-! Robot Finds Kitten
+! robotfindskitten
! A Zen Simulation
-! Release 1 / Serial number 021123 / Inform v6.21
+! Release 7 / Serial number 040523 / Inform v6.21
!
! [-] |\_/| http://www.robotfindskitten.org
-! (+)={ |o o|__ Leonard Richardson (C) 1997, 2000
+! (+)=C |o o|__ Leonard Richardson (C) 1997, 2000
! | | --*--__\ David Griffith (C) 2002 (Inform Edition)
-! OOO C_C(___)
+! OOO C_C(____)
!
!
! This Zen simulation is based on the C version v1600003.248b
! Written originally for the Nerth Pork robotfindskitten contest.
! Reimplemented in Inform by David Griffith (C) 2002.
!
-! Lots more information on Robot Finds Kitten is available at
+! Lots more information on robotfindskitten is available at
! http://www.robotfindskitten.org.
!
!
! task is complicated by the existance of various things which are not
! kitten. Robot must touch items to determine if they are Kitten or
! not. Move Robot with the cursor keys, the numeric keypad, or
-! using the vi/rogue movement keys. The game ends when Robot finds
-! Kitten. Alternatively, you may end the game by hitting the Esc or Q
-! keys.
+! using the vi/rogue movement keys. The game ends when robotfindskitten.
+! Alternatively, you may end the game by hitting the Esc or Q keys.
!
-! Developed with Inform 6.21 as installed from NetBSD's pkgsrc tree.
+! Developed with Inform 6.21.4 as installed from NetBSD's pkgsrc tree
+! and Frotz 2.42.
+!
!
! Compile it with:
! inform "-~S" kitten.inf <-- Assuming Unix
+! ^
+! |
+! Gets rid of debugging code which doesn't really do
+! this sort of program any good in the first place.
!
! Notes:
-! 1) More than half of the code is taken up by non-kitten
-! messages. When I compiled the code with just five messages and
-! no debugging code, the resulting binary was only 9728 bytes.
-! With all 280+ messages, it's 20992 bytes.
+! 1) More than half of the code is taken up by non kitten items
+! (NKIs). When I compiled the code with just five messages and
+! no debugging code, the resulting binary was less than 10k bytes.
!
! 2) If it wasn't already abundantly obvious, this program won't
! compile to Glulx because of copious use of Z-machine assembly
! instructions.
-!
-!
-! Still to do:
-!
-! Implement colors (is it really necessary?)
-!
-! Is there some way I can hide the cursor completely?
-! I want to do this and manually set Robot to be in reverse type rather
-! than relying on the cursor to look like that. Ahah! "@set_cursor -1
-! turns the cursor off, "@set_cursor -2" turns it back on. Hmm. This
-! doesn't seem to work.
-!
-! It seems every now and then the kitten doesn't gets placed somewhere
-! where the robot can't get to it. Under a non-kitten?
-!
-! already_seen_msg in get_random_msg() still doesn't work correctly!
-! Probably the already_seen_xy() thing doesn't work either.
-
+!
+! 3) Compiling for V5 or higher is required due to "style" calls.
+! Is there a reason why someone would want to compile this for V4
+! or previous?
!Switches xv5s;
-Switches v5;
+Switches v5d2;
-! Maxmimum possible number of non-kitten items on the playfield at once.
-!
-Constant Nonkitten_Max 256;
-
-Constant Nonkitten_Default 20;
! Number of messages
+! This must be updated when adding new messages.
!
-Constant MESSAGE_NUM 283;
+Constant MESSAGE_NUM 800;
+Constant Nonkitten_Default 20;
-Release 1;
-!Serial "021129";
-
+! Maxmimum possible number of non-kitten items on the playfield at once.
+! For whatever reason, this cannot be set dynamically.
+!
+Constant Nonkitten_Max 589;
-! Not currently implemented
-! Global palm_mode = false;
+Release 7;
+Serial "040523"; ! Presumed release date
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
-Constant Story "Robot Finds Kitten";
+Constant Story "robotfindskitten";
+
Constant Headline "^A Zen Simulation^";
-Constant Anim_Meet 10;
-Global Height = 0;
+Constant Anim_Meet 10; ! Number of spaces from the left where
+ ! Robot and Kitten meet during animation.
+
+Global Height = 0; ! These are set at runtime.
Global Width = 0;
-Global Color = false;
+Global Back_def = 2; ! Black.
+Global Fore_def = 9; ! White.
-Global TopBar = 5;
+Global TopBar = 5; ! Lines from the top.
-Global player_x = 0;
-Global player_y = 0;
+Global player_x = 0; ! Keeping track of where the player was
+Global player_y = 0; ! 1 move ago allows us to keep the
+Global player_x_last = 0; ! player from walking through obstacles.
+Global player_y_last = 0;
Global kitten_x = 0;
Global kitten_y = 0;
Global kitten_char = 0;
-!Global kitten_color = 0;
+Global kitten_color = 0;
-Global last_message = "";
+Global last_message = ""; ! Always show the last-encountered message.
Global nonkitten_count = Nonkitten_Default;
Array nonkitten_x --> Nonkitten_Max;
Array nonkitten_y --> Nonkitten_Max;
+Array nonkitten_color --> Nonkitten_Max;
Array nonkitten_char --> Nonkitten_Max;
Array nonkitten_msg --> Nonkitten_Max;
-!Array nonkitten_color --> Nonkitten_Max;
Global already_msg_count = 0;
Global already_count = 0;
Array already_y --> Nonkitten_Max + 2;
Array already_msg --> Nonkitten_Max;
+! If a key is held down while the found_kitten animation is playing,
+! (0-->1) & $03ff gets corrupted. Seems like it might be a bug
+! somewhere in Unix Frotz.
+!
+Global Real_Release = 0;
[ Main key;
- if ((1->0)&1 == 0)
- Color = true;
- else
- Color = false;
+
+ @set_colour Fore_def Back_def;
+
+ if (MESSAGE_NUM < Nonkitten_Max) {
+ nonkitten_count = MESSAGE_NUM;
+ } else {
+ nonkitten_count = Nonkitten_Default;
+ }
+
+ Real_Release = (0-->1)&$03ff;
+
+ Width = $22-->0;
+ Height = $24-->0;
main_menu();
while (true) {
key = getkey();
switch (key) {
'F': already_count = 0;
+ init_nonkittens();
init_kitten();
init_robot();
- init_nonkittens();
while (findkitten())
;
- 'D': nonkitten_count = set_nonkitten_count();
+ 'D': set_nonkitten_count();
'I': print_instructions();
'A': print_about();
'T': print_thoughts();
+! 'P': print_all_nki(); ! See print_all_nki() below.
}
- if (key == 'Q' || key == $1b)
+ if (key == 'Q' || key == $1b) ! $1b == ESC
break;
main_menu();
}
quit;
];
-
-[ main_menu;
- Width = $22-->0;
- Height = $24-->0;
+
+[ main_menu psycho;
+
+ ! There's a 1:50 chance that the kitten in the title screen
+ ! will have a "psycho" appearance.
+ !
+ psycho = random(50);
+ if (psycho == 1)
+ psycho = true;
+ else
+ psycho = false;
@erase_window $ffff;
@split_window 11;
draw_horiz(TopBar);
draw_big_robot(3, 7);
- draw_big_kitten(15, 7);
+ if (psycho)
+ draw_big_kitten_psycho(14, 7);
+ else
+ draw_big_kitten(15, 7);
@set_cursor 7 30;
- print "robotfindskitten";
- @set_cursor 8 30;
print "http://www.robotfindskitten.org";
- @set_cursor 9 30;
+ @set_cursor 8 30;
print "Leonard Richardson (C) 1997, 2000";
- @set_cursor 10 30;
+ @set_cursor 9 30;
print "David Griffith (C) 2002 (Inform Edition)";
+ @set_cursor 10 30;
+ print " ", MESSAGE_NUM, " different nonkittens!";
@set_window 0;
- print " F) Find Kitten^";
- print " D) Difficulty (", nonkitten_count, ")^";
- print " I) Instructions^";
- print " T) Thoughts^";
- print " A) About^";
- print " Q) Quit^";
- print "^> ";
+ print " F) Find Kitten^",
+ " D) Difficulty (", nonkitten_count, ")^",
+ " I) Instructions^",
+ " T) Thoughts^",
+ " A) About^",
+ " Q) Quit^",
+ "^> ";
];
+! Copied from module/verblibm.h of the Inform 6.21.3 standard library.
+!
