gemwarrior 0.3.1 → 0.3.2

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data/lib/gemwarrior/creature.rb

@@ -1,47 +1,53 @@
-# lib/gemwarrior/creature.rb
-# Creature base class
-
-require_relative 'constants'
-require_relative 'inventory'
-
-module Gemwarrior
-  class Creature
-    attr_reader :name, :description
-    
-    def initialize(
-      id, 
-      name = 'Creature', 
-      face = 'calm', 
-      hands = 'smooth', 
-      mood = 'happy', 
-      level = 1, 
-      hp_cur = 10, 
-      hp_max = 10, 
-      atk_lo = 1, 
-      atk_hi = 3, 
-      inventory = Inventory.new, 
-      rox = 1
-    )
-      @id = id
-      @name = name
-      @face = face
-      @hands = hands
-      @mood = mood
-
-      @level = level
-      @hp_cur = hp_cur
-      @hp_max = hp_max
-
-      @atk_lo = atk_lo
-      @atk_hi = atk_hi
-
-      @inventory = inventory
-      @rox = rox
-    end
-    
-    def status
-      puts "The #{name}'s face is #{@face}, hands are #{@hands}, and general mood is #{@mood}."
-    end
-    
-  end
-end
+# lib/gemwarrior/creature.rb
+# Creature base class
+
+require_relative 'inventory'
+
+module Gemwarrior
+  class Creature
+    # CONSTANTS
+    CREATURE_NAME_DEFAULT          = 'Creature'
+    CREATURE_DESCRIPTION_DEFAULT   = 'A creature of some sort.'
+    CREATURE_FACE_DEFAULT          = 'calm'
+    CREATURE_HANDS_DEFAULT         = 'smooth'
+    CREATURE_MOOD_DEFAULT          = 'happy'
+
+    attr_accessor :id, :name, :description, :face, :hands, :mood, 
+                  :level, :hp_cur, :hp_max, :inventory
+    
+    def initialize(
+      id, 
+      name = CREATURE_NAME_DEFAULT,
+      description = CREATURE_DESCRIPTION_DEFAULT, 
+      face = CREATURE_FACE_DEFAULT, 
+      hands = CREATURE_HANDS_DEFAULT, 
+      mood = CREATURE_MOOD_DEFAULT, 
+      level = 1, 
+      hp_cur = 10, 
+      hp_max = 10, 
+      inventory = Inventory.new
+    )
+      self.id = id
+      self.name = name
+      self.description = description
+      self.face = face
+      self.hands = hands
+      self.mood = mood
+
+      self.level = level
+      self.hp_cur = hp_cur
+      self.hp_max = hp_max
+
+      self.inventory = inventory
+    end
+    
+    def describe
+      self.description
+    end
+    
+    def status
+      status_text =  "[#{name}][LVL: #{level}][HP:#{hp_cur}|#{hp_max}]\n"
+      status_text << "Its face is #{face}, hands are #{hands}, and general mood is #{mood}."
+    end
+  end
+end

data/lib/gemwarrior/{constants.rb → defaults.rb}

@@ -1,158 +1,103 @@
-# lib/gemwarrior/constants.rb
-# List of constant values
-
-module Gemwarrior
-  PROGRAM_NAME = 'Gem Warrior'
-  SPLASH_MESSAGE = 'Welcome to Gem Warrior, where randomized fortune is just as likely as mayhem.'
-  QUIT_MESSAGE = 'Thanks for playing the game. Until next time...'
-  RESUME_MESSAGE = 'Back to adventuring!'
-  SEPARATOR = '==========================================================='
-  CHANGE_PARAMS = 'Options: name'
-  
-  DANGER_LEVEL = {:none => 0, :low => 15, :moderate => 30, :high => 55, :assured => 100}
-      
-  module Errors
-    ERROR_COMMAND_INVALID = 'That\'s not something the game yet understands.'
-    ERROR_INVENTORY_EMPTY = '...and find you currently have diddly-squat, which is nothing.'
-    ERROR_INVENTORY_REMOVE_INVALID = 'Your inventory does not contain that item, so you can\'t drop it.'
