From: Christopher Allan Webber Date: Wed, 1 Feb 2017 18:40:32 +0000 (-0600) Subject: Add the entrance to the hive X-Git-Tag: fosdem-2017~22 X-Git-Url: https://jxself.org/git/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=fade30bbd956b8e33633cad99a5e52adc4161f7c;p=mudsync.git Add the entrance to the hive --- diff --git a/worlds/bricabrac.scm b/worlds/bricabrac.scm index 1f1c069..c423051 100644 --- a/worlds/bricabrac.scm +++ b/worlds/bricabrac.scm @@ -91,10 +91,10 @@ ;;; ----- (define (npc-chat-randomly actor message . _) + (define catchphrase + (random-choice (slot-ref actor 'catchphrases))) (define text-to-send - (format #f "~a says: \"~a\"\n" - (slot-ref actor 'name) - (random-choice (slot-ref actor 'catchphrases)))) + ((slot-ref actor 'chat-format) actor catchphrase)) (<- (message-from message) 'tell #:text text-to-send)) @@ -117,6 +117,10 @@ or 'skribe'? Now *that's* composition!")) (define-class () (catchphrases #:init-value '("Blarga blarga blarga!") #:init-keyword #:catchphrases) + (chat-format #:init-value (lambda (npc catchphrase) + `(,(slot-ref npc 'name) " says: \"" + ,catchphrase "\"")) + #:init-keyword #:chat-format) (commands #:allocation #:each-subclass #:init-thunk (build-commands @@ -1349,7 +1353,10 @@ is a map detailing the layout of the underground structure.")) (lambda (exit room whos-exiting) (values #t '("You head west through a fancy-looking entrance. " "A security guard steps aside for you to pass through, " - "into the room, then stands in front of the door.")))))) + "into the room, then stands in front of the door.")))) + (make + #:name "north" + #:to 'hive-entrance))) ;; map ('underground-lab:map @@ -1555,6 +1562,84 @@ as well as an exit leading to the south.")) #:name "north" #:to 'async-museum))))) + +;;; Hive entrance + +(define actor-descriptions + '("This one is fused to the side of the hive. It isn't receiving any +messages, and it seems to be in hibernation." + "A chat program glows in front of this actor's face. They seem to +be responding to chat messages and forwarding them to some other actors, +and forwarding messages from other actors back to the chat." + "This actor is bossing around other actors, delegating tasks to them +as it receives requests, and providing reports on the worker actors' +progress." + "This actor is trying to write to some device, but the device keeps +alternating between saying \"BUSY\" or \"READY\". Whenever it says +\"BUSY\" the actor falls asleep, and whenever it says \"READY\" it +seems to wake up again and starts writing to the device." + "Whoa, this actor is totally wigging out! It seems to be throwing +some errors. It probably has some important work it should be doing +but you're relieved to see that it isn't grinding the rest of the Hive +to a halt.")) + +(define hive-entrance + (lol + ('hive-entrance + #f + #:name "Entrance to the 8sync Hive" + #:desc + '((p "Towering before you is the great dome-like 8sync Hive, or at least +one of them. You've heard about this... the Hive is itself the actor that all +the other actors attach themselves to. It's shaped like a spherical half-dome. +There are some actors milling about, and some seem fused to the side of the +hive itself, but all of them have an umbellical cord attached to the hive from +which you see flashes of light comunicating what must be some sort of messaging +protocol.") + (p "To the south is a door leading back to the underground lab. +North leads into the Hive itself.")) + #:exits + (list (make + #:name "south" + #:to 'underground-lab) + (make + #:name "north" + #:to 'hive-inside))) + ('hive-entrance:hive + 'hive-entrance + #:name "the Hive" + #:goes-by '("hive") + #:desc + '((p "It's shaped like half a sphere embedded in the ground. +Supposedly, while all actors are autonomous and control their own state, +they communicate through the hive itself, which is a sort of meta-actor. +There are rumors that actors can speak to each other even across totally +different hives. Could that possibly be true?"))) + ('hive-entrance:actor + 'hive-entrance + #:name "some actors" + #:goes-by '("actor" "actors" "some actors") + #:chat-format (lambda (npc catchphrase) + `((p "You pick one actor out of the mix and chat with it. ") + (p "It says: \"" ,catchphrase "\""))) + #:desc + (lambda _ + `((p "There are many actors, but your eyes focus on one in particular.") + (p ,(random-choice actor-descriptions)))) + #:catchphrases + '("Yeah we go through a lot of sleep/awake cycles around here. +If you aren't busy processing a message, what's the point of burning +valuable resources?" + "I know I look like I'm some part of dreary collective, but +really we have a lot of independence. It's a shared nothing environment, +after all. (Well, except for CPU cycles, and memory, and...)" + "Shh! I've got another message coming in and I've GOT to +handle it!" + "I just want to go to 8sleep already." + "What a lousy scheduler we're using! I hope someone upgrades +that thing soon.")))) + +;;; ;;; Game @@ -1563,7 +1648,7 @@ as well as an exit leading to the south.")) (define (game-spec) (append lobby grand-hallway smoking-parlor playroom break-room computer-room underground-lab - async-museum gift-shop)) + async-museum gift-shop hive-entrance)) ;; TODO: Provide command line args (define (run-game . args)