Paradise

What's different?

Characters

When a vessel has a greeting, it will become a character. A character vessel has its name displayed differently. You can still use it like a normal vessel, but it can make the narration better.

Dialogs

Greets

• greets Let's make some tea. Set the greetings of the host, which become a character.
• greets Reset the greeting, the host is no longer a character. TODO: Make a seperate command

Talkto

• talkto Alice Show the greetings of a visible caracter.

Answer

• answer favorite tea = I really like green tea! Set an answer for the host. Use "=" to separate the question from the awnser.
• answer favorite tea If the answer exist, this will delete it. TODO: Make a seperate command

Ask

• ask Alice Show the list of the availables questions for a visible character (with the greeting).
• ask Alice favorite tea Show the answer for a question. Alice: I really like green tea!

Tutorial: The riddle

A simple math question

create a sphinx
enter the sphinx
greets What is 2 + 2 ?
answer 1 = Wrong!
answer 4 = Great! The password is coffee.
answer 6 = Wrong!
leave
ask sphinx
ask sphinx 4

Actions

You can input multiple commands using the & character to break a command into multiple.

Basic

Create

• create a ceramic teacup Create a new vessel.

Become

• become a teacup Become a visible vessel.
• become the red teacup Become a distant vessel.

Enter

• enter the teacup Enter a visible vessel.

Leave

• leave Leave the current parent vessel.

Advanced

Help

• help See available help.
• help with drop See help for the drop action.

Warp

• warp to the red teacup Warp to a distant vessel's parent location.
• warp in the yellow teacup Warp in a distant vessel's location.
• warp to any teacup Warp to a random distant vessel's parent location.
• warp in any teacup Warp in a random distant vessel's location.
• warp anywhere Warp in a random distant vessel's location.

Take

• take the red teacup Move a visible vessel into your vessel.
• take any teacup Move a visible vessel into your vessel.
• take anything Move a random visible vessel into your vessel.

Drop

• drop the red teacup Move a child vessel into the parent vessel.
• drop a teacup Move a child vessel into the parent vessel.
• drop any teacup Move a random child vessel into the parent vessel.

Narrative

Note

• note It is raining. Again. Add a note to the parent vessel.

Inspect

• inspect the teacup Inspect the target visible vessel.

Transform

• transform into a teacup Rename the current vessel.
• transform the teacup into a cat Rename a visible vessel.

Transmute

• transmute into glass Add an adjective to the current vessel.
• transmute glass into gold Add an adjective to a visible vessel.

Programming

Program

• program warp to the library Automate a vessel.

Use

• use the teacup Trigger the vessel's automation.

Usage

• usage open Select the vessel's trigger.
• usage roll You rolled @random(1 2 3 4 5 6). Set a custom reacion.

Cast

• cast the storm scroll at the golden beetle Trigger a distant vessel's automation as another vessel.

Wildcards

Wildcards are markups created for notes and programs, to make vessels more responsive to their environment. A simple example would be note Hello @Name., rendered as Hello Ghost.

Basics

• @FULL, display the current vessel attribute and name.(uppercase)
• @NAME, display the current vessel name.(uppercase)
• @ATTR, display the current vessel attribute.(uppercase)
• @full, display the current vessel attribute and name.(lowercase)
• @name, display the current vessel name.(lowercase)
• @attr, display the current vessel attribute.(lowercase)
• @Full, display the current vessel attribute and name.(capitalized)
• @Name, display the current vessel name.(capitalized)
• @Attr, display the current vessel attribute.(capitalized)
• @size, size of the current inventory.

Parent

• _@FULL, display the parent vessel attribute and name.(uppercase)
• _@NAME, display the parent vessel name.(uppercase)
• _@ATTR, display the parent vessel attribute.(uppercase)
• _@full, display the parent vessel attribute and name.(lowercase)
• _@name, display the parent vessel name.(lowercase)
• _@attr, display the parent vessel attribute.(lowercase)
• _@Full, display the parent vessel attribute and name.(capitalized)
• _@Name, display the parent vessel name.(capitalized)
• _@Attr, display the parent vessel attribute.(capitalized)
• @_size, size of the current inventory.

Parade

• @__size, size of the parade.
• @__RANDOM, random parade vessel.(uppercase)
• @__random, random parade vessel.(lowercase)
• @__Random, random parade vessel.(capitalized)
• @__random-name, random parade vessel name.
• @__random-attr, random parade vessel attribute.

Stem

• @STEM, name of current parent stem vessel.(uppercase)
• @stem, name of current parent stem vessel.(lowercase)
• @Stem, name of current parent stem vessel.(capitalized)

Program Tools

• @(3), print the name and action connected with that vessel id.
• @and, chain commands in programs. ex: program create a vessel @and enter the vessel.
• @random(red green blue), choose a random word.
• @if(), coming soon.

Tutorials

Casting

Casting is a form of puppeteering, making a visible vessel act in your stead.

create a blue spell
enter the blue spell
program transform into a fish
leave
create a cat
take the blue spell
cast the blue spell on the cat

Wildcard

This example demonstrates how to use a wildcard in a program.

create a random warp
enter the random warp
program warp in @__random
leave
use the random warp

Useful Spells

Discard Spell

This spell can be fired at unwanted vessels, sending them into a vessel discard bin, to be recycled later.

create a recycling bin
create a discard spell
enter the discard spell
program warp to the recycling bin
leave
take the discard spell
cast the discard spell on the unwanted vessel

Useless Spells

A Dice

create a dice
enter the dice
program look
usage roll You rolled @random(1 2 3 4 5 6).
leave
roll the dice

Extras

• Support this project through Patreon.
• See the License file for license rights and limitations (MIT).