-    ERROR_ITEM_LOC_INVALID = 'You don\'t see that there.'
-    ERROR_ITEM_INVENTORY_INVALID = 'You don\'t possess that.'
-    ERROR_TAKE_PARAM_MISSING = 'You can\'t just take. You gotta choose something.'
-    ERROR_TAKE_ITEM_UNTAKEABLE = 'That would be great if you could take that thing, wouldn\'t it? Well, it\'s not so great for you right now.'
-    ERROR_TAKE_ITEM_INVALID = 'That item doesn\'t exist here.'
-    ERROR_DROP_PARAM_MISSING = 'You can\'t just drop indiscriminately. You gotta choose something.'
-    ERROR_GO_DIR_MISSING = 'Just wander aimlessly? A direction would be nice.'
-    ERROR_GO_DIR_INVALID = 'The place in that direction is far, far, FAR too dangerous. You should try a different way.'
-    ERROR_CHANGE_PARAM_MISSING = 'Ch-ch-changes...aren\'t happening because you didn\'t specify what to change.'
-    ERROR_CHANGE_PARAM_INVALID = 'You can\'t change that...yet.'
-  end
-    
-  module AttributePools
-    # character pools
-    CHAR_UPPER_POOL = (65..90).map{ |i| i.chr }
-    CHAR_LOWER_POOL = (97..122).map{ |i| i.chr }
-    CHAR_LOWER_VOWEL_POOL = ['a','e','i','o','u','y']
-      
-    # attribute pools
-    FACE_DESC  = ['smooth', 'tired', 'ruddy', 'moist', 'shocked']
-    HANDS_DESC = ['worn', 'balled into fists', 'relaxed', 'cracked', 'tingly', 'mom\'s spaghetti']
-    MOOD_DESC  = ['calm', 'excited', 'depressed', 'tense', 'lackadaisical', 'angry', 'positive']
-
-    PLYR_DESC_DEFAULT = 'Picked to do battle against a wizened madman for a shiny something or other for world-saving purposes, you\'re actually fairly able, as long as you\'ve had breakfast first.'
-  
-    PLYR_LEVEL_DEFAULT = 1
-    PLYR_XP_DEFAULT = 0
-    PLYR_HP_CUR_DEFAULT = 10
-    PLYR_HP_MAX_DEFAULT = 10
-    PLYR_STAM_CUR_DEFAULT = 20
-    PLYR_STAM_MAX_DEFAULT = 20
-    PLYR_ATK_LO_DEFAULT = 1
-    PLYR_ATK_HI_DEFAULT = 2
-    PLYR_ROX_DEFAULT = 0
-  end
-      
-  module Entities
-    module Locations
-      LOC_ID_HOME = 0
-      LOC_NAME_HOME = 'Home'
-      LOC_DESC_HOME = 'The little, unimportant, decrepit hut that you live in.'
-      LOC_CONNECTIONS_HOME = {:north => 4, :east => 1, :south => nil, :west => 3}
-    
-      LOC_ID_CAVE_ENTRANCE = 1
-      LOC_NAME_CAVE_ENTRANCE = 'Cave (Entrance)'
-      LOC_DESC_CAVE_ENTRANCE = 'A nearby, dank cavern\'s entrance, surely filled with stacktites, stonemites, and rocksites.'
-      LOC_CONNECTIONS_CAVE_ENTRANCE = {:north => nil, :east => 2, :south => nil, :west => 0}
-      
-      LOC_ID_CAVE_ROOM1 = 2
-      LOC_NAME_CAVE_ROOM1 = 'Cave (Room1)'
-      LOC_DESC_CAVE_ROOM1 = 'Now inside the first cavernous room, you confirm that there are stacktites, stonemites, rocksites, and even one or two pebblejites.'
-      LOC_CONNECTIONS_CAVE_ROOM1 = {:north => nil, :east => nil, :south => nil, :west => 1}
-  
-      LOC_ID_FOREST = 3
-      LOC_NAME_FOREST = 'Forest'
-      LOC_DESC_FOREST = 'Trees exist here, in droves.'
