salet/game/story.coffee

room "world", salet,
  tags: ["start"],
  optionText: "Enter the world",
  ways: ["plaza"]
  dsc: """
    ### Rhinestone Room

    You're in a large room carved inside a giant milky rock mountain.
    The floor and walls are littered with signs and signatures of the previous visitors.
  """
  objects:
    well: obj "well",
      dsc: "A steep narrow {{well}} proceeds upward."
      act: "There is only one passage out. See the „Other rooms“ block popped up? Click it."

room "plaza", salet,
  title: (from) ->
    if from == "world"
      return "Upwards"
    else
      return "Town plaza"
  cycle: ["quirky", "distinct", "kooky", "crazy", "quaint"]
  ways: ["shop"]
  before: (system, from) ->
    if from == 'world'
      """
        You climb up the well and come out to a central plaza of a #{system.view.cycleLink("quaint")} little town.
        A plaque nearby says it's the town of *Innsmouth,* wherever that is.
      """
    else
      "You quickly find the central plaza."
  objects:
    policeman: obj "policeman",
      dsc: "There is a policeman nearby. You could ask him {{for directions.}}"
      act: (salet) ->
        if salet.character.has_mark?
          return "You already talked to him, no need to bug the man twice."
        salet.character.has_mark ?= true
        salet.getRoom("lair").destination()
        """
          “Here, let me mark it on your map.”
        """
    people: obj "people",
      dsc: "There are {{people shouting}} nearby."
      act: 'Just some weirdos shouting "Viva la Cthulhu!". Typical.'

room "shop", salet,
  title: "The Shop"
  #pic: "http://loremflickr.com/640/300/room,shop"
  ways: ["plaza", "shop-inside", "lair"]
  dsc: """
    Being the only shop in town, this trendy establishment did not need a name.
    It's an open question why it had one, especially because its name was "Hung Crossing".

    You are standing in front of a picturesque sign. It's cold here.
  """

room "lair", salet,
  title: "The Lair"
  before: "Finding The Lair is easy. Leaving it is impossible. Your game ends here."
  dsc: """
    The Lair of Yog-Sothoth is a very *n'gai* cave, full of *buggs-shoggogs* and *n'ghaa ng'aa*.
  """
  objects:
    bugg: obj "bugg",
      dsc: "You see a particularly beautiful slimy {{bugg.}}"
      takeable: false
      act: (salet) =>
        salet.here().drop(@name)
        return "You eat the bugg mass. Delicious and raw. Perhaps it's a good lair to live in."

dialogue "Yes", salet, "merchant", "merchant", """
  Yes.
"""

room "shop-inside", salet,
  ways: ["shop"]
  tags: ["merchant"]
  optionText: "End the conversation"
  title: "Inside the Shop"
  dsc: """
    The insides are painted pastel white, honouring The Great Milk Spill of 1985.
  """
  objects:
    merchant: obj "merchant",
      dsc: "A {{merchant}} eyes you warily."
      takeable: false
      act: (system) =>
        salet.processClick("merchdialogue")
        return ""

###
I want to be able to do this but I can't because I'm lost in all the `this` and @objects and `new`.
The chain of calls is very weird and this puts an object IN EVERY ROOM for God's sake.
I need someone smarter than me to fix this.

lamp = obj "lamp",
  dsc: "You see a {{lamp.}}"
  takeable: true
lamp.put("shop-inside")
###

room "merchdialogue", salet,
  choices: "#merchant",
  dsc: """
    Nice day, isn't it?
  """