Soon, the kitchen will transform into a full-blown Christmas cookie–baking headquarters, and I honestly can’t wait. Baking cookies is one of my favorite parts of the season – the smells, the warmth, the little moments of taste-testing. Lots of taste-testing. But before I get to dive into all of that, the kitchen will first shift into pie-baking mode. I enjoy baking pies, too, of course, but they’ll always come in second place to cookies. I also get to bake dinner rolls for Thanksgiving.
It’s supposed to rain today, and honestly, the sky looks like it’s been threatening to open up for hours. The clouds are heavy and gray, the kind that make everything feel a little quieter and slower. But despite how much it looks like a downpour is seconds away, it’s still completely dry out there.
We need to keep an eye on the weather because Merlin is outside, and we’ll have to bring him in once the rain starts. He loves being outdoors so much that I’m letting him enjoy it for as long as he can—right up until the first drops start falling.
I don’t have much to write about today. After all the chaos yesterday, it’s actually kind of nice to have a quiet, uneventful day. I’m trying to soak it in while it lasts. I do have my cardiologist appointment tomorrow at noon, but it shouldn’t take too long. We shouldn’t be out for more than a little bit, so I’m hoping the rest of the day stays calm, too.
My whole body is sore from working out. It’s that deep, achy feeling that reminds me I actually pushed myself – not painful in a bad way, just enough to know the muscles are waking back up. It’s uncomfortable, but also kind of satisfying, like proof that I showed up and put in the effort. Still, I often need extra motivation to work out. I have a hard time sometimes getting myself up and actually starting the exercise.
I’m going to make myself a cup of hot tea and settle in to watch some cybersecurity videos. The sky’s getting darker, and I’m pretty sure the rain is on its way too.
Here’s the latest on my code:
let xp = 0;
let health = 100;
let gold = 50;
let currentWeaponIndex = 0;
let fighting;
let monsterHealth;
let inventory = ["stick"];
const button1 = document.querySelector('#button1');
const button2 = document.querySelector("#button2");
const button3 = document.querySelector("#button3");
const text = document.querySelector("#text");
const xpText = document.querySelector("#xpText");
const healthText = document.querySelector("#healthText");
const goldText = document.querySelector("#goldText");
const monsterStats = document.querySelector("#monsterStats");
const monsterName = document.querySelector("#monsterName");
const monsterHealthText = document.querySelector("#monsterHealth");
const weapons = [
{ name: 'stick', power: 5 },
{ name: 'dagger', power: 30 },
{ name: 'claw hammer', power: 50 },
{ name: 'sword', power: 100 }
];
const monsters = [
{
name: "slime",
level: 2,
health: 15
},
{
name: "fanged beast",
level: 8,
health: 60
},
{
name: "dragon",
level: 20,
health: 300
}
]
const locations = [
{
name: "town square",
"button text": ["Go to store", "Go to cave", "Fight dragon"],
"button functions": [goStore, goCave, fightDragon],
text: "You are in the town square. You see a sign that says \"Store\"."
},
{
name: "store",
"button text": ["Buy 10 health (10 gold)", "Buy weapon (30 gold)", "Go to town square"],
"button functions": [buyHealth, buyWeapon, goTown],
text: "You enter the store."
},
{
name: "cave",
"button text": ["Fight slime", "Fight fanged beast", "Go to town square"],
"button functions": [fightSlime, fightBeast, goTown],
text: "You enter the cave. You see some monsters."
},
{
name: "fight",
"button text": ["Attack", "Dodge", "Run"],
"button functions": [attack, dodge, goTown],
text: "You are fighting a monster."
},
{
name: "kill monster",
"button text": ["Go to town square", "Go to town square", "Go to town square"],
"button functions": [goTown, goTown, goTown],
text: 'The monster screams "Arg!" as it dies. You gain experience points and find gold.'
},
{
name: "lose",
"button text": ["REPLAY?", "REPLAY?", "REPLAY?"],
"button functions": [restart, restart, restart],
text: "You die. ☠"
},
{
name: "win",
"button text": ["REPLAY?", "REPLAY?", "REPLAY?"],
"button functions": [restart, restart, restart],
text: "You defeat the dragon! YOU WIN THE GAME! 🎉"
},
{
name: "easter egg",
"button text": ["2", "8", "Go to town square?"],
"button functions": [pickTwo, pickEight, goTown],
text: "You find a secret game. Pick a number above. Ten numbers will be randomly chosen between 0 and 10. If the number you choose matches one of the random numbers, you win!"
