  
ClubFloyd Transcript:
The idea behind ClubFloyd
is that each week at a pre-arranged time, a group of
people meet online to cooperatively play a game of
interactive fiction.
To skip directly to a particular game, click on its title: |
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ToyShop & Floyditorium
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#ClubFloyd Discussion
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| Jacqueline says, "So we have What Happened in 1984, The Example of the Chicken Sexer, and First." | ||
| Jacqueline says, "We could do First first, I guess. I haven't played that one yet." | ||
| MTW says, "sounds good" | ||
| Jacqueline says, "And if we finish in under an hour we can do another one second." | ||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "load sleepmask ic13first" | ||
Floyd ] Upside Down 0/1 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | The cucumbers are what you're thinking of. A lot seems to have Floyd | happened just now and the details aren't set yet but you think Floyd | cucumbers are involved. Floyd | Floyd | First Floyd | An Interactive Fiction by Shannon Prickett Floyd | Release 1 / Serial number 130714 / Inform 7 build 6G60 (I6/v6.32 lib Floyd | 6/12N) Floyd | Floyd | Upside Down Floyd | You're suspended from the seat belt, which probably saved your life. Floyd | Before you, a display of carelessly pressed flowers seen through a Floyd | tangled network of fissured glass. There is an occasional sound of Floyd | glass parting or metal yielding but the largest threat seems to be Floyd | your inversion. To one side, a still inflated airbag obscures the Floyd | driver. On the other side, outside the car, there's a large metal Floyd | thing and a small furry thing. Somewhere, you believe there are Floyd | cucumbers. Floyd | Floyd | A comfortingly strong seatbelt holds you where you are. Floyd | Floyd | You can also see a cigarette lighter here. Floyd | Floyd | > | MTW says, "i just wanna watch, someone else control" | |
| Zach says (to Floyd), "x lighter" | ||
Floyd ] Upside Down 0/2 Floyd | > Floyd | > X LIGHTER Floyd | Floyd | Part of the car's standard equipment, it pushes in to heat and pops Floyd | out when it's reached the ignition point of cigarettes. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Zach says (to Floyd), "about" | ||
Floyd ] Upside Down 0/2 Floyd | > Floyd | > ABOUT Floyd | Floyd | That's not a verb I recognize. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline asks, "Do cars even have those anymore?" | |
| MTW says, "not standard" | ||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "x me" | ||
Floyd ] Upside Down 0/3 Floyd | > Floyd | > X ME Floyd | Floyd | As good-looking as ever. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "i" | ||
Floyd ] Upside Down 0/4 Floyd | > Floyd | > I Floyd | Floyd | You are carrying nothing. Floyd | Floyd | > | Zach says, "Mine does, but it's a 2003" | |
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "undo seatbelt" | ||
Floyd ] Upside Down 0/4 Floyd | > Floyd | > UNDO SEATBELT Floyd | Floyd | That's not a verb I recognize. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "open seatbelt" | ||
Floyd ] Upside Down 0/5 Floyd | > Floyd | > OPEN SEATBELT Floyd | Floyd | (first unlocking the seatbelt) Floyd | You must have hit your head, you're not making sense. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Zach says (to Floyd), "x seatbelt" | ||
Floyd ] Upside Down 0/6 Floyd | > Floyd | > X SEATBELT Floyd | Floyd | Some kind of incredibly strong cloth with a buckle. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Zach says (to Floyd), "open buckle" | ||
Floyd ] Upside Down 0/7 Floyd | > Floyd | > OPEN BUCKLE Floyd | Floyd | That's not something you can open. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "unbuckle seatbelt" | ||
Floyd ] Upside Down 0/7 Floyd | > Floyd | > UNBUCKLE SEATBELT Floyd | Floyd | That's not a verb I recognize. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Zach says (to Floyd), "press buckle" | ||
Floyd ] Upside Down 0/8 Floyd | > Floyd | > PRESS BUCKLE Floyd | Floyd | Nothing obvious happens. Floyd | Floyd | > | MTW asks, "unfasten?" | |
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "unfasten seatbelt" | ||
Floyd ] Upside Down 0/8 Floyd | > Floyd | > UNFASTEN SEATBELT Floyd | Floyd | That's not a verb I recognize. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Zach says (to Floyd), "x furry" | ||
Floyd ] Upside Down 0/9 Floyd | > Floyd | > X FURRY Floyd | Floyd | Slightly smaller than a person and covered with thick fur. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "I had some friends in high school that wrecked like this." | |
| MTW says, "i did, too" | ||
| Zach says (to Floyd), "x metal" | ||
Floyd ] Upside Down 0/9 Floyd | > Floyd | > X METAL Floyd | Floyd | You can't see any such thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "Slid off the road. It was winter. They ended up upside down in a ditch." | |
| Zach says (to Floyd), "x driver" | ||
Floyd ] Upside Down 0/10 Floyd | > Floyd | > X DRIVER Floyd | Floyd | Someone close to you, you remember that much. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Zach says (to Floyd), "press lighter" | ||
Floyd ] Upside Down 0/11 Floyd | > Floyd | > PRESS LIGHTER Floyd | Floyd | You manage to flail a limb at it and depress the lighter. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "They were both fine, so they just hung there until someone came for them. At one point, my friend reached forward and turned on the radio." | |
| Zach asks, "Maybe we can pop the airbag with the lighter?" | ||
| Zach says, "Eek" | ||
| Jacqueline asks (of Z), "Aren't there horrible chemicles in an airbag?" | ||
| DavidW arrives, ready to play with the toys. | DavidW says, "Sorry I'm late" | |
| MTW exclaims, "to david, hello sailor!" | ||
| Jacqueline says, "rawr" | ||
| Jacqueline says (to DW), "We're playing First." | ||
| Zach says (to Jacq), "There's only one way to find out!" | ||
| Zach says (to Floyd), "x airbag" | ||
Floyd ] Upside Down 0/12 Floyd | > Floyd | > X AIRBAG Floyd | Floyd | A big white puffy thing fills the left side of your vision. There's a Floyd | sharp smell, as if someone had swept up all the dust from a library Floyd | and packed it in to a pipe and smoked it. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says (to DW), "And we are stuck in the seatbelt I've heard so much about." | |
| DavidW says, "oh, yes. I remember this one." | ||
| Jacqueline says (to Z), "Go for it." | ||
| Zach says (to Floyd), "x lighter" | ||
Floyd ] Upside Down 0/13 Floyd | > Floyd | > X LIGHTER Floyd | Floyd | Part of the car's standard equipment, it's glowing with a hot heat. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Zach says (to Floyd), "take lighter" | ||
Floyd ] Upside Down 0/14 Floyd | > Floyd | > TAKE LIGHTER Floyd | Floyd | With a boastful little POP, the lighter ejects. Fate is with you, and Floyd | you snare it in your hand. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Zach says (to Floyd), "put lighter on airbag" | ||
Floyd ] Upside Down 0/15 Floyd | > Floyd | > PUT LIGHTER ON AIRBAG Floyd | Floyd | Putting things on the puffy white airbag bag would achieve nothing. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "burn seatbelt" | ||
Floyd ] Upside Down 0/16 Floyd | > Floyd | > BURN SEATBELT Floyd | Floyd | The Floyd | *** Run-time problem P10: Since the seatbelt is not allowed the Floyd | property "temperature", it is against the rules to try to use it. Floyd | Floyd | <illegal heat> lighter does you no good. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "eep" | |
| Zach says (to Floyd), "burn airbag" | ||
Floyd ] Upside Down 0/17 Floyd | > Floyd | > BURN AIRBAG Floyd | Floyd | This dangerous act would achieve little. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Zach says (to Floyd), "burn furry" | ||
Floyd ] Upside Down 0/18 Floyd | > Floyd | > BURN FURRY Floyd | Floyd | This dangerous act would achieve little. Floyd | Floyd | > | Zach says, "Great, Jacq broke our game" | |
| Zach says, "Hey, DavidW" | ||
| DavidW says, "It's a question of timing. If you don't do the right thing at the right time, you get that runtime error instead." | ||
| Jacqueline says (to Z), "You just wanted to type 'burn furry,' you should be ashamed." | ||
| Zach says, "Heh" | ||
| Jacqueline asks (of DW), "So was I on the right track?" | ||
| DavidW says, "yes. Burning the seatbelt is the correct thing to do." | ||
| Jacqueline says, "..." | ||
| Zach says (to Floyd), "press lighter" | ||
Floyd ] Upside Down 0/19 Floyd | > Floyd | > PRESS LIGHTER Floyd | Floyd | You manage to flail a limb at it and depress the lighter. Floyd | Floyd | > | MTW asks, "does it clue you that it's broken or something?" | |
| Zach says (to Floyd), "z" | ||
Floyd ] Upside Down 0/20 Floyd | > Floyd | > Z Floyd | Floyd | Time passes. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Zach says (to Floyd), "x" | ||
Floyd ] Upside Down 0/21 Floyd | > Floyd | > X Floyd | Floyd | (the cigarette lighter) Floyd | Part of the car's standard equipment, it's glowing with a hot heat. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "I'm guessing the lighter is only hot enough, though, immediately after taking it or pushing it, I think." | |
| Jacqueline says, "Yeah." | ||
| Zach says (to Floyd), "look" | ||
Floyd ] Upside Down 0/22 Floyd | > Floyd | > LOOK Floyd | Floyd | Upside Down Floyd | You're suspended from the seat belt, which probably saved your life. Floyd | Before you, a display of carelessly pressed flowers seen through a Floyd | tangled network of fissured glass. There is an occasional sound of Floyd | glass parting or metal yielding but the largest threat seems to be Floyd | your inversion. To one side, a still inflated airbag obscures the Floyd | driver. On the other side, outside the car, there's a large metal Floyd | thing and a small furry thing. Somewhere, you believe there are Floyd | cucumbers. Floyd | Floyd | A comfortingly strong seatbelt holds you where you are. Floyd | Floyd | With a boastful little POP, the lighter ejects. Fate is with you, and Floyd | you snare it in your hand. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Zach says (to Floyd), "burn seatbelt" | ||
Floyd ] Front Passenger Seat 0/23 Floyd | > Floyd | > BURN SEATBELT Floyd | Floyd | The material yields to the heat, stretching and finally giving out Floyd | entirely. You are freed. The lighter rolls from your fingers and is Floyd | lost. Floyd | Floyd | Front Passenger Seat Floyd | Innumerable small shards of glass sparkle on the floor which under Floyd | normal conditions would be the ceiling. You can escape from here. From Floyd | this angle you can see there's a boxy metal car and a much smaller Floyd | furry thing near by. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "I was about to press it in again, but Zach beat me to it. Well done, Zach." | |
| DavidW says, "there ya go." | ||
| Rob arrives, full of funk, but no fun. | Zach says, "I win the club!" | |
| * Rob has joined the channel. | ||
| Zach says (to Floyd), "x driver" | ||
Floyd ] Front Passenger Seat 0/24 Floyd | > Floyd | > X DRIVER Floyd | Floyd | Someone close to you, you remember that much. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "This was the only game of IntroComp 2013 that I couldn't finish, though." | |
| Zach says, "OK, I'm worried about this guy, but clearly the PC isn't." | ||
| Zach says (to Floyd), "talk to driver" | ||
Floyd ] Front Passenger Seat 0/24 Floyd | > Floyd | > TALK TO DRIVER Floyd | Floyd | That's not a verb I recognize. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "Well, we've had a TBI." | |
| Lionheart arrives, full of fun and funk. | Rob asks, "what's ic13first?" | |
| DavidW says (to Zach), "I couldn't even tell that the driver was a guy -- or even there in person." | ||
| Zach says (to Floyd), "exit car" | ||
Floyd ] Front Passenger Seat 0/24 Floyd | > Floyd | > EXIT CAR Floyd | Floyd | I only understood you as far as wanting to exit. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says (to Rob), "It's the IntroComp 2013 entry called 'First'" | |
| MTW says, "maybe the driver died? and we all know that when someone dies, they immediately no longer matter." | ||
| Rob says, "ohh! that IC. cool" | ||
| Zach says (to Floyd), "escape" | ||
Floyd ] Front Passenger Seat 0/24 Floyd | > Floyd | > ESCAPE Floyd | Floyd | That's not a verb I recognize. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Zach says (to Floyd), "exit" | ||
Floyd ] Outside Front Passenger Seat 0/25 Floyd | > Floyd | > EXIT Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Outside Front Passenger Seat Floyd | There's an extraordinary distortion to the grill of the car, as if it Floyd | were fondant someone leaned against. If you didn't cross the median, Floyd | you must be east of the highway, meaning the other end of the car is Floyd | west of here. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Zach says (to Floyd), "x car" | ||
Floyd ] Outside Front Passenger Seat 0/26 Floyd | > Floyd | > X CAR Floyd | Floyd | A boxy vehicle, before it encountered a tree. Now its sides have been Floyd | skewed and its contents scattered around it. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says (to MTW), "maybe. I certainly couldn't get to the other side of the car." | |
| Zach says (to Floyd), "w" | ||
Floyd ] Rear of the car 0/27 Floyd | > Floyd | > W Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Rear of the car Floyd | This is where the trunk is , which you think some people call a boot Floyd | but not like foot boot, more like a beer boot. Maybe you did hit your Floyd | head. About the only important thing to know is that it currently Floyd | opens down instead of up, as the car is lying on its roof. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Zach says (to Floyd), "open boot" | ||
Floyd ] Rear of the car 0/27 Floyd | > Floyd | > OPEN BOOT Floyd | Floyd | You can't see any such thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | MTW says, "this makes me want to listen to Barenaked Ladies "Tonite is the Night I Fell Asleep at the Wheel"" | |
| Zach says (to Floyd), "open trunk" | ||
Floyd ] Rear of the car 0/28 Floyd | > Floyd | > OPEN TRUNK Floyd | Floyd | You open the trunk, revealing a paper grocery bag. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Zach says (to Floyd), "take bag" | ||
Floyd ] Rear of the car 1/29 Floyd | > Floyd | > TAKE BAG Floyd | Floyd | Oh, there they are. Floyd | Floyd | [Your score has just gone up by one point.] Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Zach says (to Floyd), "look in bag" | ||
Floyd ] Rear of the car 1/30 Floyd | > Floyd | > LOOK IN BAG Floyd | Floyd | In the paper grocery bag are six cucumbers. Floyd | Floyd | > | Zach says, "Hooray!" | |
| MTW asks, "did we win?" | ||
| Zach says (to Floyd), "x cucumbers" | ||
Floyd ] Rear of the car 1/30 Floyd | > Floyd | > X CUCUMBERS Floyd | Floyd | You can't use multiple objects with that verb. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Zach says (to Floyd), "x cucumber" | ||
Floyd ] Rear of the car 1/31 Floyd | > Floyd | > X CUCUMBER Floyd | Floyd | You see nothing special about the cucumber. Floyd | Floyd | > | Rob says, "I was sitting here thinking 'isn't it "grille" not "grill"?' when suddenly the word 'fondant' hoved into view" | |
| Zach says (to Floyd), "l" | ||