[ Banner i;
if (Story ~= 0) {
-#IFV5;
style bold;
-#ENDIF;
print (string) Story;
-#IFV5;
style roman;
-#ENDIF;
}
if (Headline ~= 0) {
print (string) Headline;
}
- print "Release ", (0-->1) & $03ff, " / Serial number ";
+ print "Release ", Real_Release, " / Serial number ";
for (i=18:i<24:i++) print (char) 0->i;
print " / Inform v"; inversion; print " ";
#ifdef STRICT_MODE;
new_line;
];
+
Constant INBUFSIZE 80;
Array inbuf -> INBUFSIZE;
-[ set_nonkitten_count inbufvar ix cx len val;
+
+[ set_nonkitten_count maxnum val;
while (true) {
@erase_window $ffff;
draw_horiz(TopBar);
@set_window 0;
+ if (MESSAGE_NUM < Nonkitten_Max) {
+ maxnum = MESSAGE_NUM;
+ } else {
+ maxnum = Nonkitten_Max;
+ }
+
print "^Please enter the number of nonkittens you
- wish to search through.^(1 to 255 only)^^> ";
+ wish to search through.^(1 to ", maxnum, " only)^^> ";
+
+ while (true) {
+ val = get_number(1, maxnum, nonkitten_count);
+ if (val == -1) {
+ break;
+ } else {
+ nonkitten_count = val;
+ return;
+ }
+ }
+ }
+];
+
+[ get_number min max init inbufvar ix cx len val;
+
+ while (true) {
inbuf->0 = (INBUFSIZE-3);
inbuf->1 = 0;
inbufvar = inbuf;
if (cx < len && inbuf->(2+cx) == '.')
break;
+ ! If user just hits return, use what we have already.
+ if (len == 0)
+ return init;
if (cx == len || inbuf->(2+cx) < '0' || inbuf->(2+cx) > '9') {
- continue;
+ print "Please enter a value from ", min, " to ", max,
+ ", or Enter by itself to exit.^
+ [Press any key to continue.] ";
+ getkey();
+ return -1;
}
-
val = 0;
while (cx < len && inbuf->(2+cx) >= '0' && inbuf->(2+cx) <= '9') {
val = val * 10 + (inbuf->(2+cx) - '0');
cx++;
}
-
- if (val < 1 || val > Nonkitten_Max) {
- print "Please enter a value from 1 to ",
- Nonkitten_Max, ", or Enter by itself to exit.^";
- continue;
+ if (val < min || val > max) {
+ print "Please enter a value from ", min, " to ", max,
+ ", or Enter by itself to exit.^
+ [Press any key to continue.] ";
+ getkey();
+ return -1;
} else break;
}
return val;
];
+
[ print_about;
+
@erase_window $ffff;
@split_window TopBar;
@set_window 1;
Written originally for the Nerth Pork robotfindskitten contest.^
Reimplemented in Inform by David Griffith (C) 2002.^
^
-Lots more information on Robot Finds Kitten is available at
+This code is freely redistributable. Do with it what you will, but
+don't go about claiming you wrote it. I, David Griffith, retain
+copyright on this program except for the NKIs imported from the master
+(aka POSIX) port.^
+^
+Lots more information on robotfindskitten is available at
http://www.robotfindskitten.org.^
^
-Known bugs:^
+To submit new NKI's, please go to the above URL.^
^
-1) In get_random_msg(), already_seen_msg isn't being checked correctly
-leading to occasional duplicate messages. It looks like it should work.
-Not sure why not.^
^
-2) already_seen_xy() probably has problems similar to item 1 above which
-might explain why the kitten occasionally gets placed somewhere where
-the robot can't get to it.
+Release History:^
^
-3) Under Windows Frotz, the Robot appears as a solid block. This is a
-bug in Windows Frotz which incorrectly makes the cursor opaque.^
+Release 1 / Serial number 0211xx to 021214 or so^
+Initial private release. Limited distribution for beta testing and
+debugging purposes.^
^
-4) Under Windows Frotz, an annoying [MORE] prompt appears when the game
-is started. This is another bug in Windows Frotz which believes
-Windows' suggestion to use 20 lines rather than 24 or 25.^
+Release 2 / Serial Number 021216^
+First public release.^
^
+Release 3 / Serial Number 021221^
+Bugfix release.^
+- Movement keys 'J' and 'K' were swapped by mistake. Fixed.^
+- Special PalmOS movement key support added.^
+- More NKIs added (401 total).^
^
-[Press any key to continue.] ";
-
+Release 4 / Serial Number 030131^
+Light overhaul release.^
+- Now an official port of robotfindskitten.^
+- Typos in NKIs fixed.^
+- Fixed diagonal collision-detection strangeness.^
+- Added color support.^
+- Added an easter egg. Can you find it?^
+- Removed PalmOS movement key support (superfluous and ugly).^
+- Removed playfield resizing code (superfluous and ugly).^
+- It's ~robotfindskitten~, not ~Robot Finds Kitten~.^
+- Merged in new NKIs from the new POSIX release of robotfindskitten.^
+- More NKIs added (561 total).^
+^
+Release 5 / Serial Number 030524^
+Even more NKIs release.^
+- Idiotic typos fixed.^
+- More NKIs added (602 total).^
+^
+Release 6 / Serial Number 031116^
+Challenge release.^
+- More NKIs added (764 total).^
+- Increased maximum difficulty to 589.^
+- Lots more comments in the source code.^
+- Assorted cleanups in the source code.^
+^
+Release 7 / Serial Number 040523^
+Grammatically correct release.^
+- Grammar corrections from the POSIX port added.^
+- More NKIs added (800 total).^
+^
+^
+Known Bugs:^
+^
+1) I still don't know why already_seen_xy() occasionally causes Robot to
+get placed on top of another object when a game is started. Fortunately
+this seems to happen only very rarely and typically only if the
+difficulty is set to more than 200. This bug also seems to very
+occasionally put Kitten underneath an NKI.^
+^
+2) Under earlier versions of Windows Frotz, Robot used to appear as a
+solid block. This was because of a bug in Windows Frotz which
+incorrectly makes the cursor opaque. The cursor is now moved off to
+the upper-right corner so that the game looks okay on terminals that use
+something other than reverse for the cursor. I still can't figure out
+how to make Inform hide the cursor completely. At least on xterm and
+NetBSD's console, @@64set_cursor -1 doesn't work.^
+^
+3) Under Windows Frotz, an annoying [MORE] prompt might appear at the
+main menu. This is another bug in Windows Frotz which causes the
+interpreter to follow Windows' suggestion that something less than 24 or
+25 lines is okay.^
+^
+[Press any key to continue.] ";
getkey();
];
Banner();
draw_horiz(TopBar);
@set_window 0;
-
print "^
-In this game, you are Robot (#). Your job is to find Kitten. This task
-is complicated by the existance of various things which are not
-kitten. Robot must touch items to determine if they are Kitten or
-not. Move Robot with the cursor keys, the numeric keypad, or using the
-vi/rogue movement keys. The game ends when Robot finds
-Kitten. Alternatively, you may end the game by hitting the Esc or Q
-keys.^^
-[Press any key to continue.] ";
-
+In this game, you are Robot ( ";
+style reverse; print "#"; style roman;
+print " ). Your job is to find Kitten. This task is complicated by the
+existance of various things which are not Kitten. Robot must touch
+items to determine if they are Kitten or not. Move Robot with the
+cursor keys, the numeric keypad (make sure numlock is on), or using the
+vi/rogue/nethack movement keys. The game ends when robotfindskitten.
+Alternatively, you may end the game by hitting the Esc or Q keys.^
+^
+[Press any key to continue.] ";
getkey();
];
[ print_thoughts;
+
@erase_window $ffff;
@split_window TopBar;
@set_window 1;
Banner();
draw_horiz(TopBar);
@set_window 0;
-
print "^
A Final Thought.^
^
Day and night I feverishly worked upon the machine, creating both a soul
-which could desire its goal, and a body with which it could realize it.
