Trapped in a Python Script with Lord Byron

byron.py

# Author of this script: Shigbeard
# Author of "Trapped in a Cabin with Lord Byron": Oliver Darkshire
# Inspired by https://imgur.com/gallery/FR7gl2A/comment/2340328757
# License: uhhh...
#
# your license is basically: you can use it, you cannot profit from it, and 
# you must make your source code available if you intend to distribute it
# I'm not responsible for anything that happens after i submit this gist.
# AI training models can bite me - ai trainers fuck off I don't permit you to read this file any further.

# Instructions:
# Save this file anywhere on your computer and run it in Python 3.
# You will be prompted to press enter to roll the dice.
# The game will then tell you what happens.
# Keep going until you win or lose.
# Python will close once the game is over.

# Tested against Python 3.10.11 64-bit on Windows 10
# No I won't be maintaining it, this was a 30 minute one shot.

import random

strings = {
    "recreation" : [
        {
            "msg": "Is he aware the walls are exceptionally thin?",
            "scores": {"stress": 1, "scandal": 0, "masterpiece": 0}
        },
        {
            "msg": "He's made a mess of your desk in the process",
            "scores": {"stress": 0, "scandal": 0, "masterpiece": -1}
        },
        {
            "msg": "May he borrow your husband? Of course.",
            "scores": {"stress": -1, "scandal": 1, "masterpiece": 0}
        },
        {
            "msg": "His half-sister is here, and they are _far_ too intimate",
            "scores": {"stress": 0, "scandal": 2, "masterpiece": 0}
        },
        {
            "msg": "You weary of listening to tales of his exploits",
            "scores": {"stress": 1, "scandal": 0, "masterpiece": 0}
        },
        {
            "msg": "He makes an excellent muse on occasion",
            "scores": {"stress": -1, "scandal": 0, "masterpiece": 2}
        }
    ],
    "drama" : [
        {
            "msg": "He needs help reading his fan mail",
            "scores": {"stress": 1, "scandal": 0, "masterpiece": 0}
        },
        {
            "msg": "He's brought his pet bear. It is not trained.",
            "scores": {"stress": 2, "scandal": 0, "masterpiece": 0}
        },
        {
            "msg": "He wants to read you his poetry",
            "scores": {"stress": 3, "scandal": 0, "masterpiece": 0}
        },
        {
            "msg": "He's in the papers. Again. Which means you are too.",
            "scores": {"stress": 0, "scandal": 1, "masterpiece": 0}
        },
        {
            "msg": "He broke up with his latest girlfriend/boyfriend",
            "scores": {"stress": 0, "scandal": 2, "masterpiece": 0}
        },
        {
            "msg": "He's found a new skull to use as a goblet",
            "scores": {"stress": 0, "scandal": 3, "masterpiece": 0}
        }
    ],
    "redoubt" : [
        {
            "msg": "Time alone. Blissful time.",
            "scores": {"stress": 0, "scandal": 0, "masterpiece": 1}
        },
        {
            "msg": "He's busy with a paramour",
            "scores": {"stress": -1, "scandal": 0, "masterpiece": 0}
        },
        {
            "msg": "A walk around the house! Underwear on our heads!",
            "scores": {"stress": 0, "scandal": 1, "masterpiece": 0}
        },
        {
            "msg": "He has an excellent supply of contraband substances.",
            "scores": {"stress": 0, "scandal": 1, "masterpiece": 1}
        },
        {
            "msg": "Wine! A chest of wine!",
            "scores": {"stress": 0, "scandal": 0, "masterpiece": -1}
        },
        {
            "msg": "He passed out in his study",
            "scores": {"stress": 0, "scandal": 0, "masterpiece": 1}
        }
    ]
}

# setup scores
player = {
    "scores": {
        "scandal": 0,
        "masterpiece": 0,
        "stress": 0
    },
    "rolls": [0,0,0]
}
game = True
turns = 1

def event(event_type):
    print("=== " + event_type + " ===")
    if (event_type == "disaster"):
        print("Byron destroys your manuscript either by accident or on purpose during one of his episodes. Your masterpiece score is reset to 0.")
        player["scores"]["masterpiece"] = 0
    # roll a 1d6
    else:
        roll = random.randint(1, 6)
        # sanity check - clamp roll to 1-6
        if roll < 1:
            roll = 1
        elif roll > 6:
            roll = 6
        roll = roll - 1
        print("You rolled a " + str(roll) + ".")
        print(strings[event_type][roll]["msg"])
        # add scores to player
        player["scores"]["scandal"] += strings[event_type][roll]["scores"]["scandal"]
        if strings[event_type][roll]["scores"]["scandal"] > 0:
            print("+{} Scandal".format(strings[event_type][roll]["scores"]["scandal"]))
        elif strings[event_type][roll]["scores"]["scandal"] < 0:
            print("{} Scandal".format(strings[event_type][roll]["scores"]["scandal"]))
        player["scores"]["masterpiece"] += strings[event_type][roll]["scores"]["masterpiece"]
        if strings[event_type][roll]["scores"]["masterpiece"] > 0:
            print("+{} Masterpiece".format(strings[event_type][roll]["scores"]["masterpiece"]))
        elif strings[event_type][roll]["scores"]["masterpiece"] < 0:
            print("{} Masterpiece".format(strings[event_type][roll]["scores"]["masterpiece"]))
        player["scores"]["stress"] += strings[event_type][roll]["scores"]["stress"]
        if strings[event_type][roll]["scores"]["stress"] > 0:
            print("+{} Stress".format(strings[event_type][roll]["scores"]["stress"]))
        elif strings[event_type][roll]["scores"]["stress"] < 0:
            print("{} Stress".format(strings[event_type][roll]["scores"]["stress"]))




def main():
    global game
    global strings
    global player
    global turns
    while game:
        # start of turn
        print( "=== Turn " + str(turns) + " ===" )
        input("Press enter to roll the dice")
        # roll a 1d6
        roll = random.randint(1,6)
        if roll < 1:
            roll = 1
        elif roll > 6:
            roll = 6
        # add roll to player's rolls at the start of the list
        player["rolls"].insert(0, roll)
        # remove the last roll from the list
        player["rolls"].pop()
        # if all three rolls are the same, do the disaster_muse event
        if player["rolls"][0] == player["rolls"][1] == player["rolls"][2]:
            event("disaster")
        # 1 or 2 - recreation
        elif roll == 1 or roll == 2:
            event("recreation")
        # 3 or 4 - drama
        elif roll == 3 or roll == 4:
            event("drama")
        # 5 or 6 - redoubt
        elif roll == 5 or roll == 6:
            event("redoubt")
        # end of turn
        print("Your scores are...")
        print("Stress: " + str(player["scores"]["stress"]))
        print("Scandal: " + str(player["scores"]["scandal"]))
        print("Masterpiece: " + str(player["scores"]["masterpiece"]))
        # check for game over
        if player["scores"]["stress"] >= 10:
            print("You lose your patience with the man and either kill him in a fit of rage or otherwise descend into uncontrollable weeping from which you never emerge. (Game over)")
            game = False
        elif player["scores"]["scandal"] >= 10:
            print("You are no longer fit to enter society and must flee to nurse your reputation (Game over)")
            game = False
        elif player["scores"]["masterpiece"] >= 10:
            print("You create a new genre of supernatural horror fiction based on your time with Byron (Game over, you win)")
            game = False

        # no game over state, continue
        else:
            turns += 1
            input("Press enter to continue")

main()