Global Commands
Overview
There are three main types of Command. * Game Commands are used to interact with the game. * Global Commands are used to interact with the program running the game. * Custom Commands allow developers to add custom commands to the game without having to worry about extended the games interpreters.
Game Commands
Drop
Allows players to drop an item. R can be used as a shortcut.
drop sword
The player can also drop all items.
drop all
Examine
Allows players to examine any asset. X can be used as a shortcut.
Examine will examine the current room.
examine
The player themselves can be examined with me or the players name.
examine me
or
examine ben
The same is true for Regions, Overworlds, Items and Exits.
Take
Allows the player to take an Item. T can be used as a shortcut.
take sword
Take all allows the player to take all takeables Items in the current Room.
take all
Talk
Talk allows the player to start a conversation with a NonPlayableCharacter. L can be used as a shortcut.
If only a single NonPlayableCharacter is in the current Room no argument needs to be specified.
talk
However, if the current Room contains two or more NonPlayableCharacters then to and the NonPlayableCharacters name must be specified.
talk to dave
Use
Use allows the player to use the Items that the player has or that are in the current Room.
use sword
Items can be used on the Player, the Room, an Exit, a NonPlayableCharacter or another Item. The target must be specified with the on keyword.
use sword on me
Or
use sword on bush
Move
Regions are traversed with direction commands.
- North or N moves north.
- East or E moves east.
- South or S moves south.
- West or W moves west.
- Down or D moves down.
- Up or U moves up.
End
Only valid during a conversation with a NonPlayableCharacter, the End command will end the conversation.
end
Global Commands
About
Displays a screen containing information about the game.
about
CommandsOn / CommandsOff
Toggles the display of the contextual commands on the screen on and off.
commandson
Or
commandsoff
Exit
Exit the current game.
exit
Help
Displays a Help screen listing all available commands.
help
KeyOn / KeyOff
Toggles the display of the map key on and off.
keyon
Or
keyoff
Map
Displays the Region map screen.
map
New
Starts a new game.
new
Custom Commands
Custom commands can be added to many of the assets, including Room, PlayableCharacter, NonPlayableCharacter, Item and Exit.