Java Scanner

[wheat tree]

Hello. I'm a student and we go to w3schools website to study Java. We stopped at (if else)
I made a battle like simulation? With a scanner. Please tell me what u think about the mess I made. I want to know if I have a future in coding💀

The code is too long so I put it below
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import java.util.Random;
import java.io.*;
import java.util.Scanner; ```
public class Main {
public static void main(String[]args) {
Scanner input = new Scanner(System.in);
Random random = new Random();

    int command;
    // goblin stats
    int goblinhp = 20;
    // player stats
    int playerhp = 30;
    int playerdef = 1;
    int playerattack = random.nextInt(5);

    System.out.println("You approached an innocent Goblin!");
    while (true) {
        // player stats in battle
        playerdef = 1;
        // player attack
        playerattack = random.nextInt(5);
        int playercrit = random.nextInt(9);
       
        // goblin attack
        int goblinattack = random.nextInt(3);
        int bite = 2, slash = 5, stab = 7;
        // hp display
        System.out.println("\nYour Hp:" + playerhp + "\nGoblin Hp:" + goblinhp);
        // fight intro
        System.out.println("\nThe Goblin is terrified");
        // commands list
        System.out.println("\nEnter 1 to Attack \nEnter 2 to Guard \nEnter other numbers to skip your turn");
        System.out.print("\nEnter command:");
        command = input.nextInt();
        // command choice logic
        if (command == 1) {
           if (playerattack <= 0) {
           System.out.println("\nAttack missed!");
           }
           else if (playercrit == 3 && playerattack > 0) {            
           System.out.println("\nYou attacked the the Goblin \nA decisive strike!");
           goblinhp -= playerattack * 2;               
           System.out.println("\nThe Goblin shrieks in pain! \nIt lost " + (playerattack * 2) + " Hit point(s)");
           } ```
           else {
           System.out.println("\nYou attacked the Goblin");
           goblinhp -= playerattack;

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System.out.println("It lost " + playerattack + " Hit point(s)");
} ```
if (goblinhp <= 0) {
System.out.println("\nThe innocent goblin has been brutally murdered");
break;
}
}
else if (command == 2) {
playerdef = 100;
System.out.println("\nYou raised your guard");
}
else {
System.out.println("\nYou skipped your turn");
}
// goblin attack logic
if (bite <= 0 || slash <= 0 || stab <= 0) {
System.out.println("\nGoblin's attack missed!");
}
else if (bite <= playerdef || slash <= playerdef || stab <= playerdef) {
System.out.println("You are too impervious \nDamage negated");
}
else if (goblinattack == 0) {
System.out.println("\nThe goblin used Bite");
playerhp -= (bite - playerdef);
System.out.println("You lost " + (bite - playerdef) + " Hit point(s)!");
}
else if (goblinattack == 1) {
System.out.println("\nThe Goblin used Slash");
playerhp -= (slash - playerdef);
System.out.println("You lost " + (slash - playerdef) + " Hit point(s)!");
}
else {
System.out.println("\nThe Goblin used Stab");
playerhp -= (stab - playerdef);
System.out.println("You lost " + (stab - playerdef) + " Hit point(s)!");
}
// exits if conditions are met otherwise loops
if (playerhp <= 0) {
System.out.println("You have been slain!");
break;
}
else {
continue;
}

        // reserved
    }
}

} ```

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[bold whale]

Well everyone can have a future in coding. And judging by how most of my co-students don’t understand how loops work you might have a bright future even.

[wheat tree]

Thank you really
I needed that

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[cosmic ginkgo]

surprisingly creative and committed. If you feel like making games on a proper minimal system. Try libGDX

You can learn a lot of things by trying out random ideas

Though for your while loop, I would recommend a static int named "stage". Which you can change to connect the game events which you design

using a switch case

for example, if stage is 1, it's on home menu. if it's 2, then it's on settings menu etc etc

inside the while loop can be

switch (stage) {
case 1:
  //show home menu
  break;
case 2:
  //show settings menu
  break;
}

I usually teach this to students who are creating console menus to make it easier to navigate

you can make the stage an array as well. To categories inner stages and outer stages

0, 0 is quit game, 1, 0 is menu. 1, 1 is settings. 2, 0 is gameplay

with an arrayed stage, just put a switch case in another switch case

switch (stage[0]) {
case 1:
  //show home menu
  switch (stage[1]) {
  case 0:
    break;
  }
  break;
case 2:
  //show settings menu
  break;
}

@wheat tree

Using too many if else statements is a sign that you can design it better