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Python Python Collections (Retired) Dungeon Game Building the Game: Part 2

Evan Waterfield
Evan Waterfield
3,240 Points

need help finding the syntaxError

import random

CELLS = [(0, 0), (0, 1), (0, 2),
         (1, 0), (1, 1), (1, 2),
         (2, 0), (2, 1), (2, 2)]


def get_locations():
  monster = random.choice(CELLS)
  door = random.choice(CELLS)
  start = random.choice(CELLS)
  if monster == door or monster == start or door == start:
    return get_locations()

  return monster, door, start




def move_player(player, move):
  x,y = player

  if move == 'LEFT':
    y -=1
  elif move == 'RIGHT':
    y += 1 
  elif move == 'UP':
    x -= 1
  elif move == 'down':
    x += 1

  return x, y


def get_moves(player):
  moves = ['LEFT', 'RIGHT', 'UP', 'DOWN']
  # player = (x,y)

  if player[1] == 0:
    moves.remove('LEFT')
  if player[1] == 2:
    moves.remove('RIGHT')

  if player[0]== 0:
    moves.remove('UP')
  if player[0] == 2:
    moves.remove('DOWN')

  return moves

def draw_maps(player):
  print(' _ _ _')
  tile = '|{}'

  for idx, cell in enumerate(CELLS):
    if idx in [0, 1, 3, 4, 6, 7]:
      if cell == player:
        print(tile.format('x'), end = '')
      else:
        print(title.format('_'), end= '')
    else:
      if cell == player:
        print(tile.format('x|'))
      else:
        print(tile.format('_|')



monster, door, player = get_locations()
print("Welcome to the dungeon!")  

while True:
  moves = get_moves(player)


  print("You're currently in room {}".format(player)) 

  draw_map(player)

  print("You can move {}".format(moves))  
  print("Enter QUIT to quit")

  move = input("> ")
  move = move.upper()


  if move == 'QUIT':
    break


  if move in moves:
    player = move_player(player, move)
  else:
    print("**Walls are hard, stop walking into them! **")
    continue

  if player == door:
    print(" You've escaped!")
    break
  elif player == monster:
    print("You were eaten by ther grue!")
    break


  # If it's a good move, change the player's position
  # If it's a bad move, don't change anything
  # If the new player position is the door, they win!
  # If the new player position is the monster, they lose!
  # Otherwise, continue
line 69
monster, door, player = get_locations()
      ^
SyntaxError: invalid syntax

2 Answers

Hey, i notice just a few things, only syntax and typos. I'll comment my changes.

 def draw_maps(player):
  print(' _ _ _')
  tile = '|{}'

  for idx, cell in enumerate(CELLS):
    if idx in [0, 1, 3, 4, 6, 7]:
      if cell == player:
        print(tile.format('x'), end = '')
      else:
        print(tile.format('_'), end= '') # fix typo here
    else:
      if cell == player:
        print(tile.format('x|'))
      else:
        print(tile.format('_|')) # add closing )



monster, door, player = get_locations()
print("Welcome to the dungeon!")

while True:
  moves = get_moves(player)


  print("You're currently in room {}".format(player))

  draw_maps(player)  # change draw_map to draw_maps

worked for me after these tiny changes : )

Evan Waterfield
Evan Waterfield
3,240 Points

Nice! that did clear up my main issue now i'm having the issue of it not displaying my board correctly. As I don't see a 3 x 3 grid with my player in it.