more refact

inc/script.usewith_fail.go

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+package inc
+
+import (
+	"math/rand"
+
+	inkwell "git.teletypegames.org/engines/inkwell"
+)
+
+func useWithFail(item string, h *inkwell.Hotspot) inkwell.Action {
+	key := "fail." + item + "." + h.Name
+	World.G.State.NoteTalked(key)
+	n := World.G.State.Talked(key)
+
+	return inkwell.Seq(
+		inkwell.Say(Paul, pick(paulFails, n)),
+		inkwell.Say(Dex, dexFail(n)),
+	)
+}
+
+var paulFails = []string{
+	"No. That's not going to work.",
+	"Tried that. It didn't improve.",
+	"All right, I know that one doesn't work.",
+	"Now it's personal.",
+}
+
+var dexDry = []string{
+	"No. Not like that.",
+	"I heard it. Nothing happened.",
+}
+
+var dexTease = []string{
+	"Twice the same. The second one rarely goes better.",
+	"Do it a few more times, maybe physics reconsiders.",
+}
+
+func dexFail(n int) string {
+	switch {
+	case n <= 1:
+		return pick(dexDry, n)
+	case n == 2:
+		return pick(dexTease, n)
+	default:
+		return "Paul. Leave it. Look again at what you're carrying — that's where it is."
+	}
+}
+
+func pick(s []string, n int) string {
+	switch {
+	case len(s) == 0:
+		return ""
+	case n <= 0:
+		return s[0]
+	case n-1 < len(s):
+		return s[n-1]
+	default:
+		return s[rand.Intn(len(s))]
+	}
+}