Advanced Help Menu
version 1 by John W Kennedy
Example: * Samplex - A small game mostly consisting of such help.
"Samplex" by John W Kennedy
Include Advanced Help Menu by John W Kennedy.
When play begins:
choose row 1 in Table of Basic Help Options;
change description entry to "This is a demonstration of John W. Kennedy's Advanced Help Menu.";
activate hint menu Table of Entrance hints menu;
activate hint Table of entering hints.
The Cave Entrance is a room.
"You are outside a cave, which is south of you."
South is the Cave Interior.
The Cave Interior is a room.
"This is the interior of the cave."
After going in the Cave Interior:
activate hint menu Table of Cave hints menu;
activate hint Table of opening hints;
continue the action.
The treasure chest is an openable closed container in the Cave Interior.
After opening the treasure chest:
end the game in victory.
Table of Basic Help Options (continued)
| title | subtable | description | toggle | |
| "Setting options" | Table of Setting Options | |||
| "Sample transcript" | Table of a sample transcript | -- | sample-transcript rule | |
| "Hints" | Table of general hint menus |
Table of a Sample Transcript
| sample text | |
| "[italic type]This is not a transcript from [bold type]Samplex[roman type][italic type], but illustrates the sort of thing that can happen.[roman type]" | |
| "[bold type]Bedroom[roman type][line break]This is your bedroom. The kitchen is to your east." | |
| ">inventory" | |
| "You are holding a mousetrap." | |
| ">east" | |
| "[bold type]Kitchen[roman type][line break]This is your kitchen. Tiny black dots on the floor confirm your worst fears." | |
| ">put the mousetrap on the floor" | |
| "That would be pointless, as the mousetrap is not set." |
Table of all hint menus
| menu | title | parent subtable | ||
| Table of Entrance hints menu | "At the cave entrance" | Table of general hint menus | ||
| Table of Cave hints menu | "In the cave" | Table of general hint menus | ||
| Table of general hint menus | ||||
| title | subtable | description | toggle | |
| -- | a table-name | -- | a rule | |
| with 1 blank row. [2 blank rows total] | ||||
| Table of Entrance hints menu | ||||
| title | subtable | description | toggle | |
| -- | a table-name | -- | a rule | |
| [1 blank row total] | ||||
| Table of Cave hints menu | ||||
| title | subtable | description | toggle | |
| -- | a table-name | -- | a rule | |
| [1 blank row total] | ||||
| Table of all hints | ||||
| subtable | title | parent subtable | ||
| Table of entering hints | "How can I enter the cave?" | Table of Entrance hints menu | ||
| Table of opening hints | "How can I open the chest?" | Table of Cave hints menu | ||
| Table of entering hints | ||||
| hint | used | |||
| "Well, you could simply wish yourself into the cave." | a number | |||
| "Something simpler would work better." | ||||
| "Just go south." | ||||
| Table of opening hints | ||||
| hint | used | |||
| "Just open it!" | a number | |||