standardize display, add flavour text

data/converters.toml

@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 [[converter]]
 itemid = 3
 name = "teaConverter"
-displayName = "Tea Pulper"
+displayName = "Tea Presser"
+flavour = "Compresses tea leaves into useful bricks"
 source = "tea"
 output = "brick"
 rate = 4
@@ -14,6 +15,7 @@ value = 10
 itemid = 4
 name = "teaPlanter"
 displayName = "Tea Planter"
+flavour = "Grows tea leaves automagically"
 source = ""
 output = "tea"
 rate = 0

data/resources.toml

@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 itemid = 1
 name = "tea"
 displayName = "Tea"
+flavour = "Simple tea leaves. If only I could boil water.."
 buildable = true
 icon = "p"
 rate = 3
@@ -10,6 +11,7 @@ rate = 3
 itemid = 2
 name = "brick"
 displayName = "Tea Bricks"
+flavour = "Tea compressed into a brick shape"
 icon = "b"
 buildable = false
 

menu.go

@@ -39,10 +39,10 @@ func newMenuModel(entries []sim.ItemEntry, i menutype) menuModel {
 	p.kind = i
 	items := []list.Item{}
 	for _, v := range entries {
-		items = append(items, item{v.String(), "no description", v.ID().String(), v})
+		items = append(items, item{v.Describe(), v.Description(), v.ID().String(), v})
 	}
 	//w,h
-	p.list = list.New(items, list.NewDefaultDelegate(), 32, 32)
+	p.list = list.New(items, list.NewDefaultDelegate(), 80, 32)
 	switch i {
 	case placeMenu:
 		p.list.Title = "What do you want to place?"

simulator/converter.go

@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ type Converter struct {
 	Name        string   `toml:"name"`
 	DisplayName string   `toml:"displayName"`
 	Icon        string   `toml:"icon"`
+	Flavour     string   `toml:"flavour"`
 	Rate        int      `toml:"rate"`
 	source      itemType
 	SourceName  string `toml:"source"`
@@ -35,6 +36,7 @@ func newConverter(k itemType, o *Player) *Converter {
 		res.DisplayName = temp.DisplayName
 		res.Name = temp.Name
 		res.Icon = temp.Icon
+		res.Flavour = temp.Flavour
 		res.source = lookupByName(temp.SourceName).ID()
 		res.output = lookupByName(temp.OutputName).ID()
 		res.Rate = temp.Rate
@@ -68,6 +70,11 @@ func (c Converter) Describe() string {
 	return c.DisplayName
 }
 
+//Description returns flavour description
+func (c Converter) Description() string {
+	return c.Flavour
+}
+
 //Type returns consumer
 func (c Converter) Type() ObjectType {
 	return consumerObject

simulator/item.go

@@ -17,7 +17,9 @@ type item interface {
 //ItemEntry is a human/ui friendly item description
 type ItemEntry interface {
 	String() string
+	Describe() string
 	Render() string
+	Description() string
 	ID() itemType
 }
 

simulator/player.go

@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ func (p *Player) String() string {
 	sort.Ints(ress)
 	for _, k := range ress {
 		id := itemType(k)
-		res += fmt.Sprintf("%v: %v\n", GlobalItems[id], p.Resources[id])
+		res += fmt.Sprintf("%v: %v\n", GlobalItems[id].Describe(), p.Resources[id])
 	}
 	res += "\nLocation: \n"
 	if p.CurrentTile != nil {

simulator/resource.go

@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
 package simulator
 
 import (
-	"log"
-
 	"github.com/BurntSushi/toml"
 )
 
@@ -11,6 +9,7 @@ type Resource struct {
 	Id          itemType `toml:"itemid"`
 	Name        string   `toml:"name"`
 	DisplayName string   `toml:"displayName"`
+	Flavour     string   `toml:"flavour"`
 	Buildable   bool     `toml:"buildable"`
 	Rate        int      `toml:"rate"`
 	Icon        string   `toml:"icon"`
@@ -27,10 +26,12 @@ func newResource(k itemType) *Resource {
 	if template, ok := GlobalItems[k]; ok {
 		temp := template.(Resource)
 		res.DisplayName = temp.DisplayName
+		res.Flavour = temp.Flavour
 		res.Id = k
 		res.Name = temp.Name
 		res.Buildable = temp.Buildable
 		res.Rate = temp.Rate
+		res.Flavour = temp.Flavour
 		res.Icon = temp.Icon
 		res.value = 0
 		res.growth = 0
@@ -69,10 +70,13 @@ func (r Resource) Render() string {
 func (r Resource) Describe() string {
 	return r.DisplayName
 }
+
+func (r Resource) Description() string {
+	return r.Flavour
+}
 func loadResources(filename string) {
 	var res resources
-	foo, err := toml.DecodeFile(filename, &res)
-	log.Println(foo.Undecoded())
+	_, err := toml.DecodeFile(filename, &res)
 	if err != nil {
 		panic(err)
 	}

simulator/tech.go

@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ type Tech struct {
 	ID          TechID     `toml:"techid"`
 	DisplayName string     `toml:"displayName"`
 	Name        string     `toml:"name"`
+	Flavour     string     `toml:"flavour"`
 	Requires    []relation `toml:"requires"`
 	Unlocks     []string   `toml:"unlocks"`
 }