catch_up_adventure.py

import random
import time

player_health = 100
player_experience = 0

player_name = input("Welcome to the land of the Ylsides, what is your name? ")

def start_fight(enemy_name, enemy_health, enemy_damage, experience_awarded):
    # Global variables to be modified.
    global player_health
    global player_experience

    # Using empty prints to add space.
    print()
    print(player_name, "encounters a", enemy_name + "!")

    # Loop while the player and the enemy lives, if either dies the loop stops.
    while player_health > 0 and enemy_health > 0:

        print()
        print("Player Health:", player_health, "Enemy Health:", enemy_health)
        choice = input("What action to you take!? ").lower()

        if choice == "run":
            print("You run from the fight! no rewards! BOOOOOOOO!")
            return # This keyword stops the current function immediately!
        elif choice == "attack":
            print("->", enemy_name, "takes 20 points of damage!")
            enemy_health -= 20
            # TODO: Replace 20 with a player_damage variable.
        else:
            print("What? are you crazy? you cannot", choice)

        if enemy_health > 0:
            print("->", player_name, "takes", enemy_damage, "points of damage!")
            player_health -= enemy_damage
    # Outside of the while loop, the player or the enemy must have died.

    if player_health > 0:
        # Our player lived, so we give rewards.
        print("VICTORY!!", player_name, "gains", experience_awarded, "experience!")
        player_experience += experience_awarded

# Function defined! Now to use it!

start_fight("Lil Goblin", 21, 1, 8)
start_fight("Wooden Barrel", 50, 0, 1)
start_fight("Dennis", 30, 9, 2)

if player_experience >= 10:
    print("You level up! New Health: 110")
    player_experience = 0
    player_health = 110

start_fight("Epic Dragon", 39, 100, 10000)