-Many who saw my creation called it an abomination, and denied me grant
-money. But they could not dissuade me from my impossible task. It was a
-spectre that tormented me always, a ghost I had to give a form and a
-life, lest it consume me from the inside. And when at last my task was
-done, when the grey box on wheels was complete and when it, as well as
-I, knew what had to be done, I felt deep sympathy for the machine. For I
-had not destroyed the phantom, but merely exorcized it into another
-body. The robot knew not why this task had to be performed, for I could
-not imbue it with knowledge I did not myself posess. And at the same
-time, I felt a sweeping sense of relief sweep over me, that somehow, the
-dream that had driven me for my entire life had come one step closer to
-fruition.^
+which could desire its goal, and a body with which it could realize
+it. Many who saw my creation called it an abomination, and denied me
+grant money. But they could not dissuade me from my impossible
+task. It was a spectre that tormented me always, a ghost I had to give
+a form and a life, lest it consume me from the inside. And when at last
+my task was done, when the grey box on wheels was complete and when it,
+as well as I, knew what had to be done, I felt deep sympathy for the
+machine. For I had not destroyed the phantom, but merely exorcized it
+into another body. The robot knew not why this task had to be
+performed, for I could not imbue it with knowledge I did not myself
+posess. And at the same time, I felt a sweeping sense of relief sweep
+over me, that somehow, the dream that had driven me for my entire life
+had come one step closer to fruition.^
^
~Gort, Klaatu Verada Nikto~^
^
As I vocally activated the robot, I realized that it was following my
-instructions, but not out of any desire to obey me. Had I remained
-silent, it would have performed exactly the same operations. We were two
-beings controlled by the same force now. And yet, seeking vainly to hold
-some illusion of control over the machine I thought I had created, I
-gave my final command.^
+instructions, but not out of any desire to obey me. Had I remained
+silent, it would have performed exactly the same operations. We were
+two beings controlled by the same force now. And yet, seeking vainly to
+hold some illusion of control over the machine I thought I had created,
+I gave my final command.^
^
~GO!~ I told the box as it began to roll out of my workshop into the
frozen desert beyond. ~FIND KITTEN!~^
^
--- The Book of Found Kittens, pages 43-4, author unknown.^^
-
-
-[Press any key to continue.] ";
-
+-- The Book of Found Kittens, pages 43-4, author unknown.^
+^
+[Press any key to continue.] ";
getkey();
];
+
[ draw_big_robot x y;
+
if (x == 0)
x = 1;
if (y == 0)
y = 1;
@set_cursor y x;
- print "[-]";
+ @set_colour 6 Back_def;
+ print "[";
+ @set_colour 4 Back_def;
+ print "-";
+ @set_colour 6 Back_def;
+ print "]";
+
y = y+1;
@set_cursor y x;
- print "(+)=C";
+ @set_colour 6 Back_def;
+ print "(";
+ @set_colour 3 Back_def;
+ print "+";
+ @set_colour 6 Back_def;
+ print ")";
+ @set_colour 8 Back_def;
+ print "=C";
y = y+1;
@set_cursor y x;
- print "| |";
+ @set_colour 6 Back_def;
+ print "| |";
y = y+1;
@set_cursor y x;
+ @set_colour 8 Back_def;
print "OOO";
+
+ @set_colour Fore_def Back_def;
];
+
[ draw_big_kitten x y;
+
if (x == 0)
x = 1;
if (y == 0)
y = 1;
@set_cursor y x;
+
+ @set_colour 5 Back_def;
print "|", (char) 92, "_/|";
y++;
@set_cursor y x;
- print "|o o|__";
+ print "|";
+ @set_colour 4 Back_def;
+ print "o o";
+ @set_colour 5 Back_def;
+ print "|__";
y++;
@set_cursor y x;
- print "--*--__", (char) 92;
+ @set_colour 9 Back_def;
+ print "--";
+ @set_colour 3 Back_def;
+ print "*";
+ @set_colour 9 Back_def;
+ print "--";
+ @set_colour 5 Back_def;
+ print "__", (char) 92;
y++;
@set_cursor y x;
- print "C_C(___)";
+ print "C_C(____)";
+
+ @set_colour Fore_def Back_def;
+];
+
+
+[ draw_big_kitten_psycho x y;
+
+ if (x == 0)
+ x = 1;
+ if (y == 0)
+ y = 1;
+ @set_cursor y x;
+
+ @set_colour 5 Back_def;
+ print " |", (char) 92, "_/|";
+ y++;
+ @set_cursor y x;
+ @set_colour 4 Back_def;
+ print "(|) (|)";
+ @set_colour 5 Back_def;
+ print "_";
+ y++;
+ @set_cursor y x;
+ @set_colour 9 Back_def;
+ print " --";
+ @set_colour 3 Back_def;
+ print "O";
+ @set_colour 9 Back_def;
+ print "--";
+ @set_colour 5 Back_def;
+ print "__", (char) 92;
+ y++;
+ @set_cursor y x;
+ print " 3_3(____)";
+
+ @set_colour Fore_def Back_def;
];
-[ findkitten key i kitten_found;
+! Something gets messed up if I make this local to findkitten()
+! When going right or left, then up or down to hit the Kitten, the
+! animation gets reversed.
+!
+Global last_right = false;
+
+[ findkitten key i;
+
@erase_window $ffff;
@split_window TopBar;
@set_window 1;
@set_cursor 1 1;
- kitten_found = false;
-
Banner();
print (string) last_message;
draw_horiz(TopBar);
- draw_object(kitten_x, kitten_y, kitten_char);
+ draw_object(kitten_x, kitten_y, kitten_char, kitten_color);
draw_nonkittens();
- draw_object(player_x, player_y, '#');
- @set_cursor player_y player_x;
+ style reverse;
+ draw_object(player_x, player_y, '#');
+ style roman;
+ @set_cursor 1 Width;
+ ! Get movement key
+ !
key = getkey();
+
+ ! Move Robot
+ !
+ player_x_last = player_x;
+ player_y_last = player_y;
switch (key) {
'Q', $1b: rfalse; ! exit game ($1b == Esc)
- '8', 'J', 129: player_y--; ! up
- '2', 'K', 130: player_y++; ! down
+ '8', 'K', 129: player_y--; ! up
+ '2', 'J', 130: player_y++; ! down
'4', 'H', 131: player_x--; ! left
+ last_right = false;
'6', 'L', 132: player_x++; ! right
+ last_right = true;
+
'7', 'Y': player_y--; player_x--; ! up-left
+ last_right = false;
'9', 'U': player_y--; player_x++; ! up-right
+ last_right = true;
'1', 'B': player_y++; player_x--; ! down-left
+ last_right = false;
'3', 'N': player_y++; player_x++; ! down-right
+ last_right = true;
}
- if (player_y <= TopBar+1)
- player_y = TopBar + 1;
- if (player_y > Height)
- player_y = Height;
- if (player_x < 1)
- player_x = 1;
- if (player_x > Width)
- player_x = Width;
-
- ! detect and handle collisions
+
+ ! Keep Robot from falling off edges of playfield.
+ !
+ if (player_y == TopBar || player_y > Height) {
+ player_y = player_y_last;
+ }
+ if (player_x < 1 || player_x > Width) {
+ player_x = player_x_last;
+ }
+
+ ! Detect and handle collisions.
!
if (player_x == kitten_x && player_y == kitten_y) {
- found_kitten(key);
+ animate_kitten(key, last_right);
getkey();
rfalse;
}
for (i = 0: i < nonkitten_count: i++) {
- if (player_x == nonkitten_x --> i
- && player_y == nonkitten_y --> i) {
+ if (player_x == nonkitten_x-->i
+ && player_y == nonkitten_y-->i) {
@set_cursor 1 1;
- last_message = lookup_msg(nonkitten_msg --> i);
-
- ! prevent Robot from walking through the object.
