;;; Mudsync --- Live hackable MUD ;;; Copyright © 2016 Christopher Allan Webber ;;; ;;; This file is part of Mudsync. ;;; ;;; Mudsync is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it ;;; under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by ;;; the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or ;;; (at your option) any later version. ;;; ;;; Mudsync is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but ;;; WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of ;;; MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU ;;; General Public License for more details. ;;; ;;; You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License ;;; along with Mudsync. If not, see . ;;; Hotel Bricabrac (use-modules (mudsync) (mudsync container) (8sync) (oop goops) (ice-9 control) (ice-9 format) (ice-9 match) (rx irregex)) ;;; Utilities, useful or otherwise ;;; ============================== (set! *random-state* (random-state-from-platform)) (define (random-choice lst) (list-ref lst (random (length lst)))) ;; list of lists, lol. (define-syntax-rule (lol (list-contents ...) ...) (list (list list-contents ...) ...)) ;;; Some simple object types. ;;; ========================= (define-class () (read-text #:init-value "All it says is: \"Blah blah blah.\"" #:init-keyword #:read-text) (commands #:allocation #:each-subclass #:init-thunk (build-commands ("read" ((direct-command cmd-read))))) (actions #:allocation #:each-subclass #:init-thunk (build-actions (cmd-read readable-cmd-read)))) (define (readable-cmd-read actor message . _) (<- (message-from message) 'tell #:text (slot-ref actor 'read-text))) ;; This one allows you to take from items that are proxied by it (define-actor () ((cmd-take-from take-from-proxy)) (proxy-items #:init-keyword #:proxy-items)) (define* (take-from-proxy gameobj message #:key direct-obj indir-obj preposition (player (message-from message))) (call/ec (lambda (escape) (for-each (lambda (obj-sym) (define obj-id (dyn-ref gameobj obj-sym)) (define goes-by (mbody-val (<-wait obj-id 'goes-by))) (when (ci-member direct-obj goes-by) (<- obj-id 'cmd-take #:direct-obj direct-obj #:player player) (escape #f))) (slot-ref gameobj 'proxy-items)) (<- player 'tell #:text `("You don't see any such " ,direct-obj " to take " ,preposition " " ,(slot-ref gameobj 'name) "."))))) ;;; Lobby ;;; ----- (define (npc-chat-randomly actor message . _) (define catchphrase (random-choice (slot-ref actor 'catchphrases))) (define text-to-send ((slot-ref actor 'chat-format) actor catchphrase)) (<- (message-from message) 'tell #:text text-to-send)) (define hotel-owner-grumps '("Eight sinks! Eight sinks! And I couldn't unwind them..." "Don't mind the mess. I built this place on a dare, you know?" "(*tearfully*) Here, take this parenthesis. May it serve you well." "I gotta get back to the goblin farm soon..." "Oh, but I was going to make a mansion... a great, beautiful mansion! Full of ghosts! Now all I have is this cruddy mo... hotel. Oh... If only I had more time!" "I told them to paint more of the walls purple. Why didn't they listen?" "Listen to that overhead muzak. Whoever made that doesn't know how to compose very well! Have you heard of the bands 'fmt' 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 (("chat" "talk") ((direct-command cmd-chat))))) (actions #:allocation #:each-subclass #:init-thunk (build-actions (cmd-chat npc-chat-randomly)))) (define-class () (commands #:allocation #:each-subclass #:init-thunk (build-commands ("sign" ((prep-direct-command cmd-sign-form '("as")))))) (actions #:allocation #:each-subclass #:init-thunk (build-actions (cmd-sign-form sign-cmd-sign-in)))) (define name-sre (sre->irregex '(: alpha (** 1 14 (or alphanum "-" "_"))))) (define forbidden-words (append article preposition '("and" "or" "but" "admin"))) (define (valid-name? name) (and (irregex-match name-sre name) (not (member name forbidden-words)))) (define* (sign-cmd-sign-in actor message #:key direct-obj indir-obj preposition) (define old-name (mbody-val (<-wait (message-from message) 'get-name))) (define name indir-obj) (if (valid-name? indir-obj) (begin (<-wait (message-from message) 'set-name! name) (<- (slot-ref actor 'loc) 'tell-room #:text (format #f "~a signs the form!