Function in a board game with chests and bandits This function is part of a python board game program. The game is a board game with chests and bandits hidden throughout the board. The function is dedicated to the "easy" section of the game (where it is a 8x8 grid).

def easy_level(Coins):
#This function is for the movement of the game in easy difficulty
    while  True:
        oldcurrent=current
        boardeasy[oldcurrent[0]][oldcurrent[1]]='*' 
        table_game_easy()
        boardeasy[oldcurrent[0]][oldcurrent[1]]=' '

        n = input('Enter the direction followed by the number Ex:Up 5 , Number should be &lt; 8 \n')
        n=n.split()
        if n[0].lower() not in ['up','left','down','right']:#Validates input
            print('Wrong command, please input again')
            continue
        elif n[0].lower()=='up':
            up(int(n[1].lower()),8)#Boundary is set to 8 as the 'easy' grid is a 8^8
        elif n[0].lower()=='down':
            down(int(n[1].lower()),8)
        elif n[0].lower()=='left':
            left(int(n[1].lower()),8)
        elif n[0].lower()=='right':
            right(int(n[1].lower()),8)

        print("5 chests left")
        print("8 bandits left")
        print("Coins:",Coins)#Acts as a counter, displays the number of coins that the player has
        if current[0] == Treasure1_Row and current[1] == Treasure1_Col\
           or current[0] == Treasure2_Row and current[1] == Treasure2_Col\
           or current[0] == Treasure3_Row and current[1] == Treasure3_Col\
           or current[0] == Treasure4_Row and current[1] == Treasure4_Col\
           or current[0] == Treasure5_Row and current[1] == Treasure5_Col\
           or current[0] == Treasure6_Row and current[1] == Treasure6_Col\
           or current[0] == Treasure7_Row and current[1] == Treasure7_Col\
           or current[0] == Treasure8_Row and current[1] == Treasure8_Col\
           or current[0] == Treasure9_Row and current[1] == Treasure9_Col\
           or current[0] == Treasure10_Row and current[1] == Treasure10_Col:
            print("Hooray! You have found booty! +10 gold")
            Coins = Coins+10 #Adds an additional 10 points
            print("Coins:",Coins)

        if current[0] == Bandit1_Row and current[1] == Bandit1_Col\
             or current[0] == Bandit2_Row and current[1] == Bandit2_Col\
             or current[0] == Bandit3_Row and current[1] == Bandit3_Col\
             or current[0] == Bandit4_Row and current[1] == Bandit4_Col\
             or current[0] == Bandit5_Row and current[1] == Bandit5_Col:
            print("Oh no! You have landed on a bandit...they steal all your coins!")
            Coins = Coins-Coins #Removes all coins
            print("Coins:",Coins)

        boardeasy[current[0]][current[1]]='*'#sets value to players position
We're definitely missing some context here to run your code or understand what it is supposed to do, but there is enough to detect a few things that could be easily improved.



        Coins = Coins-Coins #Removes all coins


This should be:

        Coins = 0  #Removes all coins


Also

        Coins = Coins+10 #Adds an additional 10 points


can be written

        Coins += 10  #Adds an additional 10 points




Don't perform the same operations more than needed. In particular when handling the user input, you can limit the number of index accesses, to call to lower function, to call to int function:

    user_input = input('Enter the direction followed by the number Ex:Up 5 , Number should be &lt; 8 \n').split()
    if len(user_input) != 2:
        print('Wrong command, please input again')
        continue
    direct, number = user_input
    direct = direct.lower()
    number = int(number.lower())
    if direct not in ['up','left','down','right']:#Validates input
        print('Wrong command, please input again')
        continue
    elif direct == 'up':
        up(number, 8)  #Boundary is set to 8 as the 'easy' grid is a 8^8
    elif direct == 'down':
        down(number, 8)
    elif direct == 'left':
        left(number, 8)
    elif direct == 'right':
        right(number, 8)


Then, you can actually change the condition order so that you don't need to list twice the valid directions:

    if direct == 'up':
        up(number, 8)  #Boundary is set to 8 as the 'easy' grid is a 8^8
    elif direct == 'down':
        down(number, 8)
    elif direct == 'left':
        left(number, 8)
    elif direct == 'right':
        right(number, 8)
    else:
        print('Wrong command, please input again')
        continue




You could probably rewrite the comparisons to have something like:

    if current == Treasure1_Pos\
       or current == Treasure2_Pos\
       or current == Treasure3_Pos\
       or current == Treasure4_Pos\
       or current == Treasure5_Pos\
       or current == Treasure6_Pos\
       or current == Treasure7_Pos\
       or current == Treasure8_Pos\
       or current == Treasure9_Pos\
       or current == Treasure10_Pos:
        print("Hooray! You have found booty! +10 gold")
        Coins += 10  #Adds an additional 10 points
        print("Coins:",Coins)

    if current == Bandit1_Pos\
         or current == Bandit2_Pos\
         or current == Bandit3_Pos\
         or current == Bandit4_Pos\
         or current == Bandit5_Pos:
        print("Oh no! You have landed on a bandit...they steal all your coins!")
        Coins = 0  #Removes all coins
        print("Coins:",Coins)


And you could even define a data structure (list, set) to hold all the relevant positions and write something like:

    if current in Treasure_Positions:
        print("Hooray! You have found booty! +10 gold")
        Coins += 10  #Adds an additional 10 points
        print("Coins:",Coins)

    if current in Bandit_Positions:
        print("Oh no! You have landed on a bandit...they steal all your coins!")
        Coins = 0  #Removes all coins
        print("Coins:",Coins)




Then more things look wrong/improvable about boardeasy but we'd need to see what it does.