- switch (key) {
- '8', 'J', 129: player_y++;
- '2', 'K', 130: player_y--;
- '4', 'H', 131: player_x++;
- '6', 'L', 132: player_x--;
- '7', 'Y': player_y++; player_x++;
- '9', 'U': player_y++; player_x--;
- '1', 'B': player_y--; player_x++;
- '3', 'N': player_y--; player_x--;
- }
+ last_message = lookup_msg(nonkitten_msg-->i);
+ player_x = player_x_last;
+ player_y = player_y_last;
}
}
rtrue;
];
-[ found_kitten key i j junk go_right robot_x anim_finished;
-
- go_right = false;
- anim_finished = false;
+[ animate_kitten key my_last_right i j junk robot_x anim_finished;
switch (key) {
'8', 'J', 129: player_y++;
- '2', 'K', 130: player_y--; go_right = true;
- '4', 'H', 131: player_x++;
- '6', 'L', 132: player_x--; go_right = true;
+ '2', 'K', 130: player_y--;
+ '4', 'H', 131: player_x++;
+ '6', 'L', 132: player_x--;
'7', 'Y': player_y++; player_x++;
- '9', 'U': player_y++; player_x--; go_right = true;
+ '9', 'U': player_y++; player_x--;
'1', 'B': player_y--; player_x++;
- '3', 'N': player_y--; player_x--; go_right = true;
- default: go_right = true;
+ '3', 'N': player_y--; player_x--;
}
+ anim_finished = false;
for (i = 4: i >= 0: i--) {
@erase_window $ffff;
@split_window TopBar;
draw_horiz(TopBar);
if (i > 0) {
- if (go_right) {
+ if (my_last_right) {
robot_x = Anim_Meet - i;
+ style reverse;
draw_object(robot_x, TopBar - 1, '#');
- draw_object(Anim_Meet - 1 + i, TopBar - 1, kitten_char);
+ style roman;
+ draw_object(Anim_Meet - 1 + i, TopBar - 1,
+ kitten_char, kitten_color);
} else {
robot_x = Anim_Meet - 1 + i;
+ style reverse;
draw_object(robot_x, TopBar - 1, '#');
- draw_object(Anim_Meet - i, TopBar - 1, kitten_char);
+ style roman;
+ draw_object(Anim_Meet - i, TopBar - 1,
+ kitten_char, kitten_color);
}
} else {
j = TopBar - 1;
anim_finished = true;
}
- draw_object(kitten_x, kitten_y, kitten_char);
+ draw_object(kitten_x, kitten_y, kitten_char, kitten_color);
+ style reverse;
draw_object(player_x, player_y, '#');
-
+ style roman;
draw_nonkittens();
if (anim_finished == false) {
j = TopBar - 1;
- @set_cursor j robot_x;
- @aread junk 0 10 pause junk;
+ @set_cursor 1 Width;
+ @aread junk 0 10 pause -> junk;
} else {
+ style reverse;
draw_object(player_x, player_y, '#');
- @set_cursor player_y player_x;
+ style roman;
+ @set_cursor 1 Width;
}
}
-
];
[ already_seen_xy x y i;
-
for (i = 0: i < already_count: i++) {
- if (already_x --> i == x && already_y --> i == y) {
- return false;
- }
+ if (already_x-->already_count == x &&
+ already_y-->already_count ==y) {
+ rtrue;
+ }
}
- already_x --> already_count = x;
- already_y --> already_count = y;
+ already_x-->already_count = x;
+ already_y-->already_count = y;
already_count++;
-
- if (already_count > nonkitten_count + 2) {
- print "Overflow in already_seen_xy()^";
- quit;
- }
-
- return true;
+ rfalse;
];
[ init_kitten;
kitten_x = get_random_x();
kitten_y = get_random_y();
-
- while (already_seen_xy(kitten_x, kitten_y) == false) {
+ kitten_color = get_random_color();
+ while (already_seen_xy(kitten_x, kitten_y) == true) {
kitten_x = get_random_x();
kitten_y = get_random_y();
}
[ init_robot;
player_x = get_random_x();
player_y = get_random_y();
-
- while (already_seen_xy(player_x, player_y) == false) {
+ while (already_seen_xy(player_x, player_y) == true) {
player_x = get_random_x();
player_y = get_random_y();
}
[ init_nonkittens i;
already_msg_count = 0;
last_message = "";
-
for (i = 0: i < nonkitten_count: i++) {
- nonkitten_x --> i = get_random_x();
- nonkitten_y --> i = get_random_y();
-
- while (already_seen_xy(nonkitten_x --> i, nonkitten_y --> i) == false) {
- nonkitten_x --> i = get_random_x();
- nonkitten_y --> i = get_random_y();
+ nonkitten_x-->i = get_random_x();
+ nonkitten_y-->i = get_random_y();
+ nonkitten_color-->i = get_random_color();
+ while (already_seen_xy(nonkitten_x-->i,
+ nonkitten_y-->i) == true) {
+ nonkitten_x-->i = get_random_x();
+ nonkitten_y-->i = get_random_y();
}
- nonkitten_char --> i = get_random_char();
- nonkitten_msg --> i = get_random_msg();
+ nonkitten_char-->i = get_random_char();
+ nonkitten_msg-->i = get_random_msg();
}
];
[ draw_nonkittens i;
for (i = 0: i < nonkitten_count: i++) {
- draw_object(nonkitten_x --> i,
- nonkitten_y --> i,
- nonkitten_char --> i);
+ draw_object(nonkitten_x-->i,
+ nonkitten_y-->i,
+ nonkitten_char-->i,
+ nonkitten_color-->i);
}
];
-[ draw_object x y c;
+[ draw_object x y character fore back;
@set_cursor y x;
- if (c)
- print (char) c;
+
+ if (fore == "")
+ fore = Back_def;
+ if (back == "")
+ back = Back_def;
+
+ @set_colour fore Back_def;
+ if (character)
+ print (char) character;
+
+ @set_colour Fore_def Back_def;
];
[ draw_horiz row i;
@set_cursor row 1;
-
for (i = 0 : i < Width : i++)
print (char) '-';
];
];
-![ get_random_color num;
-! num = random(7);
-! num = num + 2;
-! return num;
-!];
-
-
[ get_random_char num;
num = random(93);
num = num + 33;
-
- ! avoid choosing '#' for a random character.
- while (num == 35) {
+ while (num == 35) { ! avoid choosing '#'
num = random(93);
num = num + 33;
}
];
-[ get_random_msg num i found_dup;
- found_dup = false;
+[ get_random_msg num;
num = random(MESSAGE_NUM);
- for (i = 0: i < already_msg_count: i++) {
- while (already_msg --> i == num) {
- num = random(MESSAGE_NUM);
- found_dup = true;
- }
+ while (is_duplicate_msg(num) == true) {
+ num = random(MESSAGE_NUM);
}
+ return num;
+];
- if (found_dup) already_msg_count++;
- if (already_msg_count > nonkitten_count) {
- print "Overflow in get_random_msg()^";
- quit;
- }
+[ get_random_color num;
+ num = random(7) + 2;
+ ! 0 and 1 are default color and current color
+ ! and we want to avoid picking the default color explicitly
+ while (num == $2c-->0) {
+ num = random(7) + 2;
+ }
return num;
];
+[ is_duplicate_msg num i;
+ for (i = 0: i < already_msg_count: i++) {
+ if (already_msg-->i==num) {
+ rtrue;
+ }
+ }
+ already_msg-->already_msg_count = num;
+ already_msg_count++;
+ rfalse;
+];
+
+
[ get_random_x;
+ ! Maybe this will need to do something more in the future.
return random(Width);
];
-[ get_random_y num ok;
- ok = false;
- while (ok == false) {
+[ get_random_y num;
+ ! Make sure we don't draw in the status bar.
+ while (true) {
num = random(Height);
if (num > TopBar)
- ok = true;
+ return num;
}
- return num;
];
+! This function is mainly of use to members of the robotfindskitten
+! development team.
+!
+! When this function is uncommented and enabled in
+! the menu, this will cause a script file to be written which contains
+! all NKIs properly formatted.
