Class structure advice

[TriforceOfKirby]

I'm making a simple RPG which I'm currently working on a class structure for items.

I'm not sure if this is the best way of doing it and I would appreciate if anyone has any suggestions for improving it. Each of the classes will certainly have more members/functions in the future, but as of right now they are pretty empty. Right now I have the code split up into multiple files as show below.

// main.cc
#include <memory>
#include "weapon.hh"
#include "armor.hh"

int main() {
	// Examples of item creation
	auto sword = std::make_unique<Weapon>("Iron Sword");
	auto chestplate = std::make_unique<Armor>("Iron Chestplate");
}

// item.cc
#include <iostream>
#include "item.hh"

Item::Item(std::string name) : name(name) {
	std::clog << "Created item with name " << this->Name() << '\n';
}

Item::~Item() {
	std::clog << "Deleted item with name " << this->Name() << '\n';
}

std::string Item::Name() const {
	return name;
}

// item.hh
#pragma once

#include <cstdint>
#include <string>

class Item {
public:
	Item(std::string);
	~Item();
	std::string Name() const;
protected:
	std::string name;
};

// equipment.cc
#include <iostream>
#include "equipment.hh"

Equipment::Equipment(std::string name) : Item(name) {}

// equipment.hh
#pragma once

#include "item.hh"

class Equipment : public Item {
public:
	Equipment(std::string);
};

// weapon.cc
#include <iostream>
#include "weapon.hh"

Weapon::Weapon(std::string name) : Equipment(name) {}

// weapon.hh
#pragma once

#include "equipment.hh"

class Weapon : public Equipment {
public:
	Weapon(std::string);
private:
	uint32_t damage;
};

// armor.cc
#include <iostream>
#include "armor.hh"

Armor::Armor(std::string name) : Equipment(name) {}

// armor.hh
#pragma once

#include "equipment.hh"

class Armor : public Equipment {
public:
	Armor(std::string);
private:
	uint32_t protection;
};

[wizebin]

Using templates are great for this sort of thing- it allows you to focus more on the result. What kind of game are you thinking of making? Don't forget to actually make the game- it's easy to get caught up in making an engine! (I spent years of my life making engines instead of games)

[TriforceOfKirby]

What sort of template? It's an open world RPG; I wanted to make my own engine from scratch since I'm just doing this for fun. I plan on waiting for the Vulkan API to come out before I do any graphics.

[dhayden]

So far so good, but be sure to initialize damage and protection in the constructors for Weapon and Armor respectively.

[TriforceOfKirby]

Yep those need initial values still.