Floyd ] Rear of the car 1/32 Floyd | > Floyd | > L Floyd | Floyd | Rear of the car Floyd | This is where the trunk is About the only important thing to know is Floyd | that it currently opens down instead of up, as the car is lying on its Floyd | roof. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Zach says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd ] Outside Front Passenger Seat 1/33 Floyd | > Floyd | > E Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Outside Front Passenger Seat Floyd | There's an extraordinary distortion to the grill of the car, as if it Floyd | were fondant someone leaned against. If you didn't cross the median, Floyd | you must be east of the highway, meaning the other end of the car is Floyd | west of here. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Zach says (to Floyd), "cook cucumbers" | ||
Floyd ] Outside Front Passenger Seat 1/33 Floyd | > Floyd | > COOK CUCUMBERS Floyd | Floyd | That's not a verb I recognize. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Zach says (to Floyd), "put cucumbers on grill" | ||
Floyd ] Outside Front Passenger Seat 1/33 Floyd | > Floyd | > PUT CUCUMBERS ON GRILL Floyd | Floyd | You can't see any such thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | Rob says, "trunk-boot makes more sense to me than 'beer boot', which I have no idea what it means" | |
| DavidW says, "sorry. I was called away." | ||
| Zach says (to Floyd), "x furry" | ||
Floyd ] Outside Front Passenger Seat 1/34 Floyd | > Floyd | > X FURRY Floyd | Floyd | Slightly smaller than a person and covered with thick fur. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "It is funny how sometimes you get the simplest fixations after hitting your head." | |
| DavidW asks, "so did you guys find the cucumbers, then?" | ||
| Jacqueline says, "Yes." | ||
| Zach says, "6 of them" | ||
| MTW asks, "why are we driving with Chaka from Land of the Lost?" | ||
| Rob asks, "did we start by waking up in a car wreck with no memory of what happened?" | ||
| MTW says, "p much" | ||
| DavidW says, "Finding the cucumbers was as far as I got." | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "make pickles" | ||
Floyd ] Outside Front Passenger Seat 1/34 Floyd | > Floyd | > MAKE PICKLES Floyd | Floyd | That's not a verb I recognize. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Zach says (to Floyd), "eat cucumber" | ||
Floyd ] Outside Front Passenger Seat 1/35 Floyd | > Floyd | > EAT CUCUMBER Floyd | Floyd | (first taking the cucumber) Floyd | You eat the cucumber. Not bad. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Zach says (to Floyd), "undo" | ||
Floyd ] Outside Front Passenger Seat 1/34 Floyd | Floyd | > UNDO Floyd | Floyd | Outside Front Passenger Seat Floyd | [Previous turn undone.] Floyd | Floyd | > | Zach asks, "I guess we could try eating them all?" | |
| Jacqueline says, "Um, sure." | ||
| Zach says (to Floyd), "SAVE" | ||
| Zach says (to Floyd), "cf2" | ||
Floyd | > Floyd | > SAVE Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to write: Floyd ] Outside Front Passenger Seat 1/34 Floyd | > SAVEOk. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "Nothing happens if you eat them all except -- no cucumbers." | |
| Zach says, "Dang" | ||
| Jacqueline says, "I have nothing better to suggest, so let's try Cool Hand Luking these cucumbers." | ||
| DavidW says, "Might as well. I couldn't find anything else to do." | ||
| Rob asks, "what we have here, is a failure to communicate with cucumbers ?" | ||
| DavidW says, "I couldn't go down the road -- or find the road. Or the tree the car smashed into. Or find the flowers we supposedly saw in the windshield. Or do anything with the 'furry' whatever in the car." | ||
| MTW says, "interesting" | ||
| Zach asks, "Does "furry" refer to the driver?" | ||
| Zach says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd ] Outside Front Passenger Seat 1/35 Floyd | > Floyd | > N Floyd | Floyd | You can't go that way. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says (to Rob), "There's a scene in CHL where he eats an insane number of hard boiled eggs, I believe." | |
| Zach says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd ] Outside Front Passenger Seat 1/36 Floyd | > Floyd | > E Floyd | Floyd | You can't go that way. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Zach says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd ] Outside Front Passenger Seat 1/37 Floyd | > Floyd | > S Floyd | Floyd | You can't go that way. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "It makes him quite ill." | |
| DavidW says (to Zach), "no, I don't think so." | ||
| Zach says (to Floyd), "look" | ||
Floyd ] Outside Front Passenger Seat 1/38 Floyd | > Floyd | > LOOK Floyd | Floyd | Outside Front Passenger Seat Floyd | There's an extraordinary distortion to the grill of the car, as if it Floyd | were fondant someone leaned against. If you didn't cross the median, Floyd | you must be east of the highway, meaning the other end of the car is Floyd | west of here. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Zach says (to Floyd), "x grill" | ||
Floyd ] Outside Front Passenger Seat 1/38 Floyd | > Floyd | > X GRILL Floyd | Floyd | You can't see any such thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Zach says (to Floyd), "enter car" | ||
Floyd ] Outside Front Passenger Seat 1/39 Floyd | > Floyd | > ENTER CAR Floyd | Floyd | That's not something you can enter. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Zach says (to Floyd), "enter" | ||
Floyd ] Outside Front Passenger Seat 1/40 Floyd | > Floyd | > ENTER Floyd | Floyd | You must supply a noun. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Rob says (to floyd), "x media" | ||
Floyd ] Outside Front Passenger Seat 1/40 Floyd | > Floyd | > X MEDIA Floyd | Floyd | You can't see any such thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Rob says (to floyd), "x median" | ||
Floyd ] Outside Front Passenger Seat 1/40 Floyd | > Floyd | > X MEDIAN Floyd | Floyd | You can't see any such thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x wheel" | ||
Floyd ] Outside Front Passenger Seat 1/40 Floyd | > Floyd | > X WHEEL Floyd | Floyd | You can't see any such thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "climb car" | ||
Floyd ] Outside Front Passenger Seat 1/41 Floyd | > Floyd | > CLIMB CAR Floyd | Floyd | I don't think much is to be achieved by that. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline asks, "Have we walked around to the other side to check on the driver from the outside?" | |
| Rob says (to floyd), "x grill" | ||
Floyd ] Outside Front Passenger Seat 1/41 Floyd | > Floyd | > X GRILL Floyd | Floyd | You can't see any such thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "look under car" | ||
Floyd ] Outside Front Passenger Seat 1/42 Floyd | > Floyd | > LOOK UNDER CAR Floyd | Floyd | You find nothing of interest. Floyd | Floyd | > | Rob says, "this is a stumper" | |
| Zach says (to Floyd), "w" | ||
Floyd ] Rear of the car 1/43 Floyd | > Floyd | > W Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Rear of the car Floyd | This is where the trunk is About the only important thing to know is Floyd | that it currently opens down instead of up, as the car is lying on its Floyd | roof. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says (to Jacqueline), "I couldn't figure out how to do that." | |
| Zach says (to Floyd), "x driver" | ||
Floyd ] Rear of the car 1/44 Floyd | > Floyd | > X DRIVER Floyd | Floyd | Someone close to you, you remember that much. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Zach says (to Floyd), "open door" | ||
Floyd ] Rear of the car 1/44 Floyd | > Floyd | > OPEN DOOR Floyd | Floyd | You can't see any such thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Zach says (to Floyd), "push car" | ||
Floyd ] Rear of the car 1/45 Floyd | > Floyd | > PUSH CAR Floyd | Floyd | It is fixed in place. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Rob says (to floyd), "inventory" | ||
Floyd ] Rear of the car 1/46 Floyd | > Floyd | > INVENTORY Floyd | Floyd | You are carrying: Floyd | a paper grocery bag Floyd | six cucumbers Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "drop driver" | ||
Floyd ] Rear of the car 1/47 Floyd | > Floyd | > DROP DRIVER Floyd | Floyd | The driver is already here. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "take driver" | ||
Floyd ] Rear of the car 1/48 Floyd | > Floyd | > TAKE DRIVER Floyd | Floyd | That's hardly portable. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Zach says (to Floyd), "hit driver with cucumber" | ||
Floyd ] Rear of the car 1/48 Floyd | > Floyd | > HIT DRIVER WITH CUCUMBER Floyd | Floyd | I only understood you as far as wanting to hit the driver. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Zach says (to Floyd), "give cucumber to driver" | ||
Floyd ] Rear of the car 1/48 Floyd | > Floyd | > GIVE CUCUMBER TO DRIVER Floyd | Floyd | You can only do that to something animate. Floyd | Floyd | > | MTW asks, "what happened when we tried to eat the cukes?" | |
| Zach says (to Floyd), "help" | ||
Floyd ] Rear of the car 1/48 Floyd | > Floyd | > HELP Floyd | Floyd | That's not a verb I recognize. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Zach says (to Floyd), "credits" | ||
Floyd ] Rear of the car 1/48 Floyd | > Floyd | > CREDITS Floyd | Floyd | That's not a verb I recognize. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Zach says (to Floyd), "xyzzy" | ||
Floyd ] Rear of the car 1/48 Floyd | > Floyd | > XYZZY Floyd | Floyd | That's not a verb I recognize. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Rob says (to floyd), "hint" | ||
Floyd ] Rear of the car 1/48 Floyd | > Floyd | > HINT Floyd | Floyd | That's not a verb I recognize. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says (to MTW), "We haven't tried. But when I played during the comp, nothing happened." | |
| Rob asks, "is there like a glove compartment in the car or anything?" | ||
| MTW says, "o i c" | ||
| Rob says (to Floyd), "mtw" | ||
Floyd ] Rear of the car 1/48 Floyd | > Floyd | > MTW Floyd | Floyd | That's not a verb I recognize. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Rob says, "oops" | Jacqueline says, "So, maga's not 100% sure, but I asked him and he, too, thinks we've done all we can do." | |
| Rob has had his fill of playing for now, and goes back to the Lounge. | Zach says, "I couldn't figure out how to get back in the car" | |
| Rob arrives, full of fun, but no funk. | ||
| Zach says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd ] Outside Front Passenger Seat 1/49 Floyd | > Floyd | > E Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Outside Front Passenger Seat Floyd | There's an extraordinary distortion to the grill of the car, as if it Floyd | were fondant someone leaned against. If you didn't cross the median, Floyd | you must be east of the highway, meaning the other end of the car is Floyd | west of here. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Rob says (to floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd ] Outside Front Passenger Seat 1/50 Floyd | > Floyd | > E Floyd | Floyd | You can't go that way. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "There might be nothing more to do. I just don't know." | |
| Rob says (to floyd), "in" | ||
Floyd ] Front Passenger Seat 1/51 Floyd | > Floyd | > IN Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Front Passenger Seat Floyd | Innumerable small shards of glass sparkle on the floor which under Floyd | normal conditions would be the ceiling. You can escape from here. From Floyd | this angle you can see there's a boxy metal car and a much smaller Floyd | furry thing near by. Floyd | Floyd | > | Zach says, "There we go" | |
| Rob says (to floyd), "x furry" | ||
Floyd ] Front Passenger Seat 1/52 Floyd | > Floyd | > X FURRY Floyd | Floyd | Slightly smaller than a person and covered with thick fur. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "There's the furry thing." | |
| Zach says (to Floyd), "give cucumber to furry" | ||
Floyd ] Front Passenger Seat 1/52 Floyd | > Floyd | > GIVE CUCUMBER TO FURRY Floyd | Floyd | You can only do that to something animate. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Rob says (to floyd), "search furry" | ||
Floyd ] Front Passenger Seat 1/53 Floyd | > Floyd | > SEARCH FURRY Floyd | Floyd | You find nothing of interest. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Rob says (to floyd), "get furry" | ||
Floyd ] Front Passenger Seat 1/54 Floyd | > Floyd | > GET FURRY Floyd | Floyd | That's hardly portable. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "wear furry" | ||
Floyd ] Front Passenger Seat 1/55 Floyd | > Floyd | > WEAR FURRY Floyd | Floyd | (first taking the furry) Floyd | That's hardly portable. Floyd | Floyd | > | Rob says, "ok weird" | |
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "open furry" | ||
Floyd ] Front Passenger Seat 1/56 Floyd | > Floyd | > OPEN FURRY Floyd | Floyd | That's not something you can open. Floyd | Floyd | > | MTW asks, "guess the author isn't here?" | |
| Zach says (to Floyd), "x glass" | ||
Floyd ] Front Passenger Seat 1/56 Floyd | > Floyd | > X GLASS Floyd | Floyd | You can't see any such thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "No" | |
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "smell furry" | ||
Floyd ] Front Passenger Seat 1/57 Floyd | > Floyd | > SMELL FURRY Floyd | Floyd | You smell nothing unexpected. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Zach says (to Floyd), "take glass" | ||
Floyd ] Front Passenger Seat 1/57 Floyd | > Floyd | > TAKE GLASS Floyd | Floyd | You can't see any such thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "touch furry" | ||
Floyd ] Front Passenger Seat 1/58 Floyd | > Floyd | > TOUCH FURRY Floyd | Floyd | You feel nothing unexpected. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Rob says (to floyd), "x shards" | ||
Floyd ] Front Passenger Seat 1/58 Floyd | > Floyd | > X SHARDS Floyd | Floyd | You can't see any such thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline asks, "So, did we hit Tiny Foot?" | |
| Rob says (to floyd), "look" | ||
Floyd ] Front Passenger Seat 1/59 Floyd | > Floyd | > LOOK Floyd | Floyd | Front Passenger Seat Floyd | Innumerable small shards of glass sparkle on the floor which under Floyd | normal conditions would be the ceiling. You can escape from here. From Floyd | this angle you can see there's a boxy metal car and a much smaller Floyd | furry thing near by. Floyd | Floyd | > | Zach says, "Aww" | |
| Jacqueline asks, "Is that supposed to be the intriguing thing here?" | ||
| Rob says (to floyd), "pet furry" | ||
Floyd ] Front Passenger Seat 1/59 Floyd | > Floyd | > PET FURRY Floyd | Floyd | That's not a verb I recognize. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Zach says (to Floyd), "x car" | ||
Floyd ] Front Passenger Seat 1/60 Floyd | > Floyd | > X CAR Floyd | Floyd | A boxy vehicle, before it encountered a tree. Now its sides have been Floyd | skewed and its contents scattered around it. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Rob says (to floyd), "x tree" | ||
Floyd ] Front Passenger Seat 1/60 Floyd | > Floyd | > X TREE Floyd | Floyd | You can't see any such thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Rob says (to floyd), "x contents" | ||
Floyd ] Front Passenger Seat 1/60 Floyd | > Floyd | > X CONTENTS Floyd | Floyd | You can't see any such thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Rob says (to floyd), "get all" | ||
Floyd ] Front Passenger Seat 1/61 Floyd | > Floyd | > GET ALL Floyd | Floyd | cucumber: Taken. Floyd | cucumber: Taken. Floyd | cucumber: Taken. Floyd | cucumber: Taken. Floyd | cucumber: Taken. Floyd | cucumber: Taken. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Rob says (to floyd), "undo" | ||
Floyd ] Front Passenger Seat 1/60 Floyd | Floyd | > UNDO Floyd | Floyd | Front Passenger Seat Floyd | [Previous turn undone.] Floyd | Floyd | > | Rob says, ">READ AUTHOR'S MIND" | |
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x bag" | ||
Floyd ] Front Passenger Seat 1/61 Floyd | > Floyd | > X BAG Floyd | Floyd | In the paper grocery bag are six cucumbers. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "read bag" | ||
