL_MOVES) % 7 == 2:
            print("** New monster will appear in 5 moves **")
        elif len(ALL_MOVES) % 7 == 3:
            print("** New monster will appear in 4 moves **")
        elif len(ALL_MOVES) % 7 == 4:
            print("** New monster will appear in 3 moves **")
        elif len(ALL_MOVES) % 7 == 5:
            print("** New monster will appear in 2 moves **")
        elif len(ALL_MOVES) % 7 == 6:
            print("** New monster will appear in 1 moves **")
        elif len(ALL_MOVES) % 7 == 0:
            print("** New monster will appear in 7 moves **")
            seq = custom_cells.copy()
            seq.remove(player)
            random_monster = random.choice(seq)
            ALL_MONSTERS.append(random_monster)
        return ALL_MONSTERS

def monster_moves_update(custom_cells):
    global ALL_VALID_MONSTER_MOVES
    for monster in ALL_MONSTERS:
        valid_moves = get_moves_monster(monster, custom_cells)
        ALL_VALID_MONSTER_MOVES.append(valid_moves)
    return ALL_VALID_MONSTER_MOVES

def monsters_location_update():
    global ALL_MONSTERS, ALL_VALID_MONSTER_MOVES
    i = 0
    for monster in ALL_MONSTERS:
        monster_move = random.choice(ALL_VALID_MONSTER_MOVES[i])
        monster = move_monster(monster, monster_move)
        ALL_MONSTERS[i] = monster
        i += 1
        return ALL_MONSTERS

def game_loop():
    global ALL_MOVES, ALL_MONSTERS, ALL_VALID_MONSTER_MOVES
    location, custom_cells = get_location()
    monster, door, player = location
    playing = True
    ALL_MONSTERS.append(monster)
    while playing:
        draw_map(player, custom_cells)
        valid_player_moves = get_moves_player(player, custom_cells)
        valid_monster_moves = get_moves_monster(monster, custom_cells)

        print("You're currently in room {}".format(player))
        print("You can move {} by entering {}".format(", ".join(["Right", "Left", "Up", "Down"]),", ".join(["A", "D", "W", "S"])))
        print("Enter Q to quit")

        player_move = input(">> ")
        player_move = player_move.upper()
        ALL_MOVES.append(player_move)
        clear_screen()

        # Check for input
        for move in valid_player_moves:
            valid_moves = set()
            valid_moves.add(move)
        if player_move in valid_player_moves:
            player = move_player(player, player_move)
            new_monster(custom_cells, player)
            monster_moves_update(custom_cells)
            monsters_location_update()

            if player in ALL_MONSTERS:
                print("** The monster got you!")
                play_again = input("Play again? [Y/N]")
                if play_again.lower() != "n":
                    ALL_MONSTERS.clear()
                    ALL_MOVES.clear()
                    ALL_VALID_MONSTER_MOVES.clear()
                    game_loop()
                else:
                    playing = False
                    clear_screen()
            if player == door:
                print("** You escaped! Congratualation!")
                play_again = input("Play again? [Y/N]")
                if play_again.lower() != "n":
                    ALL_MONSTERS.clear()
                    ALL_MOVES.clear()
                    ALL_VALID_MONSTER_MOVES.clear()
                    game_loop()
                else:
                    playing = False
                    clear_screen()
        elif player_move in {'A', 'D', 'W', 'S'} - valid_moves:
             player_move = input("** Don't run to the wall!!")
        elif player_move.upper() == 'Q':
            print("** See you next time!**")
            playing = False
        elif player_move.upper() not in ['A', 'D', 'W', 'S', 'Q']:
            print("** Please enter a valid move!")
        else:
            if input("Play again? [Y/N] >> ").lower() != "n":
                game_loop()
            else:
                playing = False

clear_screen()
print("Welcome to the Dungeon!")
input("Press Enter to start >>")
clear_screen()
game_loop()

1 Answer

Chris Freeman
MOD
Chris Freeman
Treehouse Moderator 68,441 Points
Chris Freeman
Chris Freeman
Treehouse Moderator 68,441 Points

Can you describe the bug you are seeing? Some items I noticed:

  • "A" is moving Left, "D" is moving right. This differs from directions
  • On my screen, the map characters are wider for the icons vs the grid. I added a temp space to the grid to fix the spacing.
  • Some functions return values, but the calling statement makes no use of the return value.
  • valid_monster_moves assigned by not used
  • in get_moves_player use if and not elif because if in a corner, only one of the two into-a-wall moves is removed.
  • as monster moves, the old position of the monster doesn't seem to get removed from the monster locations

Hope these help as a start. Good luck!