}
];
// initialize buttons
button1.onclick = goStore;
button2.onclick = goCave;
button3.onclick = fightDragon;
function update(location) {
monsterStats.style.display = "none";
button1.innerText = location["button text"][0];
button2.innerText = location["button text"][1];
button3.innerText = location["button text"][2];
button1.onclick = location["button functions"][0];
button2.onclick = location["button functions"][1];
button3.onclick = location["button functions"][2];
text.innerHTML = location.text;
}
function goTown() {
update(locations[0]);
}
function goStore() {
update(locations[1]);
}
function goCave() {
update(locations[2]);
}
function buyHealth() {
if (gold >= 10) {
gold -= 10;
health += 10;
goldText.innerText = gold;
healthText.innerText = health;
} else {
text.innerText = "You do not have enough gold to buy health.";
}
}
function buyWeapon() {
if (currentWeaponIndex < weapons.length - 1) {
if (gold >= 30) {
gold -= 30;
currentWeaponIndex++;
goldText.innerText = gold;
let newWeapon = weapons[currentWeaponIndex].name;
text.innerText = "You now have a " + newWeapon + ".";
inventory.push(newWeapon);
text.innerText += " In your inventory you have: " + inventory;
} else {
text.innerText = "You do not have enough gold to buy a weapon.";
}
} else {
text.innerText = "You already have the most powerful weapon!";
button2.innerText = "Sell weapon for 15 gold";
button2.onclick = sellWeapon;
}
}
function sellWeapon() {
if (inventory.length > 1) {
gold += 15;
goldText.innerText = gold;
let currentWeapon = inventory.shift();
text.innerText = "You sold a " + currentWeapon + ".";
text.innerText += " In your inventory you have: " + inventory;
} else {
text.innerText = "Don't sell your only weapon!";
}
}
function fightSlime() {
fighting = 0;
goFight();
}
function fightBeast() {
fighting = 1;
goFight();
}
function fightDragon() {
fighting = 2;
goFight();
}
function goFight() {
update(locations[3]);
monsterHealth = monsters[fighting].health;
monsterStats.style.display = "block";
monsterName.innerText = monsters[fighting].name;
monsterHealthText.innerText = monsterHealth;
}
function attack() {
text.innerText = "The " + monsters[fighting].name + " attacks.";
text.innerText += " You attack it with your " + weapons[currentWeaponIndex].name + ".";
health -= getMonsterAttackValue(monsters[fighting].level);
if (isMonsterHit()) {
monsterHealth -= weapons[currentWeaponIndex].power + Math.floor(Math.random() * xp) + 1;
} else {
text.innerText += " You miss.";
}
healthText.innerText = health;
monsterHealthText.innerText = monsterHealth;
if (health <= 0) {
lose();
} else if (monsterHealth <= 0) {
if (fighting === 2) {
winGame();
} else {
defeatMonster();
}
}
if (Math.random() <= .1 && inventory.length !== 1) {
text.innerText += " Your " + inventory.pop() + " breaks.";
currentWeaponIndex--;
}
}
function getMonsterAttackValue(level) {
const hit = (level * 5) - (Math.floor(Math.random() * xp));
console.log(hit);
return hit > 0 ? hit : 0;
}
function isMonsterHit() {
return Math.random() > .2 || health < 20;
}
function dodge() {
text.innerText = "You dodge the attack from the " + monsters[fighting].name;
}
function defeatMonster() {
gold += Math.floor(monsters[fighting].level * 6.7);
xp += monsters[fighting].level;
goldText.innerText = gold;
xpText.innerText = xp;
update(locations[4]);
}
function lose() {
update(locations[5]);
}
function winGame() {
update(locations[6]);
}
function restart() {
xp = 0;
health = 100;
gold = 50;
currentWeaponIndex = 0;
inventory = ["stick"];
goldText.innerText = gold;
healthText.innerText = health;
xpText.innerText = xp;
goTown();
}
function easterEgg() {
update(locations[7]);
}
function pickTwo() {
pick(2);
}
function pickEight() {
pick(8);
}
