Had to fix how the subwindow was made and now player is refactored into a class.

phase_four.py

@@ -0,0 +1,98 @@
+import curses
+import sys
+
+
+class Map:
+    def __init__(self):
+        self.map = [
+        "####################",
+        "###....#############",
+        "###....#############",
+        "###...........######",
+        "#############.######",
+        "#############....###",
+        "#############....###",
+        "####################"]
+
+    def move_player(self, player, target_y, target_x):
+        if self.map[target_y - 1][target_x - 1] != '#':
+            player.y = target_y
+            player.x = target_x
+
+    def draw(self, win):
+        map_line = 1
+        for line in self.map:
+            win.addstr(map_line, 1, line)
+            map_line += 1
+
+class UI:
+    def __init__(self, stdscr, the_map, height, width, status_height):
+        curses.curs_set(0)
+        stdscr.clear()
+        begin_x = 0
+        begin_y = 0
+
+        win = curses.newwin(height, width, begin_y, begin_x)
+        win.keypad(True)
+        status = win.subwin(status_height, width-2, height-status_height, begin_x+1)
+
+        # keep these for later by assigning to self
+        self.begin_x = 0
+        self.begin_y = 0
+        self.map = the_map
+        self.height = height
+        self.width = width
+        self.win = win
+        self.status = status
+        self.status_height = status_height
+
+    def update(self, player):
+        self.win.clear()
+        self.win.box()
+        self.status.hline(0,0, curses.ACS_HLINE, self.width - 2)
+        self.map.draw(self.win)
+        self.draw_status()
+        self.draw_player(player)
+        self.win.refresh()
+
+    def draw_status(self):
+        self.status.addstr(1, 1, "PLAYER STATS")
+
+    def draw_player(self, player):
+        self.win.addstr(player.y, player.x, '@', curses.A_BOLD)
+
+    def handle_input(self, y, x):
+        ch = self.win.getch()
+
+        if ch == ord('q'):
+            sys.exit(0)
+        elif ch == curses.KEY_UP:
+            y = (y - 1) % self.height
+        elif ch == curses.KEY_DOWN:
+            y = (y + 1) % self.height
+        elif ch == curses.KEY_RIGHT:
+            x = (x + 1) % self.width
+        elif ch == curses.KEY_LEFT:
+            x = (x - 1) % self.width
+
+        return y, x
+
+class Player:
+    def __init__(self, x, y):
+        self.x = x
+        self.y = y
+
+
+def main(stdscr):
+    width=80
+    height=26
+    the_map = Map()
+    ui = UI(stdscr, the_map, height, width, 5)
+    player = Player(4, 4)
+
+    while True:
+        ui.update(player)
+        new_y, new_x = ui.handle_input(player.y, player.x)
+        the_map.move_player(player, new_y, new_x)
+
+curses.wrapper(main)

phase_one.py

@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ def create_ui(stdscr, height, width, status_height):
     begin_x = 0
     begin_y = 0
     win = curses.newwin(height, width, begin_y, begin_x)
-    status = win.subwin(status_height, height-2, height-6, begin_x+1)
+    status = win.subwin(status_height, width-2, height-status_height, begin_x+1)
     win.keypad(True)
     return win, status
 

phase_three.py

@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ class UI:
 
         win = curses.newwin(height, width, begin_y, begin_x)
         win.keypad(True)
-        status = win.subwin(status_height, height-2, height-6, begin_x+1)
+        status = win.subwin(status_height, width-2, height-status_height, begin_x+1)
 
         # keep these for later by assigning to self
         self.begin_x = 0

phase_two.py

@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ class UI:
 
         win = curses.newwin(height, width, begin_y, begin_x)
         win.keypad(True)
-        status = win.subwin(status_height, height-2, height-6, begin_x+1)
+        status = win.subwin(status_height, width-2, height-status_height, begin_x+1)
 
         # keep these for later by assigning to self
         self.begin_x = 0