EarthBound Beta (battling and enemies) by Carter

EarthBound Beta (battling and enemies)

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Home is a room. The description is "Your Home, in all its glory."




An enemy is a kind of person. An enemy can be attacked.

When play begins:
say "Are you a boy or a girl? [paragraph break] You have certain battle commands: Magic, Attack."

Caldecott Road is north of Home. "The Great Caldecott Road. Stuff happens here. You may wanna wait."


Magicing is an action applying to one thing. understand "magic [something]" as magicing.

carry out magicing:
say "Why do you need to magic [printed name]";
now the MP of the player is MP minus 1.

Nameindex is a kind of value. The nameindexes are Jeff, Ness, Lucas, Paula, and Poo.

Gender is a kind of value. The genders are boy, girl, sixtysixtysix. Understand "m" and "b" as boy. Understand "f" and "g" as girl.

The player has a gender. The player is sixtysixtysix.

Player's name is a text that varies.

Phase is a number variable. Phase is 1.

A person can be starting or not starting. A person is usually not starting. The player is starting.

After reading a command while the player is starting and phase is 1:
 if the player's command includes "[gender]" begin;
 now the gender of the player is the gender understood;
 say "Congratulations, you are now a [gender of the player]. Now, what is your name? Please pick one of these names:[line break] Jeff, Ness, Lucas, Paula, and Poo.";
 now phase is 2;
 reject the player's command;
 end if;
 if the player's command does not include "[gender]" begin;
 say "Please select a gender.";
 reject the player's command;
 end if.



After reading a command while the player is starting and phase is 2:
 if the player's command includes "[nameindex]" begin;
 now the player's name is "[player's command in title case]";
 say "Hello, [player's name].";
 now phase is 0;
 reject the player's command;
 end if;
 if the player's command does not include "[nameindex]" begin;
 say "Please select one of the names above.";
 reject the player's command;
 end if.

use no scoring.

include exit lister by eric eve.

use undo prevention.



people and nouns and locations and objects and enemies have a number called HP. The hp of a noun or object or location or person or enemy is usually 1.


Every turn:
if the hp of the player is less than 1, end the game in death.

Every turn:
if the hp of the noun or object or location or person is less than 1, now the noun or object or location or person is off-stage.

When play begins:
now HP of the player is 50.

Caldenemytimer is a number variable. Caldenemytimer is 3.

Every turn:
now Caldenemytimer is caldenemytimer minus 1.

Every turn:
if caldenemytimer is -1, now caldenemytimer is 3.

Abstract Art is a person. it is in the bloom room. The description is "Art is so dangerous." Abstract Art has HP 15. Abstract Art is an enemy.

every turn:
if player is in caldecott road and caldenemytimer is 0 begin;
say "Oh no! Some Abstract Art appeared!";
end if.

every turn:
if player is in caldecott road and caldenemytimer is 0 begin;
now Abstract Art is in Caldecott Road;
end if.

people have a number called MP. The MP of the person is usually 0.

check magicing:
if the mp of the player is 0, say "You can't magic idiot!";
reject the player's command.

when play begins:
now MP of the player is 10.

Instead of magicing enemy:
 let accuracy be a random number from 1 to 2;
 if accuracy is 1 begin; say "[noun] dodges your attack. Come on!";
end if;
if accuracy is 2 begin;
let damage be a random number from 4 to 6;
 say "You magic [noun] for [damage] hit points. YAS!";
 now the HP of the noun is the HP of the noun minus damage;
end if;
now MP of the player is the MP of the player minus 1;
if the HP of abstract art is less than 1 begin;
say "You defeated the [noun]!";
end if.

the description of the player is "Your stats: [line break] HP: [HP of player] [line break] MP: [MP of player]"

Instead of attacking enemy:
  let accuracy be a random number from 1 to 2;
 if accuracy is 1, say "[noun] dodges your attack. Come on!"; 
if accuracy is 2, 
let damage be a random number from 1 to 4;
say "You attack [noun] for [damage] hit points. YAS!";  
now the HP of the noun is the HP of the noun minus damage;
if the HP of noun is less than 1 begin;
say "You defeated the enemy!";
end if.

before magicing enemy:
if the mp of the player is less than one begin;
say "You need MP, idiot.";
reject the player's command;
end if.

Every turn:
 if a random chance of 1 in 2 succeeds and the player can see an enemy begin;
 let mydamage be a random number from 1 to 5;
 say "[noun] hits you for [mydamage] hit points. Dangit!";
 now the HP of the player is the HP of the player minus mydamage;
 end if.

An enemy is a kind of person. An enemy can be magiced.


Understand "enemy" as an enemy.