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tiny gardens by emily short
by
simone veil
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"Tiny Gardens" [This is by Emily Short] Chapter 1 - Laying Out Rooms Use full-length room descriptions. After deciding the scope of the player: repeat with the way running through directions begin; let first step be the room the way from the location; if the first step is a room begin; place the first step in scope; let second step be the room the way from the first step; if the second step is a room, place the second step in scope; end if; end repeat. Understand "look [direction]" or "look to/toward [direction]" as facing. Facing is an action applying to one visible thing. Carry out facing: let the viewed item be the room noun from the location; if the viewed item is not a room, say "You can't see anything promising that way." instead; try looking toward the viewed item. Instead of facing up: say "Above you is bright sky." Understand "look toward [any adjacent room]" as looking toward. Looking toward is an action applying to one visible thing. Carry out looking toward: change the chosen direction to the best route from the location to the noun; change the second noun to the room the chosen direction from the noun; if the noun contains something mentionable begin; say "Off to [the chosen direction], you can see [a list of mentionable things in the noun]."; end if. Chosen direction is a direction that varies. Chapter 2 - Height A thing can be tiny, small, large, or monumental. Definition: a thing is mentionable if it stands tall enough to see. To decide whether (item - a thing) stands tall enough to see: if the item is mentioned, no; if the item is in an adjacent room and item is not tiny, yes; if the item is large or the item is monumental, yes; no. [This is so that tiny items in nearby rooms are not mentioned, and small items in rooms 2-away are also not mentioned. If you don't want that level of detail, you can streamline further.] Instead of examining something which is within a room (called the space) which is not the location: if the location is adjacent to the space begin; if the noun is tiny, say "It is too far from here for you to make out much detail about [the noun]." instead; let way be the best route from the location to the space; if the way is a direction, say "You gaze off [way] at [the noun]..."; continue the action; otherwise; if the noun is small, say "It is too far from here for you to make out much detail about [the noun]." instead; let way be the best route from the location to the space; if the way is a direction, say "You gaze off [way] into the distance at [the noun]..."; continue the action; end if. Before doing something other than examining to something which is not enclosed by the location: let the destination be the location of the noun; let the way be the best route from the location to the destination; if way is not a direction, say "You can't get there from here." instead; say "(heading [way] first)[line break]"; try going the way. Chapter 3 - Ways and Means The Herb Garden is a room. "Along this side of the house run your great-aunt's herb beds." The Herb Garden contains a penny and a trash can. The penny is tiny. The trash can is a large container. A Grassy Room is a kind of room. The printed name of a Grassy Room is usually "Lawn". The description of a Grassy Room is "The grass underfoot is thick and green. The lawn extends to [grassy directions] from here." [Note that we are handling the similar rooms with related room descriptions by giving them all essentially the same description and then changing a specific portion according to a say phrase:] To say grassy directions: repeat with way running through directions begin; if the room way from the location is a grassy room, now the way is marked for listing; end repeat; say "[list of directions which are marked for listing]"; now every direction is not marked for listing. Lawn1 is west of the Herb Garden. It contains a picnic table and a wicker basket. The picnic table is a large supporter. The basket is a small container. Lawn2 is south of Lawn1 and southeast of Lawn4. Lawn3 is southwest of Lawn1, west of Lawn2, and south of Lawn4. Lawn4 is west of Lawn1. Lawn4 contains a birdbath. The birdbath is large and fixed in place. Lawn1, Lawn2, Lawn3, and Lawn4 are Grassy Rooms. The Driveway is north of Lawn1. The Driveway contains a basketball hoop, a ball, and a mountain bike. The bike is large. The ball is small. The hoop is monumental and fixed in place. After looking (this is the distant nondescript items rule): let total be the number of adjacent rooms which contain something mentionable; if total is greater than 0 begin; now every mentionable thing is marked for listing; say "You make out "; let index be 0; repeat with way running through directions begin; let next room be the room the way from the location; if the next room is a room and the next room contains something mentionable begin; increase index by 1; list the contents of the next room, as a sentence, tersely, listing marked items only; say " to [the way]"; if total minus 1 is the index, say "[if using the serial comma option],[end if] and "; if index is less than total, say ", "; end if; end repeat; say "."; otherwise; say paragraph break; end if; rule succeeds.