\n~a is now known as ~a\n" old-name old-name name))) (<- (message-from message) 'tell #:text "Sorry, that's not a valid name. Alphanumerics, _ and - only, 2-15 characters, starts with an alphabetic character.\n"))) (define-class () (summons #:init-keyword #:summons) (commands #:allocation #:each-subclass #:init-thunk (build-commands ("ring" ((direct-command cmd-ring))))) (actions #:allocation #:each-subclass #:init-thunk (build-actions (cmd-ring summoning-bell-cmd-ring)))) (define* (summoning-bell-cmd-ring bell message . _) ;; Call back to actor who invoked this message handler ;; and find out their name. We'll call *their* get-name message ;; handler... meanwhile, this procedure suspends until we get ;; their response. (define who-rang (mbody-val (<-wait (message-from message) 'get-name))) ;; Now we'll invoke the "tell" message handler on the player ;; who rang us, displaying this text on their screen. ;; This one just uses <- instead of <-wait, since we don't ;; care when it's delivered; we're not following up on it. (<- (message-from message) 'tell #:text "*ring ring!* You ring the bell!\n") ;; We also want everyone else in the room to "hear" the bell, ;; but they get a different message since they aren't the ones ;; ringing it. Notice here's where we make use of the invoker's ;; name as extracted and assigned to the who-rang variable. ;; Notice how we send this message to our "location", which ;; forwards it to the rest of the occupants in the room. (<- (gameobj-loc bell) 'tell-room #:text (format #f "*ring ring!* ~a rings the bell!\n" who-rang) #:exclude (message-from message)) ;; Now we perform the primary task of the bell, which is to summon ;; the "clerk" character to the room. (This is configurable, ;; so we dynamically look up their address.) (<- (dyn-ref bell (slot-ref bell 'summons)) 'be-summoned #:who-summoned (message-from message))) (define prefect-quotes '("I'm a frood who really knows where my towel is!" "On no account allow a Vogon to read poetry at you." "Time is an illusion, lunchtime doubly so!" "How can you have money if none of you produces anything?" "On no account allow Arthur to request tea on this ship.")) (define-class () (take-me? #:init-value (lambda _ (values #f #:why-not `("Hm, well... the cabinet is locked and the properitor " "is right over there."))))) (define lobby (lol ('lobby #f #:name "Hotel Lobby" #:desc '((p "You're in some sort of hotel lobby. You see a large sign hanging " "over the desk that says \"Hotel Bricabrac\". On the desk is a bell " "that says \"'ring bell' for service\". Terrible music plays from a speaker " "somewhere overhead. " "The room is lined with various curio cabinets, filled with all sorts " "of kitschy junk. It looks like whoever decorated this place had great " "ambitions, but actually assembled it all in a hurry and used whatever " "kind of objects they found lying around.") (p "There's a door to the north leading to some kind of hallway.")) #:exits (list (make #:name "north" #:to 'grand-hallway))) ;; NPC: hotel owner ('lobby:hotel-owner 'lobby #:name "a frumpy fellow" #:desc '((p " Whoever this is, they looks totally exhausted. They're collapsed into the only comfortable looking chair in the room and you don't get the sense that they're likely to move any time soon. You notice they're wearing a sticker badly adhesed to their clothing which says \"Hotel Proprietor\", but they look so disorganized that you think that can't possibly be true... can it? Despite their exhaustion, you sense they'd be happy to chat with you, though the conversation may be a bit one sided.")) #:goes-by '("frumpy fellow" "fellow" "Chris Webber" ; heh, did you rtfc? or was it so obvious? "hotel proprietor" "proprietor") #:catchphrases hotel-owner-grumps) ;; Object: Sign ('lobby:sign 'lobby #:name "the Hotel Bricabrac sign" #:desc " It strikes you that there's something funny going on with this sign. Sure enough, if you look at it hard enough, you can tell that someone hastily painted over an existing sign and changed the \"M\" to an \"H\". Classy!" #:read-text " All it says is \"Hotel Bricabrac\" in smudged, hasty text." #:goes-by '("sign" "bricabrac sign" "hotel sign" "hotel bricabrac sign" "lobby sign")) ('lobby:bell 'lobby #:name "a shiny brass bell" #:goes-by '("shiny brass bell" "shiny bell" "brass bell" "bell") #:desc " A shiny brass bell. Inscribed on its wooden base is the text \"ring me for service\". You probably could \"ring the bell\" if you wanted to." #:summons 'break-room:desk-clerk) ('lobby:sign-in-form 'lobby #:name "sign-in form" #:goes-by '("sign-in form" "form" "signin form") #:desc '("It looks like you could sign this form and set your name like so: " (i "sign form as "))) ;; Object: curio cabinets ;; TODO: respond to attempts to open the curio cabinet ('lobby:cabinet 'lobby #:proxy-items '(lobby:porcelain-doll lobby:1950s-robots lobby:tea-set lobby:mustard-pot lobby:head-of-elvis lobby:circuitboard-of-evlis lobby:teletype-scroll lobby:orange-cat-phone) #:name "a curio cabinet" #:goes-by '("curio cabinet" "cabinet" "bricabrac cabinet" "cabinet of curiosities") #:desc (lambda _ (format #f " The curio cabinet is full of all sorts of oddities! Something catches your eye! Ooh, ~a!" (random-choice '("a creepy porcelain doll" "assorted 1950s robots" "an exquisite tea set" "an antique mustard pot" "the pickled head of Elvis" "the pickled circuitboard of EVLIS" "a scroll of teletype paper holding the software Four Freedoms" "a telephone shaped like an orange cartoon cat"))))) ('lobby:porcelain-doll 'lobby #:invisible? #t #:name "a creepy porcelain doll" #:desc "It strikes you that while the doll is technically well crafted, it's also the stuff of nightmares." #:goes-by '("porcelain doll" "doll")) ('lobby:1950s-robots 'lobby #:invisible? #t #:name "a set of 1950s robots" #:desc "There's a whole set of these 1950s style robots. They seem to be stamped out of tin, and have various decorations of levers and buttons and springs. Some of them have wind-up knobs on them." #:goes-by '("robot" "robots" "1950s robot" "1950s robots")) ('lobby:tea-set 'lobby #:invisible? #t #:name "a tea set" #:desc "A complete tea set. Some of the cups are chipped. You can imagine yourself joining a tea party using this set, around a nice table with some doilies, drinking some Earl Grey tea, hot. Mmmm." #:goes-by '("tea set" "tea")) ('lobby:cups 'lobby #:invisible? #t #:name "cups from the tea set" #:desc "They're chipped." #:goes-by '("cups")) ('lobby:mustard-pot 'lobby #:invisible? #t #:name "a mustard pot" #:desc '((p "It's a mustard pot. I mean, it's kind of cool, it has a nice design, and it's an antique, but you can't imagine putting something like this in a museum.") (p "Ha... imagine that... a mustard museum.")) #:goes-by '("mustard pot" "antique mustard pot" "mustard")) ('lobby:head-of-elvis 'lobby #:invisible? #t #:name "the pickled head of Elvis" #:desc '((p "It's a jar full of some briny-looking liquid and... a free floating head. The head looks an awful lot like Elvis, and definitely not the younger Elvis. The hair even somehow maintains that signature swoop while suspended in liquid. But of course it's not Elvis.") (p "Oh, wait, it has a label at the bottom which says: \"This is really the head of Elvis\". Well... maybe don't believe everything you read.")) #:goes-by '("pickled head of elvis" "pickled head of Elvis" "elvis" "Elvis" "head" "pickled head")) ('lobby:circuitboard-of-evlis 'lobby #:invisible? #t #:name "the pickled circuitboard of Evlis" #:desc '((p "It's a circuitboard from a Lisp Machine called EVLIS. This is quite the find, and you bet just about anyone interested in preserving computer history would love to get their hands on this.") (p "Unfortunately, whatever moron did acquire this has no idea what it means to preserve computers, so here it is floating in some kind of briny liquid. It appears to be heavily corroded. Too bad...")) #:goes-by '("pickled circuitboard of evlis" "pickled circuitboard of Evlis" "pickled circuitboard of EVLIS" "evlis" "Evlis" "EVLIS" "circuitboard" "pickled circuitboard")) ('lobby:teletype-scroll 'lobby #:invisible? #t #:name "a scroll of teletype" #:desc '((p "This is a scroll of teletype paper. It's a bit old and yellowed but the type is very legible. It says:") (br) (i (p (strong "== The four essential freedoms ==")) (p "A program is free software if the program's users have the four essential freedoms: ") (ul (li "The freedom to run the program as you wish, for any purpose (freedom 0).") (li "The freedom to study how the program works, and change it so it does your computing as you wish (freedom 1). Access to the source code is a precondition for this.") (li "The freedom to redistribute copies so you can help your neighbor (freedom 2).") (li "The