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Ruby source code for the @Greenlight_Game bot, using the Twitter gem, plus the text files it draws from
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F2P | |
crowd-funded | |
early access | |
indie |
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zombie | |
survival | |
sandbox | |
turn-based | |
retro | |
voxel-based | |
old-school | |
immersive | |
visceral | |
unique | |
hardcore | |
dungeon-crawling | |
realistic | |
online | |
horror | |
procedural | |
multiplayer | |
innovative | |
team-based | |
non-linear | |
physics-based |
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adventure game | |
FPS | |
RPG | |
tactical shooter | |
top-down shooter | |
platformer | |
action game | |
hidden object game | |
RTS | |
2D fighter | |
JRPG | |
text adventure | |
open-world game | |
dating sim | |
visual novel | |
roguelike | |
rhythym game |
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#!/usr/bin/env ruby | |
# Twitter bot to generate descriptions of cliched games on Steam | |
# Greenlight and tweet those descriptions | |
require 'Twitter' | |
Twitter.configure do |config| | |
config.consumer_key = YOUR_CONSUMER_KEY | |
config.consumer_secret = YOUR_CONSUMER_SECRET | |
config.oauth_token = YOUR_OAUTH_TOKEN | |
config.oauth_token_secret = YOUR_OAUTH_TOKEN_SECRET | |
end | |
business_model = "crowd-funded" | |
game_cliche1 = "survival" | |
game_cliche2 = "zombie" | |
game_genre = "FPS" | |
#This gets a game cliche from a list of cliches in a text file | |
def get_game_cliche | |
#initialize variable | |
chosen_line = nil | |
#Get the cliche | |
File.foreach("game_cliches.txt").each_with_index do |line, number| | |
chosen_line = line if rand < 1.0/(number+1) | |
end | |
return chosen_line.chomp | |
end | |
#This gets a business model from a list in a text file | |
def get_business_model | |
#initialize variable | |
chosen_line = nil | |
#Get the cliche | |
File.foreach("business_models.txt").each_with_index do |line, number| | |
chosen_line = line if rand < 1.0/(number+1) | |
end | |
return chosen_line.chomp | |
end | |
#This gets a game genre from a list in a text file | |
def get_game_genre | |
#initialize variable | |
chosen_line = nil | |
#Get the cliche | |
File.foreach("game_genres.txt").each_with_index do |line, number| | |
chosen_line = line if rand < 1.0/(number+1) | |
end | |
return chosen_line.chomp | |
end | |
#Get the cliches | |
game_cliche1 = get_game_cliche | |
game_cliche2 = get_game_cliche | |
#Make sure they're different! | |
while game_cliche1 == game_cliche2 do | |
game_cliche2 = get_game_cliche | |
end | |
#Get business model and genre | |
business_model = get_business_model | |
game_genre = get_game_genre | |
#Compose the tweet | |
composed_tweet = "Vote for our #{business_model} #{game_cliche1} #{game_cliche2} #{game_genre} on Steam Greenlight!" | |
#Output to console for testing | |
puts composed_tweet | |
#Output to Twitter | |
Twitter.update(composed_tweet) |
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