Floyd ] Front Passenger Seat 1/62 Floyd | > Floyd | > READ BAG Floyd | Floyd | In the paper grocery bag are six cucumbers. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Rob says (to floyd), "smell cucumber" | ||
Floyd ] Front Passenger Seat 1/63 Floyd | > Floyd | > SMELL CUCUMBER Floyd | Floyd | You smell nothing unexpected. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "Personally, I'm ready to move on." | |
| Zach says, "Yeah" | ||
| Rob asks, "is there a scenery tree object examinable if we go outside again?" | ||
| MTW says, "ditto" | ||
| Rob asks, "or any other direction to go outside the car other than west?" | ||
| Zach says (to Floyd), "exit" | ||
Floyd ] Outside Front Passenger Seat 1/64 Floyd | > Floyd | > EXIT Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Outside Front Passenger Seat Floyd | There's an extraordinary distortion to the grill of the car, as if it Floyd | were fondant someone leaned against. If you didn't cross the median, Floyd | you must be east of the highway, meaning the other end of the car is Floyd | west of here. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "maybe we can wear the empty bag, asphyxiate, and go to a better game." | |
| Zach says (to Floyd), "x tree" | ||
Floyd ] Outside Front Passenger Seat 1/64 Floyd | > Floyd | > X TREE Floyd | Floyd | You can't see any such thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Zach says (to Floyd), "put bag on head" | ||
Floyd ] Outside Front Passenger Seat 1/64 Floyd | > Floyd | > PUT BAG ON HEAD Floyd | Floyd | You can't see any such thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "Aw." | |
| Rob says (to floyd), "up" | ||
Floyd ] Outside Front Passenger Seat 1/65 Floyd | > Floyd | > UP Floyd | Floyd | You can't go that way. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "wear bag" | ||
Floyd ] Outside Front Passenger Seat 1/66 Floyd | > Floyd | > WEAR BAG Floyd | Floyd | You can't wear that! Floyd | Floyd | > | Zach says, "Oh, right, we don't have head! That explains everything!" | |
| Rob says (to floyd), "climb car" | ||
Floyd ] Outside Front Passenger Seat 1/67 Floyd | > Floyd | > CLIMB CAR Floyd | Floyd | I don't think much is to be achieved by that. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Rob says (to floyd), "push car" | ||
Floyd ] Outside Front Passenger Seat 1/68 Floyd | > Floyd | > PUSH CAR Floyd | Floyd | It is fixed in place. Floyd | Floyd | > | Rob says, "ok I'm out of ideas" | |
| Jacqueline asks, "Have any of you played Prickett's other game?" | ||
| Rob says, "well we can all look forward to a continued implementation of this introduction" | ||
| Jacqueline asks, "Rolled?" | ||
| Jacqueline asks, "The name is making me wonder if it, too, is about a rolled automobile?" | ||
| Zach says (to Floyd), "roll car" | ||
Floyd ] Outside Front Passenger Seat 1/68 Floyd | > Floyd | > ROLL CAR Floyd | Floyd | That's not a verb I recognize. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Rob says (to floyd), "roll" | ||
Floyd ] Outside Front Passenger Seat 1/68 Floyd | > Floyd | > ROLL Floyd | Floyd | That's not a verb I recognize. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Rob says, "heh" | Jacqueline asks, "Anyway, shall we do What Happened in 1984 or The Example of the Chicken Sexer?" | |
| Zach says (to Floyd), "roll on the river" | ||
Floyd ] Outside Front Passenger Seat 1/68 Floyd | > Floyd | > ROLL ON THE RIVER Floyd | Floyd | That's not a verb I recognize. Floyd | Floyd | > | MTW says, "84" | |
| DavidW says (to Jacqueline), "Both are short games." | ||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "quit" | ||
Floyd | > Floyd | > QUIT Floyd | Floyd | Are you sure you want to quit? | ||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "y" | ||
Floyd | Are you sure you want to quit?
Floyd | > Y
Floyd | cheapglulxe quit with exit status: 0
| ||
| Floyd asks, "That game over already? It was just getting good. Wanna play another?" | ||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "load sleepmask ic13whathappened" | ||
Floyd ] Infocom shrine 1 Floyd ] Exits: UP Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | It's finished! Hayashi corporation has finally finished the first time Floyd | machine, and you have been chosen to use it for the first time! You Floyd | begin to wonder what you should use it for. You could prevent world Floyd | war I, go forward into the future, or anything else. Then, like a Floyd | bullet from a high calibur rifle, it hits you! You're going to prevent Floyd | Activision from buying Infocom! Floyd | You fire up the time machine, set your destination, and step on it! Floyd | The experience of driving a time machine reminds you of that old movie Floyd | they call "Back to the Future." Floyd | Then, the time machine grinds to a hault. Floyd | It disappears, and a hollow voice says, When you're ready to return to Floyd | the present, say plugh." Floyd | Floyd | What happened in 1984 Floyd | A Time Travelers Tale - Introcomp version by Harris Conger Floyd | Release 1 / Serial number 130614 / Inform 7 build 6G60 (I6/v6.32 lib Floyd | 6/12N) Floyd | Floyd | Infocom shrine Floyd | This is the infamous Infocom shrine, a basement of sorts in MIT. Not Floyd | much to see here, except for the famous Infocom Mural (Why it's Floyd | painted in this time period, you don't know). Floyd | Floyd | Marc Blank, one of the first 4 Imps is here. Floyd | Floyd | > | Rob says, "oo, infocom" | |
| Rob says, "oo, 'time machine' and 'first', reminds me of something" | ||
| Jacqueline says, "One would think they would have made us write an essay entitled What I Will Do With The New Time Machine Technology before choosing us to be the first one to use it." | ||
| Rob says, "heh, 'calibur' like missing the 'ex-', instead of like caliber" | ||
| DavidW says (to Rob), "Savour that 'oo'. You might not get another." | ||
| Rob says, "hault, hee hee" | ||
| Zach says (to Floyd), "about" | ||
Floyd ] Infocom shrine 1 Floyd ] Exits: UP Floyd | Floyd | > ABOUT Floyd | Floyd | That's not a verb I recognize. Floyd | Floyd | > | Rob says, "huh I went on nm's tour of MIT and I don't remember an Infocom mural" | |
| Zach says (to Floyd), "i" | ||
Floyd ] Infocom shrine 2 Floyd ] Exits: UP Floyd | Floyd | > I Floyd | Floyd | You are carrying nothing. Floyd | Floyd | Marc whistles a toon. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "I don't recall it, either. Possibly it's no longer there." | |
| Zach says, "So many homophones" | ||
| DavidW says, "People whistle tunes, not toons. But whatever." | ||
| Rob says (to floyd), "mark, hello" | ||
Floyd ] Infocom shrine 3
Floyd ] Exits: UP
Floyd |
Floyd | > MARK, HELLO
Floyd |
Floyd | There is no reply.
Floyd |
Floyd | Marc twittles his thumbs and hums a toon.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| Zach says (to Floyd), "mural" | ||
Floyd ] Infocom shrine 3 Floyd ] Exits: UP Floyd | Floyd | > MURAL Floyd | Floyd | That's not a verb I recognize. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "Oh dear. IRTA Marc is a witless toon." | |
| Zach says (to Floyd), "x mural" | ||
Floyd ] Infocom shrine 4 Floyd ] Exits: UP Floyd | Floyd | > X MURAL Floyd | Floyd | The mural consists of the Infocom logo and a passage of text below it. Floyd | The passage reads: "Oh ye who go about saying unto each other: "Hello Floyd | sailor": Dost thou know the magnitude of thy sin before the gods? Yea, Floyd | verily, thou shalt be ground between two stones. Shall the angry gods Floyd | cast thy body into the whirlpool? Surely, thy eye shall be put out Floyd | with a sharp stick! Even unto the ends of the earth shalt thou wander Floyd | and unto the land of the dead shalt thou be sent at last. Surely thou Floyd | shalt repent of thy cunning." Floyd | Floyd | Marc twittles his thumbs and hums a toon. Floyd | Floyd | > | MTW says, "twiddles, not twittles, as well" | |
| DavidW says, "Marc's really productive and busy in this game." | ||
| Rob says (to floyd), "ask mark about infocom" | ||
Floyd ] Infocom shrine 5 Floyd ] Exits: UP Floyd | Floyd | > ASK MARK ABOUT INFOCOM Floyd | Floyd | There is no reply. Floyd | Floyd | Marc twittles his thumbs and hums a toon. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "odysseus" | ||
Floyd ] Infocom shrine 5 Floyd ] Exits: UP Floyd | Floyd | > ODYSSEUS Floyd | Floyd | That's not a verb I recognize. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "hello sailor" | Lionheart says, "He'll go far in the world of paper shuffling." | |
Floyd ] Infocom shrine 5 Floyd ] Exits: UP Floyd | Floyd | > HELLO SAILOR Floyd | Floyd | That's not a verb I recognize. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "xyzzy" | ||
Floyd ] Infocom shrine 5 Floyd ] Exits: UP Floyd | Floyd | > XYZZY Floyd | Floyd | That's not a verb I recognize. Floyd | Floyd | > | Zach says (to DavidW), "This is why they financial problems" | |
| Lionheart says (to Floyd), "odysseus" | ||
Floyd ] Infocom shrine 5 Floyd ] Exits: UP Floyd | Floyd | > ODYSSEUS Floyd | Floyd | That's not a verb I recognize. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "Yeah, I think my oo is gone." | |
| Rob says, "I can't believe 'hello sailor' doesn't get a response from this game after that introduction" | ||
| DavidW says (to Rob), "I know!" | ||
| Rob says (to floyd), "ask mark about cornerstone" | ||
Floyd ] Infocom shrine 6 Floyd ] Exits: UP Floyd | Floyd | > ASK MARK ABOUT CORNERSTONE Floyd | Floyd | "Yep. We were supposed to work on a database program called Floyd | Cornerstone. The business for databases is booming, you know." Floyd | Floyd | Marc twittles his thumbs and hums a toon. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "Though I rather like the idea of the premise. Granted, it's a very niche audience." | |
| Rob says, "ha-ha!" | ||
| DavidW says (to Rob), "ah, you read the walkthrough." | ||
| Rob says (to floyd), "ask mark about meretzky" | ||
Floyd ] Infocom shrine 7 Floyd ] Exits: UP Floyd | Floyd | > ASK MARK ABOUT MERETZKY Floyd | Floyd | There is no reply. Floyd | Floyd | Marc paces around the room nurvously. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Lionheart says (to Floyd), "hello marc" | ||
Floyd ] Infocom shrine 7 Floyd ] Exits: UP Floyd | Floyd | > HELLO MARC Floyd | Floyd | That's not a verb I recognize. Floyd | Floyd | > | Rob says, "I got a response! I got a response!" | |
| Lionheart says (to Floyd), "ask marc about marc" | ||
Floyd ] Infocom shrine 8 Floyd ] Exits: UP Floyd | Floyd | > ASK MARC ABOUT MARC Floyd | Floyd | There is no reply. Floyd | Floyd | Marc looks at you with a surprised look on his face. Floyd | Floyd | > | MTW says, "wtg" | |
| Zach says (to Floyd), "ask mark about infocom" | ||
Floyd ] Infocom shrine 9 Floyd ] Exits: UP Floyd | Floyd | > ASK MARK ABOUT INFOCOM Floyd | Floyd | There is no reply. Floyd | Floyd | Marc whistles a toon. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Zach says (to Floyd), "ask marc about infocom" | ||
Floyd ] Infocom shrine 10 Floyd ] Exits: UP Floyd | Floyd | > ASK MARC ABOUT INFOCOM Floyd | Floyd | There is no reply. Floyd | Floyd | Marc whistles a toon. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Lionheart says (to Floyd), "ask marc about mit" | ||
Floyd ] Infocom shrine 11 Floyd ] Exits: UP Floyd | Floyd | > ASK MARC ABOUT MIT Floyd | Floyd | There is no reply. Floyd | Floyd | Marc twittles his thumbs and hums a toon. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask marc about steve" | ||
Floyd ] Infocom shrine 12 Floyd ] Exits: UP Floyd | Floyd | > ASK MARC ABOUT STEVE Floyd | Floyd | There is no reply. Floyd | Floyd | Marc twittles his thumbs and hums a toon. Floyd | Floyd | > | Rob says (to DW), "no, just kind of ... went with what I thought the author was getting at, being this enshrining of the infocom legend. ...? or something" | |
| Lionheart says (to Floyd), "ask marc about dave" | ||
Floyd ] Infocom shrine 13 Floyd ] Exits: UP Floyd | Floyd | > ASK MARC ABOUT DAVE Floyd | Floyd | There is no reply. Floyd | Floyd | Marc whistles a toon. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Zach says (to Floyd), "x marc" | ||
Floyd ] Infocom shrine 14 Floyd ] Exits: UP Floyd | Floyd | > X MARC Floyd | Floyd | He's wearing 80's white clothes. Floyd | Floyd | Marc whistles a toon. Floyd | Floyd | > | Rob says, "we need to search the Get Lamp documentary for clues" | |
| Zach says, "Ah, I remember the 80's and all the white clothes." | ||
| Lionheart says (to Floyd), "ask marc about zork" | ||
Floyd ] Infocom shrine 15 Floyd ] Exits: UP Floyd | Floyd | > ASK MARC ABOUT ZORK Floyd | Floyd | There is no reply. Floyd | Floyd | Marc paces around the room nurvously. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "This could be kind of intriguing if done as Interactive Nonfiction as well. Like, I just saw Jobs and am reading Woz's book. Having an IF game that moved you through the early days of IF would be pretty cool (like, without the changing history bit)." | |
| Lionheart asks, "Why so nurvous?" | ||
| Zach asks, "'UP' I guess?" | ||
| Rob says, "heh, yeah, lots of white clothes in the 80s. if you're tom wolfe or whatever wossname is" | ||
| Zach has disconnected. | ||
| Zach has connected. | Rob says (to Jacq), "I read the Jobs book a couple of times and then saw the movie! enjoy" | |
| Jacqueline says, "Yeah, I've read the book, then saw the film. I was glad they cut it off where they did." | ||
| Rob says, "also explain to me why ashton kutcher walked in that really weird hunch shouldered way" | ||
| Jacqueline says, "It was okay. The book obviously does a lot more than the film could." | ||
| Lionheart says, "His retisense makes me peeked." | ||
| Jacqueline says (to Rob), "Because I think that's how Jobs walked, though perhaps not quite so obviously." | ||
| Rob says, "seeing reproductions of apple technology from its beginnings was its most obvious reason for being a movie" | ||
| DavidW says (to Zach), "I'm fine with 'up'." | ||
| Zach says (to Floyd), "up" | ||
Floyd ] stairwell 16 Floyd ] Exits: UP down Floyd | Floyd | > UP Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | stairwell Floyd | This is one of many stairwells in MIT. This one leads up to a room Floyd | with a bunch of workstations. Floyd | Floyd | > | Rob says (to Jacq), "yeah, except I watched all his presentations, him pacing back and forth on the stage, and he walked like a normal person" | |
| Zach says (to Floyd), "up" | ||
Floyd ] workstation room 17 Floyd ] Exits: SOUTH down Floyd | Floyd | > UP Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | workstation room Floyd | This is the room where the Unix workstations usually go. Oddly enough, Floyd | not a single workstation remains. Floyd | Floyd | A scruffy-looking Hacker is here, looking rather befuzzled. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "I hate to say this, but the underimplementation of this is making me want to move on. Possibly there will be more of interest, though." | |
| Jacqueline says (to Rob), "Huh." | ||
| Rob says (to floyd), "hacker, hello" | ||
Floyd ] workstation room 18
Floyd ] Exits: SOUTH down
Floyd |
Floyd | > HACKER, HELLO
Floyd |
Floyd | There is no reply.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| Rob says (to floyd), "ask hacker about zork" | ||
Floyd ] workstation room 19 Floyd ] Exits: SOUTH down Floyd | Floyd | > ASK HACKER ABOUT ZORK Floyd | Floyd | There is no reply. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Rob says (to floyd), "ask hacker about mark" | ||
Floyd ] workstation room 20 Floyd ] Exits: SOUTH down Floyd | Floyd | > ASK HACKER ABOUT MARK Floyd | Floyd | There is no reply. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Lionheart says (to Floyd), "hacker, where is workstation?" | ||
Floyd ] workstation room 21
Floyd ] Exits: SOUTH down
Floyd |
Floyd | > HACKER, WHERE IS WORKSTATION?
