added simple item spawn and detection proof of concept

dotd.js

@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ const fs = require("fs");
 const dungeonFile = "dungeonfile.txt";
 const gameFile = "gamefile.txt";
 const dateFile = "datefile.txt";
+const itemsFile = "itemsfile.txt";
 
 //globals
 const width = 20;
@@ -22,6 +23,16 @@ let player = {"position": {
   "movedToday": false
 };
 
+
+ var nonKittenItems = [
+    "\"50 Years Among the Non-Kitten Items\", by Ann Droyd.",
+	"\"Blup, blup, blup\", says the mud pot.",
+	"\"Dear robot, you may have already won our 10 MILLION DOLLAR prize...\"",
+	"\"I pity the fool who mistakes me for kitten!\", sez Mr. T.",
+	"\"Kibo was here\"",
+ ]
+console.log(nonKittenItems[4])
+
 let parseArgs = () => {
   if (argv.new){
     console.log('new game');
@@ -31,9 +42,10 @@ let parseArgs = () => {
     createItems();
   } else {
         loadDungeon();
-        //loadItems();
+        loadItems();
         loadPlayer();
         movePlayer();
+        checkCollision();
   }
 }
 
@@ -51,6 +63,13 @@ let loadDungeon = () => {
   }
 }
 
+let loadItems = () => {
+  const itemsStr = fs.readFileSync(itemsFile, 'utf8')
+
+  roomItems = JSON.parse(itemsStr)
+  console.log(roomItems);
+}
+
 let loadPlayer = () => {
   const playerFile = fs.readFileSync(gameFile,'utf8')
 
@@ -61,7 +80,7 @@ let movePlayer = () => {
   //if moving
   if (argv.r || argv.right || argv.l || argv.left || argv.u || argv.up || argv.d || argv.down) { //check to see if moving first
 
-    if(!player.movedToday){ //check to see if player did not move yet
+//    if(!player.movedToday){ //check to see if player did not move yet
 
       if (argv.r || argv.right){
 	if (player.position.x < width-1){
@@ -96,8 +115,18 @@ let movePlayer = () => {
 	  console.log("can't go that way");
 	}
       }
-    }  else { //you already moved
-       console.log("already moved today");
+    //}  else { //you already moved
+     //  console.log("already moved today");
+    //}
+  }
+
+}
+
+let checkCollision = () => {
+  
+  for (let i = 0; i < roomItems.length; i++){
+    if ((player.position.x == roomItems[i].position.x) && (player.position.y == roomItems[i].position.y)){
+      console.log("you collided with "+roomItems[i].name);
     }
   }
 
@@ -289,12 +318,20 @@ let drawDungeon = dungeonStr => {
 }
 
 let writeToFile = dungeonStr => {     //save to disk
+
+  //write board to file, although it's all empty save for .....dots
   fs.writeFileSync(dungeonFile, dungeonStr); 
 
+  //save player info to file
   let playerData = JSON.stringify(player);
   fs.writeFileSync(gameFile, playerData); 
 
+  //write dates to dateFile
   fs.appendFileSync(dateFile, today+'\n'); 
+
+  //write items in current dungeon to file
+  let itemsData = JSON.stringify(roomItems);
+  fs.writeFileSync(itemsFile, itemsData);
 }
 
 let checkDay = () => {
@@ -307,6 +344,7 @@ let checkDay = () => {
 
   console.log("Today: "+today);
 
+//TURN OFF RESTRICTION
   if (lastDay === today){
     //console.log('already moved today');
   } else {