Call a def from a string

[nilamo]

What about a dict of rooms, and you pick one from there?

import random

rooms = {}

def get_next_room_from(current_room):
    next_room = None
    while not next_room or next_room == current_room:
        next_room = random.choice(list(rooms.keys()))
    return next_room

def entryway():
    print("Welcome to the entryway.  Bye!")
    next_room = get_next_room_from("entryway")
    return next_room

def conservatory():
    print("This is the conservatory.  There's plants and wicker couches here.")
    next_room = get_next_room_from("conservatory")
    return next_room

rooms["entryway"] = entryway
rooms["conservatory"] = conservatory

running = True
current_room = "entryway"
while running:
    current_room = rooms[current_room]()
    running = "q" != input("Type 'q' to stop.").lower()