I made a small text adventure.  I'm not trying to make it appealing to anyone, but rather just to practice my Python skills. I am fairly new to Python and this was my next step after making a console calculator and BMI calculator. I would like someone to tell me how this code could be better optimised, less work, etc.import timeimport random# game functiondef game():print (~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~)print (Welcome to the cavern of secrets!)print (~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~)time.sleep(3)print (You enter a dark cavern out of curiosity. It is dark and you can only make out a small stick on the floor.)ch1 = str(input(Do you take it? [y/n]: ))# STICK TAKENif ch1 in ['y', 'Y', 'Yes', 'YES', 'yes']:    print(You have taken the stick!)    time.sleep(2)    stick = 1# STICK NOT TAKENelse:    print(You did not take the stick)    stick = 0print (As you proceed further into the cave, you see a small glowing object)ch2 = str(input(Do you approach the object? [y/n]))# APPROACH SPIDERif ch2 in ['y', 'Y', 'Yes', 'YES', 'yes']:    print (You approach the object...)    time.sleep(2)    print (As you draw closer, you begin to make out the object as an eye!)    time.sleep(1)    print (The eye belongs to a giant spider!)    ch3 = str(input(Do you try to fight it? [Y/N]))    # FIGHT SPIDER    if ch3 in ['y', 'Y', 'Yes', 'YES', 'yes']:        # WITH STICK        if stick == 1:            print (You only have a stick to fight with!)            print (You quickly jab the spider in it's eye and gain an advantage)            time.sleep(2)            print (~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~)            print (                  Fighting...                   )            print (   YOU MUST HIT ABOVE A 5 TO KILL THE SPIDER    )            print (IF THE SPIDER HITS HIGHER THAN YOU, YOU WILL DIE)            print (~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~)            time.sleep(2)            fdmg1 = int(random.randint(3, 10))            edmg1 = int(random.randint(1, 5))            print (you hit a, fdmg1)            print (the spider hits a, edmg1)            time.sleep(2)            if edmg1 > fdmg1:                print (The spider has dealt more damage than you!)                complete = 0                return complete            elif fdmg1 < 5:                print (You didn't do enough damage to kill the spider, but you manage to escape)                complete = 1                return complete            else:                print (You killed the spider!)                complete = 1                return complete        # WITHOUT STICK        else:            print (You don't have anything to fight with!)            time.sleep(2)            print (~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~)            print (                  Fighting...                   )            print (   YOU MUST HIT ABOVE A 5 TO KILL THE SPIDER    )            print (IF THE SPIDER HITS HIGHER THAN YOU, YOU WILL DIE)            print (~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~)            time.sleep(2)            fdmg1 = int(random.randint(1, 8))            edmg1 = int(random.randint(1, 5))            print (you hit a, fdmg1)            print (the spider hits a, edmg1)            time.sleep(2)            if edmg1 > fdmg1:                print (The spider has dealt more damage than you!)                complete = 0                return complete            elif fdmg1 < 5:                print (You didn't do enough damage to kill the spider, but you manage to escape)                complete = 1                return complete            else:                print (You killed the spider!)                complete = 1                return complete    #DON'T FIGHT SPIDER    print (You choose not to fight the spider.)    time.sleep(1)    print (As you turn away, it ambushes you and impales you with it's fangs!!!)    complete = 0    return complete# DON'T APPROACH SPIDERelse:        print (You turn away from the glowing object, and attempt to leave the cave...)        time.sleep(1)        print (But something won't let you....)        time.sleep(2)        complete = 0        return complete# game loopalive = Truewhile alive:complete = game()if complete == 1:    alive = input('You managed to escape the cavern alive! Would you like to play again? [y/n]: ')    if alive in ['y', 'Y', 'YES', 'yes', 'Yes',]:        alive    else:        breakelse:    alive = input('You have died! Would you like to play again? [y/n]: ')    if alive in ['y', 'Y', 'YES', 'yes', 'Yes',]:        alive    else:        break
Tiny text adventure
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