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Re:A simple MUD server in Python which can be run on a Raspb... by jstarfish on Saturday February 24, 2024 @08:27PM (#39496761)
> not a programmer, just a humanities nerd

Inform 7 was written for people like yourself. Check it out. The syntax is prosaic enough for a humanities nerd to write and structured enough for ChatGPT4 to generate.

Contrived example:

> The Exhibition Room is a room. It contains a closed locked lockable transparent openable container called the display case. The display case contains a priceless pearl. The display case is scenery. The description of the Exhibition Room is "By far the finest thing in the room is a priceless pearl in a glass display case. It should of course be yours[if key is not visible], if only you can remember where you hid the key[end if]."

> The silver key unlocks the display case.

> A jade vase, a teak chest, a bronze teakettle, and a child's burial casket are openable closed containers in the Exhibition Room.

> After taking the pearl: say "The pearl rolls into your hand, gleaming in the oblique light; your fortune is made."

> end the story finally.

https://ganelson.github.io/inform-website/book/WI_1_1.html

Re:A simple MUD server in Python which can be run on a Raspb... by bananamerica on Sunday February 25, 2024 @04:19PM (#39504875)
That's awesome, thanks!

I am aware of Inform 7, I think it is awesome. A few months ago I made a quick demo using Inklescript[1], which I found simpler and more suitable to my project (a Star Trek adventure). Inform 7 remains something I wish to explore in the future when I need something more complex.

Thanks! ;)

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[1] https://www.inklestudios.com/ink/