Agenda

1. Answer questions about Twine quiz. (A 7-point curve resulted in an average of 72.1% with a median of 74%.)
2. Finish and turn in the Lists worksheet.
3. Turn in any late work. Several students have not turned in their Twine projects.
4. Read about the Inventory Manager Project.
5. Start the Inventory Manager Project, which is due at the end of class next Monday, March 3, 2026.

Inventory Manager Project

Overview

Build a text-based inventory manager for a video game character. The program uses a list to track the player’s items and lets them view, add, remove, and search their inventory through a menu.

Requirements

Your program must do the following:

1. Start with a list of 3 default items (you pick them — sword, health potion, whatever you want).

2. Display a menu with these options:

   • 1 — View all items
   • 2 — Add an item
   • 3 — Drop (remove) an item
   • 4 — Check if you have an item
   • 5 — Show item count
   • 6 — Quit

3. Keep looping until the player chooses Quit.

4. Handle each option:

   • View all items: Print every item using a for loop.
   • Add an item: Ask the user for an item name, then append it.
   • Drop an item: Ask for the item name. If it’s in the list, remove it. If not, print a message saying they don’t have it.
   • Check for an item: Ask for a name and use in to tell them whether it’s in the inventory.
   • Show item count: Use len() to print how many items they’re carrying.

Example Output

== INVENTORY MANAGER ==
1. View items
2. Add item
3. Drop item
4. Check for item
5. Item count
6. Quit

Choose an option: 1

Your inventory:
 sword
 shield
 health potion

Choose an option: 2
Item to add: bow
bow added!

Choose an option: 4
Search for: arrow
You do not have arrow.

Choose an option: 6
Goodbye!

Video Demo

Here is a video demo of my version.

Grading

Bonus (optional, +3 each)

• Sort command: Add option 7 to sort the inventory alphabetically.
• Duplicate check: When adding, check if the item already exists and warn the player.
• Capacity limit: Set a max inventory size (e.g., 10). Reject adds if full.

Hints

Here are some hints to help you with the project:

• Use a list to store the inventory items.
• Use an infinite while True: loop to keep the program running until the user chooses to quit.
• Use the break statement to exit the loop.
• Use something like choice = input("Choose an option: ") to get user input.
• Use an if elif else statement to handle each menu option.
• Use a for loop to print all items in the inventory.
• Use append() to add new items to the inventory.
• Use remove() to drop items from the inventory.
• Use in keyword to check if an item is in the inventory.
• Use len() to get the number of items in the inventory.