One should be able to type 'save' and the game data will be saved to file. It should then be loaded automatically on normal startup.
Create two functions in lib/util.rb:
save_game(Player): this function will generate the JSON representation of the argument and write it to a file (since it's simple for now, just name it player.txt, I guess).
load_game: this function reads the file player.txt and parses the JSON into a Player object. It then returns the new player object to the function from which it was called.
There will be a little more work required for the automatic loading (lib/main.rb) and for the new default command 'save' (lib/world_command.rb). Also, just since I'm thinking of it, try to see if there's any way to detect faulty data that doesn't parse correctly during load_game. If this happens, catch the error, return nil, and then, in lib/main.rb, create the default player data (which is specified by the programmer).
EDIT: If you have any other ideas about the implementation, feel free to pursue them.
One should be able to type 'save' and the game data will be saved to file. It should then be loaded automatically on normal startup.
Create two functions in lib/util.rb:
save_game(Player): this function will generate the JSON representation of the argument and write it to a file (since it's simple for now, just name itplayer.txt, I guess).load_game: this function reads the fileplayer.txtand parses the JSON into aPlayerobject. It then returns the new player object to the function from which it was called.JSON: http://ruby-doc.org/stdlib-2.0.0/libdoc/json/rdoc/JSON.html Files: https://ruby-doc.org/core-2.2.0/File.html
There will be a little more work required for the automatic loading (lib/main.rb) and for the new default command 'save' (lib/world_command.rb). Also, just since I'm thinking of it, try to see if there's any way to detect faulty data that doesn't parse correctly during
load_game. If this happens, catch the error, return nil, and then, in lib/main.rb, create the default player data (which is specified by the programmer).EDIT: If you have any other ideas about the implementation, feel free to pursue them.