-      LOC_CONNECTIONS_FOREST = {:north => nil, :east => 0, :south => nil, :west => nil}
-  
-      LOC_ID_SKYTOWER = 4
-      LOC_NAME_SKYTOWER = 'Emerald\'s Sky Tower'
-      LOC_DESC_SKYTOWER = 'The craziest guy that ever existed is around here somewhere amongst the cloud floors, snow walls, and ethereal vibe.'
-      LOC_CONNECTIONS_SKYTOWER = {:north => nil, :east => nil, :south => 0, :west => nil}
-    end
-    
-    module Monsters
-      MOB_ID_ALEXANDRAT = 0
-      MOB_NAME_ALEXANDRAT = 'Alexandrat'
-      MOB_DESC_ALEXANDRAT = 'Tiny, but fierce, color-changing rodent.'
-      MOB_LEVEL_ALEXANDRAT = 1..2
-      
-      MOB_ID_AMBEROO = 1
-      MOB_NAME_AMBEROO = 'Amberoo'
-      MOB_DESC_AMBEROO = 'Fossilized and jumping around like an adorably dangerous threat from the past.'
-      MOB_LEVEL_AMBEROO = 1..2
-      
-      MOB_ID_AMETHYSTLE = 2
-      MOB_NAME_AMETHYSTLE = 'Amethystle'
-      MOB_DESC_AMETHYSTLE = 'Sober and contemplative, it moves with purplish tentacles swaying in the breeze.'
-      MOB_LEVEL_AMETHYSTLE = 1..3
-      
-      MOB_ID_AQUAMARINE = 3
-      MOB_NAME_AQUAMARINE = 'Aquamarine'
-      MOB_DESC_AQUAMARINE = 'It is but one of the few, the proud, the underwater.'
-      MOB_LEVEL_AQUAMARINE = 2..4
-      
-      MOB_ID_APATIGER = 4
-      MOB_NAME_APATIGER = 'Apatiger'
-      MOB_DESC_APATIGER = 'Apathetic about most everything as it lazes around, save for eating you.'
-      MOB_LEVEL_APATIGER = 3..5
-      
-      MOB_ID_BLOODSTORM = 5
-      MOB_NAME_BLOODSTORM = 'Bloodstorm'
-      MOB_DESC_BLOODSTORM = 'A literal swirling, maniacal vortex of human hemoglobin.'
-      MOB_LEVEL_BLOODSTORM = 5..6
-      
-      MOB_ID_CITRINAGA = 6
-      MOB_NAME_CITRINAGA = 'Citrinaga'
-      MOB_DESC_CITRINAGA = 'Refreshing in its shiny, gleaming effectiveness at ending your life.'
-      MOB_LEVEL_CITRINAGA = 3..4
-      
-      MOB_ID_CORALIZ = 7
-      MOB_NAME_CORALIZ = 'Coraliz'
-      MOB_DESC_CORALIZ = 'Small blue lizard that slithers around, nipping at your ankles.'
-      MOB_LEVEL_CORALIZ = 2..3
-      
-      MOB_ID_CUBICAT = 8
-      MOB_NAME_CUBICAT = 'Cubicat'
-      MOB_DESC_CUBICAT = 'Perfectly geometrically cubed feline, fresh from its woven enclosure, claws at the ready.'
-      MOB_LEVEL_CUBICAT = 4..5
-      
-      MOB_ID_DIAMAN = 9
-      MOB_NAME_DIAMAN = 'Diaman'
-      MOB_DESC_DIAMAN = 'Crystalline structure in the form of a man, lumbering toward you, with outstretched, edged pincers.'
-      MOB_LEVEL_DIAMAN = 6..7
-  
-      MOB_NAME_DEFAULT = 'Rocky'
-      MOB_DESC_DEFAULT = 'It\'s a monster, and it\'s not happy.'
-    end
-
-    module Items
-      ITEM_ID_STONE = 0
-      ITEM_NAME_STONE = 'stone'
-      ITEM_DESC_STONE = 'A small, sharp mega pebble, suitable for tossing in amusement, and perhaps combat.'
