encounters-meta.py

# this could be made to work with surprisingly little effort.
# no, i won't tell you how.  please don't do it
class SnarlingBeastEvent(EncounterEvent):
    language = 'english'
    title = "a snarling beast"
    text = "a snarling beast leaps out of the underbrush."

    language = 'pig latin'
    title = "anway arlingsnay eastbay"
    text = "anway arlingsnay eastbay eapslay outway ofway ethay underbrushway."

    enemy = 'snarling_beast'
    damage = 1
    health = 5
    attack_delay = 1
    hit = 0.8

    loot = MultiLoot(
        Loot(Fur, min=1, max=3, chance=1),
        Loot(Meat, min=1, max=3, chance=1),
        Loot(Teeth, min=1, max=3, chance=0.8),
    )

encounters.js

// ES6 classes don't support class attributes (STILL, ugh), but you can cheat a bit
function make_encounter(data) {
    let encounter_type = Object.create(EncounterEvent.prototype);
    for (let [k, v] of Object.entries(data)) {
        encounter_type.prototype[k] = v;
    }
    return encounter_type;
}
      
local SnarlingBeastEvent = make_encounter({
    title: "a snarling beast",
    text: "a snarling beast leaps out of the underbrush.",
    enemy: 'snarling_beast',
    damage: 1,
    health: 5,
    attack_delay: 1,
    hit: 0.8,

    // ok js syntax kinda sucks here
    loot: new MultiLoot(
        new Loot(Fur, 1, 3, 1.0),
        new Loot(Meat, 1, 3, 1.0),
        new Loot(Teeth, 1, 3, 0.8),
    ),
});

encounters.lua

-- Lua doesn't have built-in classes, just a toolbox of bits you can use to make them, so this will vary
local SnarlingBeastEvent = EncounterEvent:extend{
    title = "a snarling beast",
    text = "a snarling beast leaps out of the underbrush.",
    enemy = 'snarling_beast',
    damage = 1,
    health = 5,
    attack_delay = 1,
    hit = 0.8,

    loot = MultiLoot(
        Loot{item=Fur, min=1, max=3, chance=1},
        Loot{item=Meat, min=1, max=3, chance=1},
        Loot{item=Teeth, min=1, max=3, chance=0.8}),
}

encounters.py

# completely vanilla syntax
class SnarlingBeastEvent(EncounterEvent):
    title = "a snarling beast"
    text = "a snarling beast leaps out of the underbrush."
    enemy = 'snarling_beast'
    damage = 1
    health = 5
    attack_delay = 1
    hit = 0.8

    # making this a def that returns a literal is an odd choice;
    # here's something more typed
    loot = MultiLoot(
        Loot(Fur, min=1, max=3, chance=1),
        Loot(Meat, min=1, max=3, chance=1),
        Loot(Teeth, min=1, max=3, chance=0.8),
    )