Version 119 of Game kingdom of strategy

Game kingdom of Strategy

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Here is some starter code for Game kingdom of Strategy. There is a post on wiki asking for a TCL version of a text and strategy game, originally in basic language. See Ideas for Projects in Tcl/Tk I am trying to find out the status of the old game. A strategy game can be cobbled from older scraps of Iching code. Using the Iching code, this page presents a trial console version for testing the concept, a console version, and a canvas version with some graphics, The Iching has a good handle on the actions of an ancient kingdom, though in a random scattered pattern. The elements in most adventure games are random generators, castles, tiled game boards, mazes, wildcards, gamepieces, and strategy situation.

The canvas and buttons presented here are largely based on the Simple Canvas Demo by HJG. The random pick algorithm was posted by Suchenworth RS on Horseracing in Tcl. Another source of randomness was A funny cookbook.

In pseudocode, the text adventure game is essentially a three line program in the old style unix wish. In etcl and windows, some buffering may be necessary. One display for response and one display for input would be easier in windows.

    1) puts stdout "Please enter your name:"
    2) gets stdin name
    3) puts stdout "Hello $name"
    pseudocode.The user is directed into various possibilities. 
    2) 3) and 4) are looped.
    console show  
    1)puts stdout "Please enter your name:"
    2)gets stdin   
    pseudocode: analyze name and internal-references
    pseudocode : set random situation.
    pseudocode : game closes after 5 trials or 5 situations.
    3) puts stdout "action $name"
    4) pseudocode. return to 2) stdin

In the trial deck for console, the advisor would present the situation and the king's responses would have to be a table of abbreviated commands, like buy 200 , sell 300 , . Otherwise, there would be a lot difficult parsing, like the human language command of computers. The trial deck could call the procedure "advisor" to present the situation derived from random circumstances. The trial deck could call the procedure "king", so the command on the console window would be king sell 20 or king buy 50. This have the advantage of looking as a typical English sentence: subject verb object. In a loop, the king procedure calls on the advisor procedure, which presents a new situation. The king wins or loses based on his responses to the random situation. The game can be closed after a certain number of situation trials by a limiting statement in the advisor procedure. The major subroutines or procedures were diagramed with TKpaint in the flowchart below. Those interested in flowcharting programs should be able to load the flowchart file into TKpaint or else load the file into eTCL with a few canvas display statements.

  session   from trial console script
    buy or sell, my lord? 
    starts with 1000 units 
    answer has form:  king buy 20 or king sell 30  
   1% king buy 20
    decision was buy 20, total was 1020.0 

   advisor:  new situation 
   need 10 liters of grain.
   need 60 hectares of land.
   predict rain.
   subjects from census 5000. 

    advisor: buy or sell, my lord? 
    2% king sell 500
    decision was sell 500, total was 520.0 

    advisor:  new situation 
   need 10 liters of grain.
   need 100 hectares of land.
   predict cold.
   subjects from census 3000. 

     advisor: buy or sell, my lord?

canvas button operation

So the order of button actions should be:

     push castle
     push situation, read advisors' comment
     type in king's responce in upper entry field
     push console
     push record, should see record of play on console.
     %quit day job
     %{advisor:buy or sell, my lord?} {king:get lost}
         note: pass or veto should be option
     clear to resume play

Commands from the king on the eTCL console or commands in the king entry field (canvas) vary on versions, but here are some samples.

      initial land is 1000 barleyfields
      initial barley is 1000 measures
      king buy 22
      king sell 100
       else 
      king buy 100 land
      king sell 33 land
      king buy 222 barley
      king sell 33 barley
    conditions for winner are very liberal.
    pseudocode: game is halted after 5 trials, count > 5,
    and estimate if (winner) conditions prevail.
    pseudocode:  if barleyfields > 500 , winner declared
    pseudocode:  if barley  > 500 winner declared
    pseudocode:  clear resets counter to zero
    pseudocode:  clear zeros king & advisor entry fields, 
    pseudocode:  & zeros canvas

Note. On 27Jul2010, there was a challenge posted on converting Hamurabi.bas to "modern" computer language. The turn-around from other languages (not me!) is fairly impressive. There was a Lua program posted on 28Jul2010, Java on 28Jul2010, common Lisp program on 31Jul210, and Factor program by 3Aug2010. The original basic code was fairly terse, so there has been some real hoofing on the contributions. As a fortran programmer, I remember basic envy on the basic string addition, let it$ = "be"+"so"

Followup note: I was able to compile this TCL game on the freewrap TCL compiler for the pc. I've about reached the limit without some feedback. Also, I found a Facebook game called Farmville, with some similar features.

Note: Quite possible to add the Eliza namespace to the game. This will get some context sensitive analysis/quirks into the game. Refer to A simple version of Eliza.

