generate utopia game end of war ceasefire throne page message

eowcf.py

#!/usr/bin/env python
#
# eowcf.py
#
# Generates the throne page end of war cease fire message for a Utopia kingdom
#
# Run it with the month and first day that the end of war cease fire begins and it will
# generate a timeline of events to post to the throne page so that everyone knows
# when they need to do things.
#
# Usage:
#  python eowcf.py <month> <day>
#
# Example:
#  python eowcf.py "January" "24th"

import sys

start_month = sys.argv[1]
start_day = sys.argv[2]

eowcf_plan = [
{"Hour": 0, "Message": "explore to desire land mass/drop wages 10%"},
{"Hour": 0, "Message":  "flip to banks/towers/ guild build"},
{"Hour": 0, "Message":  "Commence affluent ritual( if we have enough runes supply)"},
{"Hour": 12, "Message":  "activate affluent ritual( min 40 casts)"},
{"Hour": 23, "Message":  "start drafting on emergence/ patriotism( depend on your ppa)"},
{"Hour": 33, "Message":  "Commence expedient ritual"},
{"Hour": 47, "Message":  "flip stable"},
{"Hour": 63, "Message":  "raise wages 200%"},
{"Hour": 69, "Message":  "flip 25 % armouries ( with builder boon)"},
{"Hour": 81, "Message":  "activate expedient ritual and train army elite/off spec / Def spec/ thieves( with Inspire army)"},
{"Hour": 93, "Message":  "commence war ritual"},
{"Hour": 96, "Message":  "end of war cease fire"},
]


def build_calendar():
    calendar = {}

    months = [
    "January",
    "February",
    "March",
    "April",
    "May",
    "June",
    "July",
    ]

    index = 0
    days = [
    "1st", "2nd", "3rd", "4th", "5th", "6th", "7th",
    "8th", "9th", "10th", "11th", "12th", "13th", "14th",
    "15th", "16th", "17th", "18th", "19th", "20th", "21st",
    "22nd", "23rd", "24th" ]

    for month in months:
        for day in days:
            index+=1
            calendar[index] = {"Month": month, "Day": day}
    return calendar

def index_from_month_day(calendar, month, day):
    for i,v in calendar.iteritems():
        if calendar[i].get("Month") == month and calendar[i].get("Day") == day:
            return i

def fill_plan(start, calendar):
    body = ""
    cal_size = len(calendar)

    for entry in eowcf_plan:
        index = start + entry.get("Hour")
        if index >= cal_size:
            index = index - cal_size + 1
        month = calendar[index].get("Month")
        day = calendar[index].get("Day")
        message = entry.get("Message")
        line = "%s %s - %s\n" % (month, day, message)
        body = body + line
    return body


def main():
    calendar = build_calendar()
    start = index_from_month_day(calendar, start_month, start_day)
    print(fill_plan(start, calendar))

if __name__ == "__main__":
    main()

z-sample-output.txt

$ python eowcf.py July 24th
January 1st - explore to desire land mass/drop wages 10%
January 1st - flip to banks/towers/ guild build
January 1st - Commence affluent ritual( if we have enough runes supply)
January 13th - activate affluent ritual( min 40 casts)
January 24th - start drafting on emergence/ patriotism( depend on your ppa)
Februrary 10th - Commence expedient ritual
Februrary 24th - flip stable
March 16th - raise wages 200%
March 22nd - flip 25 % armouries ( with builder boon)
April 10th - activate expedient ritual and train army elite/off spec / Def spec/ thieves( with Inspire army)
April 22nd - commence war ritual
May 1st - end of war cease fire