Hinterlands: Marooned! — 6 of 23

Cody Gaisser

Release 1

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)

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"Hints"Table of Hints--
["Settings"Table of Setting Options-- ]

Table of Hints

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"What's going on here?"Table of String Hints""hint toggle rule

Table of String Hints

hintused
"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?"