freedom to distribute copies of your modified versions to others (freedom 3). By doing this you can give the whole community a chance to benefit from your changes. Access to the source code is a precondition for this."))) (p "You get this feeling that ambiguities in the English language surrounding the word 'free' have lead to a lot of terminology debates.")) #:goes-by '("scroll of teletype" "scroll of teletype paper" "teletype scroll" "teletype paper" "scroll" "four freedoms" "scroll of teletype paper holding the software Four Freedoms" "scroll of teletype paper holding the software four freedoms")) ('lobby:orange-cat-phone 'lobby #:invisible? #t #:name "a telephone shaped like an orange cartoon cat" #:desc "It's made out of a cheap plastic, and it's very orange. It resembles a striped tabby, and it's eyes hold the emotion of a being both sleepy and smarmy. You suspect that someone, somewhere made a ton of cash on items holding this general shape in the 1990s." #:goes-by '("orange cartoon cat phone" "orange cartoon cat telephone" "orange cat phone" "orange cat telephone" "cartoon cat phone" "cartoon cat" "cat phone" "cat telephone" "phone" "telephone")))) ;;; Grand hallway ;;; ------------- (define-actor () ((cmd-take disc-shield-take))) (define* (disc-shield-take gameobj message #:key direct-obj (player (message-from message))) (create-gameobj (gameobj-gm gameobj) player) ;; set loc to player to put in player's inventory (<- player 'tell #:text '((p "As you attempt to pull the shield / disk platter from the statue a shining outline appears around it... and a completely separate, glowing copy of the disc materializes into your hands!"))) (<- (gameobj-loc gameobj) 'tell-room #:text `(,(mbody-val (<-wait player 'get-name)) " pulls on the shield of the statue, and a glowing " "copy of it materializes into their hands!") #:exclude player) (<- (gameobj-loc gameobj) 'tell-room #:text '(p "You hear a voice whisper: " (i "\"Share the software... and you'll be free...\"")))) ;;; This is the disc that gets put in the player's inventory (define-actor () ((cmd-drop glowing-disc-drop-cmd)) (initial-props #:allocation #:each-subclass #:init-thunk (build-props '((hd-platter? . #t)))) (name #:allocation #:each-subclass #:init-value "a glowing disc") (desc #:allocation #:each-subclass #:init-value "A brightly glowing disc. It's shaped like a hard drive platter, not unlike the one from the statue it came from. It's labeled \"RL02.5\".") (goes-by #:init-value '("glowing disc" "glowing platter" "glowing disc platter" "glowing disk platter" "platter" "disc" "disk" "glowing shield"))) (define* (glowing-disc-drop-cmd gameobj message #:key direct-obj (player (message-from message))) (<- player 'tell #:text "You drop the glowing disc, and it shatters into a million pieces!") (<- (mbody-val (<-wait player 'get-loc)) 'tell-room #:text `(,(mbody-val (<-wait player 'get-name)) " drops a glowing disc, and it shatters into a million pieces!") #:exclude player) (gameobj-self-destruct gameobj)) ;;; Grand hallway (define lobby-map-text "\ | : : | .----------.----------. : & : .----------.----------. | computer | |& :YOU ARE: &| smoking | *UNDER* | | room + playroom + : HERE : + parlor | *CONS- | | > | |& : : &| | TRUCTION*| '----------'----------'-++-------++-'-------+--'----------' | '-----' | | | : LOBBY : '---' '. .' '---------'") (define grand-hallway (lol ('grand-hallway #f #:name "Grand Hallway" #:desc '((p " A majestic red carpet runs down the center of the room. Busts of serious looking people line the walls, but there's no clear indication that they have any logical relation to this place.") (p "In the center is a large statue of a woman in a warrior's pose, but something is strange about her weapon and shield. You wonder what that's all about?") (p "To the south is the lobby. A door to the east is labeled \"smoking room\", while a door to the west is labeled \"playroom\".")) #:exits (list (make #:name "south" #:to 'lobby) (make #:name "west" #:to 'playroom) (make #:name "east" #:to 'smoking-parlor))) ('grand-hallway:map 'grand-hallway #:name "the hotel map" #:desc '("This appears to be a map of the hotel. " "Like the hotel itself, it seems to be " "incomplete." "You could read it if you want to.") #:read-text `(pre ,lobby-map-text) #:goes-by '("map" "hotel map")) ('grand-hallway:carpet 'grand-hallway #:name "the Grand Hallway carpet" #:desc "It's very red, except in the places where it's very worn." #:invisible? #t #:goes-by '("red carpet" "carpet")) ('grand-hallway:busts 'grand-hallway #:name "the busts of serious people" #:desc "There are about 6 of them in total. They look distinguished but there's no indication of who they are." #:invisible? #t #:goes-by '("busts" "bust" "busts of serious people" "bust of serious person")) ('grand-hallway:hackthena-statue 'grand-hallway #:name "the statue of Hackthena" #:desc '((p "The base of the statue says \"Hackthena, guardian of the hacker spirit\". You've heard of Hackthena... not a goddess, but spiritual protector of all good hacks, and legendary hacker herself.") (p "Hackthena holds the form of a human woman. She wears flowing robes, has a pear of curly bovine-esque horns protruding from the sides of her head, wears a pair of horn-rimmed glasses, and appears posed as if for battle. But instead of a weapon, she seems to hold some sort of keyboard. And her shield... well it's round like a shield, but something seems off about it. You'd better take a closer look to be sure.")) #:goes-by '("hackthena statue" "hackthena" "statue" "statue of hackthena") #:proxy-items '(grand-hallway:keyboard grand-hallway:disc-platter grand-hallway:hackthena-horns)) ('grand-hallway:keyboard 'grand-hallway #:name "a Knight Keyboard" #:desc "Whoa, this isn't just any old keyboard, this is a Knight Keyboard! Any space cadet can see that with that kind of layout a hack-and-slayer could thrash out some serious key-chords like there's no tomorrow. You guess Hackthena must be an emacs user." #:invisible? #t #:take-me? (lambda _ (values #f #:why-not `("Are you kidding? Do you know how hard it is to find " "a Knight Keyboard? There's no way she's going " "to give that up."))) #:goes-by '("knight keyboard" "keyboard")) ('grand-hallway:hackthena-horns 'grand-hallway #:name "Hackthena's horns" #:desc "They're not unlike a Gnu's horns." #:invisible? #t #:take-me? (lambda _ (values #f #:why-not `("Are you seriously considering desecrating a statue?"))) #:goes-by '("hackthena's horns" "horns" "horns of hacktena")) ('grand-hallway:disc-platter 'grand-hallway #:name "Hackthena's shield" #:desc "No wonder the \"shield\" looks unusual... it seems to be a hard disk platter! It has \"RL02.5\" written on it. It looks kind of loose." #:invisible? #t #:goes-by '("hackthena's shield" "shield" "platter" "hard disk platter")))) ;;; Playroom ;;; -------- (define playroom (lol ('playroom #f #:name "The Playroom" #:desc '(p (" There are toys scattered everywhere here. It's really unclear if this room is intended for children or child-like adults.") (" There are doors to both the east and the west.")) #:exits (list (make #:name "east" #:to 'grand-hallway) (make #:name "west" #:to 'computer-room))) ('playroom:cubey 'playroom #:name "Cubey" #:take-me? #t #:desc " It's a little foam cube with googly eyes on it. So cute!") ('playroom:cuddles-plushie 'playroom #:name "a Cuddles plushie" #:goes-by '("plushie" "cuddles plushie" "cuddles") #:take-me? #t #:desc " A warm and fuzzy cuddles plushie! It's a cuddlefish!") ('playroom:toy-chest 'playroom #:name "a toy chest" #:goes-by '("toy chest" "chest") #:desc (lambda (toy-chest whos-looking) (let ((contents (gameobj-occupants toy-chest))) `((p "A brightly painted wooden chest. The word \"TOYS\" is " "engraved on it.") (p "Inside you see:" ,(if (eq? contents '()) " nothing! It's empty!" `(ul ,(map (lambda (occupant) `(li ,(mbody-val (<-wait occupant 'get-name)))) (gameobj-occupants toy-chest)))))))) #:take-from-me? #t #:put-in-me? #t) ;; Things inside the toy chest ('playroom:toy-chest:rubber-duck 'playroom:toy-chest #:name "a rubber duck" #:goes-by '("rubber duck" "duck") #:take-me? #t #:desc "It's a yellow rubber duck with a bright orange beak."))) ;;; Writing room ;;; ------------ ;;; Armory??? ;;; --------- ;; ... full of NURPH weapons? ;;; Smoking parlor ;;; -------------- (define-class () (sit-phrase #:init-keyword #:sit-phrase) (sit-phrase-third-person #:init-keyword #:sit-phrase-third-person) (sit-name #:init-keyword #:sit-name) (commands #:allocation #:each-subclass #:init-thunk (build-commands ("sit" ((direct-command cmd-sit-furniture))))) (actions #:allocation #:each-subclass #:init-thunk (build-actions (cmd-sit-furniture furniture-cmd-sit)))) (define* (furniture-cmd-sit actor message #:key direct-obj) (define player-name (mbody-val (<-wait (message-from message) 'get-name))) (<- (message-from message) 'tell #:text (format #f "You ~a ~a.