The Land of Breakfast and Lunch — 2 of 9

Section 1 - General World Rules and Messages

[There are only two directions.]

Understand "forward/forwards/f" or "follow it" or "follow path" or "follow the path" as north.

Understand "back/return/retreat/backward/backwards/b" as south.

Understand "go back" as south.

Instead of going east:

say "Around these parts, folks mostly go backwards or forwards."

Instead of going west:

say "You don't see anywhere to go except backwards and forwards.".

[using]

Understand "use [a closed openable thing]" as opening.

Understand "use [a open openable thing]" as closing.

Understand "use [a switched off device]" as switching on.

Understand "use [a switched on device]" as switching off.

Understand "use [an edible thing]" as eating.

[look out]

Understand "look out [something]" as examining.

[pushing and pressing (for buttons))]

Understand "push [a switched off device]" as switching on.

Understand "push [a switched on device]" as switching off.

[praying]

Praying is an action applying to nothing. Understand "pray" as praying.

Report praying: say "You decide to pray in the Tibetan Dzogchen style; you stare at the sky and think of 'The Great Perfection'. For one moment, you really feel the great perfection of the moment, of the universe, but then you realize you felt it and it's over. Still, you feel calmed.".

[singing]

Singing is an action applying to nothing. Understand "sing" as singing.

Report singing: say "I'm not sure what you like to sing in a private moment. Maybe it's Beyoncé, maybe it's a little Sinatra, maybe it's Neutral Milk Hotel, and maybe it's the worms song. You sing it, whatever it is, and you feel slightly better.".

[smelling]

Report smelling: say "Then again, you don't have the best sense of smell. Maybe if you smell specific things it will be easier to discern a smell.".

[help/info/hint/hints]

Displaying the help text is an action out of world. Understand "help" as displaying the help text. Understand "info" as displaying the help text. Understand "hint" as displaying the help text. Understand "hints" as displaying the help text. Carry out displaying the help text: say "[helptext]". To say helptext: say "The Land of Breakfast and Lunch is a little place for you to walk around in and look at every little detail. There are a couple of little tricky things you can accomplish, but there's really no point other than to look at everything and smell everything and laugh at my dumb little jokes. Sometimes people don't notice the toy box in The Land of Unrealized Possiblities. Sometimes people don't realize you can 'open hatch' and 'enter rocket' when you're near the 1950[apostrophe]s rocket. Yes, there's one little puzzle and it involves the jack-in-the-box, but don't get too concerned about it. If you need any other help you can just email me at danieltalsky@gmail.com. I'm happy to help.".

[about]

Displaying the about text is an action out of world. Understand "about" as displaying the about text. Carry out displaying the about text: say "[abouttext]". To say abouttext: say "You're playing The Land of Breakfast and Lunch, a kind of game or a fictional miniverse where you can walk around and waste your time. There is not a lot of point to it, so just look around and poke around and enjoy yourself, if you like that kind of thing.[paragraph break]There's only one puzzle and you won't miss much if you don't solve it. [paragraph break]All versions of The Land of Breakfast and Lunch are released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 license. In summary, you may freely distribute, perform, or create derivative works, but not for commercial purposes without permission from the author. More information is available at http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/us/.".

[credits]

Displaying the credit text is an action out of world. Understand "credits" as displaying the credit text. Carry out displaying the credit text: say "[credittext]". To say credittext: say "The Land of Breakfast and Lunch was written by Daniel Talsky and is a [bracket][bracket]Rabbit,Rabbit[close bracket][close bracket] production.[line break]http://rabbitrabbit.city[paragraph break]Inspiration and 3-D modeled cover art by Hypothesis Archer[line break]http://reptilemind.com[paragraph break]The game's generous and thorough beta testers include:[paragraph break]- Jason 'Always Be Testing' Dockins[line break]- Mike 'The Pious' Tarbert[line break]- Caleb 'No Stone Unturned' Wilson[line break]- Josh Grams[line break]- Matthew George[line break]- Michael 'Space Swimmer' Baltes[line break]- Daniël Worm[line break]- Nick Gauthier[paragraph break]Special thanks to Mike 'The Lord is His Shepherd' Tarbert for extensive testing PLUS actual code help.[paragraph break]Last, but not least, I'd like to thank you, the player, personally. You could be watching Better Call Saul or reading Fyodor Dostoevsky or playing pinball. Instead, you're taking the time to explore something I made and I really appreciate it. I had fun making this, but most of the fun was imagining you doing what you're doing right now. Reading the credits. No, I mean playing the game.".