      Console:  king sell 11 barley 
     1% ::Talk::replyto { barley }
      advisor says : Shall we continue? 
     2% ::Talk::replyto { king sell barley }
       advisor says worried about total  barleyfields. ? 
     3% ::Talk::replyto { king sell 11 barley }
       advisor says : worried about total barleyfields. ? 
     4% king sell 11 barley
     decision was sell 11, total was   land 1000, barley 989.0

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appendix TCL programs

    #  pretty print autoindent from ased editor
    #  trial console operation    
    # written on Windows XP on eTCL
    # working under TCL version 8.5.6 and eTCL 1.0.1
    # gold on TCL WIKI , 1Aug2010   
    console show
    proc ? L {
        lindex $L [expr {int(rand()*[llength $L])}]
    }
    if 0 {This is used several times in:}
    proc tidings {} {
        set a {
            {70 liters of grains} {20 liters of grain} {10 liters of grain}
            {10 liters of grain} {50 liters of grain}
        }
        set b {
            {400 hectares of land} {60 hectares of land} {50 hectares of land}
            {100 hectares of land} {20 hectares of land}
        }
        set c {rain dry heat cold drought  snow }
        set d {
            {census 1000} {census 3000} {census 2000} {census 5000} {census 8000} {census 4000}
        }
        return "   need [? $a].
        need [? $b].
        predict [? $c].
        subjects from [? $d]. \n"
    }
    set sumit 1000
    proc advisorx {aa bb} {
        puts " "
        puts "advisor:  new situation "
        puts [ tidings ]
        puts "advisor: buy or sell, my lord? "

    }
    proc king { aa bb } {
        global sumit
        if { $aa == "buy" } {set token [ expr { 1.* $bb } ] }
        if { $aa == "sell" } {set token [ expr { -1.* $bb } ] }
        set sumit [ expr { $sumit + $token } ]
        puts " decision was $aa $bb, total was $sumit "
        advisorx 50 50
    }
    puts [ tidings ]
    puts "buy or sell, my lord? "
    puts " starts with 1000 units "
    puts "answer has form:  king buy 20 or king sell 30  "

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FIRST VERSION

        #start of deck  
        #start of deck


 #:by gold,   Game kingdom of strategy

 # written on Windowws XP on eTCL
     # working under TCL version 8.5.6 and eTCL 1.0.1
     # gold on TCL WIKI , 1Aug2010

  
  package require Tk
     
       proc ? L {
       lindex $L [expr {int(rand()*[llength $L])}]
       }
       if 0 {This is used several times in:}
     proc tidings {} {
   set a {
     {70 measures of barleys} {20 measures of barley} {10 measures of barley}
     {10 measures of barley} {50 measures of barley}
   }
   set b {
     {400 barleyfields of land} {60 barleyfields of land} {50 barleyfields of land}
     {100 barleyfields of land} {20 barleyfields of land}
   }
   set c {rain dry heat cold drought  snow }
   set d {
      {census 99} {census 100} {census 120} {census 110} {census 120} {census 80}
   }
   return "   need [? $a].
   need [? $b].
   predict [? $c].
   subjects from [? $d].  
   ans.form:king buy 20 land  \n                         "
     }
      proc lpick L {lindex $L [expr int(rand()*[llength $L])];}
    #proc poly args {eval .cv create polygon $args}
    set lister { 5 5 6 6 6 6 6 6 7 7 7 7 8 8 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 }
    proc transnumber {lister} {
     set choutext [list ]
    foreach item $lister {
    if { $item == 1 } {lappend choutext \u4E00}
    if { $item == 5 } {lappend choutext \u3024}
    if { $item == 6 } {lappend choutext \u4E00}
    if { $item == 7 } {lappend choutext \u4E00}
    if { $item == 8 } {lappend choutext \u3024}
    if { $item >= 9 } {lappend choutext ? }
    }
    return $choutext}
    proc advisorcom {lister} {
     set choutext [list ]
    foreach item $lister {
    if { $item == 1 } {lappend choutext "second rate" }
    if { $item == 2 } {lappend choutext "fifth rate" }
    if { $item == 3 } {lappend choutext "performance comparable to bonzo" }
    if { $item == 4 } {lappend choutext "fourth rate" }
    if { $item == 5 } {lappend choutext "no bread left" }
    if { $item == 6 } {lappend choutext "surving inhabitants have fled" }
    if { $item == 7 } {lappend choutext "third rate" }
    if { $item == 8 } {lappend choutext "lacking any sense" }
    if { $item >= 9 } {lappend choutext ? }
    }
    return $choutext}  
  set loser5 0
  set counter 0
  set sumit 1000
  set sumitland 1000
  set sumitbarley 1000
  proc winnerx {aa bb} {
  global sumit sumitland sumitbarley
  global sumarians liters winner5
  global loser5
  puts "   end of game  "
  .zzz delete 0 end
  .xxx delete 0 end
  .t delete 1.0 end
  .t insert 1.0 "  end of game  "
  .zzz insert 0 "  end of game  "
  .xxx insert 0 "  end of game  "
   if { $sumarians >= 120 } {
  .zzz insert 0 " king is winner declared "
  .xxx insert 0 " king is winner declared "
  .t insert 1.0 " king is winner declared "
   puts " king is winner declared "
   set winner5 1
  }
   if { $sumitland >= 700 } {
  .zzz insert 0 "king is winner declared"
  .xxx insert 0 "king is winner declared"
   .t insert 1.0 "king is winner declared"
   puts "king is winner declared"
   set winner5 1
  }
  
  if { $sumarians <= 40 } {
  .zzz insert 0 "loser declared"
  .xxx insert 0 "loser declared"
   .t insert 1.0 "loser declared"
   puts "loser declared"
    set loser5 1
  }