Floyd |
Floyd | There is no reply.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| Jacqueline says, "Perhaps Kutcher has osteoperosis, then. Not sure." | |
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask hacker about activision" | ||
Floyd ] workstation room 22 Floyd ] Exits: SOUTH down Floyd | Floyd | > ASK HACKER ABOUT ACTIVISION Floyd | Floyd | There is no reply. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Zach says (to Floyd), "ask hack about workstation" | ||
Floyd ] workstation room 22 Floyd ] Exits: SOUTH down Floyd | Floyd | > ASK HACK ABOUT WORKSTATION Floyd | Floyd | You can't see any such thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Zach says (to Floyd), "ask hacker about workstation" | ||
Floyd ] workstation room 23 Floyd ] Exits: SOUTH down Floyd | Floyd | > ASK HACKER ABOUT WORKSTATION Floyd | Floyd | There is no reply. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask hacker about unix" | ||
Floyd ] workstation room 24 Floyd ] Exits: SOUTH down Floyd | Floyd | > ASK HACKER ABOUT UNIX Floyd | Floyd | Unix? It's an ok OS. It's just not... Free. I mean free speech, not Floyd | free beer. I plan to make a replacement for it, and I'll call it... Floyd | GNU. GNU's not UNIX. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Lionheart says (to Floyd), "x rms" | ||
Floyd ] workstation room 24 Floyd ] Exits: SOUTH down Floyd | Floyd | > X RMS Floyd | Floyd | You can't see any such thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Lionheart says (to Floyd), "x hacker" | ||
Floyd ] workstation room 25 Floyd ] Exits: SOUTH down Floyd | Floyd | > X HACKER Floyd | Floyd | Your typical hacker: sleep deprived, fidgety, and all that. In fact, Floyd | you're pretty sure you've seen him somewhere before. Floyd | Floyd | > | Rob says (to jacq), "I was convinced that he thought Jobs walked like that, and spent months working on that walk, but it threw me out of the movie every time he did it. (Unlike his voice, which convincingly sounded like steve jobs, without sounding overly practiced)" | |
| Jacqueline says, "I would not have thought to ask about unix. Well done." | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask hacker about coke" | ||
Floyd ] workstation room 26 Floyd ] Exits: SOUTH down Floyd | Floyd | > ASK HACKER ABOUT COKE Floyd | Floyd | There is no reply. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says (to Rob), "Yeah" | |
| Rob says (to floyd), "ask hacker about MIT" | ||
Floyd ] workstation room 27 Floyd ] Exits: SOUTH down Floyd | Floyd | > ASK HACKER ABOUT MIT Floyd | Floyd | There is no reply. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Rob says (to floyd), "ask hacker about infinite corridor" | ||
Floyd ] workstation room 28 Floyd ] Exits: SOUTH down Floyd | Floyd | > ASK HACKER ABOUT INFINITE CORRIDOR Floyd | Floyd | There is no reply. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "I think he's supposed to be the hacker from Lurking Horror." | |
| Jacqueline says, "I think we could be done now." | ||
| Jacqueline whistles innocently. | ||
| Rob says, "I don't think I got far enough in Lurking Horror to know about him, but I've been mulling over what I do remember about Lurking Horror for the past few minutes" | ||
| DavidW says, "There's an inventory item to find to the south." | ||
| Lionheart says, "I thought the dialog was meant to imply he was Richard Stallman. Not that those are exclusive." | ||
| Rob says (to DW), "lead the way" | ||
| Jacqueline says (to DW), "oooh" | ||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd ] storage room 29 Floyd ] Exits: north Floyd | Floyd | > S Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | storage room Floyd | This room is used for storing an array of things. Floyd | Floyd | The room is dominated by junk: Old tapes and punchcards, programming Floyd | manuals, broken terminals, cables and the like. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd ] storage room 30 Floyd ] Exits: north Floyd | Floyd | > S Floyd | Floyd | You can't go that way. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "Oops, sorry. Got excited." | |
| Jacqueline exclaims, "An array of things! Ha!" | ||
| Rob asks, "is only one of these takeable/examinable?" | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "search junk" | ||
Floyd ] storage room 31 Floyd ] Exits: north Floyd | Floyd | > SEARCH JUNK Floyd | Floyd | You rummage around in the junk, eventually coming up with a dusty Floyd | book. Floyd | Floyd | > | Zach says, "Or Richard Stallman" | |
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x book" | ||
Floyd ] storage room 32 Floyd ] Exits: north Floyd | Floyd | > X BOOK Floyd | Floyd | [Please read the Dusty-Book.txt file which should've came with the Floyd | game to find out what is in the book.] Floyd | Floyd | > | Rob says, "oh wow" | |
| Rob says, "should've came" | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "search junk" | ||
Floyd ] storage room 33 Floyd ] Exits: north Floyd | Floyd | > SEARCH JUNK Floyd | Floyd | You find nothing of interest. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Rob says (to floyd), "read book" | ||
Floyd ] storage room 34 Floyd ] Exits: north Floyd | Floyd | > READ BOOK Floyd | Floyd | [Please read the Dusty-Book.txt file which should've came with the Floyd | game to find out what is in the book.] Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "That is a nice hat tip to Infocom." | |
| Jacqueline says, "One sec, let me go see if there's a book." | ||
| Rob says, "I'm thinking of another time travel game that had a profitable >search junk command as well" | ||
| Rob says (to floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd ] workstation room 35 Floyd ] Exits: south down Floyd | Floyd | > N Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | workstation room Floyd | This is the room where the Unix workstations usually go. Oddly enough, Floyd | not a single workstation remains. Floyd | Floyd | A scruffy-looking Hacker is here, looking rather befuzzled. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "I think this intro ends when we leave this room with the book." | |
| Rob says (to floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd ] storage room 36 Floyd ] Exits: north Floyd | Floyd | > S Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | storage room Floyd | This room is used for storing an array of things. Floyd | Floyd | The room is dominated by junk: Old tapes and punchcards, programming Floyd | manuals, broken terminals, cables and the like. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Rob says (to floyd), "get all" | ||
Floyd ] storage room 37 Floyd ] Exits: north Floyd | Floyd | > GET ALL Floyd | Floyd | junk: Taken. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Rob says (to floyd), "x junk" | ||
Floyd ] storage room 38 Floyd ] Exits: north Floyd | Floyd | > X JUNK Floyd | Floyd | You see nothing special about the junk. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Rob says (to floyd), "drop junk" | ||
Floyd ] storage room 39 Floyd ] Exits: north Floyd | Floyd | > DROP JUNK Floyd | Floyd | Dropped. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW asks, "oh. Maybe we have to go to the mural with it?" | |
| Rob says, "let's try it" | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd ] workstation room 40 Floyd ] Exits: south down Floyd | Floyd | > N Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | workstation room Floyd | This is the room where the Unix workstations usually go. Oddly enough, Floyd | not a single workstation remains. Floyd | Floyd | A scruffy-looking Hacker is here, looking rather befuzzled. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "d" | ||
Floyd ] stairwell 41 Floyd ] Exits: up down Floyd | Floyd | > D Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | stairwell Floyd | This is one of many stairwells in MIT. This one leads up to a room Floyd | with a bunch of workstations. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "d" | ||
Floyd ] Infocom shrine 42 Floyd ] Exits: up Floyd | Floyd | > D Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Infocom shrine Floyd | This is the infamous Infocom shrine, a basement of sorts in MIT. Not Floyd | much to see here, except for the famous Infocom Mural (Why it's Floyd | painted in this time period, you don't know). Floyd | Floyd | Marc Blank, one of the first 4 Imps is here. Floyd | Floyd | Marc paces around the room nurvously. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Lionheart says (to Floyd), "ask marc about hacker" | ||
Floyd ] Infocom shrine 43 Floyd ] Exits: up Floyd | Floyd | > ASK MARC ABOUT HACKER Floyd | Floyd | There is no reply. Floyd | Floyd | Marc paces around the room nurvously. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Rob says (to floyd), "show book to mark" | ||
Floyd ] Infocom shrine 44 Floyd ] Exits: up Floyd | Floyd | > SHOW BOOK TO MARK Floyd | Floyd | Marc is unimpressed. Floyd | Floyd | Marc twittles his thumbs and hums a toon. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Rob says (to floyd), "give book to mark" | ||
Floyd ] Infocom shrine 45 Floyd ] Exits: up Floyd | Floyd | > GIVE BOOK TO MARK Floyd | Floyd | Marc doesn't seem interested. Floyd | Floyd | Marc looks at you with a surprised look on his face. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "hm. okay. I don't remember what I did to reach the ending." | |
| Rob says (to floyd), "ask mark about book" | ||
Floyd ] Infocom shrine 46 Floyd ] Exits: up Floyd | Floyd | > ASK MARK ABOUT BOOK Floyd | Floyd | There is no reply. Floyd | Floyd | Marc whistles a toon. Floyd | Floyd | > | Rob asks, "you saw an ending?" | |
| Lionheart says (to Floyd), "sing" | ||
Floyd ] Infocom shrine 47 Floyd ] Exits: up Floyd | Floyd | > SING Floyd | Floyd | Your singing is abominable. Floyd | Floyd | Marc twittles his thumbs and hums a toon. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "During the comp, yes." | |
| Rob says, "this is sad, I can see a genuine love for infocom history and a spark of inspiration in the premise, but the execution needs to be executed" | ||
| Rob says (to floyd), "ask mark about colossal cave" | ||
Floyd ] Infocom shrine 48 Floyd ] Exits: up Floyd | Floyd | > ASK MARK ABOUT COLOSSAL CAVE Floyd | Floyd | There is no reply. Floyd | Floyd | Marc twittles his thumbs and hums a toon. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline | [LINK] | |
| DavidW says (to Rob), "I see less than that." | ||
| Jacqueline says, "I see what Rob sees." | ||
| Rob says, "nah, I see it, I just don't see it being ... something happening after the intro text of the game. I guess I just see it in the intro" | ||
| Jacqueline says, "Just sayin'" | ||
| Rob says (to jacq), "thanks, whew" | ||
| Jacqueline says, "heh" | ||
| DavidW says, "oh wait. There was some return word to use in the prologue." | ||
| Rob says (to floyd), "ask mark about graham nelson" | ||
Floyd ] Infocom shrine 49 Floyd ] Exits: up Floyd | Floyd | > ASK MARK ABOUT GRAHAM NELSON Floyd | Floyd | There is no reply. Floyd | Floyd | Marc twittles his thumbs and hums a toon. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Rob says (to floyd), "ask mark about inform" | ||
Floyd ] Infocom shrine 50 Floyd ] Exits: up Floyd | Floyd | > ASK MARK ABOUT INFORM Floyd | Floyd | There is no reply. Floyd | Floyd | Marc twittles his thumbs and hums a toon. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Rob says (to floyd), "ask mark about milliways" | ||
Floyd ] Infocom shrine 51 Floyd ] Exits: up Floyd | Floyd | > ASK MARK ABOUT MILLIWAYS Floyd | Floyd | There is no reply. Floyd | Floyd | Marc twittles his thumbs and hums a toon. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "We need to say plugh to return to our present day." | |
| Rob says, "AP Hill? really? wow" | ||
| Rob says, "that floods me with wrong nostalgia" | ||
| Jacqueline says, "That dusty book is hilarious for reasons they author probably did not intend." | ||
| Jacqueline says, "er, s/they/the" | ||
| Rob says, "it's rediculously hilarious" | ||
| Lionheart says (to Floyd), "marc, don't make cornerstone" | ||
Floyd ] Infocom shrine 52
Floyd ] Exits: up
Floyd |
Floyd | > MARC, DON'T MAKE CORNERSTONE
Floyd |
Floyd | There is no reply.