-      ITEM_ID_BED = 1
-      ITEM_NAME_BED = 'bed'
-      ITEM_DESC_BED = 'The place where you sleep when you\'re not adventuring.'
-      ITEM_ID_STALACTITE = 2
-      ITEM_NAME_STALACTITE = 'stalactite'
-      ITEM_DESC_STALACTITE = 'Long protrusion of cave adornment, broken off and fallen to the ground, where the stalagmites sneer at it from.'
-      ITEM_ID_FEATHER = 3
-      ITEM_NAME_FEATHER = 'feather'
-      ITEM_DESC_FEATHER = 'Soft and tender, unlike the craven bird that probably shed it.'
-      ITEM_ID_GUN = 4
-      ITEM_NAME_GUN = 'gun'
-      ITEM_DESC_GUN = 'Pew pew goes this firearm you wield, ifn\'t it weren\'t unloaded.'
-  
-      ITEM_NAME_DEFAULT = 'thing'
-      ITEM_DESC_DEFAULt = 'Something truly interesting and worth your time to look at and possess.'
-    end
-  end
-end
+# lib/gemwarrior/defaults.rb
+# List of default values for world entities
+
+module Gemwarrior
+  module Entities
+    module Monsters
+      MOB_ID_ALEXANDRAT = 0
+      MOB_NAME_ALEXANDRAT = 'Alexandrat'
+      MOB_DESC_ALEXANDRAT = 'Tiny, but fierce, color-changing rodent.'
+      MOB_LEVEL_ALEXANDRAT = 1
+      
+      MOB_ID_AMBEROO = 1
+      MOB_NAME_AMBEROO = 'Amberoo'
+      MOB_DESC_AMBEROO = 'Fossilized and jumping around like an adorably dangerous threat from the past.'
+      MOB_LEVEL_AMBEROO = 1
+      
+      MOB_ID_AMETHYSTLE = 2
+      MOB_NAME_AMETHYSTLE = 'Amethystle'
+      MOB_DESC_AMETHYSTLE = 'Sober and contemplative, it moves with purplish tentacles swaying in the breeze.'
+      MOB_LEVEL_AMETHYSTLE = 2
+      
+      MOB_ID_AQUAMARINE = 3
+      MOB_NAME_AQUAMARINE = 'Aquamarine'
+      MOB_DESC_AQUAMARINE = 'It is but one of the few, the proud, the underwater.'
+      MOB_LEVEL_AQUAMARINE = 3
+      
+      MOB_ID_APATIGER = 4
+      MOB_NAME_APATIGER = 'Apatiger'
+      MOB_DESC_APATIGER = 'Apathetic about most everything as it lazes around, save for eating you.'
+      MOB_LEVEL_APATIGER = 4
+      
+      MOB_ID_BLOODSTORM = 5
+      MOB_NAME_BLOODSTORM = 'Bloodstorm'
+      MOB_DESC_BLOODSTORM = 'A literal swirling, maniacal vortex of human hemoglobin.'
+      MOB_LEVEL_BLOODSTORM = 5
+      
+      MOB_ID_CITRINAGA = 6
+      MOB_NAME_CITRINAGA = 'Citrinaga'
+      MOB_DESC_CITRINAGA = 'Refreshing in its shiny, gleaming effectiveness at ending your life.'
+      MOB_LEVEL_CITRINAGA = 4
+      
+      MOB_ID_CORALIZ = 7
+      MOB_NAME_CORALIZ = 'Coraliz'
+      MOB_DESC_CORALIZ = 'Small blue lizard that slithers around, nipping at your ankles.'
+      MOB_LEVEL_CORALIZ = 3
+      
+      MOB_ID_CUBICAT = 8
+      MOB_NAME_CUBICAT = 'Cubicat'
+      MOB_DESC_CUBICAT = 'Perfectly geometrically cubed feline, fresh from its woven enclosure, claws at the ready.'
+      MOB_LEVEL_CUBICAT = 4
+      
+      MOB_ID_DIAMAN = 9
+      MOB_NAME_DIAMAN = 'Diaman'
+      MOB_DESC_DIAMAN = 'Crystalline structure in the form of a man, lumbering toward you, with outstretched, edged pincers.'