   if { $sumitbarley <= 300 } {
  .zzz insert 0 "loser declared"
  .xxx insert 0 "loser declared"
   .t insert 1.0 "loser declared"
   puts "loser declared"
  set loser5 1
  }
  }
  proc advisorx {aa bb} {
     global counter
  if { $counter >= 5 } {winnerx $aa $bb }
  .t delete 1.0 end  
   puts " "
   puts "advisor:  new situation " 
   if { $counter <= 6 } { 
     .t insert 1.0 [ tidings ]
   .zzz delete  0 end  
   set bl "               "
     .zzz insert  end "advisor:buy or sell, my lord? $bl \(for year $counter \)"
    } 
  
    if { $counter >= 6 } { 
     .t delete 1.0 end } 

  
   puts  [.t get 1.0 end ]
   puts "advisor: buy or sell, my lord? \(for year $counter \) "
   incr counter
  }

   
 set sumarians  100

  proc calculation { aa bb cc dd ee } {
  global counter fieldsdisplay
  global  sumitland sumitbarley 
  global  buyland  buybarley sumarians
  set annum    0               
  set provisions    1000        
  set liters 5000   
  set land    1000      
  set barleyfields   1000
  set landprice 26
  set litersperacre  3 
  set totalmortality   10
  set mortalrateer  10 
  set ratliters 1
  set citymortal 5
  set landfraction .1
  set sumariansgain 5
  set produce 4
  set buyland 1
  set buybarley 1
  set plaguethisyear 0
  set ratinfestthisyear 0
  set famineyear 0
  set immigrantyear 0
  set fieldsdisplay 20
  if { [ expr { rand() } ] <= .15 } {set immigrantyear  1 }
  if { [ expr { rand() } ] <= .15 } {set plaguethisyear 1 }
  if { [ expr { rand() } ] <= .41 } {set ratinfestthisyear 1 }
  set ratliters  [ expr { $liters*.1*rand()   } ]
  set ratliters [ expr { int($ratliters) } ]
  set sumariansstarved [ expr { $sumarians*.02*rand()   } ]
  set landfraction  [ expr {   rand() } ] 
  if { $immigrantyear == 1 } {
  set sumariansgain   [ expr {  $sumarians  * .05 } ] } 
  set sumariansgain   [ expr {  int($sumariansgain) } ] 
  set sumarians [ expr { $sumarians + $sumariansgain   } ]
  set produce [ expr {  $land * 3 } ]
  set landprice [ lpick { 26 25 24 23 22 21 20 19 18 17 16 } ] 
  set landprice [ expr { int($landprice) } ] 
  set liters $sumitbarley
  set liters [ expr {  $liters + $sumitland*.8 } ]
  set liters [ expr {  $liters - $landprice* $buyland } ]
  set liters [ expr {  $liters - $sumarians* 7 } ] 
  set liters [ expr {  $liters - $liters*.1*$ratinfestthisyear } ] 
  set liters [ expr { int($liters) } ] 
  set foodrequire [ expr {$sumarians*7 }]
  if {   $liters <= $foodrequire   } {
  set sumariansstarved [expr {$sumarians*.2  } ] 
  set famineyear 1                                              }
  set sumariansstarved [ expr { int($sumariansstarved)  } ]
  set sumitbarley $liters
  set sumitland  [ expr { int($sumitland)  } ]
  set sumarians  [ expr { $sumarians + $sumarians*.1 -$sumariansstarved} ] 
  set sumarians  [ expr { $sumarians - $sumarians*.5*$plaguethisyear } ] 
  set sumarians [ expr { int($sumarians) } ]
  set percentfields [ expr { ($sumitland/1000.)*100.   } ]
  set percentfields [ expr { int($percentfields) } ]
  set fieldsdisplay [ expr { 35*$percentfields*.01 } ]
   set fieldsdisplay [ expr {int($fieldsdisplay)  } ]
  if {  $fieldsdisplay <= 1   } { set fieldsdisplay 1 }
  if {  $fieldsdisplay >= 35   } { set fieldsdisplay 35 }
  .cv delete landbarley
  barley .cv $fieldsdisplay
  puts  "annum $counter "
  puts  "$plaguethisyear plague this year,  0 or 1. "
  puts  "$ratinfestthisyear rats infest  this year,  0 or 1."
  puts "$percentfields percent fields "
  puts " $fieldsdisplay  fieldsdisplay "
  puts "$sumariansstarved sumarians starved"
  puts "$sumariansgain immigrated to city."
  puts "census $sumarians  "
  puts "total  $sumitland barleyfields."
  puts "yielded 3 measures per barleyfield"
  puts "rats devoured $ratliters measures."
  puts  "$liters  measures in palace."
  puts "land $landprice measures per barleyfield"
  puts "how many barleyfields do you wish to buy?" 
  set listx  "
       annum $counter,   $liters  measures   
       census $sumarians,  $sumitland barleyfields.   
       $landprice landprice measures
      $plaguethisyear plague this year,  0 or 1. 
      $famineyear  famineyear ,0 or 1
       $ratinfestthisyear rats infest  this year,  0 or 1. 
      $sumariansstarved sumarians starved 
      $sumariansgain immigrated to city. 
      census $sumarians   
      total  $sumitland barleyfields. 
      yielded 3 measures per barleyfield 
      rats devoured $ratliters measures. 
       $liters  measures in palace. 
      land $landprice measures per barleyfield "
      return " $listx "


