The Mysts of Altair - text-based adventure game

This is my code for The Mysts of Aesthoth so far. I'd like to know if I'm following best practices, and what can be improved.

/* ______________________________________ This Program was made by: Andrew Tew ______________________________________ */ #include <iostream> #include <string> using namespace std; int main() { //EVERYTHANG IN DER BACKGRUND int Charma = 0; unsigned int Hunger = 10; unsigned int Energy = 50; unsigned int Health = 100; string Ans1; string Ans2; string Ans3; string Ans4; string Ans5; string Ans6; string Ans7; string Ans8; string Ans9; string Ans10; string Ans11; string Ans12; string Ans13; string Ans14; string Ans15; string Ans16; string Ans17; string Ans18; string Ans19; string Ans20; string Ans21; string Ans22; string Ans23; string Ans24; string Ans25; string Ans26; string Ans27; string Ans28; string Ans29; string Ans30; string AnsCharSure; string eyecolor; string skintone; string haircolor; string height; string name; string race; string gender; bool dead = false; bool human = false; bool orc = false; bool goblin = false; bool elf = false; bool lizard = false; bool cat = false; bool vampire = false; bool werewolf = false; bool SNK = false; bool Get_Backpack = false; StartScreen: system ("cls"); system ("color 0c"); system ("title Mysts of Altyar"); cout << "|---------------------------| Answer all questions in all lowercase letters\n"; cout << "| The | and single words\n"; cout << "|Mysts of Altair | Answer all questions yes/no unless otherwise\n"; cout << "| by: Andrew Tew | specified\n"; cout << "|---------------------------| Enjoy and have fun!\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n"; system ("pause"); system ("cls"); system ("color 0e"); BackStory: cout << "There once was an old man who's name was\n"; cout << "Stewart.\n\n\n"; system ("pause"); system ("cls"); cout << "Stewart has stayed isolated for the majority of the old man\n"; cout << "portion of his life. He wasted his time playing pointless\n"; cout << "games such as Realm of the Mad God, World of Warcraft, and\n"; cout << "pretty much just staring at a screen pressing buttons on a\n"; cout << "Keyboard.\n\n\n"; system ("pause"); system ("cls"); cout << "Then one day... something peculiar happened.\n\n\n"; system ("pause"); system ("cls"); cout << "Stewart had an urge to get up from his smelly old chair and\n"; cout << "walk out of his hut. He decided to go on an adventure through\n"; cout << "the forest!\n\n\n"; system ("pause"); system ("cls"); system ("color 0a"); cout << "Stewart thought the forest smelled splendid! The scent of the\n"; cout << "trees filled the air! Stewart also found the absolute beauty of\n"; cout << "nature splendid as well.\n\n\n"; system ("pause"); system ("cls"); cout << "Before long, Stewart found himself standing in a circle of trees\n"; cout << "with a wide open spot in the middle that contained nothing but a\n"; cout << "stone block with some sort of ancient writing on it.\n"; cout << " ____________________________ \n"; cout << " / /|\n"; cout << " /Some sort of Ancient Writing/ |\n"; cout << " /____________________________/ |\n"; cout << " | | /\n"; cout << " | | /\n"; cout << " |____________________________|/\n\n\n"; system ("pause"); system ("cls"); cout << "Does Stewart "; cout << "throw the brick at the ground? "; cin >> Ans1; cout << "\n"; if (Ans1 == "yes"){ cout << "Stewart walked through the dirt towards the stone and he then\n"; cout << "picked the brick up and decided (as any sensible person would)\n"; cout << "to throw the brick at the dirt..\n\n\n"; system ("pause"); system ("cls"); }else {cout << "Stewart walked through the dirt towards the stone and felt\n"; cout << "a strange urge to touch it. Although the urge was quite obviously\n"; cout << "a hint that the story lays beyond, he walks back to his hut.\n"; cout << "Stewart lived a crappy life and died the next month.\n\n\n"; system ("pause"); system ("cls"); goto StartScreen; } system ("color 09"); cout << "The brick shattered and released a dark blue smoke that had laid\n"; cout << "within the brick for 1000s of years. The smoke began to surround\n"; cout << "Stewart spinning rapidly around him until everything suddenly went\n"; cout << "black.\n\n\n"; system ("pause"); system ("cls"); system ("color f0"); cout << "Stewart woke up to the sound of the waves crashing against the shore\n"; cout << "of the sandy beach.