the-forest/server/interpreter.js

const sqlite = require('better-sqlite3');
const db = new sqlite('the_big_db.db', { verbose: console.log });

var sockets = new Map();

function interpret(context, player, command) {
	// interpret and execute a command entered by a player.
	//
	// context: the location the player has entered the command in from. 
	//		may be null if it's executing from a script?
	// player: the id of the player object who typed in the command. 
	//		may? be null if it's executing from a script? used for output.
	// command: the full string typed in by the player

	const socket = sockets.get(player)
	const words = command.trim().split(' ');

	socket?.send(`interpreting and executing the received command: ${command}`);

	const verbs = findAvailableVerbs(context, player, command);
	socket?.send(`found these verbs: ${Array.from(verbs.keys()).join(', ')}`)
	
	// first word is either a subject or a verb. either way there must be a verb.
	const [first, second, third, ...rest] = words;

	// if the second word is a verb, but the first word is also a verb, what do we do?
	if (second in verbs) {
		// for now, assume that if the second word is a verb, it's the verb we want.
		executeVerb(player, verbs.get(second), first, third, ...rest);
	} else {
		// if the second word is not a verb, then the first word is the verb, and the player is the implied subject.
		executeVerb(player, verbs.get(first), player, second, third, ...rest)
	}
}

function findAvailableVerbs(location, actor, command) {
	// check for verbs on actor
	// check for verbs on objects in location
	// check for verbs on location
	const out = new Map();
	out.set("look", 29);
	out.set("warp", 31);
	return out;
}

function executeVerb(outputObject, verbId, subject, object, ...rest) {
	const fullVerb = lookUpObject(verbId);
	if (!fullVerb) {
		return sockets.get(outputObject)?.send(`verb not found`);
	}
	sockets.get(outputObject)?.send(`verb found as ${fullVerb.name}`);
	const func = fullVerb.fn;
	if (!func) {
		return sockets.get(outputObject)?.send(`verb was found but didn't have a fn attribute`);
	}
	return fullVerb.fn(outputObject, subject, object, ...rest);
}

const objectQuery = db.prepare('select * from pages where id=?');
function lookUpObject(id) {
	// return objectQuery.get(id);
	if (id == 30) return {name: "shoofle", contents: "this is a shoofle", location: 1};
	if (id == 29) return {
		name: "look", 
		verb: false,
		contents: "send description of direct object to subject's socket", 
		fn: (logReceiver, subject, object, ...rest) => {
			sockets.get(logReceiver)?.send(`you looked around! subject ${subject} object: ${object} args: ${rest}`);
			console.log(`${subject} looked at ${object} with args ${rest}, and output was directed to ${logReceiver}`);
		}
	}
	if (id == 31) return {
		name: "warp",
		verb: true,
		contents: "this built-in function changes the player's location, as well as telling their client to move",
		fn: (logReceiver, subject, object, ...rest) => {
			// TODO: change subject's location
			sockets.get(logReceiver)?.send(`location change to: ${object}`);
		}
	}
}

module.exports = { interpret, sockets, lookUpObject };