Trying to make a ChooseClass() method and return the type.

Question

I'm new to C# programming and attempting to make a basic Text Adventure style console application, and I am having trouble using user input to choose the class they want.

 

I've created the following classes

 

public class Player

{

   public WoodenStick firstWeapon = new WoodenStick(); //Ignore for now

}

public class Warrior : Player

{

   public string classType = "Warrior";

}

public class Sorcerer : Player

{

   public string classType = "Sorcerer";

}

 

Though my problem lies within the Main method of the program...

 

I created a method inside of the Program class called ChooseClass() which I want to get user input and create a class based off of what the user inputs.

 

See below

 

class Program

{

   static void Main(string[] args)

{

      Player player = ChooseClass();

      Console.Clear();

      Console.WriteLine();

      Console.ReadLine();

}

   static Player ChooseClass()

   {

      Warrior warrior = new Warrior();

      Sorcerer sorcerer = new Sorcerer();

ChooseClass:

      Console.WriteLine("Choose a class: Warrior or Sorcerer");

      Console.WriteLine();

      string response = Console.ReadLine();

      if (response.Equals("Warrior"))

         return warrior;

      else if (response.Equals("Sorcerer"))

         return sorcerer;

      else

      {

         Console.Clear();

         Console.WriteLine("Try again");

         Console.ReadLine();

         Console.Clear();

         goto ChooseClass;

      } 

    }

}

 

 

Hopefully the code is readable to you. The method kind of works. When I do player.GetType(), it does return either Sorcerer or Warrior, but I can't access the individual properties of Sorcerer or Warrior because the actual object is defined as Player. How can I get it to create the specific object based on the user input?

 

Thanks for the help!