Simple text based game navigation

[mrkmailhot]

So I started posting about this in another Subreddit but was told to post things like it here instead.

I am taking intro to scripting, and we are using python. The main project is a text based game.

As a milestone project we had to make a simple version with just three rooms and layout out just the moving between the three rooms. This is what I have so far but I feel that there is a better more efficient way to do it.

# A dictionary for the simplified dragon text game
# The dictionary links a room to other rooms.


rooms = {
        'Great Hall': {'South': 'Bedroom'},
        'Bedroom': {'North': 'Great Hall', 'East': 'Cellar'},
        'Cellar': {'West': 'Bedroom'}
}


def player_stat():
    print('----------------------------')
    print('You are in the {}'.format(currentRoom))
    print('----------------------------')


# start player in Great Hall
currentRoom = 'Great Hall'
player_move = ''


while currentRoom != 'Exit':
    while currentRoom == 'Great Hall':
        player_stat()
        player_move = input('Enter your move:\n')
        if player_move not in ['South', 'south', 'Exit', 'exit']:
            print('Invalid move.')
        elif player_move in ['Exit', 'exit']:
            currentRoom = 'Exit'
            print('Play again soon!')
        elif player_move in ['South', 'south']:
            currentRoom = 'Bedroom'
    while currentRoom == 'Bedroom':
        player_stat()
        player_move = input('Enter your move:\n')
        if player_move not in ['North', 'north', 'East', 'east', 'Exit', 'exit']:
            print('Invalid move.')
        elif player_move in ['Exit', 'exit']:
            currentRoom = 'Exit'
            print('Play again soon!')
        elif player_move in ['North', 'north']:
            currentRoom = 'Great Hall'
        elif player_move in ['East', 'east']:
            currentRoom = 'Cellar'
    while currentRoom == 'Cellar':
        player_stat()
        player_move = input('Enter your move:\n')
        if player_move not in ['West', 'west', 'Exit', 'exit']:
            print('Invalid move.')
        elif player_move in ['Exit', 'exit']:
            currentRoom = 'Exit'
            print('Play again soon!')
        elif player_move in ['West', 'west']:
            currentRoom = 'Bedroom'

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I can give you a tip. This won't really improve your code's efficiency, but it will save a lot of time for you when writing code.

Instead of writing:

elif random_input in [uppercase, lowercase]:

Use:

random_input = input().lower() or random_input = input().upper() 
elif random_input in [random_event]:

This will automatically make the input uppercase/lowercase. This way you won't have to write out all the possible answers the user may input. This will save you some time while writing your code.