\n\n\n"; system ("pause"); system ("cls"); cout << "As Stewart stands up he sees a figure walking in the distance...\n\n\n"; WhoAreYou: cout << "Who... are you?\n"; Race: cout << "What race are you? "; cin >> race; if (race == "lizard"){ lizard = true; goto SkinTone; } if (race == "elf"){ elf = true; } if (race == "orc"){ orc = true; } if (race == "SupahNinjaKitty"){ SNK = true; } if (race == "cat"){ cat = true; } if (race == "goblin"){ goblin = true; }; if (race == "human"){ human = true; } Gender: cout << "What is your gender (Male, Female, It)? "; cin >> gender; HairColor: cout << "What color hair do you have? "; cin >> haircolor; SkinTone: cout << "What tone of skin do you have? "; cin >> skintone; EyeColor: cout << "What color eyes do you have? "; cin >> eyecolor; Height: if (goblin = true){ goto Name; } cout << "Are you tall or short? "; cin >> height; if (haircolor == "black" && skintone == "white" && eyecolor == "red" && height == "tall"){ vampire = true; } if (haircolor == "brown" && skintone == "brown" && eyecolor == "brown" && height == "tall"){ werewolf = true; } Name: cout << "What is your first name? "; cin >> name; cout << "\n\n\n"; cout << "\tAre you sure this is who you want to be?\n"; cout << "\t\tYou won't be able to return after this.\n"; cin >> AnsCharSure; if (AnsCharSure == "yes"){ }else { system ("cls"); goto WhoAreYou; } system ("pause"); system ("cls"); cout << "As you turn your head you see a peculiar looking old\n"; cout << "man dressed in saggy clothes that are littered with\n"; cout << "wrinkles all over his sweatpants and sweatshirt\n"; cout << "and on his whole person he was littered with stains\n"; system ("pause"); test1: system ("cls"); cout << "Do you approach that strange old guy? "; cin >> Ans2; if (Ans2 == "yes"){ cout << "\nYou approach that old guy debating whether or not\n"; cout << "he seems 100% human. Maybe he's from your home world,\n"; cout << "Earth.\n"; }else { cout << "That old guy runs towards you.\n\n"; cout << "Do you...\n"; cout << "Kill Him? "; cin >> Ans3; if (Ans3 == "yes"){ cout << "You attempt to kill that old guy with your fists, but\n"; cout << "He shoots lasers from his eyes and kills you in 2\n"; cout << "seconds\n"; system ("pause"); goto StartScreen; }else { cout << "Run? "; cin >> Ans4; if (Ans4 == "yes"){ cout << "You run from that crazy old guy, but his laser eyes\n"; cout << "catch you and you die\n\n\n"; system ("pause"); goto StartScreen; }else{ cout << "Teleport? "; cin >> Ans5; if (Ans5 == "yes"){ cout << "You teleport into... \n"; cout << "Enter a number 1-10 to see if you live :O\n"; cin >> Ans5; }else { }if (Ans5 == "7"){ cout << "You teleport to Earth and live!\n"; cout << "But you obviously still died because of\n"; cout << "the mass pollution on earth...\n"; system ("pause"); goto StartScreen; }else { cout << "You teleport somewhere where particles don't move for measly\n"; cout << race << "s and you die from never existing O.O\n\n\n"; system ("pause"); goto StartScreen; } } } } system ("cls"); cout << "Unknown: what is your name? Who are you?\n"; cout << "He seemed bewildered and out of breath.\n\n\n\n"; cout << "Do you...\n"; cout << "Say your name?"; cin >> Ans6; if (Ans6 == "yes"){ cout << "You: My name is " << name << "\n\n"; cout << "Unknown: Hello " << name << " I am Stewart.\n\n\n"; }else { cout << "(Threaten)Ask for his name first?"; cin >> Ans7; }if (Ans7 == "yes"){ Charma = Charma - 1; cout << "(Success!)Unknown: M- M- My name is Stewart... I don't know how\n"; cout << "I got here, wh- who are you?\n\n"; cout << "You: I am " << name << "\n\n\n"; cout << "Charma -1\n\n\n"; } system ("pause"); system ("cls"); cout << "Stewart: TICKLE ME!\n"; cout << "Do you tickle him?\n\n"; cin >> Ans8; if (Ans8 == "yes"){ cout << "You tickle him until the point he explodes\n and a bear comes and eats you both.\n\n\n"; }else { cout << "Stewart: Oh thank god your not a creeper that was just a test.\n\n\n"; } system ("pause"); system ("cls"); cout << "Stewart: would you like to go on an adventure with me? \n"; cin >> Ans9; if (Ans9 == "yes"){ cout << "Then lets get started shall we?\n\n\n"; }else{ cout << "You drown in tears\n\n\n"; system ("pause"); goto StartScreen; } system ("pause"); ChapterOne: system ("cls"); cout << "\n\n\n\n\n\t\tChapter 1: The Forest\n\n\n"; cout << "Everytime you die you will now respawn to this checkpoint :D, your welcome.\n\n\n\n"; system ("pause"); Fork: system ("cls"); cout << "As you begin you great adventure through the forest you and Stewie\n (as you now call him)\n"; cout << "find yourselves at a 3-way forked path through the trees once you\n go one way you can't go any"; cout << "other way.