Floyd |
Floyd | Marc whistles a toon.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
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| DavidW says (to Floyd), "marc, don't panic" | ||
Floyd ] Infocom shrine 53
Floyd ] Exits: up
Floyd |
Floyd | > MARC, DON'T PANIC
Floyd |
Floyd | There is no reply.
Floyd |
Floyd | Marc twittles his thumbs and hums a toon.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| Lionheart says (to Floyd), "marc, stop cornerstone" | ||
Floyd ] Infocom shrine 54
Floyd ] Exits: up
Floyd |
Floyd | > MARC, STOP CORNERSTONE
Floyd |
Floyd | There is no reply.
Floyd |
Floyd | Marc paces around the room nurvously.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| Rob says, "wait, references to AP Hill and Radical Al? who is this guy? those are way-way-back allusions" | |
| DavidW says, "anyway, 'plugh' should end this intro." | ||
| Rob asks, "ploo or pluff?" | ||
| Lionheart says (to Floyd), "marc, relax" | ||
Floyd ] Infocom shrine 55
Floyd ] Exits: up
Floyd |
Floyd | > MARC, RELAX
Floyd |
Floyd | There is no reply.
Floyd |
Floyd | Marc twittles his thumbs and hums a toon.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| Lionheart says (to Floyd), "marc, don't do it" | ||
Floyd ] Infocom shrine 56
Floyd ] Exits: up
Floyd |
Floyd | > MARC, DON'T DO IT
Floyd |
Floyd | There is no reply.
Floyd |
Floyd | Marc whistles a toon.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| Rob says (to floyd), "mark, up" | ||
Floyd ] Infocom shrine 57
Floyd ] Exits: up
Floyd |
Floyd | > MARK, UP
Floyd |
Floyd | Marc has better things to do.
Floyd |
Floyd | Marc whistles a toon.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| Rob says (to floyd), "xyzzy" | ||
Floyd ] Infocom shrine 57 Floyd ] Exits: up Floyd | Floyd | > XYZZY Floyd | Floyd | That's not a verb I recognize. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "There is also a walkthrough that I uploaded." | |
| Rob says (to floyd), "tell mark about cornerstone" | ||
Floyd ] Infocom shrine 58 Floyd ] Exits: up Floyd | Floyd | > TELL MARK ABOUT CORNERSTONE Floyd | Floyd | This provokes no reaction. Floyd | Floyd | Marc paces around the room nurvously. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "I've said what to do." | |
| Rob says (to floyd), "plugh" | ||
Floyd ] lab 59 Floyd ] Exits: None Floyd | Floyd | > PLUGH Floyd | Floyd | The time machine reappears, and you drive away from the past and Floyd | towards the present. When the time machine disappears again, you find Floyd | yourself in... Floyd | Floyd | lab Floyd | This is the Labratory for the Hayashi corporation, where they moniter Floyd | the TRS. Floyd | Floyd | Shishi Hayashi, the head of all lab affairs, is here. Floyd | Floyd | > | Lionheart says, "I suppose we haven't tried preventing cornerstone with violence." | |
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "x shishi" | ||
Floyd ] lab 60 Floyd ] Exits: None Floyd | Floyd | > X SHISHI Floyd | Floyd | You see nothing special about Shishi. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Rob says (to floyd), "ask hayashi about cornerstone" | ||
Floyd ] lab 60 Floyd ] Exits: None Floyd | Floyd | > ASK HAYASHI ABOUT CORNERSTONE Floyd | Floyd | You can't see any such thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "give or show her the book." | |
| Rob says (to floyd), "ask shishi about cornerstone" | ||
Floyd ] lab 61 Floyd ] Exits: None Floyd | Floyd | > ASK SHISHI ABOUT CORNERSTONE Floyd | Floyd | There is no reply. Floyd | Floyd | > | Rob asks, "he's a she?" | |
| Rob says (to floyd), "show book to shishi" | ||
Floyd ] lab 62 Floyd ] Exits: None Floyd | Floyd | > SHOW BOOK TO SHISHI Floyd | Floyd | Shishi is unimpressed. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "I promise that, as the comp organizer, I do go on at some length about how intros should be well-implemented and well-tested. I do. Honest." | |
| DavidW says, "oh, I don't know." | ||
| Rob says, "no stain on you" | ||
| Rob says (to floyd), "i" | ||
Floyd ] lab 63 Floyd ] Exits: None Floyd | Floyd | > I Floyd | Floyd | You are carrying: Floyd | a dusty book Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Rob says (to floyd), "give dusty book to shishi" | ||
Floyd ] lab 64 Floyd ] Exits: None Floyd | Floyd | > GIVE DUSTY BOOK TO SHISHI Floyd | Floyd | Shishi doesn't seem interested. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Rob says (to floyd), "x shishi" | ||
Floyd ] lab 65 Floyd ] Exits: None Floyd | Floyd | > X SHISHI Floyd | Floyd | You see nothing special about Shishi. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Rob says (to floyd), "plugh" | ||
Floyd ] lab 66 Floyd ] Exits: None Floyd | Floyd | > PLUGH Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Lionheart says (to Floyd), "ask shishi about trs" | ||
Floyd ] lab 67 Floyd ] Exits: None Floyd | Floyd | > ASK SHISHI ABOUT TRS Floyd | Floyd | There is no reply. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Rob says (to floyd), "hit shishi with book" | ||
Floyd ] lab 67 Floyd ] Exits: None Floyd | Floyd | > HIT SHISHI WITH BOOK Floyd | Floyd | I only understood you as far as wanting to hit Shishi. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "tell shishi about book" | ||
Floyd ] lab 68 Floyd ] Exits: None Floyd | Floyd | > TELL SHISHI ABOUT BOOK Floyd | Floyd | This provokes no reaction. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Rob says (to floyd), "hit shishi" | ||
Floyd ] lab 69 Floyd ] Exits: None Floyd | Floyd | > HIT SHISHI Floyd | Floyd | Violence isn't the answer to this one. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "tell shishi about infocom" | ||
Floyd ] lab 70 Floyd ] Exits: None Floyd | Floyd | > TELL SHISHI ABOUT INFOCOM Floyd | Floyd | This provokes no reaction. Floyd | Floyd | > | Rob says, "wah" | |
| Zach says (to Jacq), "I'd believe that if it weren't obvious you wrote these games yourself." | ||
| Jacqueline says, "You will not get it without the walkthrough." | ||
| Jacqueline asks (of Zach), "Would you care to step outside?" | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "plugh" | ||
Floyd ] lab 71 Floyd ] Exits: None Floyd | Floyd | > PLUGH Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Lionheart says (to Floyd), "out" | ||
Floyd ] lab 72 Floyd ] Exits: None Floyd | Floyd | > OUT Floyd | Floyd | But you aren't in anything at the moment. Floyd | Floyd | > | Zach says, "Uh... gotta go!" | |
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "drop book" | ||
Floyd ] lab 73 Floyd ] Exits: None Floyd | Floyd | > DROP BOOK Floyd | Floyd | Dropped. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline asks, "May I end this?" | |
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "take book" | ||
Floyd ] lab 74 Floyd ] Exits: None Floyd | Floyd | > TAKE BOOK Floyd | Floyd | Taken. Floyd | Floyd | > | Rob says, "also I have my own apology, that I had something better than these two only partially implemented, and didn't submit (because I wanted to actually keep going, but still)" | |
| Rob says, "I vote yea" | ||
| Lionheart says (to Floyd), "think" | ||
Floyd ] lab 75 Floyd ] Exits: None Floyd | Floyd | > THINK Floyd | Floyd | What a good idea. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says (to Jacqueline), "If you like." | |
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "ask shishi about outcome" | ||
Floyd ] lab 76 Floyd ] Exits: None Floyd | Floyd | > ASK SHISHI ABOUT OUTCOME Floyd | Floyd | "Look kid, I hate to tell yuh, but by preventing Cornerstone, you have Floyd | destroyed the computer all together! It started in 1985. Infocom Floyd | released Milliways. At this time, Microsoft was supposed to release Floyd | Windows 1.0, but they didn't! Eventually, people got sick of MS DOS, Floyd | Apple DOS, Linux and UNIX. And that scruffy hacker? That was richard Floyd | Stallman! He ended up creating everything he needed, and Linus Floyd | Torvalds supplied the Linux colonel. However, People were too sick of Floyd | computers to care! Now, this is critical. You have to return to the Floyd | past, convince Infocom to create cornerstone, and convince Richard Floyd | Stallman to go forward with GNU, or else we'll be living in a low-tech Floyd | world! To go back to the past, say Plover." Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW asks, "'outcome'?" | |
| Rob says, "<klingon>this does dishonor to the memory of infocom</klingon>" | ||
| Jacqueline says, "yep" | ||
| Rob says, "from plugh to plover, in one step" | ||
| Lionheart asks, "The heck? So we prevented Cornerstone... how?" | ||
| Jacqueline | Shishi says, "And then somehow I was able to create a time machine without the use of computers!" | ||
| Rob says, "colossal non-awesome fail" | ||
| Jacqueline says (to Lionheart), "We didn't. We were supposed to, but we didn't actually get that far." | ||
| Zach says, "Probably by turning back an analog clock" | ||
| Rob says, "I'm glad I was here to share this with others" | ||
| Zach says, "I'm confused why the book from the future was in the past." | ||
| Jacqueline says, "We need to share these experiences, Rob. We grow together through them." | ||
| Jacqueline says (to Zach), "Do no think too hard about that." | ||
| DavidW says (to Zach), "good point" | ||
| Rob says, "and yet, what I weirdly said before, somehow this person had some real love for IF at heart, or they wouldn't have embarked on this (disastrously-underimplemented) premise" | ||
| Jacqueline says, "So, we could do the Chicken Sexer or we could hold off and do that next week." | ||
| Jacqueline says, "Gosh, that sounded wrong." | ||
| Rob says (to Jacq), "yes. I see that now." | ||
| Rob says, "ha ha" | ||
| Jacqueline says (to Rob), "Yeah." | ||
| Rob asks, "is it going to be an awesome game about chicken-sexing?" | ||
| Jacqueline says, "I actually kind of enjoyed it." | ||
| Lionheart says, "Tch, they keyed that response to "outcome" but didn't consider "infocom"." | ||
| Jacqueline says, "I feel like it was a complete game, not an intro, but I guess perhaps the author plans to expand it or do a part II or something." | ||
| Rob says, "in-out-fo-come-com" | ||
| Lionheart says (to Floyd), "ask shishi about computers" | ||
Floyd ] lab 77 Floyd ] Exits: None Floyd | Floyd | > ASK SHISHI ABOUT COMPUTERS Floyd | Floyd | There is no reply. Floyd | Floyd | > | Rob says, "#tsd" | |
| Lionheart says (to Floyd), "ask shishi about windows" | ||
Floyd ] lab 78 Floyd ] Exits: None Floyd | Floyd | > ASK SHISHI ABOUT WINDOWS Floyd | Floyd | There is no reply. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Lionheart says (to Floyd), "ask shishi about microsoft" | ||
Floyd ] lab 79 Floyd ] Exits: None Floyd | Floyd | > ASK SHISHI ABOUT MICROSOFT Floyd | Floyd | There is no reply. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Lionheart says (to Floyd), "ask shishi about linux" | ||
Floyd ] lab 80 Floyd ] Exits: None Floyd | Floyd | > ASK SHISHI ABOUT LINUX Floyd | Floyd | There is no reply. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "But possibly I enjoyed it because at the time I played it I was staying with my second mum (mother-in-law) and she had some new chickens and we were trying to figure out their gender." | |
| DavidW says (to Jacqueline), "The Chicken Sexer author does explain his programming plan and style." | ||
| Lionheart says (to Floyd), "ask shishi about milliways" | ||
Floyd ] lab 81 Floyd ] Exits: None Floyd | Floyd | > ASK SHISHI ABOUT MILLIWAYS Floyd | Floyd | There is no reply. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline asks (of DW), "Oh? Where? A post-comp blog entry or something? Or is it in the about of the game?" | |
| Jacqueline says, "I missed that." | ||
| Rob says, "if they'd just tested it with somebody, the collective response could have made it a thousand times more responsive" | ||
| DavidW asks, "I forget where. Maybe in the about or help?" | ||
| Jacqueline says, "We had some people who conscientiously objected to voting for the Chicken Sexer because they felt it wasn't an intro." | ||
| Rob asks, "african chickens?" | ||
| DavidW says, "Just 'plover', guys." | ||
| Rob says (to floyd), "plover" | ||
Floyd ] lab 81 Floyd ] Exits: None Floyd | Floyd | > PLOVER Floyd | Floyd | The time machine appears, you jump in, and speed off towards 1984! Floyd | Two minutes later, the time machine stops, but you discover you have Floyd | been sent to 1985, and worse yet, The time machine has short Floyd | circuited! Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | *** To be continued. *** Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game, QUIT, or UNDO the Floyd | last command? Floyd | > | Jacqueline says (to Rob), "You mean my second mum's chickens? No, they live in England." | |
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "quit" | ||
Floyd | > Floyd | > QUIT Floyd | cheapglulxe quit with exit status: 0 | ||
| Floyd asks, "That game over already? It was just getting good. Wanna play another?" | Rob says, "to be continued, right. to be started, properly, more like" | |
| Lionheart says, "Oh, good, that rediculous game is over" | ||
| Rob says (to Jacq), "doh'p" | ||
| Jacqueline says (to LH), "Get ready for more ridiculousness." | ||
| Rob says, "ym rediculousness" | ||
| DavidW says, "This game is much better implemented." | ||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "load sleepmask ic13chickensexer" | ||
