ainslec
commented
3 years ago Again, just avoiding work here perhaps, but you could create a psuedo-location for dispatching logic based on connections:
start_at = lake
game_settings {
enable_standard_all_behaviour = false
}
booleans {
is_sunny : boolean;
}
locations {
lake : location "You are by the side of a lake.\nIt is {is_sunny ? `<SUNNY<14>>` : `<NOT SUNNY<9>>`}\nType <SUNNY<13>> to change the weather.";
forest : location "You are in a <sunny forest<14>>." ;
lost_in_forest : location "You are lost in the <dark forest<9>>." ;
subroutine_north_from_lake : location "" {
on_pre_describe {
: if (is_sunny) { : goto "forest" ; }
: else { : goto "lost_in_forest" ; }
: redescribe;
}
}
}
connections {
from, direction, to = [
lake, north_oneway, subroutine_north_from_lake,
lost_in_forest, south_oneway, lake,
forest, south_oneway, lake,
]
}
on_command {
: match "sunny _" {
: toggle "is_sunny" ;
: print {("It is now " + (is_sunny ? "<sunny<14>>." : "<NOT sunny<9>>."))}
}
}
nww02
There are quite a few cases where I'd like to put some logic in about moving, but I either have to override a verb, or allow the player to go to a location and then change their location again, or set up a complex block with code and dynamic variables... It'd be SOOOO much simpler if I could set the target of a direction to be a subroutine name.
If "done;" isn't called at the end of the subroutine, the player's location is set back to where they were before the move, so (in effect) nothing happens. if :done is called, the player's location is not put back, and instead left with how the subroutine has set it (allowing the player to be moved programmatically).
It is assumed that the subroutine could be parameterless, so long as within the routine the developer can access the movement verb and current location, so they can decide what to do.
So, as an example, you could handle a conditional death / respawn case like so:-
Note the use of "verb_is" to pick up which movemement verb was used... In this case to print a sassy message if the user tries to fly off the cliff rather than jump.
Or you could use it as a soft-block, as an alternative to barriers, where the barrier logic is opaque..... Like trying to move in a direction that's a conditional block:-
or you could use it as a randomizer for a maze:-