{

// If we want to create a new function we can do so inside of our class' scope.

// Below we create a function called "DrawMenu()". Notice that it's the

// same way we have been creating our main() function. We need to specify

// that the function is "static" and our return type will be "void" because

// we won't be returning data, just displaying the menu to the screen.

public static void DrawMenu()

{

// Once inside our new function's scope, we can start coding what we

// want to happen when this function is called. Below we just do a

// bunch of WriteLine's to display the menu all organized and clean.

// The "\t" characters in a string stand for "tab". They basically

// create 5 space in the string instead of having to type 5 spaces

// yourself.

System.out.println("\t\t ****************Game Menu****************");

System.out.println("\t\t * *");

System.out.println("\t\t * 1) New Game *");

System.out.println("\t\t * 2) Load Game *");

System.out.println("\t\t * 3) Save Game *");

System.out.println("\t\t * 4) Inventory *");

System.out.println("\t\t * 5) Options *");

System.out.println("\t\t * 6) Quit *");

System.out.println("\t\t * *");

System.out.println("\t\t *****************************************");

} // Now that we have finished coding our function we need to close its scope.

// Start our main() function for our program

public static void main(String[] args)

{

// Here we declare a type of "boolean". A boolean is usually a flag that holds

// a value: true or false (true is anything but 0, false is 0).

boolean bStillPlaying = true;

int choice = 0;

// In this case, let's make a boolean and set it to true, meaning we

// are "bStillPlaying" the game. When Quit is chosen we will set our boolean to false,

// ending the game loop. Once again, we put the 'b' in front of "StillPlaying" to show

// that it's a boolean. This provides good readable code.

// Let's create a while loop to continue until the user Presses '6' for quit.

// The loop says to do everything in its scope until bStillPlaying == false. Remember,

// a statement doesn't happen if 0 is the result from the expression.

while (bStillPlaying)

{

// All we need to do is call our function, like so. This will draw the menu.

DrawMenu();

// Since there are no parameters to pass in, we just closed the parenthesis and

// added a semicolon. That is how you "call" a function.

// Now comes the part where we need to be able to choose from the menu.

// Just like in previous tutorials, display and prompt and convert our data to an int.

System.out.println("Choose from the menu: "); // Prompt the user

// Below we create a Scanner object and read in an integer from the user

Scanner scan = new Scanner(System.in);

choice = scan.nextInt();

// Below we create a switch statement. I chose to use this instead of if/else statements.

// For a quick review on switch statements, this is just a cleaner way to check values of a variable.

switch (choice)

{

case 1: System.out.println("You chose a New Game!"); // if (choice == 1) print a message

break; // "break" breaks out of the switch statement

case 2: System.out.println("You chose to Load a Game!"); // if (choice == 2)

break; // Print the choice and break

case 3: System.out.println("You chose to Save a Game!"); // if (choice == 3)

break; // Print the choice and break

case 4: System.out.println("You chose your Inventory!"); // if (choice == 4)

break; // Print the choice and break

case 5: System.out.println("You chose Options!"); // if (choice == 5)

break; // Print the choice and break

case 6:

// bStillPlaying is set to false. This means, when the code goes back up to the top,

// while(bStillPlaying) will NOT be true and fail.

bStillPlaying = false; // if (choice == 6)

System.out.println("Game over already?"); // Print out the game over message

// A weird thing about switch statements is that you don't need

// brackets {} for more than one line, You just need a "break".

break;

}

// It's a good idea to label what the closing bracket is coming

// from if you can't see the whole scope, like below:

} // while (bStillPlaying)

}