  }

  
  proc king { aa bb cc} {
  global  sumitland sumitbarley 
  global buyland buybarley
  global counter
  if { $aa == "buy" } {set token [ expr { 1.* $bb } ] }
  if { $aa == "sell" } {set token [ expr { -1.* $bb } ] }
  if { $cc == "land" } { set sumitland [ expr { $sumitland + $token } ] }
  if { $cc == "barley" } { set sumitbarley [ expr { $sumitbarley + $token } ] }
  if { $cc == "land" } { set buyland  $token  }
  if { $cc == "barley" } { set buybarley  $token  }
  puts " decision was $aa $bb, total was  land $sumitland, barley $sumitbarley "
  puts " advisor says   [ advisorcom [ lpick { 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 }]]   "
  
  advisorx 50 50

  
  }
    set listx [ transnumber $lister ]
    proc tactics  {w} {
    global listx
    set yy 100
    set font3 {Hevetica 20}
    set font5 {Hevetica 150}
    set lister { 5 5 6 6 6 6 6 6 7 7 7 7 8 8 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 }
    $w create rect 150 50 250 400 -fill gold 
    $w create polygon  -80 100  -80 70  -50 70  -20 -10  -40 -50  -20 -100  20 -100  40 -50  20 -10  50 70  80 70  80 100 -fill gold -tags figure
    $w move figure 150 150
    # $w create text 200 400 -text \u2617  -tags "text" -fill tan -font $font5
    foreach i {1 2 3 4 5 6 } {
    $w create text 200 $yy -text [lpick $listx ]  -tags "text"  -font $font3
    incr yy 50
    }
    }








      proc clrcanvas {w} {
    global counter winner5
   $w delete  "all"
   .zzz delete  0 end  
   .xxx delete  0 end  
   .t delete 1.0 end
    set counter 0
    set winner5 0
    set loser5 0
  }

 
  proc leave {w} {
     exit
  }

   proc board {w} {
    #set state3 1
    set state2 1
    clrcanvas $w
    . configure -background orange -highlightcolor brown -relief raised -border 30
    $w configure -bg tan
     
    }
  
   proc  replyit {w} {
    global counter
   .t delete 1.0 end
   .zzz delete  0 end  
   .xxx delete  0 end  
   .zzz insert  end "advisor:buy or sell, my lord? "
   .xxx insert  end "king "
   }




    set keeperer { 1 2 3 }
    proc  record {w} {
     global side2 side1 buy sell 
     global winner5 loser5
      
   lappend keeperer $side2
   lappend keeperer $side1
   puts $keeperer
   eval [ split  $side1 " " ]
   
   set results  [ calculation 10 10 10 10 10 ]
   puts $results
   
    .t delete 1.0 end
    .t insert 1.0 $results
    .zzz delete  0 end  
    .zzz insert  end "advisor says: [ advisorcom [ lpick { 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 }]]"
    if { $winner5 == 1} {
    .zzz delete  0 end 
    .zzz insert  end "advisor says: king is winner " }
   
     }

   proc  reportx {w} {
   console show
    puts "fifth rate"
    puts "performance comparable to bonzo"
    puts "surving inhabitants have fled"
    puts "mandated poll results"
    puts "lacking any sense"
    puts "second rate";
    puts "no bread left"
    puts "third rate"
    puts "quit day job"
   }

    proc castle {w} {
      global dx dy fieldsdisplay
      set dx 50
      set dy 30
      set gualisting { 8 8 8 8 8 7 }
      set second_hexagram { 8 8 8 8 8 7 }
      set colorx black;
      for {set i 0; set y 20} {$i<6} {incr i; incr y $dy} {
           set colorx brown;
       for {set j 0; set x 50} {$j<3} {incr j; incr x $dx} {
         set colorx brown;
         if { $j == 1} {
        if { [lindex $gualisting $i ] == 6} {set colorx tan}

         if { [lindex $gualisting $i ] == 7} {set colorx brown}
         if { [lindex $gualisting $i ] == 8} {set colorx tan}
         if { [lindex $gualisting $i ] == 9} {set colorx brown}
         }

          $w create rectangle $x $y [expr {$x+$dx}] [expr {$y+$dy}] \
            -fill $colorx

          }}
            set dx 50
            set dy 30
          set colorx blue;
      for {set i 0; set y 20} {$i<6} {incr i; incr y $dy} {
           set colorx blue;
       for {set j 0; set x 50} {$j<3} {incr j; incr x $dx} {
         set colorx blue;
         if { $j == 1} {
        if { [lindex $second_hexagram $i ] == 6} {set colorx tan}

         if { [lindex $second_hexagram $i ] == 7} {set colorx blue}
         if { [lindex $second_hexagram $i ] == 8} {set colorx tan}
         if { [lindex $second_hexagram $i ] == 9} {set colorx blue}
         }

          $w create rectangle [expr $x + 180] $y [expr {[expr $x +180 ]+$dx}] [expr {$y+$dy}] \
            -fill $colorx

          }}

     }
   
   proc barley {w fieldsdisplay } {
      global dx dy 
      set dx 5
      set dy 10
      set gualisting { 8 8 8 8 8 7 }
      set second_hexagram { 8 8 8 8 8 7 }
      set colorx black;
      $w delete landbarley
      for {set i 0; set y 220} {$i<6} {incr i; incr y $dy} {
           set colorx green;
       for {set j 0; set x 30} {$j<$fieldsdisplay} {incr j; incr x $dx} {
         set colorx green;
         if { $j == 1} {
        if { [lindex $gualisting $i ] == 6} {set colorx green}

         if { [lindex $gualisting $i ] == 7} {set colorx green}
         if { [lindex $gualisting $i ] == 8} {set colorx green}
         if { [lindex $gualisting $i ] == 9} {set colorx green}
         }