Hai Phan
Hai Phan
2,442 Points
Hai Phan
Hai Phan
2,442 Points

Thanks for the answer, Sir. My problem is when a new monster appears, it just stands still, only first monster keep moving. And when I play for a while, the first one disappears! I've tested many time but still didn't find the error. Anyway, your answer helps me a lot :smiley:

Chris Freeman
Chris Freeman
Treehouse Moderator 68,441 Points
Chris Freeman
Chris Freeman
Treehouse Moderator 68,441 Points

I found two additional errors.

  • It looks like the return statement in monster_location_update(), line 319, is indented too far making the update loop stop after the first monster.
  • In monster_moves_update(), the global ALL_VALID_MONSTER_MOVES gets new monster moves appended but the old moves are not removed. This makes the list grow very long, but only the unchanging moves at the beginning of the list are repeatedly used. Try adding the line:
    ALL_VALID_MONSTER_MOVES = []
Hai Phan
Hai Phan
2,442 Points
Hai Phan
Hai Phan
2,442 Points

I've fixed and tested these things alone. The monster_moves_update seems like doesn't work. I expect the ALL_VALID_MONSTER_MOVES will change after the function is called, but it doesn't, although ALL_MONSTERS was changed. Is there something I've done wrong Sir?

import os
import random

SMALL_CELLS = [
(0,0),(1,0),(2,0),(3,0),(4,0),
(0,1),(1,1),(2,1),(3,1),(4,1),
(0,2),(1,2),(2,2),(3,2),(4,2),
(0,3),(1,3),(2,3),(3,3),(4,3),
(0,4),(1,4),(2,4),(3,4),(4,4)
]

ALL_MONSTERS = [(0,0), (1,1), (2,2), (3,3)]
ALL_MOVES = [["A", "S", "D", "W"]]
ALL_VALID_MONSTER_MOVES = [["S", "D"], ["A", "S", "D", "W"], ["A", "S", "D", "W"], ["A", "S", "D", "W"]]
custom_cells = SMALL_CELLS
player = random.choice(SMALL_CELLS)

def move_monster(monster, move):
    x, y = monster
    if move == "A":
        x -= 1
    if move == "D":
        x += 1
    if move == "W":
        y -= 1
    if move == "S":
        y += 1
    return x, y

def get_moves_monster(monster, custom_cells):
    moves_monster = ["A", "D", "W", "S"]
    x, y = monster
    if custom_cells == SMALL_CELLS:
        right_limit = 4
        if x == 0:
            moves_monster.remove("A")
        if x == right_limit:
            moves_monster.remove("D")
        if y == 0:
            moves_monster.remove("W")
        if y == right_limit:
            moves_monster.remove("S")
    return moves_monster
def monster_moves_update(custom_cells):
    global ALL_VALID_MONSTER_MOVES, ALL_MONSTERS
    i = 0
    for monster in ALL_MONSTERS:
        ALL_VALID_MONSTER_MOVES[i] = get_moves_monster(monster, custom_cells)
        i += 1
    return ALL_VALID_MONSTER_MOVES

def monsters_location_update():
    global ALL_MONSTERS, ALL_VALID_MONSTER_MOVES
    i = 0
    for monster in ALL_MONSTERS:
        monster_move = random.choice(ALL_VALID_MONSTER_MOVES[i])
        monster = move_monster(monster, monster_move)
        ALL_MONSTERS[i] = monster
        i += 1
    return ALL_MONSTERS


print(monster_moves_update(custom_cells))
print(monsters_location_update())
Chris Freeman
Chris Freeman
Treehouse Moderator 68,441 Points
Chris Freeman
Chris Freeman
Treehouse Moderator 68,441 Points

It seems to be working ok. I added a few more print statements and got the following result:

print(ALL_MONSTERS)
print(monster_moves_update(custom_cells))
print(monsters_location_update())
print(monster_moves_update(custom_cells))
print(monsters_location_update())
print(monster_moves_update(custom_cells))
print(monsters_location_update())

$ python -m dungeon_new 
[(0, 0), (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3)]
[['D', 'S'], ['A', 'D', 'W', 'S'], ['A', 'D', 'W', 'S'], ['A', 'D', 'W', 'S']]
[(0, 1), (2, 1), (2, 3), (3, 4)]
[['D', 'W', 'S'], ['A', 'D', 'W', 'S'], ['A', 'D', 'W', 'S'], ['A', 'D', 'W']]
[(1, 1), (2, 0), (2, 4), (2, 4)]
[['A', 'D', 'W', 'S'], ['A', 'D', 'S'], ['A', 'D', 'W'], ['A', 'D', 'W']]
[(1, 2), (3, 0), (1, 4), (2, 3)]
[['A', 'D', 'W', 'S'], ['A', 'D', 'S'], ['A', 'D', 'W'], ['A', 'D', 'W', 'S']]