npcs.py

   1 # class for Non-Player characters in the game
   2
   3 import os.path
   4
   5 # NPC base class
   6
   7 class NPC:
   8         # initalize the NPC
   9         def __init__ (self, charname, row, col, imageleft, imageright, imagefront,
  10                                 imageback, portrait, position, movement_area=(0,0,0,0), movement_speed = 10,
  11                                 dialogues=[], currentdialog=0, is_dead=False):
  12                 # name of the character
  13                 self.charname = charname
  14                 # row and column to appear (in level)
  15                 self.row = row
  16                 self.col = col
  17                 # initial row and col - to track the movement area
  18                 self.initrow = row
  19                 self.initcol = col
  20                 # images to represent on level
  21                 self.imageleft = imageleft
  22                 self.imageright = imageright
  23                 self.imagefront = imagefront
  24                 self.imageback = imageback
  25
  26                 # portrait on dialogues
  27                 self.portrait = portrait
  28
  29                 # movement area limits (left, right top, and bottom) in which the NPC can
  30                 # move around in the level randomly.
  31                 self.leftlimit, self.rightlimit, self.toplimit, self.bottomlimit = movement_area
  32
  33                 # chance of movement (speed) - that is chance of movement in a turn out of 500 -lower
  34                 # the value lower the speed
  35                 self.movement_speed = movement_speed
  36
  37                 # position of the character
  38                 self.position = position
  39
  40                 # dialogue set for NPC
  41                 # each dialogue in the set is a path to an XML file containing the dialogue
  42                 self.dialogues = dialogues
  43                 # index of the current dialogue which will be initiated with the main
  44                 # character
  45                 self.currentdialog = currentdialog
  46                 # whether the character is dead or alive. If dead no interaction of any
  47                 # kind can take place.
  48                 self.is_dead = is_dead
  49
  50 # Bulisa is Butaba's friend
  51 class Bulisa (NPC):
  52         def __init__ (self, row, col, imageleft, imageright, imagefront,
  53                                 imageback, portrait, position, movement_area=(0,0,0,0),
  54                                 dialogues=[], currentdialog=0):
  55                 NPC.__init__ (self, "Bulisa", row, col, imageleft, imageright, imagefront,
  56                                 imageback, portrait, position, movement_area, 20, dialogues, currentdialog)
  57