search

the-infocom-files / moonmist

Moonmist
4 stars 3 forks source link

Strange response to "SMELL MOON" (by design?) #6

Open eriktorbjorn opened 3 years ago

eriktorbjorn commented 3 years ago 
>SMELL MOON
It smells just like an ocean!

It appears to be quite deliberate, too:

ROUTINE MOON-F ()
 <COND (<VERB? EXAMINE>
    <TELL "Strange shapes of mist dance in front of the " 'MOON "." CR>)
       (<VERB? EAT SMELL>
    <PERFORM ,V?SMELL ,OCEAN>
    <RTRUE>)>>

"EAT MOON" will just print "(You aren't holding the full moon!)", which makes sense. I'm not sure why it tries to handle it here.

eriktorbjorn commented 3 years ago

It could be deliberate, since synonyms for the MOON object include "MIST" and "SKY".

arcanetrivia commented 3 years ago

The confusion of moon/mist/sky aside, it's also a bit strange that it says "an" ocean and not "the" ocean. (Although the sky smelling like the ocean is also a bit weird. The air, perhaps - which I suppose is the intent with the mist. But the sky?)