22.6. Tamagotchi Revisited¶

Using what we know about class inheritance, we can make a new version of the Tamagotchi game, where you can adopt different types of pets that are slightly different from one another.

And now we can play the Tamagotchi game with some small changes, such that we can adopt different types of pets.

import sys
sys.setExecutionLimit(60000)
from random import randrange

class Pet(object):
    boredom_decrement = 4
    hunger_decrement = 6
    boredom_threshold = 5
    hunger_threshold = 10
    sounds = ['Mrrp']
    def __init__(self, name = "Kitty"):
        self.name = name
        self.hunger = randrange(self.hunger_threshold)
        self.boredom = randrange(self.boredom_threshold)
        self.sounds = self.sounds[:]  # copy the class attribute, so that when we make changes to it, we won't affect the other Pets in the class

def clock_tick(self):
        self.boredom += 1
        self.hunger += 1

def mood(self):
        if self.hunger <= self.hunger_threshold and self.boredom <= self.boredom_threshold:
            return "happy"
        elif self.hunger > self.hunger_threshold:
            return "hungry"
        else:
            return "bored"

def __str__(self):
        state = "     I'm " + self.name + ". "
        state += " I feel " + self.mood() + ". "
        # state += "Hunger %d Boredom %d Words %s" % (self.hunger, self.boredom, self.sounds)
        return state

def hi(self):
        print(self.sounds[randrange(len(self.sounds))])
        self.update_boredom()

def teach(self, word):
        self.sounds.append(word)
        self.update_boredom()

def feed(self):
        self.update_hunger()

def update_hunger(self):
        self.hunger = max(0, self.hunger - self.hunger_decrement)

def update_boredom(self):
        self.boredom = max(0, self.boredom - self.boredom_decrement)

class Cat(Pet):
    sounds = ['Meow']

def mood(self):
        if self.hunger > self.hunger_threshold:
            return "hungry"
        if self.boredom <2:
            return "grumpy; leave me alone"
        elif self.boredom > self.boredom_threshold:
            return "bored"
        elif randrange(2) == 0:
            return "randomly annoyed"
        else:
            return "happy"

class Dog(Pet):
    sounds = ['Woof', 'Ruff']

def mood(self):
        if (self.hunger > self.hunger_threshold) and (self.boredom > self.boredom_threshold):
            return "bored and hungry"
        else:
            return "happy"

def feed(self):
        super().feed()
        print("Arf! Thanks!")

class Bird(Pet):
    sounds = ["chirp"]
    def __init__(self, name="Kitty", chirp_number=2):
        super().__init__(name) # call the parent class's constructor
        # basically, call the SUPER -- the parent version -- of the constructor, with all the parameters that it needs.
        self.chirp_number = chirp_number # now, also assign the new instance variable

def hi(self):
        for i in range(self.chirp_number):
            print(self.sounds[randrange(len(self.sounds))])
        self.update_boredom()

class Lab(Dog):
    def fetch(self):
        return "I found the tennis ball!"

def hi(self):
        print(self.fetch())
        print(self.sounds[randrange(len(self.sounds))])

class Poodle(Dog):
    def dance(self):
        return "Dancin' in circles like poodles do."

def hi(self):
        print(self.dance())
        Dog.hi(self)

def whichone(petlist, name):
    for pet in petlist:
        if pet.name == name:
            return pet
    return None # no pet matched

pet_types = {'dog': Dog, 'lab': Lab, 'poodle': Poodle, 'cat': Cat, 'bird': Bird}
def whichtype(adopt_type="general pet"):
    return pet_types.get(adopt_type.lower(), Pet)

def play():
    animals = []

option = ""
    base_prompt = """
        Quit
        Adopt <petname_with_no_spaces> <pet_type - choose dog, cat, lab, poodle, bird, or another unknown pet type>
        Greet <petname>
        Teach <petname> <word>
        Feed <petname>

Choice: """
    feedback = ""
    while True:
        action = input(feedback + "\n" + base_prompt)
        feedback = ""
        words = action.split()
        if len(words) > 0:
            command = words[0]
        else:
            command = None
        if command == "Quit":
            print("Exiting...")
            return
        elif command == "Adopt" and len(words) > 1:
            if whichone(animals, words[1]):
                feedback += "You already have a pet with that name\n"
            else:
                # figure out which class it should be
                if len(words) > 2:
                    Cl = whichtype(words[2])
                else:
                    Cl = Pet
                # Make an instance of that class and append it
                animals.append(Cl(words[1]))
        elif command == "Greet" and len(words) > 1:
            pet = whichone(animals, words[1])
            if not pet:
                feedback += "I didn't recognize that pet name. Please try again.\n"
                print()
            else:
                pet.hi()
        elif command == "Teach" and len(words) > 2:
            pet = whichone(animals, words[1])
            if not pet:
                feedback += "I didn't recognize that pet name. Please try again."
            else:
                pet.teach(words[2])
        elif command == "Feed" and len(words) > 1:
            pet = whichone(animals, words[1])
            if not pet:
                feedback += "I didn't recognize that pet name. Please try again."
            else:
                pet.feed()
        else:
            feedback+= "I didn't understand that. Please try again."

for pet in animals:
            pet.clock_tick()
            feedback += "\n" + pet.__str__()

play()

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