Codecademy: Recommendation Program Project

spookywookie73 — Thu, 08 Feb 2024 14:03:35 +0000

The 'why'

The next project in the Codecademy Computer Science course is to create a basic recommendation program to run in your terminal.

The Program

When you run the code, you can find the code on my github page here,
you will see a welcome screen, and will be given a list of companies to choose from.

The Project Objectives

Store data in a data structure:
def create_company_linkedlist(): company_list = LinkedList() for company_name in consoles: company_list.insert_beginning(company_name) return company_list
and use an algorithm to sort or search for data within a data structure:

def display_games():
  print("\nSelected company: " + company_choice.title() + "\n")
  console_list_head = consoles_list.get_head_node()

  while console_list_head.get_next_node() is not None:
    sublist_head = console_list_head.get_value().get_head_node()

    if sublist_head.get_value()[0] == company_choice:
      while sublist_head.get_next_node() is not None:
        print("Console name: " + sublist_head.get_value()[1])
        print("Game name: " + sublist_head.get_value()[2])
        print("Genre: " + sublist_head.get_value()[3])
        print("\n")
        sublist_head = sublist_head.get_next_node()
    console_list_head = console_list_head.get_next_node()

Conclusion

It was a simple enough project in the end, but, yet again it took longer than it should have, because I kept adding more and more to it. Once I stripped it down to just do what was asked, it worked perfectly.

Thankyou for reading.

Codecademy CS101 Final Project: Old School Text Adventure.

spookywookie73 — Thu, 09 Nov 2023 12:28:41 +0000

The 'why'

As part of Codecademy's Computer Science course, the final project of the Python section wanted you to create a program to run in your terminal.
Your program could be a game, a calculator, a magic 8 ball etc..
I decided to expand on a previous project and create an old school text adventure. These were some of the first games I played on a computer and I loved them.

The Game

As you can see in the gif above, the program starts with a basic introduction. You are given some of the commands to play the game and then are asked for your name. The game starts with a wizard explaining what he wants you to do, and if you agree, your adventure begins.

During the game there will be items to find, objects and people to interact with and monsters to fight.

If you want to try it, you can find the code on my github page here.

The code

Your program had to contain at least 1 input command and a combination of classes and functions.

The input command looked like this:
heroes_name = input("\nPlease input your name and press enter to begin. : ")
I created two classes. One for the hero and one for the monsters.

class Adventurer:

  def __init__(self, name, health = 30, gems = 0, inventory = ["sword"]):
    self.name = name
    self.health = health
    self.gems = gems
    self.inventory = inventory

  def __repr__(self):
    return "The name of this adventurer is {name}. {name}, with sword in hand, has bravely accepted the challenge to rid this dungeon of it's evil.".format(name = self.name)

class Monster:

  def __init__(self, name, health):
    self.name = name
    self.health = health

  def __repr__(self):
    return "This is a {name}. It is a foul creature that has dwelled in this dungeon for far too long. It's health is {health}.".format(name = self.name, health = self.health)

The functions inside the classes were for using items and attacking enemies.

The functions outside of the classes were for:

getting items
examining objects
giving items etc..

Conclusion

I really enjoyed this project. It took alot longer than I thought it would, probably because I kept rewriting parts of the game, but I am really pleased with the end result.
I know there are probably alot of parts that could be thinned out to make the code cleaner, but I am not at that level yet.

Thankyou for reading and happy coding.

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Codecademy: Recommendation Program Project

The 'why'

The Program

The Project Objectives

Conclusion

Codecademy CS101 Final Project: Old School Text Adventure.

The 'why'

The Game

The code

Conclusion