Slouching Towards Bedlam — 10 of 76

Chapter 8 - Lipogram and Logos

Section 1 - Lipogram

[Removing the word "you" as much as possible from the game.]

The description of the player is "That's rather difficult without a mirror."

Instead of going nowhere, say "No exit lies in that direction."

Instead of taking inventory:

if the number of things enclosed by the player is 0, say "Carried: [line break] nothing at the moment[paragraph break]" instead;

say "Carried: [line break]";

list the contents of the player, with newlines, indented, giving inventory information, including contents, with extra indentation.

Instead of attacking something:

if the noun is the player:

say "How, precisely?";

otherwise:

say "That particular item does not respond to violence.";

After opening a container:

say "The [noun] opens, revealing ";

list the contents of the noun, as a sentence, tersely, not listing concealed items;

say ".";

After closing a container:

say "The [noun] closes.";

[To hide doors in descriptions.]

Doors are usually scenery.

[Replacing responses in 6L02 rather than using Default Messages extension...]

The immediately undo rule response (B) is "[bold type]/(nothingnullBEGINNINGstartcannotbackUNDO)\[roman type]".

The immediately undo rule response (C) is "[bold type]/(failureINTERPRETERcannotunmakeUNDOno)\[roman type]".

The immediately undo rule response (D) is "[bold type]/(failurecannotunmakeUNDOno)\[roman type]".

The immediately undo rule response (E) is "[bold type]/(backyesunturningunmakingUNDObacksliplinereverse)\[roman type]"

The basic visibility rule response (A) is "It is pitch dark. Nothing can be seen."

The parser error internal rule response (T) is "[bracket]Commands cannot begin with a comma.[close bracket]".

The parser error internal rule response (U) is "To whom was that directed?".

The parser error internal rule response (F) is "Perhaps there is more to be said?".

The parser error internal rule response (M) is "That is not a recognized verb."

The print obituary headline rule response (C) is "/(finishendcompleteconclude|periodmomentpointspacetime))\[run paragraph on]".

The can't close unless openable rule response (A) is "That's not something that can be closed."

The standard report closing rule response (A) is "[The noun] [close]."

The can't drop what's not held rule response (A) is "One cannot drop what one does not have."

The examine undescribed things rule response (A) is "There is nothing visibly special about [the noun]."

The can't enter something carried rule response (A) is "One can only get into something free-standing."

The can't exit when not inside anything rule response (A) is "One must be in something to exit."

The report jumping rule response (A) is "Jumping in place seems to accomplish little."

The report listening rule response (A) is "Nothing unexpected can currently be heard.".

The standard looking under rule response (A) is "Nothing of interest is to be found."

The can't open unless openable rule response (A) is "That's not something that opens."

The announce the score rule response (A) is "[if the story has ended][bold type]/(reachedfoundendfinishcomplete|possibleprobablyonlyoneinofmany))\[paragraph break]/(nowfurtheryetaheadrelease-APPENDIX-[the name of the chosen ending]-availableaccessableopen))\[roman type][run paragraph on][otherwise]This game has no score."

The restart the game rule response (A) is "[bold type]/(?? RESTARTperiodfirstrevisit ??)\[roman type] ".

The restart the game rule response (B) is "[bold type]/(failednullRESTOREbackconfusion)\[roman type]".

The restore the game rule response (A) is "[bold type]/(failednullRESTOREbackconfusion)\[roman type]".

The restore the game rule response (B) is "[bold type]/(yesunfoldingbackwardsRESTORErenewpointtimespace)\[roman type]".

The save the game rule response (A) is "[bold type]/(failednullSAVEbackconfusion)\[roman type]".

The save the game rule response (B) is "[bold type]/(pointrememberingSAVEstoresafekeep)\[roman type]".

The can't search unless container or supporter rule response (A) is "Nothing of interest is to be found."

The can't search closed opaque containers rule response (A) is "[The noun] [are] closed."

The report smelling rule response (A) is "There is no particular odor."

The can't switch off unless switchable rule response (A) is "That is not something that can be switched on."

The standard report switching on rule response (A) is "[The noun] switches on."

The standard report switching off rule response (A) is "[The noun] switches off."

The can't take yourself rule response (A) is "Don't be ridiculous."

Understand "knock down [something]" or "break down [something]" or "kick [something]" or "kick down [something]" as attacking.