+      MOB_LEVEL_DIAMAN = 6
+    end
+
+    module Items
+      ITEM_ID_STONE = 0
+      ITEM_NAME_STONE = 'stone'
+      ITEM_DESC_STONE = 'A small, sharp mega pebble, suitable for tossing in amusement, and perhaps combat.'
+      ITEM_ID_BED = 1
+      ITEM_NAME_BED = 'bed'
+      ITEM_DESC_BED = 'The place where you sleep when you\'re not adventuring.'
+      ITEM_ID_STALACTITE = 2
+      ITEM_NAME_STALACTITE = 'stalactite'
+      ITEM_DESC_STALACTITE = 'Long protrusion of cave adornment, broken off and fallen to the ground, where the stalagmites sneer at it from.'
+      ITEM_ID_FEATHER = 3
+      ITEM_NAME_FEATHER = 'feather'
+      ITEM_DESC_FEATHER = 'Soft and tender, unlike the craven bird that probably shed it.'
+      ITEM_ID_GUN = 4
+      ITEM_NAME_GUN = 'gun'
+      ITEM_DESC_GUN = 'Pew pew goes this firearm you wield, ifn\'t it weren\'t unloaded.'
+    end
+
+    module Locations
+      LOC_ID_HOME = 0
+      LOC_NAME_HOME = 'Home'
+      LOC_DESC_HOME = 'The little, unimportant, decrepit hut that you live in.'
+      LOC_CONNECTIONS_HOME = {:north => 4, :east => 1, :south => nil, :west => 3}
+    
+      LOC_ID_CAVE_ENTRANCE = 1
+      LOC_NAME_CAVE_ENTRANCE = 'Cave (Entrance)'
+      LOC_DESC_CAVE_ENTRANCE = 'A nearby, dank cavern\'s entrance, surely filled with stacktites, stonemites, and rocksites.'
+      LOC_CONNECTIONS_CAVE_ENTRANCE = {:north => nil, :east => 2, :south => nil, :west => 0}
+      
+      LOC_ID_CAVE_ROOM1 = 2
+      LOC_NAME_CAVE_ROOM1 = 'Cave (Room1)'
+      LOC_DESC_CAVE_ROOM1 = 'Now inside the first cavernous room, you confirm that there are stacktites, stonemites, rocksites, and even one or two pebblejites.'
+      LOC_CONNECTIONS_CAVE_ROOM1 = {:north => nil, :east => nil, :south => nil, :west => 1}
+  
+      LOC_ID_FOREST = 3
+      LOC_NAME_FOREST = 'Forest'
+      LOC_DESC_FOREST = 'Trees exist here, in droves.'
+      LOC_CONNECTIONS_FOREST = {:north => nil, :east => 0, :south => nil, :west => nil}
+  
+      LOC_ID_SKYTOWER = 4
+      LOC_NAME_SKYTOWER = 'Emerald\'s Sky Tower'
+      LOC_DESC_SKYTOWER = 'The craziest guy that ever existed is around here somewhere amongst the cloud floors, snow walls, and ethereal vibe.'
+      LOC_CONNECTIONS_SKYTOWER = {:north => nil, :east => nil, :south => 0, :west => nil}
+    end
+  end
+end

data/lib/gemwarrior/evaluator.rb

@@ -1,151 +1,165 @@
-# lib/gemwarrior/evaluator.rb
-# Evaluates prompt input
-
-require 'pry'
-
-require_relative 'constants'
-
-module Gemwarrior  
-  class Evaluator
-    private
-    
-    def print_separator
-      puts SEPARATOR
-    end
-    
-    def list_commands
-      i = 0
-      print_separator
-      @commands.each do |cmd|
-        puts " #{cmd}, #{@aliases[i]}\n -- #{@descriptions[i]}"
-        i = i + 1
-      end
-      print_separator
-    end
-    
-    public
-  
-    include Errors
-
-    def initialize(world)
-      @world = world
-      @commands = %w(character inventory rest look take drop world monsters go change help quit exit quit! exit!)
