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I'm currently making a text based choose your own adventure game with possible RPG elements.

I'm somewhat new at programming. My father is very good ad QB64, but isn't always able to help me with my problems. I'm not asking about story help but with ways I could make my code run more efficiently. I've recently replaced a lot of if statements with select case, which in turn has helped with a lot of bugs. but I'm not sure what else would be effective.

SCREEN 12

DIM SHARED age%, gender$, Name$

soundHandle& = _SNDOPEN("Music.mp3") 'opens the sound file

_SNDPLAYFILE "Music.mp3", , .25 'plays the sound file

menu:

CLS

PRINT

PRINT "=============================="

PRINT "THE LOST FOREST: THE BEGINNING"

PRINT "=============================="

PRINT " The Choose Your Own Adventure"

PRINT "=============================="

PRINT "What Will Your Heros Name be?:";

Name$ = Ask$(5, 1, CSRLIN, POS(0), 11, 0)

CLS



COLOR 15, 0

PRINT Name$ + "How Old will Your Hero be?: ";: age% = VAL(Ask$(3, 0, CSRLIN, POS(0), 15, 0))

'INPUT "", age%



CLS

age:

IF age% < 21 THEN PRINT "Your Hero is Not Old Enough to go on This Journey"

IF age% > 100 THEN PRINT "Your Hero Falls Over and Dies from Old Age"; " GAME OVER"

IF age% < 21 THEN END

IF age% >= 100 THEN END







Gender:

COLOR 15, 0



PRINT Name$ + " What is Your Gender (M/F/ECT): ";: INPUT "", gender$

CLS

ready:

COLOR 15, 0

Saythis "Are You Ready to go Onto This Grand Adventure?: " 'saythis is a sub to wrap text when it gets close to the end of the screen

ready$ = LCASE$(Ask$(3, 1, CSRLIN, POS(0), 15, 0))

CLS



IF INSTR(1, ready$, "y") THEN GOTO story ELSE

GOTO ready

IF INSTR(1, ready$, "n") THEN

    GOTO rus

ELSE GOTO ready



END IF



rus:



CLS





PRINT "are you sure that you dont want to go on this adventure?:", hello$

ready$ = LCASE$(Ask$(3, 1, CSRLIN, POS(0), 15, 0))

IF INSTR(1, hello$, "y") THEN END else

GOTO rus



IF INSTR(1, hello$, "n") THEN GOTO story ELSE

GOTO rus



story:

CLS

Saythis "    A long time ago, when sorcery rained supreme, there lived a powerful sorcerer, his name was Steve (placeholder name). he struck fear even among the most powerful of sorcerers and warriors of his time. He overthrew the High Wizard ma’ster but was slightly weakened in the process. most thought being loyal would save their lives, but Steve still enjoyed killing even those most loyal to him. he ruled for many years, until one day an outsider with blackened armor and a sword able to cut through even the strongest of foes like margarine, confronted Steve and challenged him to a battle, Steve thought him mad and struck him with a spell that should've killed him instantly, but the outsider stood there, unharmed, and drove his sword into Steves chest. After that day the stranger faded into history but Steve is believed to still be alive, his soul, trapped in the hero's sword. now a new hero is born but unknown to anyone, he will once again strike down Steve"

INPUT "type anything to continue: ", story$

IF story$ = "" THEN GOTO pub

pub:



CLS

saving



Saythis "You Stand Inside Your towns local Pub, Tipsy Merry Men surround you, Most of Them you Recognize, Over by The bar maiden, is Smith, The Smith, Aptly Named Fellow Who means well But isn't all That Smart, He Dropped out of School at a young Age to Pursue His Trade, like his Father. Over Near the door is johnson the apprentice Carpenter, Commonly has to Visit Smith, He can't seem to keep from breaking his tools, although he is clumsy he is Very ambitious learner willing to learn from his mistakes instead of getting upset from them. And Sitting next to you is Your best friend Michael Mconline, You've been best friends for most of your life, he wants to become a Night of the Land, but he doesn't have the gold to pay for the training."

