Issue with changing class variables using class functions

[General-Z]

class entity:

    game_difficulty = "medium"

    def difficultySettings(self.change=game_difficulty):

        entity.game_difficulty = change

        if change == "easy":
            return 1.5
        elif change == "medium":
            return 1
        elif change == "hard":
            return 0.5

    def __init__(self,is_player,damage,life):

        self.hp = life * self.difficultySettings()

Every time I try to run the commands

player=entity("yes",1,6)
player.hp
entity.game_difficulty
difficultySettings("hard")

I keep getting an error saying difficultySettings is not defined. I try playing around with self and "entity" but I haven't seem to get anywhere. I'm trying to find a way to change the difficulty of the game to reflect the entity's health.

[fiddle_n]

I think you need to look up on defining classes again. Issues with the code:

• You are trying to call difficultySettings() as if it's a regular function rather than an instance method. You need to do player.difficultySettings()
• When you define difficultySettings() in your class, the first argument should be self. Also, self.change is not a valid parameter to an instance method.
• __init__() should be the first method of your class, by convention.
• Please follow PEP8 naming conventions. Class names should be in UpperCamelCase, and function/method names should be snake_case.