From 3498275bf06f735460a81abe036ffe6eec3154ca Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Rose Liverman <rose@tangentfox.com>
Date: Sat, 26 Sep 2026 21:05:33 -0600
Subject: [PATCH] PQ name gen, level up

I got interrupted while doing this days ago and forgot to commit
---
 ReadMe.md    |  8 ++++++++
 src/main.lua | 50 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--
 2 files changed, 56 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/ReadMe.md b/ReadMe.md
index be4556a..9019c6c 100644
--- a/ReadMe.md
+++ b/ReadMe.md
@@ -50,6 +50,14 @@ special characters:
 - Anti Juandez, who is made-up
 - Zargon
 
+I want exploration, generated or discovered areas. And a map.
+
+- [ ] fishing
+- [ ] Sims elements / life sim elements
+- [ ] mining
+- [ ] construction
+- [ ] agriculture
+
 ###### Prefixes
 Sick modifiers: dead, comatose, crippled, sick, undernourished  
 Young: foetal, baby, preadolescent, teenage, underage  
diff --git a/src/main.lua b/src/main.lua
index ba6dab3..e7ce28e 100644
--- a/src/main.lua
+++ b/src/main.lua
@@ -19,12 +19,14 @@ local constants = require "data.constants"
 local classes = require "data.classes"
 local races = require "data.races"
 
+
+
 local new_character = function(name)
   local base_stat_roll = function()
     return 3 + math.random(1, 6) + math.random(1, 6) + math.random(1, 6)
   end
 
-  local random_name = function(length)
+  local naive_random_name = function(length)
     local vowels = "aaeeeiioouuy"
     local consonants = "bcdfghjklmnpqrstvwxyz"
     local text = ""
@@ -41,7 +43,21 @@ local new_character = function(name)
     return text
   end
 
-  name = name or random_name(math.random(3, 9)) -- name not affected by seed
+  local progress_quest_random_name = function()
+    local parts = {
+      ("br|cr|dr|fr|gr|j|kr|l|m|n|pr||||r|sh|tr|v|wh|x|y|z"):split("|"),
+      ("a|a|e|e|i|i|o|o|u|u|ae|ie|oo|ou"):split("|"),
+      ("b|ck|d|g|k|m|n|p|t|v|x|z"):split("|"),
+    }
+    local name = ""
+    for i = 0, 5 do
+      local part = parts[i % 3 + 1]
+      name = name .. part[math.random(1, #part)]
+    end
+    return name
+  end
+
+  name = name or progress_quest_random_name() -- name not affected by seed
 
   local seed = math.random()
   math.randomseed(seed)
@@ -63,9 +79,39 @@ local new_character = function(name)
   character.health = math.random(1, 8) + math.floor(character.constitution / 6)
   character.magic = math.random(1, 8) + math.floor(character.intelligence / 6)
 
+  for _, stat_name in ipairs(races[character.race].stats) do
+    character[stat_name] = character[stat_name] + math.random(1, 3)
+  end
+  for _, stat_name in ipairs(classes[character.class].stats) do
+    character[stat_name] = character[stat_name] + math.random(1, 3)
+  end
+
+  character.max_encumberance = character.strength + 10
+  character.inventory = {}
+
   return character
 end
 
+local level_up = function(character)
+  local random_stat_up = function(character)
+    local core_stats = {
+      "charisma", "constitution", "dexterity", "intelligence", "strength", "wisdom",
+    }
+    local selected_stat = core_stats[math.random(1, #core_stats)]
+    character[selected_stat] = character[selected_stat] + 1
+  end
+
+  character.health = character.health + 1 + math.floor(character.constitution / 3) + math.random(1, 4)
+  character.magic  = character.magic  + 1 + math.floor(character.intelligence / 3) + math.random(1, 4)
+
+  random_stat_up(character)
+  random_stat_up(character)
+
+  character.max_encumberance = character.strength + 10
+
+  -- TODO this is where a spell could be added, and
+end
+
 local test_new_character = function()
   local character = new_character()
   local message = "My name is " .. character.name .. ", and I am a " .. character.class .. " " .. character.race .. "!"