+
+![ print_all_nki num mystring;
+! @output_stream 2; @output_stream -1;
+! for (num = 1: num <= MESSAGE_NUM: num++) {
+! mystring = lookup_msg(num);
+! print (string)lookup_msg(num), "^";
+! }
+! @output_stream -2; @output_stream 1;
+!];
+
+
+! To use '~' or '@' in NKIs, keep the following in mind:
+! @@126 == '~'
+! @@64 == '@'
+
[ lookup_msg num;
switch(num) {
1: return "~I pity the fool who mistakes me for kitten!~, sez Mr. T.";
18: return "It's Lucy Ricardo. ~Aaaah, Ricky!~, she says.";
19: return "You stumble upon Bill Gates' stand-up act.";
20: return "Just an autographed copy of the Kama Sutra.";
-21: return "It's the Will Rogers Highway. Who was Will Rogers, anyway?";
+21: return "It's the Will Rogers Highway. Who was Will Rogers, anyway?";
22: return "It's another robot, more advanced in design than you but strangely immobile.";
23: return "Leonard Richardson is here, asking people to lick him.";
24: return "It's a stupid mask, fashioned after a beagle.";
79: return "A toenail? What good is a toenail?";
80: return "You've found the fish! Not that it does you much good in this game.";
81: return "A Buttertonsils bar.";
-82: return "One of the few remaining discoes.";
+82: return "One of the few remaining discos.";
83: return "Ah, the uniform of a Revolutionary-era minuteman.";
84: return "A punch bowl, filled with punch and lemon slices.";
85: return "It's nothing but a G-thang, baby.";
90: return "It's a perpetual immobility machine.";
91: return "~On this spot in 1962, Henry Winkler was sick.~";
92: return "There's nothing here; it's just an optical illusion.";
-93: return "The World's Biggest Motzah Ball!";
+93: return "The World's Biggest Matzoh Ball!";
94: return "A tribe of cannibals lives here. They eat Malt-O-Meal for breakfast, you know.";
95: return "This appears to be a rather large stack of trashy romance novels.";
96: return "Look out! Exclamation points!";
-97: return "A herd of wild coffee mugs slumbers here.";
+97: return "A herd of wild coffee mugs slumber here.";
98: return "It's a limbo bar! How low can you go?";
99: return "It's the horizon. Now THAT'S weird.";
100: return "A vase full of artificial flowers is stuck to the floor here.";
155: return "This TRS-80 III is eerily silent.";
156: return "A toilet bowl occupies this space.";
157: return "This peg-leg is stuck in a knothole!";
-158: return "It's a solitary vaccuum tube.";
+158: return "It's a solitary vacuum tube.";
159: return "This corroded robot is clutching a mitten.";
160: return "~Hi, I'm Anson Williams, TV's 'Potsy'.~";
161: return "This subwoofer was blown out in 1974.";
168: return "A parrot, kipping on its back.";
169: return "A forgotten telephone switchboard.";
170: return "A forgotten telephone switchboard operator.";
-171: return "It's an automated robot-disdainer. It pretends you're not there.";
+171: return "It's an automated robot-disdainer. It pretends you're not there.";
172: return "It's a portable hole. A sign reads: ~Closed for the winter~.";
173: return "Just a moldy loaf of bread.";
174: return "A little glass tub of Carmex. ($.89) Too bad you have no lips.";
207: return "Vladimir Lenin's casket rests here.";
208: return "It's a copy of ~Zen and The Art of Robot Maintenance~.";
209: return "This invisible box contains a pantomime horse.";
-210: return "A mason jar lies here open. It's label reads: ~do not open!~.";
+210: return "A mason jar lies here open. Its label reads: ~do not open!~.";
211: return "A train of thought chugs through here.";
212: return "This jar of pickles expired in 1957.";
213: return "Someone's identity disk lies here.";
224: return "It's a Dvorak keyboard.";
225: return "It's a cardboard box full of 8-tracks.";
226: return "Just a broken hard drive containg the archives of Nerth Pork.";
-227: return "A broken metronome sits here, it's needle off to one side.";
+227: return "A broken metronome sits here, its needle off to one side.";
228: return "A sign reads: ~Go home!~";
229: return "A sign reads: ~No robots allowed!~";
230: return "It's the handheld robotfindskitten game, by Tiger.";
233: return "A wireframe model of a hot dog rotates in space here.";
234: return "Just the empty husk of a locust.";
235: return "You disturb a murder of crows.";
-236: return "It's a copy of the RobotFindsKitten EULA.";
+236: return "It's a copy of the robotfindskitten EULA.";
237: return "It's Death.";
238: return "It's an autographed copy of ~Secondary Colors~, by Bob Ross.";
239: return "It is a marzipan dreadnought that appears to have melted and stuck.";
246: return "A coupon for one free steak-fish at your local family diner.";
247: return "A set of keys to a 2001 Rolls Royce. Worthless.";
-! The following messages were added by David Griffith
+! The following Non Kitten Items were added by David Griffith
!
248: return "It's the Golden Banana of Discord!";
249: return "The Inform Designer's Manual (4th edition)";
251: return "It's Andrew Plotkin plotting something.";
252: return "A half-eaten cheese sandwich.";
253: return "Clang, clang, clang goes the tranny!";
-254: return "A family of integrals are here integrating.";
+254: return "A family of integrals is here integrating.";
255: return "A tuft of kitten fur, but no kitten.";
256: return "A bottle of oil! Refreshing!";
-257: return "A shameless plug for Frotz: http://www.cs.csubak.edu/~dgriffi/proj/frotz/";
+257: return "A shameless plug for Frotz: http://www.cs.csubak.edu/@@126dgriffi/proj/frotz/";
258: return "Clifford Stoll is here selling Klein bottles.";
259: return "You found the marble in the oatmeal!";
260: return "An empty Altoids tin.";
264: return "A discarded bagpipe chanter reed.";
265: return "Big Bird is here looking for Mr. Looper.";
266: return "It's a Linux install CD.";
-267: return "You found Puppy! Too bad this isn't ~Robot Finds Puppy~.";
+267: return "You found Puppy! Too bad this isn't ~robotfindspuppy~.";
268: return "Several meters of cat5 cable.";
269: return "A scrap of parchment bears the single word, ~meow~.";
270: return "A puddle of chocolate sauce.";
-271: return "Your robot pal Floyd is here and wants to play Hucka-Bucka-Beanstalk.";
+271: return "Your pal Floyd is here and wants to play Hucka-Bucka-Beanstalk.";
272: return "Someone is talking to Ralph on the big white phone here.";
273: return "'Twas brillig in the slivey-toves...";
274: return "Darth Vader is here looking for his Teddywookie.";
-275: return "A bassoon is hooting angrily at you.";
+275: return "A baboon with a bassoon hoots angrily at you.";
276: return "Catsup and Mustard all over the place! It's the Human Hamburger!";
277: return "Gibble, Gobble, we ACCEPT YOU ...";
278: return "A rancid corn dog.";
279: return "It's a tribute to fishnet stockings.";
-280: return "A jar of Vegemite is running down the hill here.";
+280: return "A jar of Vegemite is playing hopscotch here.";
281: return "Nipples, dimples, knuckles, NICKLES, wrinkles, pimples!!";
282: return "A bottle of hair tonic.";
283: return "A packet of catnip.";
+284: return "Here's Cal Worthington and his dog ~Spot~!";
+285: return "It's Uncle Doctor Hurkamur!";
+286: return "YEEEEEEEEEEEHAAAAAAAA!!!!!";
+287: return "Thunder, Thunder, Thunder, Thunder Cats!!!";
+288: return "An overturned bottle of ink and lots of kitten pawprints.";
+289: return "A flyer advertising a sale at Spatula City.";
+290: return "A 540Hz tuning fork.";
+291: return "A 3-inch floppy disk.";
+292: return "Seargent Duffy is here.";
+293: return "A ball of pocket fluff.";
+294: return "A 3-sided Monty Python record.";
+295: return "A Sanrio catalog.";
+296: return "A scratching-post.";
+297: return "Butane!!!";
+298: return "An ice cube.";
+299: return "Just a cage of white mice.";
+300: return "You've found Harvey, the Wonder Hamster!";
+301: return "A jar of dehydrated water.";
+302: return "Just some swamp gas.";
+303: return "A bowl of cherries.";
+304: return "Spoon!!!";
+305: return "A sign reads ~Don't step on the Mome Raths~.";
+306: return "Dirty socks.";
+307: return "~Dogbert's tech support, how may I abuse you?~";
+308: return "A radio hisses away. Kitten must have been here.";
+309: return "~Kilroy was here~";
+310: return "~Plexar was here~";
+311: return "~Kibo was here~";
+312: return "It's the cork to someone's lunch.";
+313: return "A piping-hot pizza. Useless.";
+314: return "Diogenes is here demanding whisky.";
+315: return "The Monolith of Spam towers above you.";
+316: return "~Meow meow meow meow...~ How discouraging! It's only a recording.";
+317: return "Marvin is complaining about the pain in the diodes down his left side.";
+318: return "Mr. Kamikaze and Mr. DNA are here drinking tea.";
+319: return "Rene Descarte is whistling a happy tune here.";
+320: return "Ooh, shiny!";
+321: return "It's a giant slorr!";
+322: return "A ketchup bottle (nearly empty).";
+323: return "A large pile of rubber bands.";
+324: return "A ton of feathers.";
+325: return "This nonkitten may contain peanuts.";
+326: return "A tree with some jelly nailed to it.";
+327: return "Ah, the skirl of the pipes and the rustle of the silicon...";
+328: return "You found Parakeet! Too bad this isn't ~robotfindsparakeet~.";
+329: return "A ball of yarn.";
+330: return "A big chunk of frozen chocolate pudding.";
+331: return "There is no tea here.";
+332: return "An automated robot-doubter. It doesn't believe in you.";
+333: return "A plastic model of Kitten.";
+334: return "It's Yorgle, the Yellow Dragon.";
+335: return "It's Grundle, the Green Dragon.";
+336: return "It's Rhindle, the Red Dragon.";
+337: return "An old pattern is here going on and on.";
+338: return "TV says donuts are high in fat.";
+339: return "It's a pool with a straw in it.";
+340: return "A singing frog. Useless.";
+341: return "It's a funky beat!";
+342: return "A tiny ceramic Kitten. It's probably not the Kitten you're looking for.";
+343: return "An oven mitt with kittens on it.";
+344: return "An empty coaxial cable spool.";
+345: return "Billions and billions of things that aren't Kitten.";
+346: return "Snarf?";
+347: return "Faboo!";
+348: return "99 bottles of beer are on a wall here.";
+349: return "Hydraulic fluid and jagged metal bits. You recoil from the scene of carnage.";
+350: return "A bobolink is twittering a happy tune here.";
+351: return "Biscuits.";
+352: return "A blank deposit slip.";
+353: return "What's that blue thing doing here?";
+354: return "A travel-sized cyclotron.";
+355: return "A largish bath towel.";
+356: return "You found Chinchilla! Too bad this isn't ~robotfindschinchilla~.";
+357: return "A meerkat... not even close.";
+358: return "A green yo-yo.";
+359: return "A hairless rat.";
+360: return "Bright copper kettles.";
+
+! The following Non Kitten Items were added by David Griffith for
+! Release 3
+!
