Procedural Attack Strings

#!/usr/bin/env python

"""A random string generator, for 'You hit th bat!' type messages.

Usage: generate_message(enemeyName, weaponName) - returns a string"""

import random

class StringGenerator:
    """A class for generating strings procedurally,
        from many random combinations."""

    messages = [
        "you {attack} with your {weapon}",
        "{preparation} {weapon}, then {attack} with it",
        "{preparation} {weapon}, then {attack}"
        ]

    preparations = [
        "you {adverb} take aim with your",
        "you {adverb} grab for your",
        "you grip your trusty",
        "you steady your"
        ]

    intros = [
        "with little time to prepare",
        "in a blaze of fury",
        "in a blind panic",
        "confident in your abilities",
        "fully aware of the danger",
        "without hesitation",
        "with no mercy",
        "with no remorse",
        "feeling threatened",
        "like a cornered rat",
        "unconcerned by the situation",
        "like a hero",
        "without breaking a sweat"
        ]

    asides = [
        "HUGE SUCCESS",
        "Hooray!",
        "Incredible!",
        "Spectaular!",
        "Ten out of ten!",
        "A textbook move!",
        "You make it look easy!",
        "Amazing!",
        "What a hero!",
        "Ouch!", "Oof!", "I bet that hurt."
        ]

    attacks = [
        "{hit} the {enemy} {adverb} {bodypart}",
        "{adverb} {hit} the {enemy} {bodypart}",
        "{hit} the {enemy} {bodypart} {adverb}",
        "{adverb} {hit} the {enemy}, right {bodypart}",
        "{adverb} leap at the {enemy}, and {hit} it {bodypart}",
        "leap at the {enemy}, and {hit} it {adverb} {bodypart}"
        ]

    bodyparts_singular = [
        "face", "neck", "nose", "mouth", "forehead", "chin", "teeth", "tongue",
        "chest", "belly", "unmentionables", "spine", "back",
        "stomach", "spleen", "heart", "intestines", "bladder"
        ]

    bodyparts_directional = [
        "arm", "elbow", "wrist", "hand", "finger", "thumb",
        "leg", "thigh", "knee", "ankle", "shin", "foot", "toe",
        "eye", "nostril", "ear",
        "nipple", "shoulder", "buttock",
        "lung", "kidney"
        ]

    hit = [
        "stab", "poke", "skewer",
        "slice", "cut",
        "whack", "thwack", "smash", "smack", "wallop", "hit"
        ]

    adverbs = [
        "quickly", "swiftly", "suddenly",
        "angrily", "vengefully", "desperately",
        "joyously", "triumphantly", "courageously",
        "elegantly", "precisely", "calmly", "carefully", "casually",
        "steadily", "slowly", "gradually"
        ]

    def generate_message(self, theEnemy, theWeapon):
        """Generate an attack message string, and return it."""
        message = self.random_message().format( enemy=theEnemy, weapon=theWeapon,
                    attack=self.random_attack(theEnemy), preparation=self.random_preparation() ) + "!"

        # Randomly prefix with an intro
        if random.randint(0,1) == 0:
            message = self.random_intro() + ", " + message

        message = message.capitalize()

        # Randomly add an aside
        if random.randint(0,1) == 0:
            message = message + " " + self.random_aside()

        return message

    def random_message(self):
        """Return a random base message"""
        return random.choice(self.messages)

    def random_attack(self, theEnemy):
        """Returns a random attack clause"""
        return random.choice(self.attacks).format(enemy=theEnemy,
                    hit=self.random_hit(), bodypart=self.random_bodypart(),
                    adverb=self.random_adverb())

    def random_intro(self):
        """Return a random intro"""
        if random.randint(0,2) == 0:
            return self.random_adverb()
        else:
            return random.choice(self.intros)

    def random_aside(self):
        """Return a random aside"""
        return random.choice(self.asides)

    def random_preparation(self):
        """Return a random preparation"""
        return random.choice(self.preparations).format(adverb=self.random_adverb())

    def random_hit(self):
        """Returns a random 'hit' verb"""
        return random.choice(self.hit)

    def random_bodypart(self):
        """Returns a random body part name"""
        option = random.randint(0,2)
        if option == 0:
            return "in the " + random.choice(self.bodyparts_singular)
        elif option == 1:
            return "in the " + random.choice(["left", "right"]) + \
                    " " + random.choice(self.bodyparts_directional)
        else:
            return "between the " + random.choice(self.bodyparts_directional) + "s"

    def random_adverb(self):
        """Return a random adverb"""
        return random.choice(self.adverbs)

# run the main function only if this module is executed as the main script
# (if you import this as a module then nothing is executed)
if __name__=="__main__":
    # call the main function
    s = StringGenerator()
    print "Demonstration: 10 random strings about attacking an orc with a spoon."
    for i in range(10):
        print s.generate_message("orc", "spoon")