Escapade!
An interactive fiction by Juhana Leinonen (2008) - the Inform 7 source text
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Hinting is an action out of world applying to nothing.
Understand "hint" and "hints" as hinting.
Carry out hinting for the first time:
say "Warning! You are about to spoil the game for yourself! If you are absolutely sure you need a hint, type HINT again.";
stop the action.
To decide whether a tradeable item is within reach:
if the cell encloses the rug, decide yes;
if the cell encloses the skindude multitool and the skindude multitool is not useful, decide yes;
if the cell encloses the flux capacitor and the flux capacitor is not useful, decide yes;
if the cell encloses the encyclopedia and the encyclopedia is not useful, decide yes;
decide no.
Carry out hinting:
if the cell is dark:
say "[one of]Your first task is to get some light in the cell.[or]There's a light bulb here, but it's not lit.[or]There's no light switch in the room.[or]Have you tried asking the guard about it?[or]You can call the guard by knocking on the door.[or]The guard says the power should be already on.[or][if the light bulb is handled]You were able to pick the bulb up quite easily, weren't you?[otherwise]Try touching the bulb.[end if][or][if the light bulb is handled]It's as if the bulb wasn't screwed in all the way.[otherwise]It's as if the bulb isn't screwed in all the way.[end if][or]Try screwing the bulb in.[or]SCREW BULB IN[stopping]";
otherwise if the creature is unnamed:
say "[one of]Now there's light in the cell and the ominous shapes turned out to be a small black monster with a burlap sack.[or]Don't be so rude, make some contact with it![or]TALK TO CREATURE ABOUT any subject.[stopping]";
otherwise if the skindude multitool is not handled:
say "[c][one of]I'm offering you a free sample here, don't you think that's important?' [or]Just ASK H.R. FOR THE FREE SAMPLE,' [stopping][the creature] says.";
otherwise if the skindude multitool is not turned into screwdriver:
say "[c]Ok, now you have [a skindude multitool]. Have you tried opening it?' [the creature] asks.";
otherwise if the skindude multitool is useful:
say "[c][one of]Hurrah, you have a screwdriver! Are there any screws in here?' [or]Maybe in the door?' [or]Or more specifically, in the door's hinges,' [or]You could unscrew the hinges,' [stopping][the creature] says.";
otherwise if the player carries the skindude multitool:
say "[c]Are you still carrying that old thing with you? Just give the screwdriver to me and I'll trade it in for something else,' [the creature] advices.";
otherwise if a tradeable item is within reach:
say "[c][one of]I bet there's something here you could trade with me[or]Often after you've used some item you can trade it in[or]Just try giving me anything you carry or what is in the cell[stopping],' [the creature] says.";
otherwise if the nail scissors are handled and the photograph is intact:
say "[c][one of]The scissors are useful for something else than clipping your fingernails, too,' [or]You can cut paper with them, for example,' [or]You could cut Captain McBrawn's photograph,' [stopping][the creature] advices.";
otherwise if the nail scissors are handled and the photograph is cut up and the light bulb is part of the electrical wire:
say "[c][one of]Notice how the light bulb keeps hitting you on the forehead?' [or]If you just give the bulb a good pull, it shouldn't bother you anymore,' [stopping][the creature] says.";
otherwise if the nail scissors are handled and the photograph is cut up:
say "[c][one of]Remember that article that was in the encyclopædia?' [or]You could build a searchlight to call help,' [or]Let's see, to build a searchlight you need a casing lined with reflective surface, a light source, and a shaped template,' [or]Light source should be obvious,' [or]The tin foil should do for reflective surface,' [or]Maybe the drinking glass is a good casing?' [or]Put the tin foil and the bulb inside the drinking glass, in this order,' [or]That's a good searchlight, but there's something essential missing,' [or]Attach McBrawn's picture on the searchlight,' [or]Then just point the searchlight out the window,' [stopping][the creature] says.";
otherwise if the encyclopedia is handled and the encyclopedia is useful:
say "[c]The obvious action now would be to open [the encyclopedia],' [the creature] deduces.";
otherwise if the cell encloses the whiskey bottle:
say "[c][one of]Hmm... So there was a bottle of whiskey in the book?' [or]Maybe there's someone here who enjoys drinking it,' [or]Not [italic type]me[roman type], thanks, but someone else,' [or]Try showing the bottle to the guard,' [or]You can call the guard by knocking on the door,' [stopping][the creature] says.";
otherwise if the cell encloses the motor oil:
say "[c][one of]Now that motor oil could come in handy, ' [or]Have you noticed that air vent by the window?' [or]It's a bit too small to crawl through,' [or]The motor oil can be used to make things more slippery, [or]Or to make [italic type]people[roman type] more slippery,' [or]If you were more slippery, maybe you could squeeze through inside the air vent,' [or]REMOVE CLOTHES. RUB OIL ON YOURSELF. ENTER VENT,' [stopping][the creature] says.";
otherwise if the iron bars are not acidproof:
say "[c][one of]One classical way of escaping is through the window, ' [or]You would have to get rid of the bars somehow,' [or]Is there a way to maybe corrode them off?' [or]Did I mention my spit is acidic?' [or]You could take some of my spit and pour it on the bars,' [stopping][the creature] says.";
otherwise if the glue remover is not handled:
say "[c][one of]There's one more thing you could try to trade with me,' [or]You are, hopefully, wearing them,' [or]Give me your clothes and see what happens,' [stopping][the creature] says.";
otherwise if the sticker is enclosed by the cell:
say "[c][one of]So, you have glue remover. Is there anything you could use it on?' [or]Something under the rug?' [or]There's a sticker on the trapdoor,' [or]Maybe the sticker would work someplace else, too?' [or]Pour glue remover on the sticker. Put the sticker on the door. Push the sticker,' [stopping][the creature] says.";
otherwise:
say "[c]You're on your own now, buddy!' [the creature] says."
Understand "walkthrough" and "walkthru" as a mistake ( "There's no built-in walkthrough but you can ask for a HINT." ).