Creating a text-based game inventory in JustBASIC

[zariarose]

Hello!

I have a problem, and a few questions.

I want to include a simple inventory system into my text-based game, but I don't know exactly how to... implement it?
I have a few ideas about what I want to do, but not enough knowledge to... do so, I suppose
I've been trying to deal with functions and subroutines but I guess I just don't know... how to write them, I guess?


So, any tips on at least outlining a text inventory system using JustBASIC?
Should I include what I have so far, for reference?

Also, is this considered a newbie question, or a coding question?


EDIT: I FIGURED IT OUT!

[carlgundel]

Oct 8, 2020 17:52:10 GMT zariarose said:

Hello!

I have a problem, and a few questions.

I want to include a simple inventory system into my text-based game, but I don't know exactly how to... implement it?
I have a few ideas about what I want to do, but not enough knowledge to... do so, I suppose
I've been trying to deal with functions and subroutines but I guess I just don't know... how to write them, I guess?


So, any tips on at least outlining a text inventory system using JustBASIC?
Should I include what I have so far, for reference?

Also, is this considered a newbie question, or a coding question?

You want to keep values by name without having a variable for each?  Try the Dictionary Lookup code here:

    basicprogramming.blogspot.com/2016/

If you scroll down you will see the earlier articles that explain how the code works are further down starting July 8.

Or you could do a very simple implementation of a string array with two columns.  One with a name and one with a value.

-Carl

[B+]

Oct 8, 2020 17:52:10 GMT zariarose said:

Hello!

I have a problem, and a few questions.

I want to include a simple inventory system into my text-based game, but I don't know exactly how to... implement it?
I have a few ideas about what I want to do, but not enough knowledge to... do so, I suppose
I've been trying to deal with functions and subroutines but I guess I just don't know... how to write them, I guess?


So, any tips on at least outlining a text inventory system using JustBASIC?
Should I include what I have so far, for reference?

Also, is this considered a newbie question, or a coding question?

Hi zariarose,

Carl's dictionary might be a little advanced for someone trying to deal with functions and subroutines.

Yeah so maybe a glimpse at what you have so far and a little more detail on what you expect from inventory system.

I am thinking that each player or character has an inventory from games I've seen, is that the case for you?

It could be something simple like player1$ = "player name, item1, item2, item3, item4"
or player2$ = "player name, item1 = 10, item2 = 5, item3 = 0, item4$ = 1"

Use word$() to read player's name and stuff he has or stuff and amounts of that stuff. Actually this is like dictionary sorta

[tsh73]

Should I include what I have so far, for reference?

You will really get more advice after posting code.
So far we have no idea what you do.
How many heroes you have which will need a inventory?
Do you use arrays? May be files?

Also, is this considered a newbie question, or a coding question?

post a code and it will sure be coding question