Chapter 4 - Help & Hints
[HELP]
A thing can be examined or unexamined. A thing is usually unexamined. Carry out examining something: now the noun is examined.
Taking inventory is acting confused. Looking is acting confused. Examining an examined thing is acting confused.
After acting confused for the sixth turn:
say "If you need help, type HELP for assistance."
When play begins:
choose row 1 in Table of Basic Help Options;
now description entry is "[i]Marooned[/i] is a weird sci-fi text adventure in the [i]Hinterlands[/i] campaign setting.[paragraph break]Following a series of mishaps, a recruit from the Consortium Of Known Occupied Worlds is marooned on a tiny island on an unfamiliar planet; but the recruit is not alone - there is a Q'udzlth here![paragraph break]Implemented by Cody Gaisser.[line break]Tested by Jade Aincioa, Edo, and Jessica Knoch.[line break]Thanks to everyone at INTFICTION.ORG for the invaluable advice."
Table of Basic Help Options (continued)
title | subtable | description |
"Hints" | Table of Hints | -- |
["Settings" | Table of Setting Options | -- ] |
Table of Hints
title | subtable | description | toggle |
"What's going on here?" | Table of String Hints | "" | hint toggle rule |
Table of String Hints
hint | used |
"Have you tried interacting with your surroundings?" | a number |
"Have you tried interacting with the Q'udzlth?" | |
"Maybe it's an allegory?" | |
"Maybe it's a dumb joke?" | |
"Maybe it's both?" |