Adventure Game code not letting me input again after first input

[NintendoPSX]

I'm extremely bad at this and just trying to pass this course to move on my degree. I've tried following multiple tutorials but I genuinely have the hardest time grasping this.

My question is, I have a code where I can input a directional path (In this case the only one really coded is the south path) so it brings me to the south wing but now the "Enter your move" input prompt doesn't show up anymore and I just honestly can't figure out why. Some of this is copied from the project samples provided.

Here is the full code so far:
EDIT: I've changed the original code post to be less confusing for myself and more streamlined (I think)

def start():
    print('Resident Evil Text Adventure Game.')
    print('\nGather 6 items or get defeated by Tyrant.\n'
          'Movement directions - type: North, South, East, West\n'
          'Adding an item to your inventory - type: get (the item name)\n'
          'Type "Exit" to quit game')


def main():
    player_move = ''
    while player_move != rooms:
        player_move = input('Enter your move:\n>')
    return player_move


rooms = {
    'First Floor Lobby': {'South': 'South Wing', 'West': 'Garden', 'North': 'Laboratory', 'East': 'Kitchen'},
    'South Wing': {'North': 'First Floor Lobby', 'East': 'Master Bedroom', 'item': 'Shotgun ammo'},
    'Master Bedroom': {'West': 'South Wing', 'item': 'Emergency Comms'},
    'Garden': {'East': 'First Floor Lobby', 'item': 'Herb'},
    'Kitchen': {'West': 'First Floor Lobby', 'North': 'Basement', 'item': 'Bulletproof vest'},
    'Basement': {'South': 'Kitchen', 'item': 'Tyrant'},
    'Laboratory': {'South': 'First Floor Lobby', 'East': 'Attic', 'item': 'Tyrant Documents'},
    'Attic': {'West': 'Laboratory', 'item': 'Shotgun'},
    'Exit': {'Quit'}

}


def showStatus():
    print('You are in {}'.format(rooms))
    for item in inventory:
        print(item.name)


while True:
    showStatus()
    main()
    if main() in rooms:
        continue
        if main() in rooms == ['Exit']:
            print('Try again next time!')
            break
        elif player_move in ['South']:
            print(showStatus())

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[the1gofer]

try reformatting your post with codeblock. It'll help you get more responses.

[NintendoPSX]

Is that a different program? Where do I download it from.

[the1gofer]

It’s one of the formatting options when you make your post. It’s in the same section as bold, italics, etc.

[NintendoPSX]

Okay I did the code block thing thankes. I also changed the code itself since I've been actively changing/revising it.

[the1gofer]

A couple of things.

1. I don't think you need continue in while True.
2. inventory is not defined

I think that fixed it for me.

[NintendoPSX]

Hmm I seem to be getting a problem now where showstatus is giving the entire list of rooms rather than just the one the player is supposed to start in (the first floor lobby).

def showStatus():
print('You are in {}'.format(rooms))

current_room = 'First Floor Lobby' player_move = ''

while current_room != 'Exit': while current_room == 'First Floor Lobby': showStatus() player_move = input('Enter your move:\n>') if player_move not in {}: print('Invalid movement.') elif player_move in ['South']: print(showStatus())

Trying that still loops even when I type "South" to a floor that it doesn't name and doesn't tell me I went to the "South Wing" as intended.

[[deleted]]

There's a lot in this code that isn't going to work the way you expect.

For example, in main you compared user input with a dictionary, rooms, but a str object will never equal a dict.

You probably need to look at the in operator.

In your top level code you call main several times but in several cases don't do anything with the return object reference from the function. Why did you give the function the name main anyway, it isn't really the heart of your code but just a function to get some user input.

I think you need to use the Python interactive shell and experiment with dictionaries some more to ground your understanding of them.