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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.