          $w create rectangle $x $y [expr {$x+$dx}] [expr {$y+$dy}] \
            -fill $colorx -tag landbarley

          }}
            set dx 5
            set dy 10
          set colorx green;
      for {set i 0; set y 220} {$i<6} {incr i; incr y $dy} {
           set colorx blue;
       for {set j 0; set x 30} {$j<$fieldsdisplay} {incr j; incr x $dx} {
         set colorx green;
         if { $j == 1} {
        if { [lindex $second_hexagram $i ] == 6} {set colorx green}

         if { [lindex $second_hexagram $i ] == 7} {set colorx green}
         if { [lindex $second_hexagram $i ] == 8} {set colorx green}
         if { [lindex $second_hexagram $i ] == 9} {set colorx green}
         }

          $w create rectangle [expr $x + 180] $y [expr {[expr $x +180 ]+$dx}] [expr {$y+$dy}] \
            -fill $colorx -tag landbarley

          }}

     }


    proc about {w} {
    set msg "Game kingdom of strategy.
          from TCL WIKI,
          written on eTCL
   cmds take form
   king buy 33 land
   king sell 11 land
   king sell 55 barley
   king buy 33 barley "
    
    tk_messageBox -title "About" -message $msg
    }

  #: Main :
  frame .f1
  frame .f2
  frame .f3
  pack  .f1 .f2 .f3

  set maxX 400
  set maxY 300
  set y      0

  set x1 120
  set x2 150
  set y1  50
  set y2  80

  canvas  .cv -width $maxX -height $maxY  -bg tan
  pack    .cv -in .f1
  
   #set side2 2
  button  .b0 -text "clear" -command { clrcanvas .cv }
  button  .b3 -text "castle"   -command {clrcanvas .cv;barley .cv 20; castle  .cv; }
  button  .b5 -text "wildcard"   -command {clrcanvas .cv; tactics   .cv }
     
      button  .b6 -text "record"   -command { record  .cv }
      button  .b7 -text "situation"   -command {castle .cv;replyit .cv; advisorx 50 50  }
      button .b4 -text "console"   -command {reportx .cv  }
      button  .b8 -text "exit"   -command {leave   .cv } 
      button  .b9 -text "about"   -command {about   .cv } 
      text .t -width 40 -height 5 -bg bisque
      entry .xxx -width 50  -bg bisque -textvariable side1
      entry .zzz -width 50 -textvariable side2 -bg bisque
     pack .b0 .b3 .b5  .b6 .b7 .b7 .b4 .b9 .b8  -in .f2  -side left -padx 2
  .f2 configure  -bg orange
      label .kingx  -text "king" 
      label .advisora  -text "advisor" 
      pack  .advisora .zzz .t   .kingx  .xxx -in .f3  -side bottom -padx 2
      focus .xxx
      focus .zzz
      board   .cv
   
     bind . <Motion> {wm title . " Game kingdom of strategy "}
   
       #end of deck
      #end of deck
      #end of deck
      #end of deck      
      #end of deck
      #end of deck







***Version with added hacks ***



        #start of deck
        #start of deck
        #end of deck
      #end of deck
      #end of deck
      #end of deck      
      #end of deck
     #end of deck

Version console operation



        #start of deck
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        #start of deck
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 #:by gold,     console operation

 # written on Windowws XP on eTCL
     # working under TCL version 8.5.6 and eTCL 1.0.1
     # gold on TCL WIKI , 1Aug2010




    console show 
      proc ? L {
       lindex $L [expr {int(rand()*[llength $L])}]
       }
    proc lpick L {lindex $L [expr int(rand()*[llength $L])];}
    proc advisorcom {lister} {
     set choutext [list ]
    foreach item $lister {
    if { $item == 1 } {lappend choutext "second rate" }
    if { $item == 2 } {lappend choutext "fifth rate" }
    if { $item == 3 } {lappend choutext "performance comparable to bonzo" }
    if { $item == 4 } {lappend choutext "fourth rate" }
    if { $item == 5 } {lappend choutext "no bread left" }
    if { $item == 6 } {lappend choutext "surving inhabitants have fled" }
    if { $item == 7 } {lappend choutext "third rate" }
    if { $item == 8 } {lappend choutext "lacking any sense" }
    if { $item >= 9 } {lappend choutext ? }
    }
    return $choutext}
     

  proc winnerx {aa } {
  global sumit sumitland sumitbarley
  global sumarians liters winner5
  global loser5
  puts "   end of game  " 
   if { $sumarians >= 120 } {
   puts " king is winner declared "
   puts " king is winner declared "
   puts " king is winner declared "
   set winner5 1
  }
   if { $sumitland >= 700 } {
   puts " king is winner declared "
   puts " king is winner declared "
   puts "king is winner declared"
   set winner5 1
  }
  
  if { $sumarians <= 40 } {
    puts "loser declared"
    set loser5 1
  }
   if { $sumitbarley <= 300 } {
   puts "loser declared"
  set loser5 1
  }
  }


