Experience / Leveling system

[nskins]

There should be a system for the player gaining experience and leveling up stats. Perhaps, in general, entities will be assigned a level depending on the total of the stats?

One possible solution for the player is a class system. The player's class would contain the following:

1. A function that defines the amount of experience needed to reach a level. Traditionally, such a function would be exponential.
2. An array of hash objects (like Equippable's stat_change) that define the change in stats at each level. Alternatively, a linear progression would be simpler but more limiting.
3. Other neat things.

To be continued...

Send pull requests to the level-system branch.

[mjvcallibrity]

Some other thoughts on how this might be implemented.

Somewhere in the code a constant could be defined that describes the various level tiers. EXPERIENCE_LEVELS = {1: 100, 2: 500, 3: 1200, 4: 2500, etc., etc.}

Then you could keep a running tally of experience points and run checks when trying to purchase a weapon, or perform some sort of action to see if the player's current level is greater than or equal to the level necessary to own a weapon or perform a specific action.

Also, when a player fights a monster and wins, exp goes up, but if player flees or dies, they lose exp. This way a player's level could stay fluid throughout the game.

Just some thoughts. I'm still familiarizing myself with goby and how all its parts work together.

[jrambold]

Hi I saw the help wanted tag on this and thought I'd try a hand at how this could be implemented. I'll probably have some questions about the range of stat increases going through.

[nskins]

See #139.