\n\n"; cout << "Stewie: I think we should go right... my mother once told me"; if (Charma <= -1){ cout << "...(you zone out)\n\n"; }if (Charma >= 0){ cout << " that the path that leads right either leads to bears or victory!\n\n"; } cout << "Do you go left, straight, or right?"; cin >> Ans10; if (Ans10 == "left"){ system ("cls"); cout << "you go left and travel for 3 hours before realizing that you keep ending up at the same fork.\n"; Hunger = Hunger - 1; Energy = Energy - 1; system ("pause"); goto Fork; }if (Ans10 == "right"){ system ("cls"); cout << "After traveling on the right path for hours you hear twig snap.\n"; cout << "Suddenly you hear a booming roar coming from your left, it's\n"; cout << "a BEAR!"; cout << "Stewie tripped and got eaten, soon you were devoured also...\n"; system ("pause"); system ("cls"); goto ChapterOne; }if (Ans10 == "straight"){ system ("cls"); cout << "You go straight (since you are more cool than Stewie) and continue on your\n"; cout << "journey glad that you didn't get lost or die. Good thing you didn't\n"; cout << "listen to Stewie!\n"; system ("pause"); system ("cls"); } adven1: cout << "After hours of adventuring you and Stewie grow exhausted\n"; cout << "in the distance you see an adventurer with a pretty desirable\n"; cout << "backpack on...\n"; cout << "Do you...\n"; cout << "Get the backpack?\n"; cin >> Ans11; if (Ans11 == "no"){ goto ignadv1; } if (Ans11 == "yes"){ cout << "How do you get the backpack?\n"; cout << "kill, mug, nevermind\n"; cin >> Ans12; } if (Ans12 == "nevermind"){ goto ignadv1; }if (Ans12 == "mug"){ cout << "You walk up to the adventurer...\n"; cout << "Adventurer: Hi! I'm Timothy, pleased to meet you!\n"; Charma = Charma - 3; cout << name << ": Hand over the backpack... now\n"; } if (Charma <= -4){ cout << "Adventurer: Okay! Okay! Please don't hurt me!\n"; cout << "The Adventurer cowers down and drops the backpack\n"; cout << "to your feet.\n\n\n"; cout << "You Gained A Backpack!\n"; cout << "Charma -3\n"; Get_Backpack = true; goto adv1; }else{ cout << "Adventurer: Good One! talk to you later!\n"; cout << "The adventurer walks away casually.\n\n\n"; goto ignadv1; } if (Ans12 == "kill"){ Charma = Charma - 5; cout << "You sprint towards the adventurer and kill him with\n"; cout << "your bare hands as Stewie is peeing. You take the backpack\n"; cout << "and continue on the trail.\n\n\n"; cout << "You Gained A Backpack!\n"; cout << "Charma -4\n"; goto adv1; } adv1: system ("pause"); system ("cls"); cout << "Hold up, hold up."; cout << "Do you know how to use the backpack?"; cin >> Ans13; if (Ans13 == "no"){ cout << "At any time, type 'backpack' with no quotes around it\n"; cout << "and your backpack will open for you to see/equip\n"; cout << "items that you have collected!\n"; }else{ } goto Chap1Next1; ignadv1: system ("pause"); system ("cls"); cout << "As you continue your journey you notice a backpack hanging from a branch\n"; cout << "and you decide to take it good thing you didn't do anything to that\n"; cout << "adventurer back there!\n\n\n"; cout << "You Gained A Backpack!\n"; cout << "Charma +1\n"; Get_Backpack = true; Charma = Charma + 1; goto adv1; Chap1Next1: cout << "You and Stewie arrive at a huge steel gate with several guards\n"; cout << "all of which were armed with bows and arrows.\n"; cout << "One guard draws his sword and walks towards you and\n"; cout << "Stewie.\n"; cout << "Guard: Who are you, why are you here?\n\n\n"; cout << "Do you..."; cout << "Say Your Name?"; cin >> Ans14; if (Ans14 == "yes"){ cout << name << ": I am " << name << " and this is Stewart.\n"; cout << "We are adventurers who are looking to find our way.\n\n"; cout << "Guard: Very well then, you may go into the city of\n"; cout << "Aesthoth.\n\n\n"; goto EnterAesthoth; } cout << "(Threaten) ask for his name first"; cin >> Ans15; if (Ans15 == "yes"){ cout << "Guard: Hahahaha... you can't threaten me,\n"; cout << "Why don't you try again?\n"; system ("pause"); system ("cls"); goto Chap1Next1; } cout << "Kill"; cin >> Ans16; if (Ans16 == "yes"){ cout << "You attempt to kill the well armored guard with\n"; cout << "Your bare hands... you can imagine what went\n"; cout << "through your head last... a sword.\n"; system ("pause"); system ("cls"); goto ChapterOne; } EnterAesthoth: system ("pause"); system ("cls"); system ("pause"); return 0; }