#!/usr/bin/env python
#
# while statement
#
import time
import datetime

print "Your objective is to guide your 'o' through this maze. "
print "The stars that you see are actually spinning ninja stars. "
print "If you run into one, it will kill you. "
print "If you do not complete the maze in 60 seconds, the gates at the start and the "
print "finish will close and you will be trapped inside the maze to die of starvation. "
print "You have 5 chances to make it out of the maze alive. Good luck."
 
# Matthew: by using the \ instead of quote semicolon, you have
# created one very long string. Instead, you must create an array of lines.
arr = ["    ****************************************************************** ", "*                                     *                              *", "*       **    *****            ***           ********      ********  * ", "*   **       ***     ********   *****     *    ********      *****   * ", "***     ***    ************       *****       **********             * ", "******    **         ******          *************          ********** ", "*****    ********                    ********       *******      ***** ", "***     *********        ***          ***********  ************* ***** ", "*****                 *************        ****** *************    *** ", "***       *****************************                 *********    * ", "***                   ***********                *****************   * ", "********       ******        ******          **************         ** ", "***********   ******************************************************** ", "************                ********           *********             * ", "**********************                ****                **********   ", "**********************************************************************"]
hpos = 0
vpos = 0
lifecount = 5

# Since the basic screen doesn't change, this function is unnecesary.
# You can just assign arr to origscreen (in fact, you could have just used arr).
origscreen = [] # screen without a "o"
origscreen = arr # Matthew, this is all you need
def formscreen():
   len = 16
   origscreen.append(arr)
   i = 1
   while i < len:
      origscreen
      i = i+1
  
def printscreen():
   global vpos
   global hpos
   global lifecount
   screen = []
   mylen = len(origscreen)
   i = 0
   loseflag = 0
   winflag = 0
   if (vpos == 14) and (hpos == 69): 
	winflag = 1
   print "vpos","hpos:", vpos, hpos
   while (i < mylen):
	x = origscreen[i]
	screen.append(x)
	if i == vpos:
                if (x[hpos] == "*"):
                        loseflag = 1
                # if (x[vpos] == 14) and (x[hpos] == 69): 
			# how is x[vpos] going to be 14? vpos can be
                        # winflag = 1
                x = x[:hpos] + ("o") + x[hpos+1:]
                screen[i] = x
	i = i+1
   for s in screen:
	print s
   if loseflag == 1:
      lifecount = lifecount - 1
      print "You have ", lifecount, "lives remaining."
      if lifecount > 0:
         print "You died. Try again."
         totaltime = 0
         hpos = 0
         vpos = 0
         # formscreen() # Matthew formscreen will repaint origscreen
	 # Matthew, these next three statements do nothing useful.
         i = 0
         x = ""
         loseflag = 0
      if lifecount == 0:
         print "You failed to complete the maze. That means you suck.\
               Go waste someone else's time."
         i = mylen + 1 # Matthew, why is this statement here?
   if winflag == 1:
      print "Congratulations! For surviving my maze with ", lifecount, " lives, \
            I will award you ", lifecount, ",000 awesomeness points."
      print "These points may not be real, but you can still brag about them if you wish."
      i = mylen + 1 # Matthew, why is this statement here?

totaltime = 0
# formscreen() # Matthew, you don't need this because the screen doesn't change
i = 0
x = ""
hpos = 0
vpos = 0
loseflag = 0
winflag = 0
while x != "s":
    printscreen()
    # arr = (" ") + arr # Matthew, why is this statement here?
    mybeforetime = time.time()
    # print mybeforetime
    x = raw_input("Please hit u(up), d(down), l(left), r(right), or s(stop):")
    myaftertime = time.time()
    diff = myaftertime - mybeforetime
    print ("You hit the letter: ") + x
    if x == "u":
	vpos = vpos-1
    if x == "d":
	vpos = vpos+1
    if x == "l":
        hpos = hpos-1
    if x == "r":
        hpos = hpos+1
    totaltime = totaltime + diff
    print totaltime
    i = i+1
     
print totaltime
if totaltime >= int(60):
   loseflag = 1
   lifecount = lifecount - 1
   print "You have ", lifecount, "lives remaining."
   if lifecount > 0:
      print "You died. Try again."
      hpos = 0
      vpos = 0
      i = 0
      loseflag = 0
   if lifecount == 0:
      print "You failed to complete the maze. That means you suck. Go waste someone else's time."
      x = s
if winflag == 1:
   print "Congratulations! For surviving my maze with ", lifecount, " lives, I will award you ", lifecount, ",000 awesomeness points."
   print "These points may not be real, but you can still brag about them if you wish."
   x = s