INPUT "What Will you Do Next?: ", choice$

SELECT CASE choice$

    CASE "talk to smith"

        GOTO DlogS

    CASE "talk to Micheal"

        GOTO Micheal_dialog

    CASE "talk to Johnson"

        GOTO DlogJ

    CASE "go outside"

        GOTO outside

    CASE ELSE

        GOTO pub

END SELECT





Micheal_dialog:

Saythis "You look ever to your best friend and"



outside:



PRINT ""

Saythis "   You stand outside the Pub, across the road is the lake, about 50 meters west of the lake stands your house, down the road is the town center and the Fountain. Just behind the foutain is the Town Hall "

INPUT "Where will you go?: ", Location$

IF Location$ = "go back inside" THEN GOTO pub



DlogS:



CLS

PRINT "you walk up to Smith and greet him"

PRINT "1: chat weapons"

PRINT "2: joining up"

PRINT "3: current events"



INPUT " what will You Say?: ", DlogS$



IF INSTR(1, dlog$, "eat") THEN PRINT "you shoudnt do that"



SELECT CASE dlog$



    CASE "joining up"

        GOTO teamupsmith



    CASE "chat weapons"

        GOTO weaponchat





    CASE "current events"

        GOTO CES

    CASE ELSE

        GOTO DlogS



END SELECT









weaponchat:



CLS

check_1% = 1



Saythis "You ask smith about any recent weapons hes made recently,"

Saythis "He says that he hasn't had any jobs due to how small the town is, but he goes on about a recent job where he had to fix a plow, but the plow was fine, the ox was just stubbern and pretended that he couldnt pull it. You ask him if hes willing to make some wepons, he agrees, but you tell him that when you know what wepons you will need you'll put in the request"

INPUT "", weaponchat$

weponchat$ = LCASE$(Ask$(3, 1, CSRLIN, POS(0), 15, 0))

check_1% = 1

SELECT CASE weaponchat$



    CASE "return"

        GOTO DlogS

    CASE "back"

        RETURN

    CASE ELSE

        GOTO weaponchat

END SELECT



teamupsmith:

CLS

PRINT "You ask Smith if he would like to join up and go see if the rumors are true"

PRINT " he says that he has some things he needs to finish but when he does he might"

IF check_1% = 1 THEN PRINT "I also have to make those weapons you requested"

PRINT "what will you do?: ";

INPUT teamupS$

SELECT CASE teamupS$

    CASE "return"

        GOTO DlogS



END SELECT







CES:

CLS

Saythis "you talk to smith about recent events that have been going on, he says that alot of soldiers have been passing through the village recenty, and a lot of injured coming back. he wonders what could be doing this to so many soldiers, he hasnt heard of any war or alot of citizens being drafted"

INPUT "what will you do? :"; CES$



INPUT "", CES$

SELECT CASE CES$

    CASE ""



    CASE ""



    CASE ""



    CASE ELSE

        GOTO CES



END SELECT

DlogJ:

CLS

'not sure what will happen here

'johnson is the carpenter

Saythis "you start to walk towards johnson but when he gets up go greet you, but he trips on his own feet and falls flat on his face, you help him up as he appoligized for his clumbsines, you tell him"

PRINT "1: you should be more careful"

PRINT "2: you cluts learn to walk"

PRINT "3: its ok, ive done that before"



PRINT "what will you say? (1,2,3...)"; DlogJ$



SELECT CASE DlogJ$

    CASE "1 "



    CASE "2"



    CASE "3"



    CASE ELSE

        GOTO DlogJ





END SELECT

Smithery:

CLS

' you will get smith as an ally here

PRINT "placeholder"; smithery$

SELECT CASE smithery$

    CASE ""



    CASE ""



    CASE ""



    CASE ELSE

        GOTO Smithery



END SELECT

Town_Hall:

CLS

'get a special item here that my help

PRINT "placeholder"; Town_hall$

SELECT CASE Town_hall$

    CASE ""



    CASE ""



    CASE ""



    CASE ELSE

        GOTO Town_Hall



END SELECT





carpender:

CLS

' get johnson as a ally here







Dark_Lord_Encounter:

CLS

'dark lord attempt to stop the proficy from becoming true by killing everyone



















SUB wrong_weird_input

    IF INSTR(1, dlog$, "eat") THEN PRINT "you shoudnt do that"

    PRINT "i dont think you should do that"

    PRINT "press e to return"

