I have this bit of code
health = 12
manager_health = 10
def manager_boss_fight_used_for_backup():
sleep(1)
print("manager health is ",manager_health)
print("your health is ",health)
sleep(1)
print("the boss gets first attack")
manager_boss_damage = random.randint(1,8)
print(manager_boss_damage)
print(health)
health = health - manager_boss_damage
sleep(1)
print("the boss did",manager_boss_damage,"damage")
sleep(1)
print("your health is now",health)
if health <= 0:
sleep(1)
print("you have died")
sleep(1)
print("better luck next time")
exit()
sleep(1)
print("your turn to attack")
sleep(1)
heal_or_attack = input("Do you wish to heal or attack?(1/2)")
if heal_or_attack == "1":
healing = random.randint(1,7)
print("you have healed by",healing)
health = health + healing
manager_boss_fight_used_for_backup()
if heal_or_attack == "2":
print("you attack the boss")
sleep(1)
attack_damage = random.randint(1,6)
print("You did",attack_damage,"damage")
manager_health = manager_health - attack_damage
if manager_health <= 0:
sleep(1)
print("You have killed the boss")
sleep(1)
if manager_health > 0:
manager_boss_fight_used_for_backup()
and in the parts of code where for example health = health - manager_boss_damage it will error out. I have fiddled with global variables and all that but I cant get it to work so I came here. Any answers appreciated!
As probably everyone will tell you, using global variables is pretty bad. Why don't you use OOP instead? You can create a class Manager: and a class Player: with health as property and damage and take_damage as a method of the class, for example:
class Manager:
def __init__(self):
self.health = 10
def attack(self):
damage = ramdom.randint(1,8)
return damage
def take_damage(self, damage):
self.health -= damage
if (self.health <= 0):
self.health = 0
return self.health
then the Player class would be more or less the same:
class Player:
def __init__(self):
self.health = 12
def attack(self):
damage = ramdom.randint(1,8)
return damage
def take_damage(self, damage):
self.health -= damage
if (self.health <= 0):
self.health = 0
return self.health
def heal(self, amount):
self.health += amount
return self.health
Ideally of course, you can create one class called "Actor" or "Enemy" and derive those from there, but let's stick with this for now:
# Instantiate the classes like this:
manager = Manager()
player = Player()
# and then just invoke the methods from the classes:
sleep(1)
print("manager health is ",manager.health)
print("your health is ",player.health)
sleep(1)
print("the boss gets first attack")
damage = manager.Attack()
print("You were hit by {} points".format(damage))
player.take_damage(damage)
print("Your Health is {}".format(player.health))
Etc.