""" CHEMIST A math game posing as a chemistry word problem. Ported by Dave LeCompte """ import random MAX_LIVES = 9 def print_with_tab(space_count, msg): if space_count > 0: spaces = " " * space_count else: spaces = "" print(spaces + msg) def play_scenario(): acid_amount = random.randint(1, 50) water_amount = 7 * acid_amount / 3 print(f"{acid_amount} LITERS OF KRYPTOCYANIC ACID. HOW MUCH WATER?") response = float(input()) difference = abs(water_amount - response) acceptable_difference = water_amount / 20 if difference > acceptable_difference: show_failure() return False else: show_success() return True def show_failure(): print(" SIZZLE! YOU HAVE JUST BEEN DESALINATED INTO A BLOB") print(" OF QUIVERING PROTOPLASM!") def show_success(): print(" GOOD JOB! YOU MAY BREATHE NOW, BUT DON'T INHALE THE FUMES!") print() def show_ending(): print(f" YOUR {MAX_LIVES} LIVES ARE USED, BUT YOU WILL BE LONG REMEMBERED FOR") print(" YOUR CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE FIELD OF COMIC BOOK CHEMISTRY.") def main(): print_with_tab(33, "CHEMIST") print_with_tab(15, "CREATIVE COMPUTING MORRISTOWN, NEW JERSEY") print() print() print() print("THE FICTITIOUS CHEMICAL KRYPTOCYANIC ACID CAN ONLY BE") print("DILUTED BY THE RATIO OF 7 PARTS WATER TO 3 PARTS ACID.") print("IF ANY OTHER RATIO IS ATTEMPTED, THE ACID BECOMES UNSTABLE") print("AND SOON EXPLODES. GIVEN THE AMOUNT OF ACID, YOU MUST") print("DECIDE WHO MUCH WATER TO ADD FOR DILUTION. IF YOU MISS") print("YOU FACE THE CONSEQUENCES.") lives_used = 0 while True: success = play_scenario() if not success: lives_used += 1 if lives_used == MAX_LIVES: show_ending() return if __name__ == "__main__": main()