A (Partial) Day as a Platypus

You are a platypus, and you need to get to work.

A proof-of-concept/extended exercise in Inform7, a parser-based interactive fiction langauge.

There's no plot, but there's 5 rooms and a bunch of objects you can look for/interact with. I'd love to further refine this concept and world to something with a plot and more interactivity.

How To Play

You can launch/play it as an HTML page right here in your browser! Type commands into the box and hit enter.

You can also download a .ulx file and play it with your parser of choice.

If you've never played a parser-based IF before, you need to read the story and use logic to figure out what you can do (look for verbs!).

Here are some "standard" actions you can take:

• Go (north/south/east/west/inside/outside)
• Take [object]
• Eat [object]
• Open/close [object]
• Look
• Examine [object]
• Lock/unlock [door] with [object]
• Switch on/off [object]
• Inventory
• Talk to [character]

If you feel the need to, you can also Quit, Save, Restore, and Restart

Etc.

All code/etc made by me. Coded as part of the Inform bootcamp for Narrascope 2025.

Platypus image on thumbnail is public domain and accessed from the New York Public Library's Digital Collections.