Escapade!
An interactive fiction by Juhana Leinonen (2008) - the Inform 7 source text
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The lever is a thing. It is part of the trebuchet. It is not conversable.
After pulling the lever:
if the catapult-arm is free:
say "You pull the lever but nothing happens.";
otherwise:
say "[The trebuchet]'s arm snaps forward with tremendous force and stops abruptly at the highest peak.";
if the dinner plate is part of the catapult-arm and the number of things on the dinner plate > 0:
let x be a random thing on the dinner plate;
if x is insubstantial:
say "[The x] futters on the floor.";
otherwise:
say "[The x] crashes on the opposite wall. Unfortunately it's not heavy enough to break through.";
now x is in the cell;
now the catapult-arm is free;
if the creature is present:
say "[line break][c]Whee,' [the creature] says.";