Post by Garry Francis in My entry: The Solstice Sovereigns of the North

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On the first point, I haven't played the game, so I don't know the context, but I think it should be either:

"If you don't do what they want by tomorrow, each night of the year will become the longest night of the year."

"If you don't do what they won't do themselves by tomorrow, each night of the year will become the longest night of the year."

On the second point, there are various ways to handle this. For example, see the tin box in 'Seeker of Magic' for the simple approach. This is similar to what you are trying to achieve. (You will see some more sophisticated containers in 'Santa's Trainee Elf' once it's published.) Chris' point was that you should be able to close the trunk and update the graphic. For examples of this, see the various doors in 'The Witch's Apprentice'.

Natrium7294 years ago

The second sentence is what I mean. I’ll see how it goes in context. Thanks!

Chris’ point was that you should be able to close the trunk and update the graphic.

Yes, but as I said, I create a object when the trunk is opened, and if the player don’t take it and close the trunk, I’ll have to destroy the object I created when the trunk was opened (and recreate it when it’s opened again). And since players are players, one of them will assume that if you can freely close and open the trunk, you can also have other logical interactions, such as putting things inside, and so on.

However, if I say “You don’t need to close the trunk”, then I signal that the player is done with the trunk and can move to something else. It saves me some trouble. (Really, I don’t think now is the time to mess with containers.)

I agree it would be better if you could close the trunk and the graphic was updated (and that’s what I would’ve done with Inform), but I’ll just let it be.

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