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if room == "middle":
  print("Actions available: forward, backward, look")
  action = input("> ")
  if action == "forward":
    room = "end"
  elif action == "backward":
    room = "start"
  else:
    room = "middle"

This is the output:

Output:
 
Actions available: forward, look
> look
You are standing at the entrance to a long tunnel.
Actions available: forward, look
> forward
You are in the depths of the tunnel.
Actions available: forward, backward, look
> backward
You are standing at the entrance to a long tunnel.
Actions available: forward, look
> forward
You are in the depths of the tunnel.
Actions available: forward, backward, look
> look
You are in the depths of the tunnel.
Actions available: forward, backward, look
> forward 
You have escaped the tunnel. You win!

I am currently studying Grok The Dark Tunnel (Python)
Hour of Code: The Dark Tunnel, spent quiet some time, if anyone is able to point out what i am missing or misplaced please help, iv been getting so many syntax errors I really need your help guys !

Please post the error. Full code would help, and this forum has a tutorial for efficiently making a text adventure game here - https://python-forum.io/Thread-Text-Adve...dictionary

 if room == "You are in the depths of the tunnel.":
  print("Actions available: forward, backward, look")
  action = input("> ")
  if action == "forward":
    room = "You have escaped the tunnel. You win!"
  elif action == "backward":
    room = "You are standing at the entrance to a long tunnel."
  print('Actions available: forward, backward, look')
  action = input("> ")
  else: "forward"
    room = "You are in the depths of the tunnel."
  print('You have escaped the tunnel. You win!')

Error:
File "program.py", line 10
    else: "forward"
       ^
SyntaxError: invalid syntax

Output:
Actions available: forward, look
> forward
You are in the depths of the tunnel.
Actions available: forward, backward, look
> forward
You have escaped the tunnel. You win!

Output:
Actions available: forward, look
> look
You are standing at the entrance to a long tunnel.
Actions available: forward, look
> forward
You are in the depths of the tunnel.
Actions available: forward, backward, look
> backward
You are standing at the entrance to a long tunnel.
Actions available: forward, look
> forward
You are in the depths of the tunnel.
Actions available: forward, backward, look
> look
You are in the depths of the tunnel.
Actions available: forward, backward, look
> forward
You have escaped the tunnel. You win!

So.. I am starting to get the hang of this forum messaging protocols and I like how it just makes everything organized. So This is what I got after hours of head scratching ! Lol *Edit, the python feature is not showing up ?

isnt working

The spacing is wrong. Lines 8-9 end the if statement, so the else is seen as a lone else statement with no if to relate to. Either move lines 8-9 up into the elif statement, or move them after the else statement depending on how it is supposed to work

I don't even think what I did was right. I tried following your advice and I'm still confused.. bare with me please I am a newbie I appreciate your reply! I need to find a solution please

I'll just give you some examples and you can use them to fix your code.

#Here is an if statement
if #Statement
    #Code
elif #Statement
    #Code
#Code - this code here ends the statement. The if statement will not look past this for anything
else #Python thinks this else is just here with no if to relate to

I hope this helps you see what's wrong with your code

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Where i put "#Code", just imagine there is code there and statements where it says "#Statement"