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! ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
!  Toyshop 961111                   One of the standard Inform 6 example games
!
!  This is not a real game.  The main example game for Inform is "Advent",
!  a port of Colossal Cave.  Since that's something of an antique, and most
!  of the objects in it are rather simple, this is a collection of more
!  exotic features and peculiar objects.  Note that "Advent" has plenty of
!  interesting doors, a good lantern and bottled oil and water, so those
!  won't be part of the Toyshop.
!
!  Needs Inform 6 with library 6/1 or later to compile.
!
!  To win, simply find 6 interesting things to do and leave by the main exit!
!
!       Object            Is an example of...
!
!  >SA  satchel           Container into which the game silently puts things
!  >HE  helium balloon    Something moving under the control of a daemon
!  >CA  little red car    Vehicle, and pushable from place to place
!  >PF  padded floor      Scenery present in several rooms at once
!  >GR  hand grenade      Timed events: a grenade and its pin
!  >MA  matchbook         Simple fire and matches; changing inventory styles
!  >WC  white candles     A stock of objects identical to each other
!  >GL  white gloves      Two independent objects which can behave as a pair
!  >CO  green cone        Easy before and after rules
!  >HW  high window       Starting and stopping daemons
!  >BC  bolted cupboard   A typical locked container (with key)
!  >GB  glass box         Container light can get through
!  >SB  steel box         Container light can't get through
!  >BL  building blocks   A complicated class definition; piles of objects
!  >CH  Christopher       Someone you can talk to, and persuade to do things
!  >OF  Office            Rules about moving in a particular direction
!  >TB  toothed bag       A container with ideas about what it will allow
!  >SL  spirit level      Something to put on top of things
!  >BB  blackboard        A blackboard to write messages on
!
!  (The code is marked with >SA and so on for easy access with a text editor)
! ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Constant DEBUG;
Constant Story "TOYSHOP";
Constant Headline "^An Interactive Demonstration^
             Copyright (c) 1994 by Graham Nelson. All rights given away.^";
Release 4;
Serial "961111";   !   This sets the serial date to the date of this source
                   !   file, not to the date of compilation.

!   Now we serve notice to Inform that we do not wish to use the standard
!   routine for the Burn action, and will instead be defining our own:

Replace BurnSub;

!   Next include the first of the three standard library files:

Include "Parser";

! ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
! >SA  Ungenerously, the player can only carry at most 4 things, but there's
!      a satchel to carry other things around in...
! ----------------------------------------------------------------------------

Constant MAX_CARRIED = 4;
Constant SACK_OBJECT = satchel;

Object satchel "satchel"
  with description "Big and with a smile painted on it.",
       name "satchel", article "your",
       when_closed "Your satchel lies on the floor.",
       when_open "Your satchel lies open on the floor.",
  has  container open openable;

!   We're going to use the most elaborate scoring system the
!   library provides (even though we're going to make the six tasks all
!   score only 1 point each), so we define all this...

Constant TASKS_PROVIDED;
Constant NUMBER_TASKS = 6;
Array    task_scores  -> 1 1 1 1 1 1;
Constant MAX_SCORE = 6;

!   And include the library of standard verbs and actions.

Include "VerbLib";

! ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
!   Off we go into the Toyshop...
! ----------------------------------------------------------------------------

Class Toyroom
  has  light;

Toyroom Toyshop "Toyshop"
  with description
          "The centre of a long east-west hall. Shelves are lined
           with toys, painted clowns face you from the walls and
           the floor is lightly padded with colourful mats. A doorway
           leads north, with a red warning triangle above it.",
       name "clowns" "painted" "shelves" "triangle",
       e_to East_End, w_to West_End, n_to Danger_Zone;

Object -> chair "high chair"
  with name "chair" "high"
  has  supporter enterable;

! ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
! >HE  The balloon is completely self-contained as a piece of code, except
!      that it does not set itself going (though even this could have been
!      arranged): it is set going in the Initialise() routine.
!
!   Notice that the "after" for Drop takes away the "moved" attribute.
!   This is one way to ensure that the "initial" message will always be
!   the one displayed.  (Alternatively, we could have given it a "describe"
!   property.)
! ----------------------------------------------------------------------------

