Escapade!
An interactive fiction by Juhana Leinonen (2008) - the Inform 7 source text
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The catapult-arm is part of the trebuchet. It is not conversable. The printed name is "[trebuchet] arm". The description is "A huge wooden beam works as [the trebuchet]'s arm[if the catapult-arm is tensioned]. [The trebuchet] has been readied and the arm is down[end if][if the dinner plate is part of the catapult-arm]. The dinner plate is welded into the arm[end if]."
Understand "arm" and "shaft" and "catapult/catapult's/trebuchet/trebuchet's arm/shaft" as the catapult-arm.
The catapult-arm can be tensioned or free. It is free.
Instead of inserting something into the catapult-arm:
try putting the noun on the catapult-arm.
Instead of putting something on the catapult-arm:
if the noun is the dinner plate:
try inserting the dinner plate into the catapult-arm;
otherwise if the dinner plate is part of the trebuchet:
say "(on the plate)[command clarification break]";
if the catapult-arm is tensioned:
try putting the noun on the dinner plate;
otherwise:
say "[The trebuchet] isn't loaded. You can't even reach the arm now.";
otherwise:
say "It's missing a cup where to put things. The arm itself can't hold things."
Instead of inserting the dinner plate into the catapult-arm:
if the catapult-arm is free:
say "You might be able to wedge the plate in [the trebuchet]'s arm, but you can't reach it while the thing is not loaded and the arm is high up near the ceiling.";
otherwise:
if something is on the dinner plate:
say "(first removing [the list of things on the dinner plate])[command clarification break]";
repeat with x running through the list of things on the dinner plate:
now the player carries x;
say "You wedge the plate into [the trebuchet]'s arm. It looks like it should hold nicely.";
now the dinner plate is part of the catapult-arm.
Instead of putting something on the dinner plate when the dinner plate is part of the catapult-arm and the number of things on the dinner plate > 0:
say "You decide it's better to shoot only one thing at the time."
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The following doesn't work, and I have absolutely no idea why.
To decide whether a thing (called x) is fragile:
if x is the drinking glass:
decide yes;
if x is the light bulb:
decide yes;
if x is the whiskey bottle:
decide yes;
if x is the potion vial:
decide yes;
decide no.]
Before putting something on the dinner plate when the dinner plate is part of the catapult-arm:
if the catapult-arm is free:
say "You can't reach the plate before [the trebuchet] is readied.";
stop the action;
otherwise if the noun is the drinking glass or the noun is the light bulb or the noun is the whiskey bottle or the noun is the potion vial:
say "[The noun] would break, and you don't wish to break it.";
stop the action;
otherwise:
continue the action.
Instead of entering the trebuchet when the dinner plate is part of the catapult-arm:
try entering the dinner plate.
Instead of entering the catapult-arm when the dinner plate is part of the catapult-arm:
try entering the dinner plate.
Instead of entering the dinner plate when the dinner plate is part of the catapult-arm:
if the catapult-arm is free:
say "You can't reach the plate now that [the trebuchet] is not readied and the plate is high up near the ceiling.";
otherwise:
if the guard is in the cell:
make the guard leave;
if something is on the dinner plate:
say "(first removing [the list of things on the dinner plate])[command clarification break]";
repeat with x running through the list of things on the dinner plate:
now x is in the cell;
say "You climb on the dinner plate and ponder the situation. '[if the tongue is numb]Eh ee.. I eeh omeih heavy o bhih owh eh ah. Oeih heavy ah ah[otherwise]Let's see... I need something heavy to bring down the wall. Something heavy and large[end if]...'[paragraph break]You hear [the creature] whirr and click with its mouth. [c]I wonder what this does,' it says.[paragraph break]You glance down and see that it fiddles with [the trebuchet]'s release lever. '[if the tongue is numb]Oh[otherwise]Don't[end if]...' you have time to say before it yanks the lever fully back.";
pause the cutscene;
say "'YYYAAAAEEEOOUU' *crash*[line break]";
pause the cutscene;
say "You have only a faint recollection of what happens next: there seems to be a lot of screaming and hassle around you. And sharp pain, well, everywhere. Eventually you find yourself back in the cell, still a bit dazzled.[paragraph break][c]Wow, that was spectacular,' [the creature] says. 'You brought almost the entire wall down. Too bad you weren't conscious enough to make much use of the situation.'[paragraph break]'The [key screaming communists]Screaming Communists[endkey screaming communists] on the other hand were very efficient. They built the wall again and removed [the trebuchet] to prevent any further [']accidents['],' it continues.";
now the description of the walls is "The Screaming Communists have rebuilt the wall after you crashed through it.";
mark the escape down as "catapulting yourself through the wall";
remove the trebuchet from play;