-      @aliases = %w(c i r l t d w m g ch h q x qq xx)
-      @descriptions = [
-        'Display character information',
-        'Look in your inventory',
-        'Take a load off and regain stamina',
-        'Look around your current location',
-        'Take item',
-        'Drop item',
-        'List all locations in the world',
-        'List all the monsters in the world',
-        'Go in a direction',
-        'Change something',
-        'This help menu',
-        'Quit w/ confirmation',
-        'Exit w/ confirmation (very different, of course)',
-        'Quit w/o confirmation',
-        'Exit w/o confirmation (very, very different, of course)'
-      ]
-    end
-    
-    def evaluate(input)
-      if input.nil?
-        return
-      end
-    
-      tokens = input.split
-      
-      unless valid?(input)
-        return ERROR_COMMAND_INVALID
-      end
-      
-      command = tokens.first
-      param = tokens[1]
-
-      case command
-      when 'character', 'c'
-        @world.player.check_self
-      when 'inventory', 'i'
-        if param
-          @world.player.inventory.describe_item(param)
-        else
-          @world.player.list_inventory
-        end
-      when 'rest', 'r'
-        @world.player.rest
-      when 'look', 'l'
-        if param
-          @world.player.cur_loc.describe_item(param)
-        else
-          @world.player.cur_loc.describe
-        end
-      when 'take', 't'
-        if param.nil?
-          ERROR_TAKE_PARAM_MISSING
-        else
-          @world.player.inventory.add_item(@world.player.cur_loc, param)
-        end
-      when 'drop', 'd'
-        if param.nil?
-          ERROR_DROP_PARAM_MISSING
-        else
-          @world.player.inventory.remove_item(param)
-        end  
-      when 'world', 'world'
-        @world.list_locations
-      when 'monsters', 'm'
-        @world.list_monsters
-      when 'go', 'g'
-        if param.nil?
-          ERROR_GO_DIR_MISSING
-        else
-          @world.player.go(@world.locations, param)
-        end
-      when 'change', 'ch'
-        if param.nil?
-          puts ERROR_CHANGE_PARAM_MISSING
-          puts CHANGE_PARAMS
-        else
-          case param
-          when 'name'
-            @world.player.modify_name
-          else
-            ERROR_CHANGE_PARAM_INVALID
-          end
-        end
-      when 'help', 'h'
-        list_commands
-      when 'quit', 'exit', 'q', 'x'
-        puts "You sure you want to quit? (y/n): "
-        response = gets.chomp
-        if (response.downcase.eql?("y") || response.downcase.eql?("yes"))
-          puts QUIT_MESSAGE
-          exit(0)
-        else
-          puts RESUME_MESSAGE
-        end
-      when 'qq', 'xx'
-        puts QUIT_MESSAGE
-        exit(0)
-      else
-        return
-      end
-    end
-    
-    def valid?(input)
-      tokens = input.split
-      commands_and_aliases = @commands | @aliases
-      if commands_and_aliases.include?(tokens.first)
-        if tokens.size.between?(1,2)
-          return true
-        end
-      elsif tokens.empty?
-        return true
-      end
-      return false
-    end
-    
-  end
-end
+# lib/gemwarrior/evaluator.rb
+# Evaluates prompt input
+
+require 'pry'
+
+module Gemwarrior  
+  class Evaluator
+    # CONSTANTS
+    ## MESSAGES
+    PROGRAM_NAME   = 'Gem Warrior'
+    QUIT_MESSAGE   = 'Thanks for playing the game. Until next time...'
+    RESUME_MESSAGE = 'Back to adventuring!'
+    SEPARATOR      = '================================================================'
+    CHANGE_PARAMS  = 'Options: name'
+    
+    ## ERRORS
+    ERROR_COMMAND_INVALID      = 'That\'s not something the game yet understands.'
+    ERROR_LIST_PARAM_MISSING   = 'You can\'t just "list". You gotta choose something to list.'
+    ERROR_CHANGE_PARAM_MISSING = 'Ch-ch-changes...aren\'t happening because you didn\'t specify what to change.'
+    ERROR_CHANGE_PARAM_INVALID = 'You can\'t change that...yet.'
