Items Array

#Initialise
#set up dictionaries
MAP = {'foyer_forward':'kitchen',
       'foyer_right':'lounge',
        'foyer_backward':'front door',
       'foyer_left':'bedroom',
        'bedroom_right':'foyer',      
        'front door_forward':'foyer',
       'kitchen_backward':'foyer',
       'lounge_left': 'foyer'
       }
 
DESC = {'foyer':'You are in the foyer. It is dark and scary. You want to get out! ',
         'back door':'Congratulations, you have escaped via the back door! ',
         'bedroom':'You are in the bedroom. There is a dragon.',
         'lounge':'You are in the lounge. There is a lamp.',
         'front door':'The front door is locked!',
         'kitchen':'You are in the kitchen. There is no light. It is too dark to see.'
        }
 
#set up list of items that end the game
FINISH = ['front door','quit','dead','end' ]
 
#set up a list of items
ITEMS = {
        'knife':False,
        'key':False,
        'lamp':False
        }
 
#starting location
room = 'foyer'
 
#Start of game code
name = input('What is your name? ')
print ('Hello',name)
print ('You are in a castle with many rooms. ')
print ('Your challenge is to escape the castle without being eaten by the dragon')
 
#loops continuously until a break. Note capital letter in boolean value True
while True:
    print (DESC[room])
 
    # Check to see if the room decription contains the word knife
    if 'knife' in DESC[room]:
        # set the ITEMS value for knife to be True
        ITEMS['knife'] = True
        # and inform the user
        print('You now have knife')
    if 'lamp' in DESC[room]:
        ITEMS['lamp'] = True
        # Change the desciption of rooms now you have a lamp.
        DESC['kitchen'] = 'You are in the kitchen. There is a knife.'
        DESC['foyer'] = 'You are in the foyer. You can now see.'
        print('You now have lamp')
         
    if 'dragon' in DESC[room]:
        if ITEMS['knife'] == True:
            print('You killed the dragon with your knife')
            print('The dragon was sitting on a key')
            print('You now have the key')
            ITEMS['key'] = True
            DESC['front door'] = 'You use your key and leave the castle'
             
        else:
            print('The dragon eats you')
            room = 'dead'
         
    if room in FINISH:
        break
    direction = input( 'Enter a direction? Choose from forward, backward, left, right or quit ')
    if direction in FINISH:
        break
    key = room + '_' + direction
     
    if key in MAP:
        room = MAP[key]
    else :
        print ('You can\'t go ' +direction+'. ' )
print ('Game over!')