adding ex41.rb

ex41.rb

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+#!/usr/bin/env ruby
+
+def prompt()
+  print "> "
+end
+
+def death()
+  quips = ["You died. You suck at this.",
+    "Nice job, you died... jackass.",
+    "You're such a looooser.",
+    "I have a small puppy who's better at this."]
+  puts quips[rand(quips.length())]
+  Process.exit(1)
+  # Process.exit is really cool
+  # Without arguments it returns 0, success
+  # With the argument above it returns 1
+  # This allows you to write a script which can exit with the error code you specify
+  # If this Process.exit(1) executes in this script, then this script will exit with error code 1
+  # Then in bash if you echo $? you'll see this script did exit with error code 1
+end
+
+def central_corridor()
+  puts "The Gothons of Planet Percal #25 have invaded your ship and destroyed"
+  puts "your entire crew. You are the last surviving member and your last"
+  puts "mission is to get the neutron destruct bomb from the Weapons Armory,"
+  puts "put it in the bridge, and blow the ship up after getting into an "
+  puts "escape pod."
+  puts "\n"
+  puts "You're running down the central corridor to the Weapons Armory when"
+  puts "a Gothan jumps out, red scaly skin, dark grimy teeth, and evil clown costume"
+  puts "flowing around his hate filled body. He's blocking the door to the"
+  puts "Armory and about to pull a weapon to blast you."
+
+  prompt()
+  action = gets.chomp()
+
+  if action == "shoot!"
+    puts "Quick on the draw you yank out your blaster and fire it at the Gothon."
+    puts "His clown costume is flowing and moving around his body, which throws"
+    puts "off your aim. Your laser hits his costume but misses him entirely. This"
+    puts "completely ruins his brand new costume his mother bought him, which"
+    puts "makes him fly into an insane rage and blast you repeatedly in the face until"
+    puts "you are dead. Then he eats you."
+    return :death
+
+  elsif action == "dodge!"
+    puts "Like a world class boxer you dodge, weave, slip, and slide right"
+    puts "as the Gothon's blaster cranks a laser past your head."
+    puts "In the middle of your artful dodge your foot slips and you"
+    puts "bang your head on the metal wall and pass out."
+    puts "You wake up shortly after only to die as the Gothon stomps on"
+    puts "your head and eats you."
+    return :death
+
+  elsif action == "tell a joke"
+    puts "Lucky for you they made you learn Gothon insults in the academy."
+    puts "You tell the one Gothon joke you know:"
+    puts "Lbhe zbgure vf fb sng, jura fur fvgf nebhaq gur ubhfr, fur fvgf nebhaq gur ubhfr"
+    puts "The Gothon stops, tries not to laugh, then busts out laughing and can't move."
+    puts "While he's laughing you run up and shoot him square in the head"
+    puts "putting him down, then jump through the Weapon Armory door."
+    return :laser_weapon_armory
+
+  else
+    puts "DOES NOT COMPUTE!"
+    return :central_corridor
+  end
+end
+
+def laser_weapon_armory()
+