Metric_update

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breed [drugs a-drug]
breed [people person]

globals [work-bool eat-bool take-drug-bool]

people-own [money job-class dopamine-level times-done days-since-drug risk-behavior]

to setup
  ca
  create-people 20 [
    setxy random-xcor random-ycor
    set shape "person"
    set size 1.4
    let job random 3
    set job-class job + 1 ;; 1 = poor, 2 = middle class, 3 = upper class
    ifelse job-class = 1 [set money random 100] [ ifelse job-class = 2
      [set money random 100 + 100 ] [set money random 100 + 200]]
    set dopamine-level 100
    set times-done 0
    set risk-behavior random 100
  ]
  create-drugs 20 [setxy random-xcor random-ycor set shape "circle" set size .5]
  reset-ticks
end 

to go
  ask people [
    let current-enhancer work-change
    set work-bool True
    let temp-enhancer eat-change
    if temp-enhancer > current-enhancer [
      set current-enhancer temp-enhancer
      set work-bool False
      set eat-bool True
    ]
    set temp-enhancer drug-change
    if temp-enhancer > current-enhancer [
      set current-enhancer temp-enhancer
      set eat-bool False
      set take-drug-bool True
    ]
    ifelse work-bool [ show "current enhancer is work" work] [
      ifelse eat-bool [show "current enhancer is eat" eat ] [ show "current enhancer is drugs" do-drugs]
    ]
  ]
end 

to walk
  rt 90
  lt 90
  fd 1
end 

to-report work-change
  ;; less you have, harder you work, more energy it takes
  let temp-dopamine dopamine-level - (energy-of-job / job-class)
  let temp-money money + (job-class * energy-of-job)
  report temp-dopamine + (temp-money / job-class) ;; people who are already rich get less return from working
end 

to-report eat-change
  let temp-dopamine dopamine-level + energy-from-food
  let temp-money money - cost-of-food
  ifelse temp-money > 0 [report temp-dopamine + temp-money] [show "could not afford" report 0]
end 

to-report drug-change
  let temp-times-done 0
  ifelse days-since-drug > 20 [set temp-times-done 1][set temp-times-done times-done + 1]
  let temp-dopamine dopamine-level + (drug-potency / temp-times-done)
  let temp-money money - (cost-of-drug * temp-times-done)
  report temp-dopamine + risk-behavior + temp-money
end 

to work
  set money money + (job-class * energy-of-job)
  set dopamine-level dopamine-level - (energy-of-job / job-class)
  set days-since-drug days-since-drug + 1
end 

to eat
  set money money - cost-of-food
  set dopamine-level dopamine-level + energy-from-food
  set days-since-drug days-since-drug + 1
end 

;; drugs decreases your money and increases your dopamine-level but the amount goes down each time you
;; do it because your tolerance raises so each time you do it the cost also increases bc you have to buy more

to do-drugs
  ifelse days-since-drug > 20 [ set times-done 1 ] [ set times-done times-done + 1 ]
  set money money - (cost-of-drug * times-done)
  set dopamine-level dopamine-level + (drug-potency / times-done)
  set days-since-drug 0
end

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