Module: CharacterTitles::Evil

Defined in:
lib/character_titles/evil.rb

Constant Summary collapse

BODY_PARTS_SINGULAR = 
%w(anus blood flesh skin fat death eye sight)
BODY_PARTS = 
%w(intestine colon gonad skull leg arm body head gut beast heart liver)
VIOLENT_VERBS_AS_NOUNS = 
%w(vommitter cooker roaster punisher mutalator disfigurer clawer disembowler crusher masher ravisher banisher killer grasper tearer flayer eater ripper impaler chewer sucker severer wrencher sapper reamer walker feaster devourer destroyer tormentor defiler mincer)
ADJECTIVES = 
%w(evil dark rotting putrid forgotten terrible horrible nasty sickening putrifying banished outlawed)
NOUNS = 
%w(scourage terror horror ghoul ghost beast outlaw criminal demon)

Class Method Summary collapse

Class Method Details

.generate ⇒ Object 



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# File 'lib/character_titles/evil.rb', line 25

def generate
  body_part = pick_body_part

  title = if rand(2) == 1 && !BODY_PARTS_SINGULAR.include?(body_part)
    "#{VIOLENT_VERBS_AS_NOUNS.sample} of #{body_part.pluralize}"
  else
    "#{body_part}#{['', '-', ' '].sample}#{VIOLENT_VERBS_AS_NOUNS.sample}"
  end

  title = "#{ADJECTIVES.sample} #{title}" if rand(3) == 1 # add an adjective to the title?
  title = "the #{title}"                  if rand(3) == 1 # should the title be proper?
  title = "#{title}, #{qualifier}"        if rand(2) == 1 # should it include a qualifier?

  title.titleize.gsub('Of', 'of').gsub('The', 'the')
end

.pick_body_part ⇒ Object 



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# File 'lib/character_titles/evil.rb', line 21

def pick_body_part
  (BODY_PARTS_SINGULAR + BODY_PARTS).sample
end

.qualifer_should_be_proper? ⇒ Boolean

Returns:

  • (Boolean) 


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# File 'lib/character_titles/evil.rb', line 13

def qualifer_should_be_proper?
  rand(3) == 1
end

.qualifier ⇒ Object 



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# File 'lib/character_titles/evil.rb', line 17

def qualifier
  "#{'the ' if qualifer_should_be_proper?}#{NOUNS.sample} of #{CharacterTitles::Place.generate}"
end