   proc tidings {} {
   set a {
     {70 measures of barleys} {20 measures of barley} {10 measures of barley}
     {10 measures of barley} {50 measures of barley}
   }
   set b {
     {400 barleyfields of land} {60 barleyfields of land} {50 barleyfields of land}
     {100 barleyfields of land} {20 barleyfields of land}
   }
   set c {rain dry heat cold drought  snow }
   set d {
      {census 99} {census 100} {census 120} {census 110} {census 120} {census 80}
   }
   return "   need [? $a].
   need [? $b].
   predict [? $c].
   subjects from [? $d].  
   ans.form:king buy 20 land  \n                         "
     }

  set sumarians  100
  set counter 0
  set sumit 1000
  set sumitland 1000
  set sumitbarley 1000
  proc calculation { aa } {
  global counter percentfields
  global sumit sumitland sumitbarley 
  global  buyland  buybarley sumarians
  set annum    0               
  set provisions    1000        
  set liters 5000   
  set land    1000      
  set barleyfields   1000
  set landprice 26
  set litersperacre  3 
  set totalmortality   10
  set mortalrateer  10 
  set ratliters 1
  set citymortal 5
  set landfraction .1
  set sumariansgain 5
  set produce 4
  set buyland 1
  set buybarley 1
  set plaguethisyear 0
  set ratinfestthisyear 0
  set famineyear 0
  set immigrantyear 0
  if { [ expr { rand() } ] <= .90 } {set immigrantyear  1 }
  if { [ expr { rand() } ] <= .15 } {set plaguethisyear 1 }
  if { [ expr { rand() } ] <= .41 } {set ratinfestthisyear 1 }
  set ratliters  [ expr { $liters*.1*rand()   } ]
  set ratliters [ expr { int($ratliters) } ]
  set sumariansstarved [ expr { $sumarians*.02*rand()   } ]
  set landfraction  [ expr {   rand() } ] 
  set sumariansgain   [ expr {  $sumarians  * .10 * rand() } ]  
  set sumariansgain   [ expr {  int($sumariansgain) } ] 
  set sumarians [ expr { $sumarians + $sumariansgain   } ]
  set produce [ expr {  $land * 3 } ]
  set landprice [ lpick { 26 25 24 23 22 21 20 19 18 17 16 } ] 
  set landprice [ expr { int($landprice) } ] 
  set liters $sumitbarley
  set liters [ expr {  $liters + $sumitland*.8 } ]
  set liters [ expr {  $liters - $landprice* $buyland } ]
  set liters [ expr {  $liters - $sumarians* 7 } ] 
  set liters [ expr {  $liters - $liters*.1*$ratinfestthisyear } ] 
  set liters [ expr { int($liters) } ] 
  set foodrequire [ expr {$sumarians*7 }]
  if {   $liters <= $foodrequire   } {
  set sumariansstarved [expr {$sumarians*.2  } ] 
  set famineyear 1                                              }
  set sumariansstarved [ expr { int($sumariansstarved)  } ]
  set sumitbarley $liters
  set sumitland  [ expr { int($sumitland)  } ]
  set sumarians  [ expr { $sumarians + $sumarians*.1 -$sumariansstarved} ] 
  set sumarians  [ expr { $sumarians - $sumarians*.5*$plaguethisyear } ] 
  set sumarians [ expr { int($sumarians) } ]
  set percentfields [ expr { ($sumitland/1000.)*100.   } ]
  if {  $percentfields <= 1   } { set percentfields 1 }
  if {  $percentfields >= 100   } { set percentfields 100 }
  set percentfields [ expr { int($percentfields) } ]
  puts  "annum $counter "
  puts  "$plaguethisyear plague this year,  0 or 1. "
  puts  "$ratinfestthisyear rats infest  this year,  0 or 1."
  puts "$percentfields percent "
  puts "$sumariansstarved sumarians starved"
  puts "$sumariansgain immigrated to city."
  puts "census $sumarians  "
  puts "total  $sumitland barleyfields."
  puts "yielded 3 measures per barleyfield"
  puts "rats devoured $ratliters measures."
  puts  "$liters  measures in palace."
  puts "land $landprice measures per barleyfield"
  puts "how many barleyfields do you wish to buy?" 
  set listx  "
       annum $counter,   $liters  measures   
       census $sumarians,  $sumitland barleyfields.   
       $landprice landprice measures
      $plaguethisyear plague this year,  0 or 1. 
      $famineyear  famineyear ,0 or 1
       $ratinfestthisyear rats infest  this year,  0 or 1. 
      $sumariansstarved sumarians starved 
      $sumariansgain immigrated to city. 
      census $sumarians   
      total  $sumitland barleyfields. 
      yielded 3 measures per barleyfield 
      rats devoured $ratliters measures. 
       $liters  measures in palace. 
      land $landprice measures per barleyfield "
      incr counter
      return " $listx "


  }

  set sumit 1000
  set sumitland 1000
  set sumitbarley 1000

  proc advisorx {aa bb} {
   global counter
   puts " "
   puts "advisor:  new situation " 
   puts [ tidings ]
  if { $counter <= 5 } {puts "advisor: buy or sell, my lord? "}
  if { $counter >= 6 } { puts "update: game ends" }
  if { $counter >= 6 } {  winnerx 1 }
  if { $counter >= 6 } { puts "for new game, enter reset 1 " }