+361: return "Ten yards of avocado-green shag carpet.";
+362: return "A zorkmid coin.";
+363: return "It's Babe Flathead's favorite bat.";
+364: return "It's cute like a kitten, but isn't a kitten.";
+365: return "A cyclops glowers angrily at you.";
+366: return "A discarded pop bottle.";
+367: return "Definitely not Kitten.";
+368: return "A mouse.";
+369: return "Slack!";
+370: return "A troll. Ewww!!!";
+371: return "A tube of white lithium grease. Perfect for your robotic joints.";
+372: return "Talcum powder.";
+373: return "A breadbox. Nope, Kitten isn't in the breadbox.";
+374: return "An unlicensed nuclear accelerator.";
+375: return "A sub-atomic particle languishes here all alone.";
+376: return "A bowling ball with the name ~Bob~ inscribed on it.";
+377: return "A briefcase filled with spy stuff.";
+378: return "Is that an elephant's head or a winged sandal?";
+379: return "Bibbidy bibbidy bibbidy bibbidy bibbidy bibbidy...";
+380: return "A tube of toothpaste. Too bad you have no teeth.";
+381: return "This isn't the item you're looking for.";
+382: return "A discarded refrigerator box. Nope, Kitten isn't in the box.";
+383: return "A paper shopping bag. Nope, Kitten isn't in the bag.";
+384: return "A flyer reads, ~Please donate hydraulic fluid~";
+385: return "A dangly thing mangled by Kitten.";
+386: return "A crouton.";
+387: return "A patch from the Mammoth Caves.";
+388: return "A leather pouch filled with multisided dice.";
+389: return "A pair of combat boots.";
+390: return "A pile of coconuts.";
+391: return "A big bass drum bearing a hole and suspicious clawmarks.";
+392: return "It's a clue!";
+393: return "Long lost needle nose pliers.";
+394: return "A vase of roses.";
+395: return "A crystal ball. It doesn't seem to know where Kitten is.";
+396: return "It's Princess Leia, the yodel of life.";
+397: return "Sigmund Freud is here asking about your mother.";
+398: return "BURRRRP!!!! Flavorful and full of protein!";
+399: return "A jar of library paste.";
+400: return "These aren't ordinary beans. They're magic beans!";
+401: return "Some sort of electronic handheld game from the 1970s.";
+
+! The following Non Kitten Items were added by David Griffith for
+! Release 4
+!
+402: return "Just some glop of some sort.";
+403: return "A bottle of distilled water.";
+404: return "A rusty slinky. It was such a wonderful toy!";
+405: return "Some coconut crabs are milling about here.";
+406: return "Dancing cold water pipes. Mikey must have been here.";
+407: return "Ash is mumbling ~KLAATU BARATA NI<coughcough>~ here.";
+408: return "It's a blob of white goo.";
+
+! The following Non Kitten Items were added by David Griffith from the
+! official list of NKIs.
+!
+409: return "A gravestone stands here. ~Izchak Miller, ascended.~";
+410: return "Someone has written ~ad aerarium~ on the ground here.";
+410: return "A large blue eye floats in midair.";
+411: return "This appears to be a statue of Perseus.";
+412: return "There is an opulent throne here.";
+413: return "It's a squad of Keystone Kops.";
+414: return "This seems to be junk mail addressed to the finder of the Eye of Larn.";
+415: return "A wondrous and intricate golden amulet. Too bad you have no neck.";
+416: return "The swampy ground around you seems to stink with disease.";
+417: return "An animate blob of acid. Being metallic, you keep well away.";
+418: return "It's a copy of Knuth with the chapter on kitten-search algorithms torn out.";
+419: return "A crowd of people, and at the center, a popular misconception.";
+420: return "It's a blind man. When you touch, he exclaims ~It's a kitten prospecting robot!~";
+421: return "It's a lost wallet. It's owner didn't have pets, so you discard it.";
+422: return "This place is called Antarctica. There is no kitten here.";
+423: return "It's a mousetrap, baited with soap.";
+424: return "A book with ~Don't Panic~ in large friendly letters across the cover.";
+425: return "A compendium of haiku about metals.";
+426: return "A discredited cosmology, relic of a bygone era.";
+427: return "A hollow voice says ~Plugh~.";
+428: return "A knight who says ~Either I am an insane knave, or you will find kitten.~";
+429: return "A neural net -- maybe it's trying to recognize kitten.";
+430: return "A screwdriver.";
+431: return "A statue of a girl holding a goose like the one in Gottingen, Germany.";
+432: return "A tetradrachm dated ~42 B.C.~";
+433: return "A voice booms out ~Onward, kitten soldiers...~";
+434: return "An eminently forgettable zahir.";
+435: return "Apparently, it's Edmund Burke.";
+436: return "For a moment, you feel something in your hands, but it disappears!";
+437: return "Here is a book about Robert Kennedy.";
+438: return "Hey, robot, leave those lists alone.";
+439: return "Ho hum. Another synthetic a posteriori.";
+440: return "It's Asimov's Laws of Robotics. You feel a strange affinity for them.";
+441: return "It's Bach's Mass in B-minor!";
+442: return "It's a bug.";
+443: return "It's a synthetic a priori truth! Immanuel would be so pleased!";
+444: return "It's the Tiki Room.";
+445: return "Just some old play by a Czech playwright, and you can't read Czech.";
+446: return "Kitten is the letter 'Q'. Oh, wait, maybe not.";
+447: return "Quidquid Latine dictum sit, kitten non est.";
+448: return "Sutro Tower is visible at some distance through the fog.";
+449: return "The Digital Millennium Copyright Act of 1998.";
+450: return "The United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit.";
+451: return "The non-kitten item like this but with ~false~ and ~true~ switched is true.";
+452: return "This is the chapter called ~A Map of the Cat?~ from Feynman's autobiography.";
+453: return "This is the forest primeval.";
+454: return "Werner's ~Pocket Field Guide to Things That Are Not Kitten~.";
+455: return "You found nettik, but that's backwards.";
+456: return "You have found some zinc, but you must not stop here, for you must find kitten.";
+457: return "~50 Years Among the Non-Kitten Items~, by Ann Droyd.";
+458: return "~Robot may not injure kitten, or, through inaction, ...~";
+459: return "~Address Allocation for Private Internets~ by Yakov Rekhter et al.";
+460: return "~Mail Routing and the Domain System~ by Craig Partridge.";
+461: return "~The Theory and Practice of Oligarchical Collectivism~ by Emmanuel Goldstein.";
+462: return "~201 Kitten Verbs, Fully Conjugated~. You look for ~find~.";
+463: return "A card shark sits here, practicing his Faro shuffle. He ignores you.";
+463: return "A copy of DeCSS. They're a dime a dozen these days.";
+464: return "A demonic voice proclaims ~There is no kitten, only Zuul~. You flee.";
+465: return "A lotus. You make an interesting pair.";
+466: return "A milk carton, with a black and white picture of kitten on the side.";
+467: return "Any ordinary robot could see from a mile away that this wasn't kitten.";
+468: return "A stegosaurus, escaped from the stegosaurusfindsrobot game. It finds you.";
+469: return "Baling wire and chewing gum.";
+470: return "Chewing gum and baling wire.";
+471: return "Here is no kitten but only rock, rock and no kitten and the sandy road.";
+472: return "Hey, I bet you thought this was kitten.";
+473: return "It is an ancient mariner, and he stoppeth one of three.";
+474: return "It pleases you to be kind to what appears to be kitten -- but it's not!";
