Refactor Item type; add get abilities

main.go

@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ import (
 func main() {
 
 	type Item struct {
-		name     string
+		name, description string
 		moveable          bool
 		openable          bool
 	}
@@ -21,20 +21,20 @@ func main() {
 
 	type Player struct {
 		loc   *Room
-		items map[string]string
+		items map[string]*Item
 	}
 
-	inventory := map[string]string{}
+	inventory := map[string]*Item{}
 
 	entryItems := map[string]*Item{}
 	chestItems := map[string]*Item{
-		"chest": {"chest",
+		"chest": {"chest", "none",
 			false,
 			true,
 		},
 	}
 	caveItems := map[string]*Item{
-		"House Key": {"House Key",
+		"key": {"House Key", "It resembles a house key.",
 			true,
 			false},
 	}
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ func main() {
 
 	player := Player{rooms["entry"], inventory}
 
-	player.items["syringe"] = "A syringe with a missing needle is in your pocket."
+	player.items["syringe"] = &Item{"Syringe", "A syringe with a missing needle is in your pocket.", false, false}
 
 	var command [2]string
 	var quit bool = false
@@ -151,10 +151,39 @@ func main() {
 			println("")
 			println("Inventory:\n")
 			//Listing items, and looking at them, should be different.
-			for k, v := range player.items {
+			for _, v := range player.items {
-				println(k, " ", v)
+				println(v.name, " ", v.description)
 			}
 			println("")
+
+		case "get":
+			if command[1] == "" {
+				println("")
+				println("Get what? ")
+				break
+			}
+			if _, ok := player.loc.items[command[1]]; ok &&
+				player.loc.items[command[1]].moveable == true {
+				println("You grab the", command[1],
+					"and place it in your pocket.")
+				player.items[command[1]] = player.loc.items[command[1]]
+				delete(player.loc.items, command[1])
+
+				if player.loc.name == "Chest" {
+					player.loc.description = "" +
+						"\nYou see an open chest freezer in front of you.\n" +
+						"The freezer is empty\n" +
+						"There is an empty field to the (w)est.\n"
+					break
+				}
+
+				if player.loc.name == "Cave" {
+					player.loc.description = "You are in a dark cave.\n" +
+						"There is an empty field to the (e)ast."
+					break
+				}
+			}
+			println("\nI don't see any", command[1], "to get!")
 		case "open":
 			if command[1] == "" {
 				println("")
@@ -168,7 +197,8 @@ func main() {
 				if player.loc.name == "Chest" {
 					println("\nYou open the chest")
 					player.loc.items["chest"].openable = false
-					player.loc.items["steak"] = &Item{"steak", true, false}
+					player.loc.items["steak"] = &Item{"steak", "A rotting disgusting steak. " +
+						"\n You have no idea why you put it in your pocket.", true, false}
 					player.loc.description = "" +
 						"\nYou see an open chest freezer in front of you.\n" +
 						"There is a putrid steak in the freezer\n" +
@@ -177,7 +207,7 @@ func main() {
 				}
 
 			}
-			println("I don't know how to open a", command[1])
+			println("\nI don't know how to open a", command[1]+"!")
 
 		default:
 			println("\nI don't know how to '", command[0], "'\n")
@@ -200,6 +230,7 @@ func main() {
 					"There is a key on the floor.\n" +
 					"There is an empty field to the (e)ast."
 				steak_happened = true
+				delete(player.items, "steak")
 			}
 			if steak_happened == false {
 				println("Well, it looks like you died! Good luck next time!")