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Part 5 - Fancy Screen Effects

Section 1 - Improved Status Line

[This status line is designed to help the player track his exploration through the game: rooms that aren't explored yet are highlighted in red, and a count of explored rooms is kept in the lower left corner. We add the further refinement that, if the player is in a dark room, the compass line shows only exits which lead to lit rooms, on the assumption that he will be able to see lighted exits but not dark ones.]

Include Basic Screen Effects by Emily Short. [1]

To turn screen black:

say white letters;

turn the background black;

clear the screen;

leave space;

To turn screen white:

turn the background white;

say black letters;

clear the screen;

leave space.

To leave space:

say paragraph break;

say paragraph break;

say paragraph break;

say paragraph break.

Table of Fancy Status

To say red reverse:

turn the background red.

To say black reverse:

turn the background black.

To say white reverse:

turn the background white.

Definition: a room is discernible:

if it is the Dank Room and the trapdoor is scenery, no;

if it is lit, yes;

if it is the ultimate location of the candle, yes;

if in darkness, no;

yes.

To say top rose:

let place be the room up from the location;

if the place is a discernible room, say "[if the place is unvisited][red reverse][end if]U [default letters]"; otherwise say " "; [2]

let place be the room northwest from the location;

if place is a discernible room, say "[if the place is unvisited][red reverse][end if]NW[default letters]"; otherwise say " ";

let place be the room north from the location;

if place is a discernible room, say "[if the place is unvisited][red reverse][end if] N [default letters]"; otherwise say " ";

let place be the room northeast from the location;

if place is a discernible room, say "[if the place is unvisited][red reverse][end if]NE[default letters]"; otherwise say " ".

To say middle rose:

say " ";

let place be the room west from the location;

if place is a discernible room, say "[if the place is unvisited][red reverse][end if]W [default letters]"; otherwise say " ";

say " . ";

let place be the room east from the location;

if place is a discernible room, say "[if the place is unvisited][red reverse][end if] E[default letters]"; otherwise say " ".

To say bottom rose:

let place be the room down from the location;

if the place is a discernible room, say "[if the place is unvisited][red reverse][end if]D [default letters]"; otherwise say " ";

let place be the room southwest from the location;

if place is a discernible room, say "[if the place is unvisited][red reverse][end if]SW[default letters]"; otherwise say " ";

let place be the room south from the location;

if place is a discernible room, say "[if the place is unvisited][red reverse][end if] S [default letters]"; otherwise say " ";

let place be the room southeast from the location;

if place is a discernible room, say "[if the place is unvisited][red reverse][end if]SE[default letters]"; otherwise say " ".

Rule for constructing the status line:

fill status bar with Table of Fancy Status;

say default letters;

rule succeeds.