+475: return "It's a blatant plug for Ogg Vorbis, http://www.vorbis.com/";
+476: return "It's a business plan for a new startup, kitten.net.";
+477: return "It's a revised business plan for a new startup, my.kitten.net.";
+478: return "It's a square.";
+479: return "It seems to be a copy of ~A Tail of Two Kitties~.";
+480: return "It's the Donation of Constantine!";
+481: return "It's this message, nothing more.";
+482: return "Lysine, an essential amino acid. Well, maybe not for robots.";
+483: return "No kitten here.";
+484: return "The score for a Czech composer's ~Kitten-Finding Symphony in C~.";
+485: return "This looks like Bradley's ~Appearance and Reality~, but it's really not.";
+486: return "This non-kitten item no verb.";
+487: return "You feel strangely unfulfilled.";
+488: return "You hit the non-kitten item. The non-kitten item fails to yowl.";
+489: return "You suddenly yearn for your distant homeland.";
+490: return "You've found the snows of yesteryear! So that's where they all went to.";
+491: return "Approaching. One car. J. Followed by. Two car. M, M. In five. Minutes.";
+491: return "Free Jon Johansen!";
+492: return "Free Dmitry Sklyarov!";
+493: return "One person shouts ~What do we want?~ The crowd answers ~Free Dmitry!~";
+494: return "Judith Platt insults librarians.";
+495: return "This map is not the territory.";
+496: return "~Go back to Libraria!~, says Pat Schroeder.";
+497: return "This is a porcelain kitten-counter. 0, 0, 0, 0, 0...";
+498: return "An old bootable business card, unfortunately cracked down the middle.";
+499: return "A kitten sink, for washing kitten (if only kitten liked water).";
+500: return "A kitten source (to match the kitten sink).";
+501: return "If it's one thing, it's not another.";
+502: return "If it's not one thing, it's another.";
+503: return "A caboodle.";
+504: return "A grin.";
+505: return "A hedgehog. It looks like it knows something important.";
+506: return "You've found... Oh wait, that's just a cat.";
+507: return "Robot should not be touching that.";
+508: return "Air Guitar!!! NA na NA na!!";
+509: return "An aromatherapy candle burns with healing light.";
+510: return "You find a bright shiny penny.";
+511: return "It's a free Jon Johansen!";
+512: return "It's a free Dmitry Sklyarov!";
+513: return "The rothe hits! The rothe hits!";
+514: return "It's an Internet chain letter about sodium laureth sulfate.";
+515: return "Ed Witten sits here, pondering string theory.";
+516: return "Something is written here in the dust. You read: ~rJbotfndQkttten~.";
+517: return "We wish you a merry kitten, and a happy New Year!";
+518: return "Run away! Run away!";
+519: return "You can see right through this copy of Brin's ~Transparent Society~.";
+520: return "This copy of ~Steal This Book~ has been stolen from a bookstore.";
+521: return "It's Roya Naini.";
+522: return "This kit is the fourteenth in a series of kits named with Roman letters.";
+523: return "This is the tenth key you've found so far.";
+524: return "You find a fraud scheme in which loans are used as security for other loans.";
+525: return "It's the phrase ~and her~, written in ancient Greek.";
+526: return "It's the author of ~Randomness and Mathematical Proof~.";
+527: return "It's the crusty exoskeleton of an arthropod!";
+528: return "It's Emporer Shaddam the 4th's planet!";
+529: return "It's the triangle leg adjacent to an angle divided by the leg opposite it.";
+530: return "It's a bottle of nail polish remover.";
+531: return "You found netkit! Way to go, robot!";
+532: return "It's the ASCII Floating Head of Seth David Schoen!";
+533: return "A frosted pink party-cake, half eaten.";
+534: return "A bitchin' homemade tesla coil.";
+535: return "Conan O'Brian, sans jawbone.";
+536: return "It's either a mirror, or another soulless kitten-seeking robot.";
+537: return "Preoccupation with finding kitten prevents you from investigating further.";
+538: return "Fonzie sits here, mumbling incoherently about a shark and a pair of waterskis.";
+539: return "The ghost of your dance instructor, his face a paper-white mask of evil.";
+540: return "A bag of groceries taken off the shelf before the expiration date.";
+541: return "A book: Feng Shui, Zen: the art of randomly arranging items that are not kitten.";
+542: return "This might be the fountain of youth, but you'll never know.";
+543: return "Tigerbot Hesh.";
+544: return "Stimutacs.";
+545: return "A canister of pressurized whipped cream, sans whipped cream.";
+546: return "The non-kitten item bites!";
+547: return "A chain hanging from two posts reminds you of the Gateway Arch.";
+548: return "A mathematician calculates the halting probability of a Turing machine.";
+549: return "A number of short theatrical productions are indexed 1, 2, 3, ... n.";
+550: return "A technical university in Australia.";
+551: return "It is -- I just feel something wonderful is about to happen.";
+552: return "It's a Cat 5 cable.";
+553: return "It's a U.S. president.";
+554: return "It's a piece of cloth used to cover a stage in between performances.";
+555: return "The ionosphere seems charged with meaning.";
+556: return "This tomography is like, hella axial, man!";
+557: return "It's your favorite game -- robotfindscatan!";
+558: return "Just a man selling an albatross.";
+559: return "The intermission from a 1930s silent movie.";
+560: return "It's an inverted billiard ball!";
+561: return "The spectre of Sherlock Holmes wills you onwards.";
+
+! The following Non Kitten Items were added by David Griffith for
+! Release 5
+!
+562: return "It's a cookie shaped like a kitten.";
+563: return "It's Professor Feedlebom.";
+564: return "A bottle of smelling salts.";
+565: return "Dinsdale!";
+566: return "An Enfield Mk3 rifle.";
+567: return "An M16 rifle.";
+568: return "An M1911A1 pistol.";
+569: return "An M9 pistol.";
+570: return "It's a gun of some sort.";
+571: return "An FN-FAL rifle.";
+572: return "An old rusty revolver.";
+573: return "An AK-47 rifle.";
+574: return "An AK-97 rifle.";
+575: return "A Remington 870 shotgun.";
+576: return "It's a NetBSD install CD.";
+577: return "It's a recursive recursive recursive recursive recursive...";
+578: return "It's Brian Kernigan.";
+579: return "It's Dennis Ritchie.";
+580: return "It's nothing in particular.";
+581: return "Just a box of backscratchers.";
+582: return "An expired transistor.";
+583: return "Air.";
+584: return "A steam-powered bunnytron.";
+585: return "Heeeeeeeeeeeeres Johnny!";
+586: return "It's a catalog from some company called Infocom.";
+587: return "A dark-emitting diode.";
+588: return "A 256 kilobyte write-only memory chip.";
+589: return "A box of brand-new nixie tubes.";
+590: return "Alien underwear.";
+591: return "A sack of hammers.";
+592: return "A sack of wet mice.";
+593: return "A sack of doorknobs.";
+594: return "A rusty melon-baller.";
+595: return "An atomic vector plotter.";
+596: return "You really don't want to know what this is.";
+597: return "A 100 meter long chain of jumbo paper clips.";
+598: return "A cockatoo shrieks at you.";
+599: return "It's Mary Poppins!";
+600: return "A slightly-used smellovision set.";
+601: return "Doodles Weaver is here looking over a horse race schedule.";
+602: return "An overflowing bit bucket.";
+
+! The following Non Kitten Items were added by David Griffith for
+! Release 6
+!
