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 [contents of the noun].";

After closing a container:

say "The [noun] closes.";

[To hide doors in descriptions.]

Doors are usually scenery.

Table of custom library messages (continued)

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