+    ERROR_GO_PARAM_MISSING     = 'Just wander aimlessly? A direction would be nice.'
+    ERROR_TAKE_PARAM_MISSING   = 'You can\'t just "take". You gotta choose something to take.'
+    ERROR_DROP_PARAM_MISSING   = 'You can\'t just "drop". You gotta choose something to drop.'
+    
+    attr_accessor :world, :commands, :aliases, :descriptions
+    
+    def initialize(world)
+      self.world = world
+      self.commands = %w(character inventory list rest look take drop go change help quit exit quit! exit!)
+      self.aliases = %w(c i ls r l t d g ch h q x qq xx)
+      self.descriptions = [
+        'Display character information',
+        'Look in your inventory',
+        'List all the objects of a type that exist in the world',
+        'Take a load off and regain stamina',
+        'Look around your current location',
+        'Take item',
+        'Drop item',
+        'Go in a direction',
+        'Change something',
+        'This help menu',
+        'Quit w/ confirmation',
+        'Exit w/ confirmation (very different, of course)',
+        'Quit w/o confirmation',
+        'Exit w/o confirmation (very, very different, of course)'
+      ]
+    end
+    
+    def evaluate(input)
+      if input.nil?
+        return
+      end
+    
+      tokens = input.split
+      
+      unless input_valid?(input)
+        return ERROR_COMMAND_INVALID
+      end
+      
+      command = tokens.first
+      param = tokens[1]
+
+      case command
+      when 'character', 'c'
+        world.player.check_self
+      when 'inventory', 'i'
+        if param
+          world.player.inventory.describe_item(param)
+        else
+          world.player.list_inventory
+        end
+      when 'list', 'ls'
+        if param.nil?
+          ERROR_LIST_PARAM_MISSING
+        else
+          world.list(param)
+        end
+      when 'rest', 'r'
+        world.player.rest
+      when 'look', 'l'
+        if param
+          world.player.cur_loc.describe_item(param)
+        else
+          world.player.cur_loc.describe
+        end
+      when 'take', 't'
+        if param.nil?
+          ERROR_TAKE_PARAM_MISSING
+        else
+          world.player.inventory.add_item(world.player.cur_loc, param)
+        end
+      when 'drop', 'd'
+        if param.nil?
+          ERROR_DROP_PARAM_MISSING
+        else
+          world.player.inventory.remove_item(param)
+        end  
+      when 'go', 'g'
+        if param.nil?
+          ERROR_GO_PARAM_MISSING
+        else
+          world.player.go(world.locations, param)
+        end
+      when 'change', 'ch'
+        if param.nil?
+          puts ERROR_CHANGE_PARAM_MISSING
+          puts CHANGE_PARAMS
+        else
+          case param
+          when 'name'
+            world.player.modify_name
+          else
+            ERROR_CHANGE_PARAM_INVALID
+          end
+        end
+      when 'help', 'h'
+        list_commands
+      when 'quit', 'exit', 'q', 'x'
+        puts "You sure you want to quit? (y/n): "
+        response = gets.chomp
+        if (response.downcase.eql?("y") || response.downcase.eql?("yes"))
+          puts QUIT_MESSAGE
+          exit(0)
+        else
+          puts RESUME_MESSAGE
+        end
+      when 'quit!', 'exit!', 'qq', 'xx'
+        puts QUIT_MESSAGE
+        exit(0)
+      else
+        return
+      end
+    end
+
+    private
+    
+    def print_separator
+      puts SEPARATOR
+    end
+    
+    def list_commands
+      i = 0
+      print_separator
+      commands.each do |cmd|
+        puts " #{cmd}, #{aliases[i]}\n -- #{descriptions[i]}"
+        i = i + 1
+      end
+      print_separator
+    end
+    
+    def input_valid?(input)
+      tokens = input.split
+      commands_and_aliases = commands | aliases
+      if commands_and_aliases.include?(tokens.first)
+        if tokens.size.between?(1,2)
+          return true
+        end
+      elsif tokens.empty?
+        return true
+      end
+      return false
+    end
+    
+  end
+end