[Nicer default description of things with no description.]

The description of a thing is usually "You look at [the noun] very closely indeed, and to be completely honest, it looks about how you'd expect. You think for a moment that there might be something slightly special about it but then, upon looking just a little closer, you see that there isn't."

[talking/whistling]

Understand "talk to [someone]" as a mistake ("To start a conversation, try to ASK [the noun] ABOUT something or TELL [the noun] ABOUT something.").

[asking and telling about visible things]

Understand "ask [someone] about [something]" as thing-asking it about. thing-asking it about is an action applying to two visible things.

Understand "tell [someone] about [something]" as thing-telling it about. thing-telling it about is an action applying to two visible things.

[throwing (to puppies and otherwise)]

Understand the command "throw" as something new.

Throwing is an action applying to one visible thing.

Understand "throw [something]" as throwing.

Carry out throwing when the player has the noun:

silently try dropping the noun.

Instead of throwing when the player does not have the noun:

say "Just like your grandma used to say: you have to be holding [the noun] before you can throw [the noun].".

Report throwing:

say "You give [the noun] a little toss and it lands on the ground harmlessly a few feet away.".

A thing can be puppy-throwable. A thing is usually not puppy-throwable.

[sleeping / whistling / jumping / kicking / waiting / xyzzying / empty inventory]

Instead of sleeping: say "You don't feel even the tendrils of sleepiness. You could lie down, but it sounds pretty boring."

Instead of waking up: say "You are already quite alert."

Understand "whistle" as a mistake ("You try putting both fingers in your mouth, and letting out a sharp whistle, but you end up just spitting all over your fingers.").

Instead of jumping: say "Ok, this is weird, but for some reason, jumping doesn[apostrophe]t appear to work here. You bend your knees and then shove away from the earth with a snap like you're used to, but your feet don't leave the ground. It's a little disconcerting, sure, but it doesn't really change your life."

Understand "kick [something]" as attacking.

Instead of waiting: say "You stop doing anything for exactly [a random number from 12 to 234] seconds. Nothing seems to have changed in that time."

[plugged]

A thing can be plugged or unplugged. A thing is usually unplugged.

A thing can be pluggable or unpluggable. A thing is usually unpluggable.

Plugging into is an action applying to two things.

Unplugging is an action applying to one thing.

Understand "plug [a visible thing] into [a visible thing]" as plugging into.

Understand "unplug [a visible thing]" as unplugging.

Check plugging into:

if the noun is unpluggable:

say "You can only plug in things that have a power cord, and [the noun] doesn't." instead;

otherwise:

say "[The second noun] wasn't made to have anything plugged into it.".

Check unplugging:

if the noun is unpluggable:

say "You can only plug in and unplug things that have a power cord." instead;

otherwise if the noun is unplugged:

say "[The noun] is already unplugged." instead.

Carry out unplugging:

now the noun is unplugged;

say "You unplug [the noun].".

Xyzzying is an action out of world applying to nothing. Understand "xyzzy" as xyzzying. Carry out xyzzying: say "You feel the temperature shift briefly a little warmer, and then back to normal. The air shimmers for a moment. The very fabric of the universe quivers in anticipation. Nothing actually changes, though."

The print empty inventory rule response (A) is "You examine what you'd normally use to carry things, all the way from fingertip to elbow. As you suspected, nothing is contained there. You briefly check for pockets or some kind of fanny pack. There isn't anything like that. You are forced to conclude that you have no possessions."