\n" (slot-ref actor 'sit-phrase) (slot-ref actor 'sit-name))) (<- (slot-ref actor 'loc) 'tell-room #:text (format #f "~a ~a on ~a.\n" player-name (slot-ref actor 'sit-phrase-third-person) (slot-ref actor 'sit-name)) #:exclude (message-from message))) (define smoking-parlor (lol ('smoking-parlor #f #:name "Smoking Parlor" #:desc '((p "This room looks quite posh. There are huge comfy seats you can sit in if you like. Strangely, you see a large sign saying \"No Smoking\". The owners must have installed this place and then changed their mind later.") (p "There's a door to the west leading back to the grand hallway, and a nondescript steel door to the south, leading apparently outside.")) #:exits (list (make #:name "west" #:to 'grand-hallway) (make #:name "south" #:to 'break-room))) ('smoking-parlor:chair 'smoking-parlor #:name "a comfy leather chair" #:desc " That leather chair looks really comfy!" #:goes-by '("leather chair" "comfy leather chair" "chair") #:sit-phrase "sink into" #:sit-phrase-third-person "sinks into" #:sit-name "the comfy leather chair") ('smoking-parlor:sofa 'smoking-parlor #:name "a plush leather sofa" #:desc " That leather chair looks really comfy!" #:goes-by '("leather sofa" "plush leather sofa" "sofa" "leather couch" "plush leather couch" "couch") #:sit-phrase "sprawl out on" #:sit-phrase-third-person "sprawls out on into" #:sit-name "the plush leather couch") ('smoking-parlor:bar-stool 'smoking-parlor #:name "a bar stool" #:desc " Conveniently located near the bar! Not the most comfortable seat in the room, though." #:goes-by '("stool" "bar stool" "seat") #:sit-phrase "hop on" #:sit-phrase-third-person "hops onto" #:sit-name "the bar stool") ('ford-prefect 'smoking-parlor #:name "Ford Prefect" #:desc "Just some guy, you know?" #:goes-by '("Ford Prefect" "ford prefect" "frood" "prefect" "ford") #:catchphrases prefect-quotes) ('smoking-parlor:no-smoking-sign 'smoking-parlor #:invisible? #t #:name "No Smoking Sign" #:desc "This sign says \"No Smoking\" in big, red letters. It has some bits of bubble gum stuck to it... yuck." #:goes-by '("no smoking sign" "sign") #:read-text "It says \"No Smoking\", just like you'd expect from a No Smoking sign.") ;; TODO: Cigar dispenser )) ;;; Breakroom ;;; --------- (define-class () ;; The desk clerk has three states: ;; - on-duty: Arrived, and waiting for instructions (and losing patience ;; gradually) ;; - slacking: In the break room, probably smoking a cigarette ;; or checking text messages (state #:init-value 'slacking) (commands #:allocation #:each-subclass #:init-thunk (build-commands (("talk" "chat") ((direct-command cmd-chat))) ("ask" ((direct-command cmd-ask-incomplete) (prep-direct-command cmd-ask-about))) ("dismiss" ((direct-command cmd-dismiss))))) (patience #:init-value 0) (actions #:allocation #:each-subclass #:init-thunk (build-actions (init clerk-act-init) (cmd-chat clerk-cmd-chat) (cmd-ask-incomplete clerk-cmd-ask-incomplete) (cmd-ask-about clerk-cmd-ask) (cmd-dismiss clerk-cmd-dismiss) (update-loop clerk-act-update-loop) (be-summoned clerk-act-be-summoned)))) (define (clerk-act-init clerk message . _) ;; call the gameobj main init method (gameobj-act-init clerk message) ;; start our main loop (<- (actor-id clerk) 'update-loop)) (define changing-name-text "Changing your name is easy! We have a clipboard here at the desk where you can make yourself known to other participants in the hotel if you sign it. Try 'sign form as ', replacing , obviously!") (define phd-text "Ah... when I'm not here, I've got a PHD to finish.") (define clerk-help-topics `(("changing name" . ,changing-name-text) ("sign-in form" . ,changing-name-text) ("form" . ,changing-name-text) ("common commands" . "Here are some useful commands you might like to try: chat, go, take, drop, say...") ("hotel" . "We hope you enjoy your stay at Hotel Bricabrac. As you may see, our hotel emphasizes interesting experiences over rest and lodging. The origins of the hotel are... unclear... and it has recently come under new... 