    IF INKEY$ = ("e") THEN RETURN



END SUB







SUB Saythis (text$)



    x = 1

    WHILE x <= LEN(text$)

        y = 80



        DO

            IF INSTR(y + x, text$, " ") > x + 79 THEN

                y = y - 1

            ELSE

                EXIT DO

            END IF



        LOOP

        PRINT MID$(text$, x, y)

        x = x + y



    WEND



END SUB







SUB Stats

    strength% = 3

    stamina% = 3

    agility% = 3

    critchance% = 3

    IF experiencetotal% = levelup% THEN

        strength% = strength% + 2

        stamina% = stamina% + 1

        agility% = agility% + 2

        critchance% = critchance% + 1





    END IF





END SUB



SUB lvl



    level% = 1

    levelup% = 50

    experience% = 5

    experiencetotal% = 0



    IF experiencetotal% = levelup% THEN

        level% = level% + 1

    ELSE experiencetotal% = experiencetotal% * 1.25

    END IF

    IF experiencetotal% = levelup% THEN

        experience% = experience% + 1

    END IF

END SUB











SUB saving











    OPEN "save1.txt" FOR OUTPUT AS #1

    PRINT Name$

    PRINT age%

    PRINT gender$

    PRINT #1, Name$

    PRINT #1, age%

    PRINT #1, gender$









    CLOSE #1













END SUB









































































DECLARE FUNCTION Ask$ (Length%, Cat%, x%, y%, ForeColor%, BackColor%)





































FUNCTION Ask$ (Length%, Cat%, x%, y%, ForeColor%, BackColor%)



    LOCATE x%, y%, 1

    COLOR ForeColor, BackColor



    a = x%

    b = y%



    COLOR ForeColor%, BackColor%

    Variable$ = SPACE$(Length%)

    DO

        DO 'wait for keyboard input

            MyData$ = INKEY$

        LOOP WHILE MyData$ = ""



        IF MyData$ = CHR$(13) THEN

            Ask$ = Variable$

            EXIT FUNCTION

        END IF





        SELECT CASE Cat% 'check what category. cat 0 is number only

            CASE 0



                SELECT CASE ASC(MyData$) 'check ascii value of input



                    CASE 48 TO 57 '0 through 9

                        IF LEN(RTRIM$(Variable$)) < Length% THEN 'if length of user input is less than max length

                            LOCATE a, b 'reset cursor

                            b = b + 1 'add one to our length marker

                            MID$(Variable$, (b - y%), 1) = MyData$ 'make cursor spot the new data

                            PRINT MyData$;

                        END IF

                END SELECT



            CASE 1 'alpha numeric



                SELECT CASE ASC(MyData$)



                    CASE 48 TO 57 '0 through 9

                        IF LEN(RTRIM$(Variable$)) < Length% THEN

                            LOCATE a, b

                            b = b + 1

                            MID$(Variable$, (b - y%), 1) = MyData$

                            PRINT MyData$;

                        END IF



                    CASE 65 TO 90, 97 TO 122, 32 '0 through 9

                        IF LEN(RTRIM$(Variable$)) < Length% THEN

                            LOCATE a, b

                            b = b + 1

                            MID$(Variable$, (b - y%), 1) = MyData$

                            PRINT MyData$;

                        END IF











                END SELECT





        END SELECT





        SELECT CASE ASC(MyData$)

            CASE 8 'backspace

                IF b > y% THEN



                    MID$(Variable$, b - y%, 1) = " "

                    b = b - 1



                    LOCATE x%, y%

                    PRINT Variable$ + " ";

                    LOCATE a, b

                END IF



        END SELECT



        SELECT CASE MyData$

            CASE (CHR$(0) + CHR$(75)) 'left arrow

                IF b > y% THEN

                    b = b - 1

                    LOCATE a, b

                END IF



            CASE (CHR$(0) + CHR$(77)) 'right arrow

                IF (b - y%) < Length% THEN

                    b = b + 1

                    LOCATE a, b

                END IF



            CASE (CHR$(0) + CHR$(72)) 'up arrow

                x = x



            CASE (CHR$(0) + CHR$(80)) 'left arrow



                x = x

            CASE (CHR$(0) + CHR$(83)) 'del

                Variable$ = MID$(Variable$, 1, b - y%) + RTRIM$(MID$(Variable$, (b + 2) - y%))



                LOCATE x%, y%

                PRINT Variable$ + " ";

                LOCATE a, b



                ' CASE "~"

                END

        END SELECT









    LOOP



END FUNCTION

I'm not asking for a debugger, (I couldn't pay you for your time anyway), but asking for assistance with ways to improve code that isn't effective to have (that probably sounds like debugging).