Floyd ] The Barn 1 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | "Chicken sexing is a delicate art, requiring Zen-like concentration Floyd | and a brain surgeon's dexterity. The bird is cradled in the left hand Floyd | and given a gentle squeeze that causes it to evacuate its Floyd | intestines... With his thumb and forefinger, the sexer flips the bird Floyd | over and parts a small flap on its hindquarters to expose the cloaca, Floyd | a tiny vent where both the genitals and anus are situated, and peers Floyd | deep inside." Floyd | Floyd | Joshua Foer - "Moonwalking with Einstein" Floyd | Floyd | Another day, another farmer in need of assistance. If it weren't for Floyd | people like you, the entire American agricultural sector would've gone Floyd | bankrupt years ago. Floyd | Floyd | You adjust your tie as you step out of the helicopter. Time to get to Floyd | work. Floyd | Floyd | Type ABOUT or HELP for some basic information about the game, as Floyd | well as a hint menu. Floyd | Floyd | The Example of the Chicken Sexer Floyd | An Interactive Fiction by Simon Christiansen Floyd | Release 1 / Serial number 130716 / Inform 7 build 6G60 (I6/v6.32 lib Floyd | 6/12N) Floyd | Floyd | The Barn Floyd | Piles of hay everywhere. A soft layer of sawdust covers the floor, and Floyd | makes moving around feel like walking through coarse sand. The sun Floyd | shines through the slits between the planks, causing crisscrossing Floyd | rays of light to illuminate the dusty air. Floyd | Floyd | In the middle of the room is a large wooden table, on which a baby Floyd | chick is currently trying to hide between its own tiny wings. Floyd | Floyd | The farmer stands by the gate to the south, waiting for you to do your Floyd | job. Floyd | Floyd | Your job is to sex the chicken. Floyd | Floyd | > | Rob says, "Christiansen sounds sort of norwegianish-esque" | |
| Lionheart says (to Floyd), "about" | ||
Floyd ] Instructions Floyd ] Floyd ] N = Next Q = Quit Menu Floyd ] P = Previous ENTER = Select Floyd | > Introduction to The Example of the Chicken Sexer Floyd | Instructions for Play Floyd | Credits Floyd | Hints | ||
| Lionheart says (to Floyd), "q" | ||
Floyd ] The Barn 1 Floyd | The Barn Floyd | Piles of hay everywhere. A soft layer of sawdust covers the floor, and Floyd | makes moving around feel like walking through coarse sand. The sun Floyd | shines through the slits between the planks, causing crisscrossing Floyd | rays of light to illuminate the dusty air. Floyd | Floyd | In the middle of the room is a large wooden table, on which a baby Floyd | chick is currently trying to hide between its own tiny wings. Floyd | Floyd | The farmer stands by the gate to the south, waiting for you to do your Floyd | job. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "sex the farmer" | ||
Floyd ] The Barn 2 Floyd | Floyd | > SEX THE FARMER Floyd | Floyd | He is either male, or a very convincing transvestite. Your training Floyd | only covered chickens. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Rob says (to floyd), "sex chick" | ||
Floyd ] The Barn 3 Floyd | Floyd | > SEX CHICK Floyd | Floyd | "Hold it right there, buddy," says the farmer. "I ain't lettin' you Floyd | touch my chickens, until you've shown me you're qualified." Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Lionheart says (to Floyd), "x chick" | ||
Floyd ] The Barn 4 Floyd | Floyd | > X CHICK Floyd | Floyd | A chicken of indeterminate gender. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "We could've used sexing training in the last two games (driver, Shishi)." | |
| Rob says (to floyd), "qualify self" | ||
Floyd ] The Barn 4 Floyd | Floyd | > QUALIFY SELF Floyd | Floyd | That's not a verb I recognize. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Lionheart says (to Floyd), "sex me" | ||
Floyd ] The Barn 5 Floyd ] Floyd ] Floyd ] Floyd ] Floyd ] If I went for more than four days without chick sexing work I started Floyd ] have 'withdrawal symptoms'. Several of my students have expressed the Floyd ] feeling when they have not sexed chickens for a week or so. Floyd ] Floyd ] R. D. Martin, author of The Specialist Chick Sexer Floyd ] Floyd | Floyd | > SEX ME Floyd | Floyd | Your powers only work on chickens. Floyd | Floyd | You're feeling jittery. Floyd | Floyd | > | Rob says, "hee" | |
| Rob says, "uh withdrawal from sexing chicks? nurm" | ||
| MTW says, "this is like a fever dream i once had" | ||
| Rob says (to floyd), "page dr freud" | ||
Floyd ] The Barn 5 Floyd | Floyd | > PAGE DR FREUD Floyd | Floyd | That's not a verb I recognize. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Lionheart says (to Floyd), "x me" | ||
Floyd ] The Barn 6 Floyd | Floyd | > X ME Floyd | Floyd | You're male. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "i" | ||
Floyd ] The Barn 7 Floyd | Floyd | > I Floyd | Floyd | You are carrying: Floyd | a certificate from the Zen-Nippon school of chick sexing Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Rob says (to floyd), "read certificate" | ||
Floyd ] The Barn 8 Floyd | Floyd | > READ CERTIFICATE Floyd | Floyd | As one of the first Americans to be certified in the Japanese art of Floyd | chick sexing, you proudly carry this certificate. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky arrives, full of neither funk nor fun. | ||
| Rob hollers, "good morning inky" | Jacqueline says, "Damn the Japanese and their advanced technology. About time they shared it with us." | |
| DavidW says, "You need certification for *everything* these days." | ||
| Lionheart says (to Floyd), "show certificate to farmer" | ||
Floyd ] The Barn 9 Floyd | Floyd | > SHOW CERTIFICATE TO FARMER Floyd | Floyd | The farmer reads the certificate and snorts. "Zen-Nippon school, eh? Floyd | Well ain't that just swell. Okay, buddy, show me what you've got." Floyd | Floyd | > | Rob says, "here it's not technology but ancient zen dynamics" | |
| Jacqueline says, "Something tells me this is more of an ancient -- right" | ||
| Lionheart says (to Floyd), "sex chick" | ||
Floyd ] The Barn 10 Floyd | Floyd | > SEX CHICK Floyd | Floyd | The chicken is too nervous. You need to make it calm down before you Floyd | can do an accurate sexing. Floyd | Floyd | > | Zach says, "I gotta run. It's been a pleasure. Good luck with the chicks." | |
| Rob says (to floyd), "pet chick" | ||
Floyd ] The Barn 11 Floyd | Floyd | > PET CHICK Floyd | Floyd | "There, there," you say, in the soothing voice you have spent years Floyd | perfecting. "It'll be over in a second." Floyd | Floyd | The chicken peeks out from beneath its wings. After a while, it seems Floyd | to decide that you aren't so dangerous after all, and emerges Floyd | completely. It looks up at you with big innocent eyes. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Zach had been a poor substitute for a burrito. | ||
| Zach has disconnected. | DavidW says, "dawww" | |
| Rob says, "awright" | ||
| Jacqueline says, "Nicely done." | ||
| Rob says, "thx" | ||
| Lionheart says, "We've got a way with the chicks" | ||
| Jacqueline says, "haha" | ||
| Rob says, "but next? duhh..." | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "chicks dig sexers" | ||
Floyd ] The Barn 11 Floyd | Floyd | > CHICKS DIG SEXERS Floyd | Floyd | That's not a verb I recognize. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Rob says (to floyd), "hug chick" | ||
Floyd ] The Barn 12 Floyd | Floyd | > HUG CHICK Floyd | Floyd | Keep your mind on the game. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Rob says (to floyd), "squeeze chick" | ||
Floyd ] The Barn 13 Floyd | Floyd | > SQUEEZE CHICK Floyd | Floyd | Keep your hands to yourself. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Rob says (to floyd), "sex chick" | ||
Floyd ] The Barn 14 Floyd | Floyd | > SEX CHICK Floyd | Floyd | You carefully pick up the chicken with your expertly trimmed Floyd | fingernails, and inspect its cloaca. In simple cases, the cloaca Floyd | contains a small bead, the shape of which determines the gender. This Floyd | is not one of those cases. To almost everyone in the world this would Floyd | be just another chicken cloaca. To you, it's clearly male. Floyd | Floyd | Now that you know his gender, he somehow seems more like an Floyd | individual. You almost feel like you should name the chicken Floyd | something. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Lionheart says (to Floyd), "lick chick" | ||
Floyd ] The Barn 14 Floyd | Floyd | > LICK CHICK Floyd | Floyd | That's not a verb I recognize. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "sex the chicken" | |
| Rob says, "whoa" | ||
| Rob says (to floyd), "name chick male" | ||
Floyd ] The Barn 15 Floyd | Floyd | > NAME CHICK MALE Floyd | Floyd | You decide to think of the chicken as "Male". Floyd | Floyd | > | MTW says, "heeee" | |
| Rob says (to floyd), "drop chick" | ||
Floyd ] The Barn 16 Floyd | Floyd | > DROP CHICK Floyd | Floyd | You haven't got him. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Rob says (to floyd), "next chick" | ||
Floyd ] The Barn 17 Floyd | Floyd | > NEXT CHICK Floyd | Floyd | Most connecting and comparative words are not necessary. Floyd | Floyd | Retrying as: Floyd | >CHICK Floyd | Floyd | Type UNDO if this isn't what you wanted to do, or CORRECT OFF to stop Floyd | automatically correcting commands. Floyd | Floyd | To stop these messages entirely, type NOVICE OFF. Floyd | Floyd | A male chicken. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Rob says (to floyd), "chick" | ||
Floyd ] The Barn 18 Floyd | Floyd | > CHICK Floyd | Floyd | A male chicken. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "I think the naming will be more useful when the full game has lots of chickens." | |
| Rob says, "well now what" | ||
| Jacqueline says, "Keep going." | ||
| Rob asks, "how? ... how do I get the next one?" | ||
| Lionheart says (to Floyd), "give male to farmer" | ||
Floyd ] The Barn 19 Floyd | Floyd | > GIVE MALE TO FARMER Floyd | Floyd | (first taking Male) Floyd | The farmer is watching you carefully. There is no way you can take Floyd | Male without being noticed. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Lionheart says (to Floyd), "tell farmer about male" | ||
Floyd ] The Barn 20 Floyd | Floyd | > TELL FARMER ABOUT MALE Floyd | Floyd | [Use TALK TO to interact with characters.] Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "It's no longer about the next one." | |
| Lionheart says (to Floyd), "talk to farmr" | ||
Floyd ] The Barn 20 Floyd | Floyd | > TALK TO FARMR Floyd | Floyd | You can't see any such thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "talk to farmer" | ||
Floyd ] The Barn 21
Floyd |
Floyd | > TALK TO FARMER
Floyd |
Floyd | "That didn't take long," says the farmer, and eyes you suspiciously.
Floyd | "Which is it then: Male or female?"
Floyd |
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| Floyd [1] Male | ||
| Floyd [2] Female | ||
| Floyd [3] Does it matter? Can't you just let it live a full life, | ||
Floyd | regardless? If it turns out to be male, I'm sure it'll be of use
Floyd | elsewhere...
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| Rob says, "buh" | |
| Rob says (to floyd), "1" | ||
Floyd ] The Barn 21 Floyd | Floyd | > 1 Floyd | Floyd | The farmer smiles, revealing rows of yellow teeth. "I guess ya won't Floyd | be givin' me any eggs, will ya?" He picks up Male from the table, and Floyd | turns towards you. "Let's get to work. Plenty more where that came Floyd | from." Floyd | Floyd | With that, he throws the gate wide open, and leaves the barn. You try Floyd | not to think about Male. It's just a chicken, after all. Plenty more Floyd | where that came from. Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | *** You are a monster *** Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game, QUIT, or UNDO the Floyd | last command? Floyd | > | Rob says, "oh crud" | |
| Rob says (to floyd), "undo" | ||
Floyd ] The Barn 21 Floyd | Floyd | > UNDO Floyd | Floyd | The Barn Floyd | [Previous turn undone.] Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "You've gone native, or something." | |
| Rob says (to floyd), "2" | ||
Floyd ] The Barn 21 Floyd | Floyd | > 2 Floyd | Floyd | The farmer looks disappointed. "Really? I coulda sworn it had the Floyd | swagger of a cockerel. Well, I guess ya'll be givin' me plenty of Floyd | eggs, little chicken." He picks up Male from the table, and turns Floyd | towards you. "Let's get to work. Plenty more where that came from." Floyd | Floyd | With that, he throws the gate wide open, and leaves the barn. Floyd | Floyd | You think about Male, and smile. It'll be several weeks at least Floyd | before the secondary sex characteristics start becoming apparent, even Floyd | to the untrained eye of the farmer. Several weeks of life for little Floyd | Male. Not much, but better than nothing. Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | *** You made a difference *** Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game, QUIT, or UNDO the Floyd | last command? Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "Amusingly, this is *precisely* why we were trying to sex my mother-in-law's new chicks." | |
| Rob says, "#wtf" | ||
| Lionheart exclaims, "Oh noes! We've become accomplices to gendercide!" | ||
| Allen asks, "using the bump method?" | ||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "undo" | ||
Floyd ] The Barn 21 Floyd | Floyd | > UNDO Floyd | Floyd | The Barn Floyd | [Previous turn undone.] Floyd | Floyd | > | Rob asks, "I hear it's a genuine profession that takes real experience and know-how to do, but what is with this game based on it?" | |
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "3" | ||
Floyd ] The Barn 22
Floyd |
Floyd | > 3
Floyd |
Floyd | "Hahahaha." The farmer laughs and drops of spittle land on your face.