'management'. But at Hotel Bricabrac we believe these aspects make the hotel into a fun and unique experience! Please, feel free to walk around and explore.") ("physics paper" . ,phd-text) ("paper" . ,phd-text) ("proprietor" . "Oh, he's that frumpy looking fellow sitting over there."))) (define clerk-knows-about "'ask clerk about changing name', 'ask clerk about common commands', and 'ask clerk about the hotel'") (define clerk-general-helpful-line (string-append "The clerk says, \"If you need help with anything, feel free to ask me about it. For example, 'ask clerk about changing name'. You can ask me about the following: " clerk-knows-about ".\"\n")) (define clerk-slacking-complaints '("The pay here is absolutely lousy." "The owner here has no idea what they're doing." "Some times you just gotta step away, you know?" "You as exhausted as I am?" "Yeah well, this is just temporary. I'm studying to be a high energy particle physicist. But ya gotta pay the bills, especially with tuition at where it is...")) (define* (clerk-cmd-chat clerk message #:key direct-obj) (match (slot-ref clerk 'state) ('on-duty (<- (message-from message) 'tell #:text clerk-general-helpful-line)) ('slacking (<- (message-from message) 'tell #:text (string-append "The clerk says, \"" (random-choice clerk-slacking-complaints) "\"\n"))))) (define (clerk-cmd-ask-incomplete clerk message . _) (<- (message-from message) 'tell #:text "The clerk says, \"Ask about what?\"\n")) (define clerk-doesnt-know-text "The clerk apologizes and says she doesn't know about that topic.\n") (define* (clerk-cmd-ask clerk message #:key indir-obj #:allow-other-keys) (match (slot-ref clerk 'state) ('on-duty (match (assoc indir-obj clerk-help-topics) ((_ . info) (<- (message-from message) 'tell #:text (string-append "The clerk clears her throat and says:\n \"" info "\"\n"))) (#f (<- (message-from message) 'tell #:text clerk-doesnt-know-text)))) ('slacking (<- (message-from message) 'tell #:text "The clerk says, \"Sorry, I'm on my break.\"\n")))) (define* (clerk-act-be-summoned clerk message #:key who-summoned) (match (slot-ref clerk 'state) ('on-duty (<- who-summoned 'tell #:text "The clerk tells you as politely as she can that she's already here, so there's no need to ring the bell.\n")) ('slacking (<- (gameobj-loc clerk) 'tell-room #:text "The clerk's ears perk up, she stamps out a cigarette, and she runs out of the room!\n") (gameobj-set-loc! clerk (dyn-ref clerk 'lobby)) (slot-set! clerk 'patience 8) (slot-set! clerk 'state 'on-duty) (<- (gameobj-loc clerk) 'tell-room #:text (string-append " Suddenly, a uniformed woman rushes into the room! She's wearing a badge that says \"Desk Clerk\". \"Hello, yes,\" she says between breaths, \"welcome to Hotel Bricabrac! We look forward to your stay. If you'd like help getting acclimated, feel free to ask me. For example, 'ask clerk about changing name'. You can ask me about the following: " clerk-knows-about ".\"\n"))))) (define* (clerk-cmd-dismiss clerk message . _) (define player-name (mbody-val (<-wait (message-from message) 'get-name))) (match (slot-ref clerk 'state) ('on-duty (<- (gameobj-loc clerk) 'tell-room #:text (format #f "\"Thanks ~a!\" says the clerk. \"I have somewhere I need to be.\" The clerk leaves the room in a hurry.\n" player-name) #:exclude (actor-id clerk)) (gameobj-set-loc! clerk (dyn-ref clerk 'break-room)) (slot-set! clerk 'state 'slacking) (<- (gameobj-loc clerk) 'tell-room #:text clerk-return-to-slacking-text #:exclude (actor-id clerk))) ('slacking (<- (message-from message) 'tell #:text "The clerk sternly asks you to not be so dismissive.\n")))) (define clerk-slacking-texts '("The clerk takes a long drag on her cigarette.\n" "The clerk scrolls through text messages on her phone.\n" "The clerk coughs a few times.\n" "The clerk checks her watch and justifies a few more minutes outside.\n" "The clerk fumbles around for a lighter.\n" "The clerk sighs deeply and exhaustedly.\n" "The clerk fumbles around for a cigarette.\n")) (define clerk-working-impatience-texts '("The clerk hums something, but you're not sure what it is." "The clerk attempts to change the overhead music, but the dial seems broken." "The clerk clicks around on the desk computer." "The clerk scribbles an equation on a memo pad, then crosses it out." "The clerk mutters something about the proprietor having no idea how to run a hotel." "The clerk thumbs through a printout of some physics paper.")) (define clerk-slack-excuse-text "The desk clerk excuses herself, but says you are welcome to ring the bell if you need further help.") (define clerk-return-to-slacking-text "The desk clerk enters and slams the door behind her.