"why the lucky stiff" <ruby-talk@whytheluckystiff.net> tootled:
$$$ DWEMTHY_S ARRAY ^!^ A RUBY MINI_DUNGEON ^!^ CODE TO KILL BY $$$
Here, try this: http://poignantguide.net/dwemthy/
I have a couple of things to share with the crazy Ruby
meta-dungeon-programmeering community.
First, I found this cheat code on the internet:
class Rabbit
# you can defeat enemies easily with the
# secret cheater's laser gun
def =~( enemy )
fight( enemy, 2691 )
end
end
It reminds me of the little laser soldiers in Age of Empires.
It allows the Rabbit to laser things to death like this:
r=~ Dragon.new
[You hit with 2181 points of damage!]
[Dragon has died.]
#<Dragon:0x2ac8dc8 @life=-841, @weapon=939, @charisma=1020, @strength=451>
And sometimes like this, which isn't as good for the Rabbit:
r =~ Dragon.new
[You hit with 368 points of damage!]
#<Dragon:0x2abf288 @life=972, @weapon=939, @charisma=1020, @strength=451>
[Your enemy hit with 699 points of damage!]
[Rabbit has died.]
Secondly, I put together this strategy that any Rabbit can use to defeat
DwemthysArray 1.0, without using lasers or anything dodgy like that.
# requires Patrick Hurley's [Quit flogging my dead monsters!] patch
# to DwemthysArray to work properly
class Rabbit
def battle( enemy )
stats = Hash.new(0)
while enemy.life > 0 || self.life <= 0
weapon = if self.life <= 0 then :%
elsif enemy.life % 10 >= 5 then 
elsif bombs and rand < (0.1) then :*
else :^
end
send weapon, enemy
stats[weapon] += 1
end
total = 0
stats.each_pair do |weapon, uses|
puts "[#{ self.class } used #{weapon} #{uses} times]"
total += uses
end
puts "[#{ self.class } attacked a total of #{total} times in that
battle.]"
end
end
Output:
r.battle DwemthysArray.new
....
[Rabbit is too dead to fight!]
[Healthy lettuce gives you 42 life points!!]
[You hit with 1 points of damage!]
[Dragon has died.]
[Whoa. You decimated Dwemthy's Array!]
#<DwemthysArray>
[Quit flogging my dead monsters!]
[Quit flogging my dead monsters!]
[Rabbit used / 79 times]
[Rabbit used % 101007 times]
[Rabbit used * 3 times]
[Rabbit used ^ 89 times]
[Rabbit attacked a total of 101178 times in that battle.]
=> nil
irb(main):012:0> r
=> #<Rabbit:0x2ab9b88 @life=4, @weapon=4, @bombs=2, @charisma=44,
@strength=2>
And finally, I would also propose the following patch, to stop the Rabbit's
ability to eat when he or she is dead, but it makes the game too difficult:
--- rabbit.rb
+++ rabbit.rb
@@ -18,6 +18,10 @@
# lettuce will build your strength and extra ruffage
# will fly in the face of your opponent!!
def %( enemy )
+ if life <= 0
+ puts "[You are beyond the help of the healthy lettuce.]"
+ return
+ end
lettuce = rand( charisma )
puts "[Healthy lettuce gives you #{ lettuce } life points!!]"
@life += lettuce
Happy meta-dungeon-programmeering!
Cheers,
Dave