Object -> balloon "helium balloon"
  with description "Blue, with a yellow smile.",
       name "helium" "balloon" "blue" "string",
       initial "A balloon nestles on the ceiling, its long string hanging.",
       before
       [; Attack: remove self; StopDaemon(self);
                "Easily, you burst the balloon. Pop!^^
                 Shame it was irreplaceable, really.";
       ],
       after
       [; Take: "You take the balloon by its string. It's buoyant!";
          Drop: give balloon ~moved;
                "The balloon rises gracefully to the ceiling.";
       ],
       daemon
       [ from_room to_room;
          if (random(3)~=1) rfalse;
          from_room=parent(self);
          if (from_room==East_End or West_End) to_room=Toyshop;
          if (from_room==Toyshop)
          {   if (random(2)==1) to_room=East_End;
              else to_room=West_End;
          }
          if (to_room==0) rfalse;
          move self to to_room;
          if (location==from_room)
            "^A breeze blows the balloon away to the ", (name) to_room, ".";
          if (location==to_room)
            "^A breeze blows the balloon in from the ", (name) from_room, ".";
       ];

! ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
! >CA  There are two exceptions to the ordinary before/after rules, for
!      vehicles and things which can be pushed from place to place: this car
!      demonstrates both at once.
!
!   The "before" for PushDir (push in a named direction) must call
!   AllowPushDir and then return true to signify that the push is legal.
!
!   The "before" for Go must return true to signify that travelling in
!   the object is legal.  (Note that it must also be enterable.)
! ----------------------------------------------------------------------------

Object -> car "little red car"
  with name "little" "red" "car" "kar1",
       description "Large enough to sit inside. Among the controls is a
                 prominent on/off switch. The numberplate is KAR 1.",
       when_on  "The red car sits here, its engine still running.",
       when_off "A little red car is parked here.",
       before
       [; PushDir: AllowPushDir(); rtrue;
          Go: if (car has on) { Achieved(1); "Brmm!  Brmm!"; }
              print "(The ignition is off at the moment.)^";
       ],
       after
       [; PushDir: "The car rolls very slowly as you push it.";
       ],
  has  switchable enterable static container open;

Object -> -> "small note"
  with name "small" "note",
       description
           "  !!!! FROBOZZ MAGIC CAR COMPANY !!!!^
           ^Hello, Driver!^
           ^Instructions for use:^
           ^Switch on the ignition and off you go!^
           ^Warranty:^
           ^This car is guaranteed against all defects for a period of
            76 milliseconds from date of purchase or until used,
            whichever comes first.^
           ^Good Luck!";

! ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
! >PF  An example of an object spread across several (three) rooms:
! ----------------------------------------------------------------------------

Object padded_floor "padded floor"
  with name "padded" "floor" "mats" "padding",
       description "To protect little children and adventurers.",
       before
       [; Take: "It is protected from little children and adventurers.";
       ],
       found_in East_End Toyshop West_End
  has  scenery;

! ----------------------------------------------------------------------------

Toyroom Danger_Zone "Danger Zone"
  with description
          "This is the Danger Zone, which you should know better
           than to go into. A single door leads back south.",
       s_to Toyshop;

! ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
! >GR  A classic example of a timer (or, as some people call them and
!      appropriately so in this case, a fuse).  To demonstrate stopping
!      a timer before the alarm (and for fun), there is also a pin:
! ----------------------------------------------------------------------------

Object -> grenade "nasty-looking hand grenade"
  with name "hand" "grenade" "nasty" "nasty-looking",
       initial "A nasty-looking hand grenade (there is no other kind)
                rolls about irresponsibly on the floor.",
       description "Not recommended for children under 90.",
       before
       [; Pull: if (self has general) "Too late for that.";
              StartTimer(self, 5); give self general;
              move the_pin to player;
              "You pull the pin out, an irrevocable act.";
       ],
       time_left 0,
       time_out
       [;  deadflag=1;
           "^An immense explosion suddenly demolishes the toyshop!^^
             Will you never learn?";
       ],
  has  transparent;

Object -> -> the_pin "pin"
  with name "pin",
       description "The pin is designed to be easy to pull.",
       before
       [; Take, Pull: if (self in grenade) <<Pull grenade>>;
          Insert:
              if (self notin grenade && second==grenade)
              {   StopTimer(grenade); move self to grenade;
                  give grenade ~general;
                  "Amazing!  You got the pin back into the grenade!";
              }
       ];

! ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
! >MA  This is a matchbook of five matches, which is quite simple in that you
!      can only actually have one match at a time: otherwise, it's quite
!      a full implementation.  Note that the inventory lines for the match
!      and the matchbook are coded here.  Note also that the "match" object
!      returns to the book even when the book is empty, so that the parser
!      will still understand requests for matches - which the "before" rule,
!      which automatically removes matches when needed, can then turn down.
!
!      The matchbook has a daemon whose job is to tidy up lost matches.  One
!      might expect this rule to be coded with an "after" routine, to trap
!      the player dropping matches.  But suppose there were a magpie in the
!      game, and it flew down and stole the match but left the matchbook!
!      As it happens there isn't, but this is better form.
! ----------------------------------------------------------------------------

Object -> matchbook "matchbook"
  with name "matchbook" "book" "matches",
       number 5,
       before
       [; Burn: if (match has light)
                {   remove match; remove matchbook;
                    "What a waste of matches!";
                }
       ],
       invent
       [;  if (inventory_stage==2)
           {   switch(self.number)
               {   0: print " (empty)";
                   1: print " (1 match left)";
                   default: print " (", self.number, " matches left)";
               }
           }
       ],
       description
       [;  print "The cover advertisement reads
                  ~Curses - Adventure of a Lunchtime~. The book ";
           switch(self.number)
           {   0: "is empty.";
               1: "has a single match left.";
               default:
                   print_ret "contains ", self.number, " matches.";
           }
       ],
       daemon
       [;   if (match notin matchbook && match notin player)
            {   move match to matchbook;
                if (match has light)
                {   give match ~light; StopTimer(match); }
                StopDaemon(self);
            }
       ],
  has  transparent;

Object -> -> match "match"
  with parse_name
       [ i j;   if (self has light) j='burning'; else j='unlit';
                while (NextWord()=='match' or j) i++;
                return i;
       ],
       article "an",
       before
       [ i; if (self in matchbook)
            {   i=matchbook.number;
                if (i==0) "There are no matches left in the book.";
                i--; matchbook.number=i;
                move self to player; StartDaemon(matchbook);
                print "(taking a match from the book, which ";
                if (i==0) print "is now empty)^";
                if (i==1) print "has one more left)^";
                if (i>1)  print "has ", i, " left)^";
                self.article = "an";
            }
            Take, Remove: if (self in player) "Done.";
            Burn:
                if (self has light) "The match is already alight.";
                if (matchbook notin player)
                   "You need the matchbook to strike the match.";
                give self light; StartTimer(self, 2+random(3));
                self.article = "a";
                "You strike the match.";
       ],
       short_name
       [;   if (self has light) print "burning match";
                           else print "unlit match";
            rtrue;
       ],

       time_left,
       time_out
       [;   move self to matchbook; give self ~light;
            "^You drop the match as the flame reaches your finger.";
       ];

! ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
! >WC  A box of eight candles.
!
!      This is a simple way to code up duplicate objects.  For one thing,
!      > take candles
!      does not quite behave as we would hope: it'll only pick up one candle
!      (though "> take four candles" will work).  See the "Block" class
!      below for a way to make good.
!
!      If we had needed a much greater number of candles, we could have used
!      object creation and destruction during play.  See the "Ticket" class
!      from the "Balances" example game.
! ----------------------------------------------------------------------------

Class  Candle
  with name "wax" "candle" "candles",
       short_name "wax candle", plural "wax candles",
       description "It looks just like all the other candles.",
       before
       [; Burn: "Disappointingly, the wick refuses to burn."; ];

Object -> "grey tin box"
  with name "tin" "box" "grey",
       description
           "A grey tin box of ~Major's Candles~.",
  has  container openable;

Candle -> ->;
Candle -> ->;
Candle -> ->;
Candle -> ->;
Candle -> ->;
Candle -> ->;
Candle -> ->;
Candle -> ->;

Toyroom East_End "East End"
  with name "dolls" "nurses",
       description
          "The eastern end of the toyshop is pink, and dolls and
           nurses line the shelves right up to the high window.
           A dark doorway leads to a northern side chamber.",
       w_to Toyshop, n_to DarkRoom;

! ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
! >GL  The following example, suggested to the author by Richard Tucker,
!      demonstrates an apparently tricky case of objects with associated
!   sub-objects.  The pair of white gloves behaves just like any other item
!   of clothing - but the player can also use the left and right gloves
!   independently, can take away or wear only one and so on.  When they
!   come back together (even in a cupboard, say, or on a mantelpiece)
!   they are called a pair again.
!
!   We can do this with only three objects, one daemon and one rule.
!
!   When the gloves are together, and the player refers to an individual
!   glove, the before rule splits up the pair and starts the daemon.
!   Once active, the daemon tries every turn to re-join them into a pair.
!   (If it succeeds, it turns itself off.)
!
!   Note that the "pair of gloves" object has the "general" attribute exactly
!   when the gloves are apart.  Otherwise the pair-object contains both
!   glove objects, and has "transparent" so that the parser knows the player
!   can see and refer to them.
! ----------------------------------------------------------------------------

Object -> gloves "white gloves"
  with article "a pair of",
       name "white" "gloves" "pair" "of",
       daemon
       [;  if (parent(right_glove) ~= parent(left_glove)) return;
           if ((left_glove has worn && right_glove hasnt worn)
               || (left_glove hasnt worn && right_glove has worn)) return;
           if (left_glove has worn) give gloves worn; else give gloves ~worn;
           move gloves to parent(right_glove); give gloves ~general;

           move right_glove to gloves; move left_glove to gloves;
           give right_glove ~worn;     give left_glove ~worn;

           StopDaemon(self);
       ],
  has  clothing transparent;

Class  Glove
  with article "the",
       name "white" "glove",
       before
       [;  if (self notin gloves) rfalse;
           move left_glove to parent(gloves); move right_glove to parent(gloves);
           if (gloves has worn)
           {   give left_glove worn; give right_glove worn;
           }
           give gloves general; remove gloves;
           StartDaemon(gloves);
       ],
  has  clothing;

Glove -> -> left_glove "left glove"
  with description "White silk, monogrammed with a scarlet R.",
       name "left";
Glove -> -> right_glove "right glove"
  with description "White silk, monogrammed with a scarlet T.",
       name "right";

! ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
!   ...and that's all: the "gloves" code is self-contained.
!
!   Exercise for the reader: hide a (sharp) jewel inside the left glove.
!     (Alter the glove class to make them containers open only when not worn.
!      Add two "after" rules to warn the player if there's something sharp
!      to the touch, one for putting on the pair of gloves, one for putting on
!      an individual glove.)
! ----------------------------------------------------------------------------


! ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
! >CO  A traditional Inform example object:
! ----------------------------------------------------------------------------

Object -> cone "green cone"
  with name "green" "cone" "emerald" "marzipan",
       describe
       [; if (cone has moved)
              "^A misshapen cone of green marzipan sits here.";
          "^Nearby is an emerald green cone, one foot high.";
       ],
       description "The cone seems to be made of emerald-coloured
                    marzipan.",
       before
       [; Eat: if (random(100) <= 30)
               {   deadflag = 1;
                   "Unfortunately, you seem to be allergic to almonds.";
               }
               "You nibble at a corner of the cone.";
       ],
       after
       [; Take: "Taken. (Your hands are smeared with marzipan.)";
          Drop: cone.description = "The cone is a vague green mess.";
                "The cone drops to the floor and sags a little.";
       ],
  has  edible;

! ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
! >HW  It's the draught from this slightly-concealed window which propels the
!      balloon:
! ----------------------------------------------------------------------------

Object -> "high window"
  with name "high" "window",
       description
       [;  print "A narrow, high window ";
           if (self has open) "through which a draught blows.";
           "which is closed.";
       ],
       after
       [; Open: StartDaemon(balloon);
          Close: Achieved(2); StopDaemon(balloon);
       ],
  has  scenery openable open;

! ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
! >BC  A typical locked container, containing a rather pathetic prize...
! ----------------------------------------------------------------------------

Object -> "bolted cupboard"
  with name "bolted" "cupboard",
       describe
       [; if (self hasnt open) "^A shut cupboard is bolted to one wall.";
          "^Bolted up on one wall is an open cupboard.";
       ],
       with_key key
  has  locked container openable lockable static;

Object -> -> "boiled sweet"
  with name "boiled" "sweet",
       after
       [; Eat: Achieved(0);
               "It takes an irritatingly long time to eat.";
       ],
  has  edible;

! ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
! >GB  This is really to demonstrate "transparent".  Shutting up the glowing
! >SB  ball in the glass box does not make the room go dark: shutting it up
!      in the steel box does.  Also, you can examine things in the glass box
!   even when the glass box is shut.
!   (Note also that the Dark Room is explicitly told not to have "light",
!   which it would otherwise inherit from the "Toyroom" class.)
! ----------------------------------------------------------------------------

