Smell restrictions (ADRIFT example)

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This mostly works, but I'm unhappy with the brute force approach. I'm a total novice with ADRIFT, so there's probably a better way to do this. -- David Welbourn 11:42, 21 April 2008 (PDT)

Contents 1 Options 2 Introduction & Winning 3 Rooms 3.1 Street 3.2 Sewer 4 Objects 4.1 a flower 4.2 a spacesuit 4.3 some sewage 5 Tasks 5.1 smell flower 5.2 smell sewage 5.3 smell me 5.4 smell anything else 5.5 take sewage

Options

• Adventure title: Smell Restrictions
• Author: David Welbourn

Introduction & Winning

• Display first room
• Start the adventure in room: Street

Rooms

Street

• Short room description: Street
• Long room description: You are in a street. The sewer is below you.
• Move Down to Sewer

Sewer

• Short room description: Sewer
• Long room description: You are in a sewer. The street is above you.
• Move Up to Street

Objects

a flower

• Object Prefix: a
• Object Name: flower
• Object Type: Dynamic
• Initial position: Street
• Description: It's just a nice flower. You don't know what type.

a spacesuit

• Object Prefix: a
• Object Name: spacesuit
• Aliases: suit
• Object type: Dynamic
• Initial position: Street
• Description: Spacesuits are wonderful things, but they make EVERYONE look fat.
• Object is wearable

some sewage

Note: Making the sewage dynamic instead of static is a kludge, but it's necessary for writing task restrictions involving the sewage.

• Object Prefix: some
• Object Name: sewage
• Object type: Dynamic
• Initial position: Sewer
• Description: Horrible smelly sewage is everywhere in the sewer.
• [_] Do NOT list object in room descriptions
• When the object is listed in the room description, display this: Sewage is everywhere.

Tasks

smell flower

• What the user must type: [smell/sniff] {the/a} flower
• Message upon completion: It smells wonderful.
• Task can be completed in: All rooms
• Restrictions:
  • a flower must be visible to Player else display You don't see that here. AND
  • a spacesuit must NOT be worn by Player else display You can't smell anything while wearing the spacesuit. AND
  • some sewage must NOT be visible to Player else display The disgusting reek of the sewage overwhelms your nose. You can't smell anything else.
• Repeatable task

smell sewage

• What the user must type: [smell/sniff] {the/some} sewage
• Message upon completion: It reeks.
• Task can be completed in: Sewer
• Restrictions:
  • a spacesuit must NOT be worn by Player else display You can't smell anything while wearing the spacesuit.
• Repeatable task

smell me

Note: The player isn't included as an "%object%", so it needs its own task.

• What the user must type: [smell/sniff] [me/myself]
• Message upon completion: You smell normal.
• Task can be completed in: All rooms
• Restrictions:
  • a spacesuit must NOT be worn by Player else display You can't smell anything while wearing the spacesuit. AND
  • some sewage must NOT be visible to Player else display The disgusting reek of the sewage overwhelms your nose. You can't smell anything else.
• Repeatable task

smell anything else

• What the user must type: [smell/sniff] {the/a} %object%
• Message upon completion: That smells normal.
• Task can be completed in: All rooms
• Restrictions:
  • a spacesuit must NOT be worn by Player else display You can't smell anything while wearing the spacesuit. AND
  • some sewage must NOT be visible to Player else display The disgusting reek of the sewage overwhelms your nose. You can't smell anything else.
• Repeatable task

take sewage

• What the user must type: [take/get/pick up] {the/some} sewage
• Message upon completion: You can't take the sewage!
• Task can be completed in: Sewer
• Repeatable task