  }
  proc king { aa bb cc } {
  
  global sumitland sumitbarley 
  global buyland buybarley
  global counter
  if { $aa == "buy" } {set token [ expr { 1.* $bb } ] }
  if { $aa == "sell" } {set token [ expr { -1.* $bb } ] }
  if { $cc == "land" } { set sumitland [ expr { $sumitland + $token } ] }
  if { $cc == "barley" } { set sumitbarley [ expr { $sumitbarley + $token } ] }
  if { $cc == "land" } { set buyland  $token  }
  if { $cc == "barley" } { set buybarley  $token  }
  puts " decision was $aa $bb, total was   land $sumitland, barley $sumitbarley "
   
  puts " advisor says   [ advisorcom [ lpick { 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 }]]   "
  record 1 
  advisorx 50 50
  
  
  }
   proc record aa {
   set results  [ calculation 10  ]
   puts $results
   return 1 }
   proc reset aa {
   global counter
   set counter 0
    set sumitland 1000
    set sumitbarley 1000 
    set sumarians  100 
   advisorx 1 2 
   }
   puts [ tidings ]
   puts "buy or sell, my lord? "
   puts " starts with 1000 units land "
   puts " can cut & paste from console"
   puts "answer has form: "
   puts "eg.   king buy 20 land "
   puts "eg.   king sell 30 land  "
   puts "eg.   king buy 33 barley "
   puts "eg.   king sell 11 barley "

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   # written on Windowws XP on eTCL
     # working under TCL version 8.5.6 and eTCL 1.0.1
     # gold on TCL WIKI , 17Jul2010
 


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Extra Program

 
***Real TEST on  trial code trial code***

 #note: this Tkpaint diagram 
 # script is *correct* in the wiki editor.
 # It is rewrapping on the Wiki display page.
  set maxX 400
  set maxY 400
  set y      0

  set x1 120
  set x2 150
  set y1  50
  set y2  80

 pack [ canvas  .c  -width $maxX -height $maxY  -bg bisque ]
set Graphics(arrowshape) {8 10 4}
set Graphics(fill,color) {}
set Graphics(fill,style) {}
set Graphics(font,bold) 1
set Graphics(font,color) black
set Graphics(font,italic) 0
set Graphics(font,normal) 0
set Graphics(font,overstrike) 0
set Graphics(font,roman) 0
set Graphics(font,size) 10
set Graphics(font,stipple) {}
set Graphics(font,style) bold
set Graphics(font,type) Arial
set Graphics(font,underline) 0
set Graphics(grid,on) 0
set Graphics(grid,size) 10m
set Graphics(grid,snap) 1
set Graphics(line,arrow) none
set Graphics(line,capstyle) butt
set Graphics(line,color) black
set Graphics(line,joinstyle) miter
set Graphics(line,smooth) 0
set Graphics(line,style) {}
set Graphics(line,width) 1
set Graphics(mode) NULL
set Graphics(shape) circle
set Graphics(snap,on) 0
set Graphics(snap,size) 1
set Graphics(splinesteps) 20
set Graphics(text,anchor) c
set Graphics(ticks,on) 0
set Graphics(mode) NULL
### End of Graphics parameters


set Zoom(button,text) 100%
set Zoom(caller) {}
set Zoom(factor) 1
set Zoom(font,size) 10
set Zoom(selected,button) 1
set utagCounter 62


set Image(ctr) 0


set Canv(H) 368
set Canv(W) 610
set Canv(SH) 1500
set Canv(SW) 1500
set Canv(bg) white
.c config -width $Canv(W)  -height $Canv(H)  -bg $Canv(bg)  -scrollregion "0 0 $Canv(SW) $Canv(SH)"
wm geometry . ""
.c xview moveto 0
.c yview moveto 0
set TextInfo(utag52) {Game  kingdom  of  strategy}
set TextInfo(utag34) {}
set TextInfo(utag16) initial
set TextInfo(utag53) {}
set TextInfo(utag17) {random
situation}
set TextInfo(utag54) {TCL  WIKI}
set TextInfo(utag18) {}
set TextInfo(utag19) stop
set TextInfo(utag20) {}
set TextInfo(utag56) {}
set TextInfo(utag21) {}
set TextInfo(utag57) LOOP
set TextInfo(utag39) stop
set TextInfo(utag22) {winner declared}
set TextInfo(utag58) {COUNTER  >  5}
set TextInfo(utag23) {}
set TextInfo(utag60) {}
set TextInfo(utag42) {set  counter}
set TextInfo(utag61) {call  records}
set TextInfo(utag43) {call first  situation}
set TextInfo(utag25) records
set TextInfo(utag62) {incr  counter}
set TextInfo(utag26) {}
set TextInfo(utag27) ratings
set TextInfo(utag28) {       counts}
set TextInfo(utag47) totals
set TextInfo(utag29) {}
set TextInfo(utag12) {new situation}
set TextInfo(utag48) {}
set TextInfo(utag13) {}
set TextInfo(utag50) {}
set TextInfo(utag49) {}
set TextInfo(utag14) king
set TextInfo(utag51) {}
set TextInfo(utag15) advisor
.c create line 387.0 140.0 409.0 192.0 449.0 139.0 385.0 140.0 -joinstyle miter -tags {Line obj utag2}
.c create line 210.0 37.0 232.0 89.0 272.0 36.0 208.0 37.0 -joinstyle miter -tags {Line obj utag3}
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.c create oval 126.0 214.0 294.0 276.0 -tags {Ellipse obj utag11}
.c create oval 332.0 287.0 500.0 349.0 -tags {Ellipse obj utag9}
.c create text 206.0 240.0 -font {Arial 10 bold} -text {new situation} -tags {text obj utag12}
.c create text 68.0 286.0 -font {Arial 10 bold} -text king -tags {text obj utag14}
.c create text 81.0 155.0 -font {Arial 10 bold} -text advisor -tags {text obj utag15}
.c create text 238.0 47.0 -font {Arial 10 bold} -text initial -tags {text obj utag16}
.c create text 216.0 155.0 -font {Arial 10 bold} -text {random
situation} -tags {text obj utag17}
.c create text 416.0 317.0 -font {Arial 10 bold} -text {winner declared} -tags {text obj utag22}
.c create rectangle 347.0 220.0 482.0 267.0 -tags {Rectangle obj utag24}
.c create text 419.0 241.0 -font {Arial 10 bold} -text records -tags {text obj utag25}
.c create text 481.0 146.0 -font {Arial 10 bold} -text ratings -tags {text obj utag27}
.c create text 466.0 165.0 -font {Arial 10 bold} -text {       counts} -tags {text obj utag28}
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.c create text 555.0 319.0 -font {Arial 10 bold} -text stop -tags {text obj utag39}
.c create line 506.0 318.0 522.0 318.0 -arrow last -arrowshape {8 10 4} -joinstyle miter -tags {Line obj utag40}
.c create line 217.0 195.0 217.0 208.0 -arrow last -arrowshape {8 10 4} -joinstyle miter -tags {Line obj utag41}
.c create text 320.0 66.0 -font {Arial 10 bold} -text {set  counter} -tags {text obj utag42}
.c create text 339.0 47.0 -font {Arial 10 bold} -text {call first  situation} -tags {text obj utag43}
.c create text 416.0 151.0 -font {Arial 10 bold} -text totals -tags {text obj utag47}
.c create text 218.0 18.0 -font {Arial 18 bold} -text {Game  kingdom  of  strategy} -tags {text obj utag52}
.c create text 224.0 339.0 -font {Arial 18 bold} -text {TCL  WIKI} -tags {text obj utag54}
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.c create text 322.0 134.0 -font {Arial 10 bold} -text {COUNTER  >  5} -tags {text obj utag58}
.c create oval 529.0 296.0 577.0 344.0 -tags {Circle obj utag59}
.c create text 501.0 185.0 -font {Arial 10 bold} -text {call  records} -tags {text obj utag61}
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----


