I Can Read Now — 1 of 0

"I Can Read Now" by John Timmons

The release number is 1. The story creation year is 2007. The story headline is "An example of changing the properties of one object by interacting with another". The story description is "This is a simple demonstration of how touching some moss gives the player the ability to read something that was previously unintelligible. This is based on the Infocom game 'Beyond Zork.'"

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The Foyer is a room. "The foyer is a nice place to start. On one of the walls, green moss is growing there."

[The description of the note uses if statements to determine if the player has touched the moss and prints out the appropriate response.]

The note is in the Foyer. The description is "The note reads:[line break][if green moss is untouched]$o@%&a*u#a&io#@ *ou ^a#e @ou$%e@ %*e #%ee * %o@@![otherwise]Congratulations you touched the moss![end if]"

[The magic green moss that can have one of two new properties.]

The green moss is scenery in the foyer. The green moss can be touched or untouched. The green moss is untouched. The description is "The moss, deep green in color, has the texture of a beautiful lush rug."

[A before rule for responding to the player touching the moss.]

Before touching the green moss:

if green moss is untouched

begin;

now the green moss is touched;

say "As you touch the moss, a tingling sensation travels from your fingers straight up your arm.[paragraph break]You suddenly feel a little dizzy and nauseous but the feelings pass as quickly as they came.";

stop the action;

otherwise;

continue the action;

end if.