Using classes for room movement (text game)

[nilamo]

Alright, so let me restructure your question, to make sure I understand it right.

Given this code:

class Room:
    def __init__(self, x, y):
        self.x = x
        self.y = y
        self.loc = (x, y)

room_1 = Room(0, 0)
print(room_1.loc)
room_1.y += 1
print(room_1.loc)

...why is the same tuple printed twice? Or, why didn't the change to the y variable also change the loc variable?

The loc variable is created with copies of the x/y variables, not references to them. So changes to the x/y variables will not effect the loc.

The easy way to fix this, is to use a method to return the current location:

    def get_loc(self):
        return (self.x, self.y)

The other option would be to use objects to store positioning, instead of primitive types (like an int). That would look something like this:

class Point:
    def __init__(self, x, y):
        self.x = x
        self.y = y

    def get_loc(self):
        return (self.x, self.y)

    def __str__(self):
        return "Point: ({0}, {1})".format(self.x, self.y)

class Room:
    def __init__(self, x, y):
        self.loc = Point(x, y)

room_1 = Room(0, 0)
print(room_1.loc)
room_1.loc.y += 1
print(room_1.loc)