Floyd | "You sure are a funny guy, buddy. Now, which is it: Male or female?"
Floyd |
| ||
| Floyd [1] Male | ||
| Floyd [2] Female | ||
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| Jacqueline says, "aw" | |
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "2" | ||
Floyd ] The Barn 22 Floyd | Floyd | > 2 Floyd | Floyd | The farmer looks disappointed. "Really? I coulda sworn it had the Floyd | swagger of a cockerel. Well, I guess ya'll be givin' me plenty of Floyd | eggs, little chicken." He picks up Male from the table, and turns Floyd | towards you. "Let's get to work. Plenty more where that came from." Floyd | Floyd | With that, he throws the gate wide open, and leaves the barn. Floyd | Floyd | You think about Male, and smile. It'll be several weeks at least Floyd | before the secondary sex characteristics start becoming apparent, even Floyd | to the untrained eye of the farmer. Several weeks of life for little Floyd | Male. Not much, but better than nothing. Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | *** You made a difference *** Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game, QUIT, or UNDO the Floyd | last command? Floyd | > | ||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "restart" | ||
Floyd ] The Barn 1 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | "Chicken sexing is a delicate art, requiring Zen-like concentration Floyd | and a brain surgeon's dexterity. The bird is cradled in the left hand Floyd | and given a gentle squeeze that causes it to evacuate its Floyd | intestines... With his thumb and forefinger, the sexer flips the bird Floyd | over and parts a small flap on its hindquarters to expose the cloaca, Floyd | a tiny vent where both the genitals and anus are situated, and peers Floyd | deep inside." Floyd | Floyd | Joshua Foer - "Moonwalking with Einstein" Floyd | Floyd | Another day, another farmer in need of assistance. If it weren't for Floyd | people like you, the entire American agricultural sector would've gone Floyd | bankrupt years ago. Floyd | Floyd | You adjust your tie as you step out of the helicopter. Time to get to Floyd | work. Floyd | Floyd | Type ABOUT or HELP for some basic information about the game, as Floyd | well as a hint menu. Floyd | Floyd | The Example of the Chicken Sexer Floyd | An Interactive Fiction by Simon Christiansen Floyd | Release 1 / Serial number 130716 / Inform 7 build 6G60 (I6/v6.32 lib Floyd | 6/12N) Floyd | Floyd | The Barn Floyd | Piles of hay everywhere. A soft layer of sawdust covers the floor, and Floyd | makes moving around feel like walking through coarse sand. The sun Floyd | shines through the slits between the planks, causing crisscrossing Floyd | rays of light to illuminate the dusty air. Floyd | Floyd | In the middle of the room is a large wooden table, on which a baby Floyd | chick is currently trying to hide between its own tiny wings. Floyd | Floyd | The farmer stands by the gate to the south, waiting for you to do your Floyd | job. Floyd | Floyd | Your job is to sex the chicken. Floyd | Floyd | > | Rob says, "at least it's CYOA-like in its endings" | |
| DavidW says, "The odd thing is, this game has 3 endings according to the help menus." | ||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "help" | ||
Floyd ] Instructions Floyd ] Floyd ] N = Next Q = Quit Menu Floyd ] P = Previous ENTER = Select Floyd | > Introduction to The Example of the Chicken Sexer Floyd | Instructions for Play Floyd | Credits Floyd | Hints | ||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd ] Instructions Floyd ] Floyd ] N = Next Q = Quit Menu Floyd ] P = Previous ENTER = Select Floyd | Introduction to The Example of the Chicken Sexer Floyd | > Instructions for Play Floyd | Credits Floyd | Hints | ||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd ] Instructions Floyd ] Floyd ] N = Next Q = Quit Menu Floyd ] P = Previous ENTER = Select Floyd | Introduction to The Example of the Chicken Sexer Floyd | Instructions for Play Floyd | > Credits Floyd | Hints | ||
| Jacqueline pushes the green 'space' button. | ||
Floyd ] Credits Floyd | Writing and coding by Simon Christiansen. Floyd | Floyd | Testing done by Pippin Barr, Douglas Wilson and Marius Müller. Floyd | Floyd | Feedback can be sent to SimonChris1729@gmail.com. Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Please press SPACE to continue. | Rob says, "did we not just see 3? no wait, two and an 'are you sure?'->same other two" | |
| Allen asks, "did you know the Japanese revolutionized chicken-sexing in the post WWII era, and Japanese immigrants dominated the field in America for over 3 decades afterwards?" | ||
| DavidW says, "We've only seen two endings." | ||
| Rob says, "or did we hit an ending earlier where we were fired for incompetency" | ||
| Jacqueline asks (of Allen), "Are you serious?" | ||
| Allen says, "yes" | ||
| Jacqueline says, "Huh" | ||
| Rob says (to Allen), "I did not know that" | ||
| Rob says, "what overlap is that with the internment camps" | ||
| Jacqueline pushes the green 'space' button. | ||
Floyd ] Instructions Floyd ] Floyd ] N = Next Q = Quit Menu Floyd ] P = Previous ENTER = Select Floyd | Introduction to The Example of the Chicken Sexer Floyd | Instructions for Play Floyd | > Credits Floyd | Hints | ||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "q" | ||
Floyd ] The Barn 1 Floyd | The Barn Floyd | Piles of hay everywhere. A soft layer of sawdust covers the floor, and Floyd | makes moving around feel like walking through coarse sand. The sun Floyd | shines through the slits between the planks, causing crisscrossing Floyd | rays of light to illuminate the dusty air. Floyd | Floyd | In the middle of the room is a large wooden table, on which a baby Floyd | chick is currently trying to hide between its own tiny wings. Floyd | Floyd | The farmer stands by the gate to the south, waiting for you to do your Floyd | job. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "I never saw the 3rd ending but I'm guessing it would be from sexing withdrawal." | |
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "z" | ||
Floyd ] The Barn 2 Floyd | Floyd | > Z Floyd | Floyd | Time passes. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "g" | ||
Floyd ] The Barn 3 Floyd | Floyd | > G Floyd | Floyd | Time passes. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "g" | ||
Floyd ] The Barn 4 Floyd | Floyd | > G Floyd | Floyd | Time passes. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "g" | ||
Floyd ] The Barn 5 Floyd ] Floyd ] Floyd ] Floyd ] Floyd ] If I went for more than four days without chick sexing work I started Floyd ] have 'withdrawal symptoms'. Several of my students have expressed the Floyd ] feeling when they have not sexed chickens for a week or so. Floyd ] Floyd ] R. D. Martin, author of The Specialist Chick Sexer Floyd ] Floyd | Floyd | > G Floyd | Floyd | Time passes. Floyd | Floyd | You're feeling jittery. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "g" | ||
Floyd ] The Barn 6 Floyd | Floyd | > G Floyd | Floyd | Time passes. Floyd | Floyd | > | MTW says, "know the feeling" | |
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "g" | ||
Floyd ] The Barn 7 Floyd | Floyd | > G Floyd | Floyd | Time passes. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "g" | ||
Floyd ] The Barn 8 Floyd | Floyd | > G Floyd | Floyd | Time passes. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "g" | ||
Floyd ] The Barn 9 Floyd | Floyd | > G Floyd | Floyd | Time passes. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "wait four days" | ||
Floyd ] The Barn 10 Floyd | Floyd | > WAIT FOUR DAYS Floyd | Floyd | I only understood the first part of that-- trying anyway. Floyd | Floyd | Retrying as: Floyd | >WAIT Floyd | Floyd | Type UNDO if this isn't what you wanted to do, or CORRECT OFF to stop Floyd | automatically correcting commands. Floyd | Floyd | To stop these messages entirely, type NOVICE OFF. Floyd | Floyd | Time passes. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "g" | ||
Floyd ] The Barn 11 Floyd | Floyd | > G Floyd | Floyd | Time passes. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "g" | ||
Floyd ] The Barn 12 Floyd | Floyd | > G Floyd | Floyd | Time passes. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "g" | ||
Floyd ] The Barn 13 Floyd | Floyd | > G Floyd | Floyd | Time passes. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "g" | ||
Floyd ] The Barn 14 Floyd | Floyd | > G Floyd | Floyd | Time passes. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "g" | ||
Floyd ] The Barn 15 Floyd | Floyd | > G Floyd | Floyd | Time passes. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "g" | ||
Floyd ] The Barn 16 Floyd | Floyd | > G Floyd | Floyd | Time passes. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "g" | ||
Floyd ] The Barn 17 Floyd | Floyd | > G Floyd | Floyd | Time passes. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "g" | ||
Floyd ] The Barn 18 Floyd | Floyd | > G Floyd | Floyd | Time passes. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Rob has had his fill of playing for now, and goes back to the Lounge. | ||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "g" | ||
Floyd ] The Barn 19 Floyd | Floyd | > G Floyd | Floyd | Time passes. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "g" | ||
Floyd ] The Barn 20 Floyd | Floyd | > G Floyd | Floyd | Time passes. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "g" | ||
Floyd ] The Barn 21 Floyd | Floyd | > G Floyd | Floyd | Time passes. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "g" | ||
Floyd ] The Barn 22 Floyd | Floyd | > G Floyd | Floyd | Time passes. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "g" | ||
Floyd ] The Barn 23 Floyd | Floyd | > G Floyd | Floyd | Time passes. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "g" | ||
Floyd ] The Barn 24 Floyd | Floyd | > G Floyd | Floyd | Time passes. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "g" | ||
Floyd ] The Barn 25 Floyd | Floyd | > G Floyd | Floyd | Time passes. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "g" | ||
Floyd ] The Barn 26 Floyd | Floyd | > G Floyd | Floyd | Time passes. Floyd | Floyd | > | Rob says, "ok, I'm hopping off the bus" | |
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "g" | ||
Floyd ] The Barn 27 Floyd | Floyd | > G Floyd | Floyd | Time passes. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "Have fun. Thanks for joining us." | |
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "g" | ||
Floyd ] The Barn 28 Floyd | Floyd | > G Floyd | Floyd | Time passes. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "g" | ||
Floyd ] The Barn 29 Floyd | Floyd | > G Floyd | Floyd | Time passes. Floyd | Floyd | > | Rob says, "thanks. thanks." | |
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "g" | ||
Floyd ] The Barn 30 Floyd | Floyd | > G Floyd | Floyd | Time passes. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "heh. heh." | |
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "g" | ||
Floyd ] The Barn 31 Floyd | Floyd | > G Floyd | Floyd | Time passes. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "i don't know if this is the answer. It's just a guess." | |
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "g" | ||
Floyd ] The Barn 32 Floyd | Floyd | > G Floyd | Floyd | Time passes. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "I'm thinking it may not be the answer." | |
| Lionheart says, "We'll just carry on jonesing for cloacae." | ||
| DavidW says, "I'm not seeing new jittery messages." | ||
| Jacqueline says, "There is a walkthrough." | ||
| Jacqueline says (to DW), "Yeah" | ||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "help" | ||
Floyd ] Instructions Floyd ] Floyd ] N = Next Q = Quit Menu Floyd ] P = Previous ENTER = Select Floyd | > Introduction to The Example of the Chicken Sexer Floyd | Instructions for Play Floyd | Credits Floyd | Hints | ||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd ] Instructions Floyd ] Floyd ] N = Next Q = Quit Menu Floyd ] P = Previous ENTER = Select Floyd | Introduction to The Example of the Chicken Sexer Floyd | > Instructions for Play Floyd | Credits Floyd | Hints | ||
| Jacqueline pushes the green 'space' button. | ||
Floyd ] Instructions for Play Floyd ] Floyd ] N = Next Q = Last Menu Floyd ] P = Previous ENTER = Select Floyd | > About Interactive Fiction Floyd | What to do with > Floyd | Getting Started Floyd | Rooms and Travel Floyd | Objects Floyd | Controlling the Game Floyd | How the World is Assembled Floyd | If You Get Stuck | ||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "q" | ||
Floyd ] Instructions Floyd ] Floyd ] N = Next Q = Quit Menu Floyd ] P = Previous ENTER = Select Floyd | Introduction to The Example of the Chicken Sexer Floyd | > Instructions for Play Floyd | Credits Floyd | Hints | ||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd ] Instructions Floyd ] Floyd ] N = Next Q = Quit Menu Floyd ] P = Previous ENTER = Select Floyd | Introduction to The Example of the Chicken Sexer Floyd | Instructions for Play Floyd | > Credits Floyd | Hints | ||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd ] Instructions Floyd ] Floyd ] N = Next Q = Quit Menu Floyd ] P = Previous ENTER = Select Floyd | Introduction to The Example of the Chicken Sexer Floyd | Instructions for Play Floyd | Credits Floyd | > Hints | ||
| Jacqueline pushes the green 'space' button. | ||
Floyd ] Hints Floyd ] Floyd ] N = Next Q = Last Menu Floyd ] P = Previous ENTER = Select Floyd | > The farmer won't let me sex the chicken. Floyd | How do I get the chicken to calm down? Floyd | How do I save the chicken? | ||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd ] Hints Floyd ] Floyd ] N = Next Q = Last Menu Floyd ] P = Previous ENTER = Select Floyd | The farmer won't let me sex the chicken. Floyd | > How do I get the chicken to calm down? Floyd | How do I save the chicken? | ||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd ] Hints Floyd ] Floyd ] N = Next Q = Last Menu Floyd ] P = Previous ENTER = Select Floyd | The farmer won't let me sex the chicken. Floyd | How do I get the chicken to calm down? Floyd | > How do I save the chicken? | ||
| Jacqueline pushes the green 'space' button. | ||
Floyd ] How do I save the chicken? Floyd | 1/7: The farmer doesn't want male chickens. Floyd | Floyd | Press SPACE to return to the menu or H to reveal another hint. | ||
| Jacqueline presses the yellow enter button. | ||
Floyd ] Hints Floyd ] Floyd ] N = Next Q = Last Menu Floyd ] P = Previous ENTER = Select Floyd | The farmer won't let me sex the chicken. Floyd | How do I get the chicken to calm down? Floyd | > How do I save the chicken? | Jacqueline says, "I clearly have yellow and green mixed up, and it clearly doesn't matter." | |
| Jacqueline says, "Oh wait, it does matter." | ||
| Jacqueline pushes the green 'space' button. | ||
Floyd ] How do I save the chicken? Floyd | 1/7: The farmer doesn't want male chickens. Floyd | Floyd | Press SPACE to return to the menu or H to reveal another hint. | ||
