Finding the Castle (first draft) by Stephen Scheuermann

Finding the Castle (first draft)

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"Finding the Castle" by Stephen Scheuermann

Release along with an interpreter.

Include Basic Screen Effects by Emily Short.

Dirt Road is a room.

The description of Dirt Road is "The wind howls, but without the sound of those moaning that could be behind you. You look: none of them here. Your conscience tells you to go north."
	
Grassland is a room. Grassland is north of Dirt Road. 
An abondoned car is a vehicle. There is an abondoned car in Grassland. 

The description of Grassland is "You can see some kind of building farther up north.[line break]A ladder lays from the roof of the shed to the ground.[line break]A simple shed is here.";

Shed is a room.
A workbench is a supporter. There is a workbench in Shed.
There is a wrench on the workbench.
There is a power drill on the workbench.
There is a saw on the workbench. 

Rooftop is a room. 

Inside from Grassland is a shed.

A staircase is a kind of door. A staircase is usually open. A staircase is seldom openable. 

The ladder is a staircase. It is above Grassland and below Rooftop.

There is a nail gun in Rooftop. 

Instead of climbing a ladder:
	try entering the noun.

After going to the Rooftop for the first time:
	try looking;
	say "[quotation mark]A nail gun![quotation mark]"
		
The description of the nail gun is "An electric nail gun, you see; no need to connect anything."

After going to the Shed for the first time:
	try looking;
	say "There is a dead body that lies in the center of the shed's floor."; 
	wait for any key;
	say "[line break][quotation mark]Christ![quotation mark][line break][line break]"
		
After going to the Grassland for the third time:
	say "There are zombies here.";
	end the story saying "end of game: 6/21/2015"
		
A body is a thing. A body is scenery. There is a body in the Shed. 
A set of car keys is a thing.

Instead of searching the body:
	now there is a set of car keys in the Shed;
	say "You find a set of car keys in the pants pocket of the body. You take it and put them in your own.";
	try taking the set of car keys.