I'm sure this is great but I just didn't get it! I've never played a text adventure before that I can remember. I tried typing in some things similar / the same as what what the guard said to me and it just told me "blah blah blah" and something about drivel. There's a great idea in here - I know it, but I just couldn't figure out how to get it to work for me. Maybe a future version could have more explicit instructions?
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Thx for trying it out.
Text adventures are hard and extremely limited. The player input has to follow a specific format. Initially in the game it's [verb] [noun]. Once you initiate a flyte battle (aka FLYTE GUARD or FLYTE BARTENDER) then the format switches to: [noun] [verb] [adjective(optional)] [insult] (aka MOTHER SMELLS STINKY GOBLIN, which the game will return as "Thy mother smelleth like a refulgent goblin!").
I tried my best to put in enough prompts in the game so this would be intuitive for players. But again, especially for those not familiar with the genre, it can be very confusing to play until you get the format down.
Hope this helps.