This is a thread game based on the old text adventure PC games. These were what we had in the old days, before we had them new-fangled graphics, you youngsters don't know what you missed. *shakes aged head, it's not my head, but I'm shaking it*
Anyway, the game has two parts, the first person types a description of where you are, what's happening and your inventory. This part should be done by an officer. Then the next person types what they want to do, but you can't just type anything, you have to use words and phrases the 'parser'(the database of usable words) understands. An example of a string of commands would be: go north, look, get potion, examine potion, enter cave, drink potion, attack troll, take club, hit troll with club, use club with fire, put torch in bracket etc. etc. Only one command at a time. And then it repeats. If you don't understand, just watch the game for a while, it's not difficult.
"Tone deaf?.....Accepted Techet.........Mmm...Crabcakes.......Pants? That's what the synthasizer is for Mr Eak.....That's what I'm calling you from now on by the way......I can't be bothered saying your whole name.............Now.....how are those decorations coming along?....Are they Spak enough? It is going to be Spich Day soon...and I want to be prepared."
"Hmm? Before I do that...I just decided from now on I will call you Techet....It's tech and chet put together....isn't that great?.....Anyway, I called you here to ask your opinion on this song I was writing about our journey."
"Oh, I travelled through deep space on a ship with no name....it felt good to get out of the cosmic rays.....In deep space....you can't remember no names...cos' those darn leaches have been sucking our brains.....la, la, la, lala, lala, la...." "And so on...so...what do you think?
*Generic Sci-Fi theme song plays* *Generic Sci-Fi narrator speaks* Space....it's big......Those that travel in it.....need big courage......Those that travel the galaxy are known as......
"PEOPLE...IN...SPACE" *Theme song ends*
"Captain's log.....star date Gleek, Glunk, Glang......Changing to Glinobi time was a difficult process.....but I finally managed to get my computer to do it for me....Nothing important happened.....Nothing interesting ever happens.......Goodbye Captain's log."
Presses communicator button on shirt "This.....is the captain speaking....Tech officer Chet...report to the bridge" Stops pressing communicator "......Hmm....tech...chet.....they have the same letters but......there in a different order....." Waits.
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