Toyroom DarkRoom "Dark Room"
  with description "A featureless storage room, hardly worth illumination.",
       cant_go "The only exit is back south.",
       s_to East_End
  has  ~light;

Object -> "glass box with a lid"
  with name "glass" "box" "with" "lid"
  has  container transparent openable open;

Object -> "steel box with a lid"
  with name "steel" "box" "with" "lid"
  has  container openable open;


Toyroom West_End "West End"
  with name "soldiers" "model" "aircraft" "planes",
       description
          "The western end of the toyshop is blue, and soldiers and
           model aircraft line the shelves. A small office lies to
           the south.",
       e_to Toyshop, s_to Office;

! ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
! >BL  The class Block provides for stackable building blocks.
!
!   Note that with the "describe" routine missing, the game would still
!   correctly describe stacks of blocks: just a little less elegantly.
! ----------------------------------------------------------------------------

Class  Block
  with description "Just a child's building block, four inches on a side.",

       !   The parse_name routine below ensures that "take blocks"
       !   works correctly:

       parse_name
       [ i j;
         for (::)
         {   j=NextWord();
             if (j=='block' or 'cube' or 'building' or (self.name)) i++;
             else
             {   if (j=='blocks' or 'cubes')
                 {   parser_action=##PluralFound; i++; }
                 else return i;
             }
         }
       ],

       describe
       [ c d e;
           d = child(self);
           while (d~=0 && d ofclass Block)
           {   c++; e=d; d=child(d); }
           if (c==0) rfalse;
           print "^There is a pile of building blocks here, ";
           while (c>=0)
           {   print (address) e.name;  ! Sneaky: print the "name" out
               if (c>0) print " on ";   ! using its dictionary address
               c--; e=parent(e);
           }
           ".";
       ],
       before
       [ c;
         PutOn:
           if (second ofclass Block)
           {   if (child(second)~=0 && child(second) ofclass Block)
                   "There's no room on the top of one cube for two more, side
                    by side.";
           }
           else
               print "(They're really intended
                      to be piled on top of each other.)^";
           c=second; while (c ofclass Block) c=parent(c);
           if (c~=location or mantelpiece) "Too unsteady a base.";
       ],
       after
       [ c stack;
         PutOn:
           stack=noun;
           while (parent(stack) ofclass Block) { stack=parent(stack); c++; }
           if (c<2)
           {   if (Chris has general) rtrue;
               rfalse;
           }
           if (c==2) "The pile of three cubes is unsteady, but viable.";
           if (Chris has general)
           {   Achieved(3);
               "^Expertly he keeps the pile of four cubes stable.";
           }
           stack=noun;
           while (parent(stack) ofclass Block)
           {   c=stack; stack=parent(stack); move c to location; }
           "The pile of four cubes wobbles, wobbles, steadies... and suddenly
            collapses!";
         Take:
           stack=child(noun); if (stack==0) rfalse;
           while (stack~=0)
           { c=stack; stack=child(stack); move c to location; }
           "Your pile of cubes is collapsed as a result.";
       ],
  has  supporter;

Block -> "green cube"
  with name "green";
Block -> "red cube"
  with name "red";
Block -> "yellow cube"
  with name "yellow";
Block -> "blue cube"
  with name "blue";

! ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
! >CH  A guest appearance by my cousin Christopher, aged six (*), who plays
!      with one thing at a time (easily forgetting which). Being "transparent"
!      (no reflection on him!) means the parser allows the player to examine
!      whatever he's playing with... but not to take it from him.
!      (* In 1993, when this game was first written.)
! ----------------------------------------------------------------------------