+603: return "Blarg!";
+604: return "It's a hairy-armed hitchhiker!";
+605: return "A wolf wearing a nightgown is in bed here.";
+606: return "A gecko zooms about on a skateboard here.";
+607: return "A hovercraft full of eels is parked here.";
+608: return "A waffle iron is here and it's still hot.";
+609: return "A huge pile of pancakes.";
+610: return "A threadbare tweed suit.";
+611: return "A rusted safety pin.";
+612: return "A model of a twin-hulled sailboat.";
+613: return "A jar of lemon curd.";
+614: return "~We interrupt this Zen Simulation...~";
+615: return "A sealed tin bearing only the word ~yummy~.";
+616: return "It's a groat coated with pocket fluff.";
+617: return "You find an Atari 2600 game cartridge with no label.";
+618: return "A child's drawing of a kitten.";
+619: return "It's a small bouncy creature, but obviously not kitten.";
+620: return "It's an unknown area code.";
+621: return "A bottle of ammonia.";
+622: return "Tweeting birds.";
+623: return "It's a rapidly oscillating function.";
+624: return "A dogcow moofs at you.";
+625: return "A puddle of purple semi-gloss latex paint.";
+626: return "It's a merry-go-round (broken down).";
+627: return "The pants that Curly died in.";
+628: return "A vanilla pudding pop.";
+629: return "It's Jesse James' severed hand and it's still moving.";
+630: return "It's more money than you'll ever need.";
+631: return "A tiny robot scuttles across the floor.";
+632: return "Chunk is here doing the truffle-shuffle.";
+633: return "Data is here setting up some booty traps.";
+634: return "A waterlogged grand piano.";
+635: return "One liter of fuming nitric acid.";
+636: return "A gold-dipped rose.";
+637: return "Bronzed baby shoes.";
+638: return "An electric engraving pencil.";
+639: return "A small, featureless, white cube.";
+640: return "It's a battery-powered brass lantern.";
+641: return "It's an elongated brown sack, smelling of hot peppers.";
+642: return "A glass bottle containing a quantity of water.";
+643: return "It's a blob of red goo.";
+644: return "It's a blob of blue goo.";
+645: return "It's a blob of yellow goo.";
+646: return "It's a blob of green goo.";
+647: return "It's a blob of orange goo.";
+648: return "It's a blob of purple goo.";
+649: return "It's a blob of black goo.";
+650: return "It's a blob of brown goo.";
+651: return "A Scooby Snack! Yay!";
+652: return "A squirrel contentedly gnaws on a sprinkler head here.";
+653: return "Snacky things.";
+654: return "A toupee.";
+655: return "Seat cushion fluff.";
+656: return "Jacket fluff.";
+657: return "Haven't you touched this thing before?";
+658: return "It's a copy of the Book of Found Kittens.";
+659: return "It's a nasty knife.";
+660: return "It's a grue. Fortunately, they don't like to eat robots.";
+661: return "It's a phone book for the 661 area code.";
+662: return "A tiny velvet pouch.";
+663: return "Brass tacks.";
+664: return "It's a rotating potato.";
+665: return "Leave that thing alone!";
+666: return "It's the mark of the beast!";
+667: return "A tube of heat sink grease.";
+668: return "A dead battery.";
+669: return "A pile of irrigation valves.";
+670: return "A stony meteorite.";
+671: return "An iron meteorite.";
+672: return "It's a fragment of an old Russian spacecraft.";
+673: return "A large block of dry ice.";
+674: return "It's a Commodore 64 computer (in mint condition).";
+675: return "It's an Apple II+ computer (in mint condition).";
+676: return "It's a Kaypro II portable computer.";
+677: return "It's a Texas Instruments TI-89 graphing calculator.";
+678: return "It's an Atari 800 computer.";
+679: return "It's an Amiga 2000 computer.";
+680: return "An oddly familiar face shouts ~SCREWTEK!~ from this computer monitor.";
+681: return "It's an Osborne portable computer.";
+682: return "It's a nameless MSX computer from Japan.";
+683: return "A vacuum cleaner appears to have exploded here.";
+684: return "It's a model of a catamaran.";
+685: return "A cardboard box of sheet metal screws.";
+686: return "A brown glass vial labeled ~tincture of iodine~.";
+687: return "Just some sort of cat toy.";
+688: return "It's a large pile of crumpled notepaper.";
+689: return "You've found the decoy kitten!";
+690: return "It's a pile of wine corks.";
+691: return "A neat pile of plastic irrigation pipe.";
+692: return "It's one of those carpet-covered things for cats to climb.";
+693: return "This thing appears to be an ancient Roman breastplate.";
+694: return "A claymore.";
+695: return "An unripe orange.";
+696: return "A toy zeppelin.";
+697: return "It's a bucket of mud.";
+698: return "It's a bucket of water.";
+699: return "A clay pot with grass growing it in sits here.";
+700: return "A discarded envelope chewed by Kitten.";
+701: return "A hollow voice says ~Fool!~";
+702: return "Several hackles are here and they appear to be up.";
+703: return "Just some spite.";
+704: return "Vitriol.";
+705: return "There is a small mailbox here.";
+706: return "A large oriental rug.";
+707: return "It's an elvish sword of great antiquity.";
+708: return "A large coil of rope is here.";
+709: return "You've found a speed bump.";
+710: return "It's a whirly thing of some sort.";
+711: return "An empty Slurpee cup.";
+712: return "This is a disaster area.";
+713: return "A small box of fishing weights.";
+714: return "A street map of the city of Anaheim.";
+715: return "Bits of red construction paper are scattered all about.";
+716: return "You won't believe what this is.";
+717: return "A meat-scented air-freshener on a string dances in the breeze.";
+718: return "A intact clay pigeon.";
+719: return "Pieces of broken clay pigeons are scattered all about.";
+720: return "This looks like a skateboarding arcade video game.";
+721: return "It's a steaming bowl of homemade gnocci.";
+722: return "An electric fan lies on its side here.";
+723: return "It's something fizzy.";
+724: return "A hickory stump.";
+725: return "This tiny barbecue is spotlessly clean.";
+726: return "A saucer of milk, untouched by Kitten.";
+727: return "Insane laughter issues from this vibrating shipping crate.";
+728: return "Haven't you checked here already?";
+729: return "Just some rusted lug nuts and an ancient hub cap.";
+730: return "A rusty crowbar.";
+731: return "A post hole digger is stuck in a pile of dirt here.";
+732: return "It's a spade.";
+733: return "It's the Queen of Hearts! ~Off with their heads!~, she shouts.";
+734: return "An assortment of highly-nutritious vegetables.";
+735: return "A dead click beetle.";
+736: return "A roll of scratch-and-sniff stickers.";
+737: return "A roll of duct tape.";
+738: return "Someone dropped a cheap ballpoint pen here.";
+739: return "Someone dropped an expensive fountain pen here.";
+740: return "You've found the Gingerbread Man!";
+741: return "You've found the Stinky Cheese Man!";
+742: return "This looks like an umbrella turned inside out.";
+743: return "3.14159... Pi is all over the place here...";
+744: return "You almost mistook this meatloaf for Kitten.";
+745: return "This drawer is full of dried out rubber stoppers.";
+746: return "A flask of hydrochloric acid is here.";
+747: return "Why are you bothering that old man instead of finding Kitten?";
+748: return "It's a hyperkinetic rabbity thing.";
+749: return "A dog dressed in a cheap suit is here.";
+750: return "~Help me Robot! You're my only hope!~";
+751: return "You found Budgie! Too bad this isn't ~robotfindsbudgie~.";
+752: return "It's a sleeping lion.";
+753: return "It's an example of the infamous space-cadet keyboard.";
+754: return "You find a random assortment of dots and dashes.";
+755: return "Nothing but some scribbles in crayon.";
+756: return "It's a week-old baloney sandwich.";
+757: return "It's a red stapler.";
+758: return "It's a red staple-remover.";
+759: return "It's a ~Wicked Tinkers~ CD.";
+760: return "You see a rhinestone-studded dog collar, but no dog.";
+761: return "It's a box of lox.";
+762: return "It's a box of pinball machine parts.";
+763: return "You've discovered an enormous pile of socks.";
+764: return "It's a photograph of Kitten.";
+
+! The following Non Kitten Items were added by David Griffith for
+! Release 7
+!
+765: return "It's a copy editor, reading aloud from the Associated Press Stylebook.";
+765: return "It's a copy editor, reading aloud from the MLA Stylebook.";
+766: return "Kitty kibble is scattered all about.";
+767: return "A bartender growls, ~No robots allowed!~";
+768: return "It's a Franklin Ebookman.";
+769: return "It's a child's kitten pull-toy.";
+770: return "~I'm Speed Racer and I drive real fast!~";
+771: return "~I drive real fast. I'm gonna last.~";
+772: return "~I'm a big pirate and I like to steal!~";
+773: return "~I like to steal and I like to kill!~";
+774: return "~I'm a Barbie doll but I've got brains!~";
+775: return "~I'm your doctor and here's the bill.~";
+776: return "Go! Go! Go, Speed Racer!";
+777: return "It's a Boeing 777 airliner.";
+778: return "Someone is taking time out for fun here.";
+779: return "You see a street lamp and a lamplighter here.";
+780: return "A broken cricket bat.";
+781: return "It's a mint-condition IMSAI 8080 computer!";
+782: return "A hollow voice says ~xyzzy~.";
+783: return "Wimpy is here asking for a hamburger.";
+784: return "You found Olive Oyl!";
+785: return "It's Popeye!";
+786: return "Bluto is here looking for Olive Oyl.";
+787: return "~Et tu, Brutus?~";
+788: return "The bodily remains of a Roman emperor.";
+789: return "Yay! It's a hoola hoop!";
+790: return "The Smart Patrol is here.";
+791: return "It's an old sandal.";
+792: return "It's a feather duster.";
+793: return "It's a zipper.";
+794: return "It's an old crumhorn with a broken reed.";
+795: return "A sticky old cough drop.";
+796: return "A jar of buttons.";
+797: return "A bearded dragon lizard is sitting here.";
+798: return "A garden toad.";
+799: return "A garden gnome.";
+800: return "A garden weasel.";
+
+default: return "Unknown NKI (this should not happen)";
}
];
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