----

***test on  trial code trial code***
We could bust up or split
     phrases looking for words buy or sell ,
     and no not sell.
     set answer [split $lister "" ]
     llength $answer
     foreach item {buy sell no not nay } {
     lsearch all $answer $item
      }    
     if we find one of the command words in list,
     does it operate on the next number found?
     Better check on how to identify a number element?
     say if { catch{ expr { 1.*$element} != 1 }
         foreach item $bee1 {
      if { [catch {expr {1 * $item}}] >> 0} {lappend cat  $item }

      if { [catch {expr {1 * $item}}] == 0 } {lappend bat [ expr 200*$factor*.1 + $item * log($factor)  ]}
       }

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 #:by gold,   trial console operation

 # written on Windows XP on eTCL
     # working under TCL version 8.5.6 and eTCL 1.0.1
     # gold on TCL WIKI , 1Aug2010




    console show 
      proc ? L {
       lindex $L [expr {int(rand()*[llength $L])}]
       }
    proc lpick L {lindex $L [expr int(rand()*[llength $L])];}
    proc advisorcom {lister} {
     set choutext [list ]
    foreach item $lister {
    if { $item == 1 } {lappend choutext "second rate" }
    if { $item == 2 } {lappend choutext "fifth rate" }
    if { $item == 3 } {lappend choutext "performance comparable to bonzo" }
    if { $item == 4 } {lappend choutext "fourth rate" }
    if { $item == 5 } {lappend choutext "no bread left" }
    if { $item == 6 } {lappend choutext "surving inhabitants have fled" }
    if { $item == 7 } {lappend choutext "third rate" }
    if { $item == 8 } {lappend choutext "lacking any sense" }
    if { $item >= 9 } {lappend choutext ? }
    }
    return $choutext}
     








     proc tidings {} {
   set a {
     {70 liters of grains} {20 liters of grain} {10 liters of grain}
     {10 liters of grain} {50 liters of grain}
   }
   set b {
     {400 hectares of land} {60 hectares of land} {50 hectares of land}
     {100 hectares of land} {20 hectares of land}
   }
   set c {rain dry heat cold drought  snow }
   set d {
      {census 1000} {census 3000} {census 2000} {census 5000} {census 8000} {census 4000}
   }
   return "   need [? $a].
   need [? $b].
   predict [? $c].
   subjects from [? $d]. \n"
     }
  set sumit 1000
  set sumitland 1000
  set sumitbarley 1000

  proc advisorx {aa bb} {
   puts " "
   puts "advisor:  new situation " 
   puts [ tidings ]
   puts "advisor: buy or sell, my lord? "

  }
  proc king { aa bb } {
  global sumit
  if { $aa == "buy" } {set token [ expr { 1.* $bb } ] }
  if { $aa == "sell" } {set token [ expr { -1.* $bb } ] }
  set sumit [ expr { $sumit + $token } ]
  puts " decision was $aa $bb, total was $sumit "
  puts " advisor says   [ advisorcom [ lpick { 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 }]]   "
  advisorx 50 50
  }
   puts [ tidings ]
   puts "buy or sell, my lord? "
   puts " starts with 1000 units "
   puts "answer has form:  king buy 20 or king sell 30  "