Object -> Chris "Christopher"
  with name "child" "boy" "chris" "christopher",
       describe
       [;  print "^A boy called Christopher sits here";
           if (child(Chris) ~= nothing)
               print ", playing with ", (a) child(Chris);
           ".";
       ],
       life
       [ x;
           Ask:
              switch(second)
              {   'juggling', 'fluorescent', 'ball': "~That's mine!~";
                  'helium', 'balloon': "Christopher yawns.";
                  'cube', 'cubes': "~Bet I can make a higher tower than you.~";
                  'toys', 'toyshop': "~Isn't it fabulous here?~";
                  default: "~Dunno.~";
              }
           Answer:
              switch(noun)
              {   'hello', 'hallo', 'hi':
                       "~Hello,~ says Christopher cheerfully.";
                  default: "Christopher seems preoccupied.";
              }
           Attack: remove self;
             "Christopher makes a run for it, effortlessly slipping past you!";
           Kiss: "~That's soppy, that is.~";
           Give:
             if (noun==balloon) "He's too bored by the balloon.";
             x=child(Chris);
             if (x~=0)
             {   move x to location;
                 print "He forgets about ", (the) x, " and ";
             }
             else print "He ";
             print "eagerly grabs ", (the) noun; move noun to Chris; ".";
       ],
       orders
       [;  Drop: if (noun in Chris) "~Won't!  It's mine!~";
           Take: "Christopher can't be bothered.";
           Give: if (second==player) "~Get your own!~";
           Go: "~But I like it here!~";
           PutOn: if (noun notin Chris) "He is mightily confused.";
                 if (~~(noun ofclass Block && second ofclass Block))
                     "He can't see the point of this.";
                 print "Christopher leans over with great concentration
                     and does so.^";
                 move noun to player; give self general;
                 <PutOn noun second>;
                 give self ~general; rtrue;
       ],
       each_turn
       [;  if (random(3)~=1) rtrue;
           print "^Christopher ";
           switch(random(4))
           {  1: "yawns.";     2: "frowns.";
              3: "stretches."; 4: "hums tonelessly.";
           }
       ],
  has  animate proper transparent;

Object "fluorescent juggling ball" Chris
  with initial "On the floor is a fluorescent juggling ball!",
       name "fluorescent" "juggling" "ball",
       description "It glows with soft light."
  has  light;

! ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
! >OF  A simple movement rule.
! ----------------------------------------------------------------------------

Toyroom Office "Office"
  with description
          "A small, grey office, with a broad stone mantelpiece.
           In the east wall is a doorway marked ~Exit~, and the Toyshop,
           of course, lies north.",
       cant_go "The Toyshop floor lies north.",
       n_to West_End,
       e_to
       [; if (score~=MAX_SCORE)
              "A gong sounds. ~You cannot leave the Toyshop until
               you have done six interesting things!~";
          deadflag=2;
          "A gong sounds. ~Congratulations!  You may now leave the Toyshop
           and begin writing your own Inform game!~";
       ];

! ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
! >TB  A somewhat acquisitive container... but it can be taught to behave.
! ----------------------------------------------------------------------------

Object -> "toothed bag"
  with name "toothed" "bag",
       initial "In one corner is a curious, toothed bag.",
       description "A capacious bag with a toothed mouth.",
       before
       [; LetGo: "The bag defiantly bites itself
                  shut on your hand until you desist.";
       ],
       after
       [; Receive:
              if (noun==cone)
              {   self.before=0; self.after=0;
                  "The bag wriggles interminably as it tries
                   to eat the enormous mass of marzipan. That'll
                   teach it.";
              }
              "The bag wriggles hideously as it swallows ", (the) noun, ".";
       ],
  has  container open;

! ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
! >SL  Which can be put on the mantelpiece: the first time this is done, the
!      game randomly decides which end is higher, and sticks to this decision.
! ----------------------------------------------------------------------------

Object -> -> spirit_level "spirit level"
  with name "spirit" "level" "wood" "flask",
       number 0,
       description "A length of wood containing a flask of viscous
           green liquid, in which a bubble is trapped.",
       before
       [; Examine:
          if (spirit_level in mantelpiece)
          {   print "The bubble is at the ";
              if (self.number==1) "northeast end.";
              "southeast end.";
          }
       ],
       after
       [; PutOn: if (second~=mantelpiece) rfalse;
           if (spirit_level hasnt general) self.number=random(2);
           give spirit_level general; Achieved(4);
           print "You put the spirit level on the mantelpiece,
                  and the bubble slowly drifts towards the ";
           if (self.number==1) "northeast.";
           "southwest.";
       ];

Object -> mantelpiece "mantelpiece"
  with name "mantel" "mantle" "piece" "mantelpiece"
  has  scenery supporter;

Object -> -> key "iron key"
  with name "iron" "key", article "an";

! ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
! >BB  A blackboard which can be written on or wiped clear.
! ----------------------------------------------------------------------------

