Handy Dandy Guide to Actors

Handy Dandy Guide to Actors

Step-By-Step Guide

To create a new actor

1. Use the Actor command:
         Actor()
   Example:
         Actor()

2. Insert the name of your new character:
         Actor("name of character")
   Example:
         Actor("angry elf")

3. Store your new character in a variable:       actor_variable = Actor("name of character")
   Example:
         angry_elf = Actor("angry elf")

To set your new characters starting location

1. Type in the actor variable:       actor_variable
   Example:
         angry_elf

2. Attach the set_location command to it:
         actor_variable**.set_location()**
   Example:
         angry_elf.set_location()

3. Add the location_variable of the starting location:
         actor_variable.set_location(location_variable)
   Example:
         angry_elf.set_location(playground)

To add an in-game command for an actor

1. Choose what actor variable you want to attach a special command to:
         actor_variable
   Example:
         angry_elf

2. Attach the add_phrase command to it:       actor_variable**.add_phrase()**
   Example:
         angry_elf.add_phrase()

3. Add the in-game command as the first piece of info needed by the add_phrase command:
         actor_variable.add_phrase("in-game command")
   Example:
         angry_elf.add_phrase("chat")

4. Add what the game says when the in-game command is used (THERE ARE TWO END PARENTHESES!!!):
         actor_variable.add_phrase("in-game command", Say("What the game will say."))
   Example:
         angry_elf.add_phrase("chat", Say("The angry elf glares at you as you attempt to start a conversation."))

To add the character to the game

1. Use the game variable:
         game_variable
   Example:
         game

2. Add the add_actor command to it:
         game_variable**.add_actor()**
   Example:
         game.add_actor()

3. Add the actor variable as the actor to be added to the game:       game_variable.add_actor(actor_variable)
   Example:
         game.add_actor(angry_elf)

To create a new animal (or any character that moves around the game on their own) to the game

TBD: point to the previous sections for the same commands. Add the set_allowed_locations command. Add the Say multiple commands. Add the phrase-custom action command.