| Jacqueline pushes the green 'space' button. | ||
Floyd ] Hints Floyd ] Floyd ] N = Next Q = Last Menu Floyd ] P = Previous ENTER = Select Floyd | The farmer won't let me sex the chicken. Floyd | How do I get the chicken to calm down? Floyd | > How do I save the chicken? | ||
| Jacqueline pushes the green 'space' button. | ||
Floyd ] How do I save the chicken? Floyd | 1/7: The farmer doesn't want male chickens. Floyd | Floyd | Press SPACE to return to the menu or H to reveal another hint. | ||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "h" | ||
Floyd ] How do I save the chicken? Floyd | 1/7: The farmer doesn't want male chickens. Floyd | Floyd | 2/7: If you identify the chicken as female, you will buy it some time. Floyd | Floyd | Press SPACE to return to the menu or H to reveal another hint. | ||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "h" | ||
Floyd ] How do I save the chicken? Floyd | 1/7: The farmer doesn't want male chickens. Floyd | Floyd | 2/7: If you identify the chicken as female, you will buy it some time. Floyd | Floyd | 3/7: You can also try to attack the farmer. Floyd | Floyd | Press SPACE to return to the menu or H to reveal another hint. | Jacqueline exclaims, "!!!" | |
| Jacqueline pushes the green 'space' button. | ||
Floyd ] Hints Floyd ] Floyd ] N = Next Q = Last Menu Floyd ] P = Previous ENTER = Select Floyd | The farmer won't let me sex the chicken. Floyd | How do I get the chicken to calm down? Floyd | > How do I save the chicken? | ||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "q" | ||
Floyd ] Instructions Floyd ] Floyd ] N = Next Q = Quit Menu Floyd ] P = Previous ENTER = Select Floyd | Introduction to The Example of the Chicken Sexer Floyd | Instructions for Play Floyd | Credits Floyd | > Hints | ||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "q" | ||
Floyd ] The Barn 32 Floyd | The Barn Floyd | Piles of hay everywhere. A soft layer of sawdust covers the floor, and Floyd | makes moving around feel like walking through coarse sand. The sun Floyd | shines through the slits between the planks, causing crisscrossing Floyd | rays of light to illuminate the dusty air. Floyd | Floyd | In the middle of the room is a large wooden table, on which a baby Floyd | chick is currently trying to hide between its own tiny wings. Floyd | Floyd | The farmer stands by the gate to the south, waiting for you to do your Floyd | job. Floyd | Floyd | > | Lionheart asks, "Why do you people always forget that sometimes violence is the answer?" | |
| Jacqueline says, "haha. I am not sure." | ||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "kill farmer" | ||
Floyd ] The Barn 33 Floyd | Floyd | > KILL FARMER Floyd | Floyd | You are not going to attack the farmer for the sake of some nameless Floyd | chicken. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "kill chick" | ||
Floyd ] The Barn 34 Floyd | Floyd | > KILL CHICK Floyd | Floyd | Violence isn't the answer to this one. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says (to LH), "Possibly that is why." | |
| DavidW asks, "oh -- but if we did name it? Then can we attack the farmer?" | ||
| Lionheart nods. "Of course." | ||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "x chick" | ||
Floyd ] The Barn 35 Floyd | Floyd | > X CHICK Floyd | Floyd | A chicken of indeterminate gender. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "i" | ||
Floyd ] The Barn 36 Floyd | Floyd | > I Floyd | Floyd | You are carrying: Floyd | a certificate from the Zen-Nippon school of chick sexing Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "show certificate to farmer" | ||
Floyd ] The Barn 37 Floyd | Floyd | > SHOW CERTIFICATE TO FARMER Floyd | Floyd | The farmer reads the certificate and snorts. "Zen-Nippon school, eh? Floyd | Well ain't that just swell. Okay, buddy, show me what you've got." Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "pet chick" | ||
Floyd ] The Barn 38 Floyd | Floyd | > PET CHICK Floyd | Floyd | "There, there," you say, in the soothing voice you have spent years Floyd | perfecting. "It'll be over in a second." Floyd | Floyd | The chicken peeks out from beneath its wings. After a while, it seems Floyd | to decide that you aren't so dangerous after all, and emerges Floyd | completely. It looks up at you with big innocent eyes. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "sex chick" | ||
Floyd ] The Barn 39 Floyd | Floyd | > SEX CHICK Floyd | Floyd | You carefully pick up the chicken with your expertly trimmed Floyd | fingernails, and inspect its cloaca. In simple cases, the cloaca Floyd | contains a small bead, the shape of which determines the gender. This Floyd | is not one of those cases. To almost everyone in the world this would Floyd | be just another chicken cloaca. To you, it's clearly male. Floyd | Floyd | Now that you know his gender, he somehow seems more like an Floyd | individual. You almost feel like you should name the chicken Floyd | something. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "name chick Herbert" | ||
Floyd ] The Barn 40 Floyd | Floyd | > NAME CHICK HERBERT Floyd | Floyd | You decide to think of the chicken as "Herbert". Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "kill farmer" | ||
Floyd ] The Barn 41 Floyd | Floyd | > KILL FARMER Floyd | Floyd | You consider trying to take down the farmer for Herbert's sake, but Floyd | decide against it. He looks much stronger than you. Floyd | Floyd | You look at Herbert, and imagine that you see a flash of anger in his Floyd | eyes. Your mind must be playing tricks on you. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Lionheart says (to Floyd), "herbert, sic em" | ||
Floyd ] The Barn 42
Floyd |
Floyd | > HERBERT, SIC EM
Floyd |
Floyd | [Use TALK TO to interact with characters.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| Lionheart says (to Floyd), "talk to herbert" | ||
Floyd ] The Barn 43 Floyd | Floyd | > TALK TO HERBERT Floyd | Floyd | You already made him calm down. Having an actual conversation is a bit Floyd | beyond your skills. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| MTW goes home. | DavidW asks, "hm. Perhaps multiple attempts to hit the farmer?" | |
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "hit farmer" | ||
Floyd ] The Barn 44 Floyd | Floyd | > HIT FARMER Floyd | Floyd | You consider trying to take down the farmer for Herbert's sake, but Floyd | decide against it. He looks much stronger than you. Floyd | Floyd | You look at Herbert, and imagine that you see a flash of anger in his Floyd | eyes. Your mind must be playing tricks on you. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "hm, no." | |
| Lionheart says (to Floyd), "kick farmer" | ||
Floyd ] The Barn 44 Floyd | Floyd | > KICK FARMER Floyd | Floyd | That's not a verb I recognize. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "kiss farmer" | ||
Floyd ] The Barn 45 Floyd | Floyd | > KISS FARMER Floyd | Floyd | Keep your mind on the game. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "hide herbert" | ||
Floyd ] The Barn 45 Floyd | Floyd | > HIDE HERBERT Floyd | Floyd | That's not a verb I recognize. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "kiss chick" | ||
Floyd ] The Barn 46 Floyd | Floyd | > KISS CHICK Floyd | Floyd | Keep your mind on the game. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "take herbert" | ||
Floyd ] The Barn 47 Floyd | Floyd | > TAKE HERBERT Floyd | Floyd | The farmer is watching you carefully. There is no way you can take Floyd | Herbert without being noticed. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "pet herbert" | ||
Floyd ] The Barn 48 Floyd | Floyd | > PET HERBERT Floyd | Floyd | You gently caress the feathers of Herbert. He doesn't seem to mind. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "blind herbert" | ||
Floyd ] The Barn 48 Floyd | Floyd | > BLIND HERBERT Floyd | Floyd | That's not a verb I recognize. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "oops, meant blind farmer, but it doesn't know 'blind'." | |
| Jacqueline says, "I was really wondering about that." | ||
| Lionheart says (to Floyd), "xyzzy" | ||
Floyd ] The Barn 48 Floyd | Floyd | > XYZZY Floyd | Floyd | Chicken sexing is not magic, even though it may appear as such to Floyd | outsiders. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline exclaims (at DW), "Note that down for your site!" | |
| DavidW says, "yeah, I gotta update that someday." | ||
| Jacqueline says, "That's rather a good Xyzzy." | ||
| Lionheart says (to Floyd), "name farmer adolf" | ||
Floyd ] The Barn 49 Floyd | Floyd | > NAME FARMER ADOLF Floyd | Floyd | You only name chickens. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline asks, "So... hint again?" | |
| DavidW says (to Floyd), ";" | ||
Floyd ] Instructions Floyd ] Floyd ] N = Next Q = Quit Menu Floyd ] P = Previous ENTER = Select Floyd | > Introduction to The Example of the Chicken Sexer Floyd | Instructions for Play Floyd | Credits Floyd | Hints | DavidW says, "oops" | |
| DavidW says, "I meant to look" | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "q" | ||
Floyd ] The Barn 49 Floyd | The Barn Floyd | Piles of hay everywhere. A soft layer of sawdust covers the floor, and Floyd | makes moving around feel like walking through coarse sand. The sun Floyd | shines through the slits between the planks, causing crisscrossing Floyd | rays of light to illuminate the dusty air. Floyd | Floyd | In the middle of the room is a large wooden table, on which Herbert is Floyd | sitting. Floyd | Floyd | The farmer stands by the gate to the south, waiting for you to do your Floyd | job. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "l" | ||
Floyd ] The Barn 50 Floyd | Floyd | > L Floyd | Floyd | The Barn Floyd | Piles of hay everywhere. A soft layer of sawdust covers the floor, and Floyd | makes moving around feel like walking through coarse sand. The sun Floyd | shines through the slits between the planks, causing crisscrossing Floyd | rays of light to illuminate the dusty air. Floyd | Floyd | In the middle of the room is a large wooden table, on which Herbert is Floyd | sitting. Floyd | Floyd | The farmer stands by the gate to the south, waiting for you to do your Floyd | job. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "take sawdust" | ||
Floyd ] The Barn 51 Floyd | Floyd | > TAKE SAWDUST Floyd | Floyd | It's just sawdust. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x planks" | ||
Floyd ] The Barn 52 Floyd | Floyd | > X PLANKS Floyd | Floyd | The barn is composed of old-fashioned wooden planks. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "take plank" | ||
Floyd ] The Barn 52 Floyd | Floyd | > TAKE PLANK Floyd | Floyd | You can't see any such thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x gate" | ||
Floyd ] The Barn 53 Floyd | Floyd | > X GATE Floyd | Floyd | A large pair of wooden doors block the exit from the barn. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Lionheart says (to Floyd), "throw sawdust at farmer" | ||
Floyd ] The Barn 54 Floyd | Floyd | > THROW SAWDUST AT FARMER Floyd | Floyd | (first taking the sawdust) Floyd | It's just sawdust. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Lionheart says (to Floyd), "hide chick in sawdust" | ||
Floyd ] The Barn 54 Floyd | Floyd | > HIDE CHICK IN SAWDUST Floyd | Floyd | That's not a verb I recognize. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x table" | ||
Floyd ] The Barn 55 Floyd | Floyd | > X TABLE Floyd | Floyd | A sturdy wooden table. Floyd | Floyd | On the table is Herbert. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "look under table" | ||
Floyd ] The Barn 56 Floyd | Floyd | > LOOK UNDER TABLE Floyd | Floyd | You find nothing of interest. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "open gate" | ||
Floyd ] The Barn 57 Floyd | Floyd | > OPEN GATE Floyd | Floyd | You can't leave until you've done your job. Floyd | Floyd | > | Rob asks, "do these transcripts make it back to the authors?" | |
| inky says (to Floyd), "break planks" | ||
Floyd ] The Barn 58 Floyd | Floyd | > BREAK PLANKS Floyd | Floyd | You are a chicken sexer, not a barn architect. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "herbert, hit farmer" | ||
Floyd ] The Barn 58 Floyd | Floyd | > HERBERT, HIT FARMER Floyd | Floyd | "Herbert," you say with a confident voice. You raise your finger and Floyd | point at the farmer: "Attack!". Floyd | Floyd | Herbert slowly stands up, looking like he might fall over at any Floyd | moment. Then, almost faster than the eye can follow, he launches Floyd | himself off the table, gliding through the air like a flying squirrel, Floyd | towards the farmer. He lands on the farmers face and pecks at the Floyd | eyes, furiously. Floyd | Floyd | The farmer drops to his knees and screams. "Aaargghhh! Not my vitreous Floyd | humor! Get off me!" He rips Herbert off his face and throws him at Floyd | you. "You're insane, both of you! Take that damn chicken and get off Floyd | my farm! Floyd | Floyd | You catch Herbert in your outstretched hand. "You're the boss," you Floyd | say to the farmer, and shrug. The sunlight caresses your face, as you Floyd | step outside. It's going to be a wonderful day. Floyd | Floyd | You are never hired as a chicken sexer again, but that's okay. You Floyd | have Herbert, and all the other chickens you manage to rescue during Floyd | the next years. The neighbors start avoiding your house. They tell Floyd | stories about the crazy chicken person, who lives in a house full of Floyd | chickens, and talks to them all day long. It's fine. Who cares what Floyd | they think? Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | *** You've made a difference *** Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game, QUIT, or UNDO the Floyd | last command? Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "Well, *eventually* they make it to my website." | |
| DavidW says, "oh wow" | ||
| Rob says, "ok" | ||
| Jacqueline says, "But if I get a request I send the raw transcript." | ||
| Lionheart says, "I thought I tried that, heh." | ||
| Rob says, "I can deal with it being up to them to hear the feedback" | ||
| Rob says, "(I'm still weirdly kind of pulling for the Infocom time travel cornerstone guy to get his act/game together)" | ||
| Jacqueline says (to Rob), "I often will write authors to let them know a transcript of theirs has been posted, but only if I can pretty easily find their address." | ||
| Rob says, "I hope I didn't say anything mean, just honest" | ||
| Jacqueline exclaims (at Rob), "You should write him!" | ||
| Rob says, "hmmm" | ||
| Rob says, "maybe I should" | ||
| Jacqueline says, "You definitely should." | ||
| Rob says, "good thing I'm terminally lazy" | ||
| Rob says, "oh ok ok" | ||
| Jacqueline asks, "Need his address?" | ||
| Rob says, "which means I need to save my own buffer copy of the playthrough" | ||
| Rob says, "yes sure please" | ||
| Jacqueline says, "Thanks, everyone." | ||
