Pop the Inflatable Cow by Daniel Gunnell

Pop the Inflatable Cow

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"Pop the Inflatable Cow"

The story headline is "An interactive market day"

Use brief room descriptions. Use no scoring.

Crediting is an action applying to nothing. Understand "about" as crediting. Instead of crediting, say "Hello, farmer[line break]I'm afraid I can't help you with interactive fiction, because how many markets sell the stuff? But, I can tell you the aim of this game: you need to take your cow to the market and sell it to make a profit. Enjoy this game and happy bursting![line break](No steaks were produced during the making of this game. Also, this product, along with its packaging, is not suitable for vegans and vegetarians)"

When play begins: say "It's almost time for market and you can't wait. People from all over Great Britain are rumoured to come, regardless of where they live or who they are. The only thing you have to do is sell your animals to the market and make some money."

Instead of examining the player, say "You are the only man in England to breed animals that are inflatable. You make your money by selling them to the markets in various towns throughout the country. Even though your pounds of beef are animals, the Reality is that they are just objects that, once you've given them to stallholders at these markets, go onto shops to be sold as balloons."  An inflatable cow is a thing that is carried by the player. Understand "cow" as an inflatable cow. The description of an inflatable cow is "This 100% inflatable toy, full of the most freshest air you could find, comes up to your knees. It has four legs, two horns and it doesn't produce milk or cheese. You make the cows yourself, ordering the rubber from the finest trees in Asia and the air from wherever the air factories are."

By Your Farm is a room. "This road leads north towards the market and east to the farm, although you have no desire to go back there." North of By Your Farm is Outside the Cheeseshop. Outside the Cheeseshop is a room. "To the west, the smell of fresh cheese fills your nostrils. The infamous 'cheeseshop' lies to your west, which could explain those smells. Roads lead north and south." Here is a sign. It is fixed in place. "An important sign is here." The description of the sign is "Your one stop shop for all of your cheeses and perhaps a little Greek dancing." West of Outside the Cheeseshop is Shop. Shop is a room. "You are in a shop which sells all kinds of local and homemade cheeses. Despite the sign outside though, there is no dancing happening, but that might have been a reference to a certain Monty Python sketch. A long counter takes up the centre of the shop, and behind it you can see many varieties of cheese."