Object -> -> chalk "stick of chalk"
  with name "stick" "of" "chalk";

Array boardtext string 64;

Object -> blackboard "blackboard"
  with name "board" "blackboard" "black",
       describe
       [;  <<Examine self>>; ],
       before
       [ i f;
           Examine:
               for (i=1:i<=boardtext->0:i++)
                   if (boardtext->i~=' ' or 0) f=1;
               if (f==0)
               {   print "^The office blackboard is wiped clean.^";
                   if (self hasnt general)
                   {   give self general;
                       "^[To write on it, try   > write ~message...~]";
                   }
                   rtrue;
               }
               print "^The office blackboard bears the message:^    ";
               for (i=1:i<=boardtext->0:i++)
               {   f=boardtext->i;
                   if (f~=0) print (char) f;
               }
               new_line; rtrue;
           Rub: for (i=1:i<=boardtext->0:i++) boardtext->i = ' ';
                  "You wipe the blackboard clean.";
       ],
  has  static;

Global from_char; Global to_char;
[ QuotedText i j f;
   i = WordAddress(wn++); i=i-buffer;
   if (buffer->i=='"')
   {   for (j=i+1:j<=(buffer->1)+1:j++)
           if (buffer->j=='"') f=j;
       if (f==0) return -1;
       from_char = i+1; to_char=f-1;
       if (from_char>to_char) return -1;
       while (buffer+f > WordAddress(wn)) wn++; wn++;
       return 1;
   }
   return -1;
];

[ WriteSub i j;
   if (chalk notin player) "You're holding nothing to write with.";
   if (blackboard notin location) "The blackboard is elsewhere.";
   for (i=from_char,j=1:i<=to_char && j<boardtext->0:i++,j++)
       boardtext->j = buffer->i;
   for (:j<boardtext->0:j++) boardtext->j=0;
   Achieved(5);
   <<Examine blackboard>>;
];

! ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
!   End of object definitions.
! ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
!
!   Routines and Entry Points
!
!   (Fuller examples of which can be found in the "Advent" example game.)
!
!   Initialise() just sets up the initial state of the game.
!   We are required to set "location" to the start location of the
!   player; the rest is optional.
!
!   StartDaemon(balloon)  starts the process which blows the balloon back
!   and forth.
! ----------------------------------------------------------------------------

[ Initialise;
  location=chair;  move satchel to player;

  print "^^^^^~What's so special about Inform,~ is the last thing you
         remember saying to the mad alchemist. Big mistake...^^";

  StartDaemon(balloon);
];

! ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
!   Print names of tasks out (when the library asks us to).  Note that they
!   are numbered from 0 to NUMBER_TASKS-1.
! ----------------------------------------------------------------------------

[ PrintTaskName achievement;
  switch(achievement)
  {   0: "eating a sweet";
      1: "driving the car";
      2: "shutting out the draught";
      3: "building a tower of four";
      4: "seeing which way the mantelpiece leans";
      5: "writing on the blackboard";
  }
];

[ PrintRank;
  print ", earning you the rank of ";
  if (score >= 6)  "Toyshop manager.";
  if (score >= 5)  "management trainee.";
  if (score >= 4)  "undergraduate.";
  if (score >= 3)  "schoolchild.";
  if (score >= 2)  "nursery-school child.";
  if (score >= 1)  "toddler.";
  "newborn baby.";
];

! ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
!   Now (as promised earlier) we provide the replacement for BurnSub,
!   specially adapted to the rules of the Toyshop:
! ----------------------------------------------------------------------------

[ BurnSub;
    if (match hasnt light) "You have no source of flame.";
    if (noun has animate) <<Attack noun>>;
    if (noun==padded_floor)
    {   deadflag=1;
        "A gong sounds, but before a sepulchral voice finishes clearing
         its throat, the whole padded floor goes up in an inferno.";
    }
    "A gong sounds, and a sepulchral, rather disappointed voice says:
     ~It is forbidden to play with fire in the Toyshop.~";
];

! ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
!   And we provide one new action, "Burst", which in fact just passes over to
!   "Attack", plus one for writing on the board:
! ----------------------------------------------------------------------------

[ BurstSub; <<Attack noun>>; ];

Include "Grammar";

Verb "burst" "pop" "prick" "stab" "pierce"
                * noun                           -> Burst;

Verb "write"    * QuotedText -> Write;

! ----------------------------------------------------------------------------