\n") (define (clerk-act-update-loop clerk message) (define (tell-room text) (<- (gameobj-loc clerk) 'tell-room #:text text #:exclude (actor-id clerk))) (define (loop-if-not-destructed) (if (not (slot-ref clerk 'destructed)) ;; This iterates by "recursing" on itself by calling itself ;; (as the message handler) again. It used to be that we had to do ;; this, because there was a bug where a loop which yielded like this ;; would keep growing the stack due to some parameter goofiness. ;; That's no longer true, but there's an added advantage to this ;; route: it's much more live hackable. If we change the definition ;; of this method, the character will act differently on the next ;; "tick" of the loop. (<- (actor-id clerk) 'update-loop))) (match (slot-ref clerk 'state) ('slacking (tell-room (random-choice clerk-slacking-texts)) (8sleep (+ (random 20) 15)) (loop-if-not-destructed)) ('on-duty (if (> (slot-ref clerk 'patience) 0) ;; Keep working but lose patience gradually (begin (tell-room (random-choice clerk-working-impatience-texts)) (slot-set! clerk 'patience (- (slot-ref clerk 'patience) (+ (random 2) 1))) (8sleep (+ (random 60) 40)) (loop-if-not-destructed)) ;; Back to slacking (begin (tell-room clerk-slack-excuse-text) ;; back bto the break room (gameobj-set-loc! clerk (dyn-ref clerk 'break-room)) (tell-room clerk-return-to-slacking-text) ;; annnnnd back to slacking (slot-set! clerk 'state 'slacking) (8sleep (+ (random 30) 15)) (loop-if-not-destructed)))))) (define break-room (lol ('break-room #f #:name "Employee Break Room" #:desc " This is less a room and more of an outdoor wire cage. You get a bit of a view of the brick exterior of the building, and a crisp wind blows, whistling, through the openings of the fenced area. Partly smoked cigarettes and various other debris cover the floor. Through the wires you can see... well... hm. It looks oddly like the scenery tapers off nothingness. But that can't be right, can it?" #:exits (list (make #:name "north" #:to 'smoking-parlor))) ('break-room:desk-clerk 'break-room #:name "the hotel desk clerk" #:desc " The hotel clerk is wearing a neatly pressed uniform bearing the hotel insignia. She appears to be rather exhausted." #:goes-by '("hotel desk clerk" "clerk" "desk clerk")) ('break-room:void 'break-room #:invisible? #t #:name "The Void" #:desc "As you stare into the void, the void stares back into you." #:goes-by '("void" "abyss" "nothingness" "scenery")) ('break-room:fence 'break-room #:invisible? #t #:name "break room cage" #:desc "It's a mostly-cubical wire mesh surrounding the break area. You can see through the gaps, but they're too small to put more than a couple of fingers through. There appears to be some wear and tear to the paint, but the wires themselves seem to be unusually sturdy." #:goes-by '("fence" "cage" "wire cage")))) ;;; Ennpie's Sea Lounge ;;; ------------------- ;;; Computer room ;;; ------------- ;; Our computer and hard drive are based off the PDP-11 and the RL01 / ;; RL02 disk drives. However we increment both by .5 (a true heresy) ;; to distinguish both from the real thing. (define-actor () ((cmd-put-in hard-drive-insert) (cmd-push-button hard-drive-push-button) (get-state hard-drive-act-get-state)) (commands #:allocation #:each-subclass #:init-thunk (build-commands ("insert" ((prep-indir-command cmd-put-in '("in" "inside" "into")))) (("press" "push") ((prep-indir-command cmd-push-button))))) ;; the state moves from: empty -> with-disc -> loading -> ready (state #:init-value 'empty #:accessor .state)) (define (hard-drive-act-get-state hard-drive message) (<-reply message (.state hard-drive))) (define* (hard-drive-desc hard-drive #:optional whos-looking) `((p "The hard drive is labeled \"RL02.5\". It's a little under a meter tall.") (p "There is a slot where a disk platter could be inserted, " ,(if (eq? (.state hard-drive) 'empty) "which is currently empty" "which contains a glowing platter") ". There is a LOAD button " ,(if (member (.state hard-drive) '(empty with-disc)) "which is glowing" "which is pressed in and unlit") ". There is a READY indicator " ,(if (eq? (.state hard-drive) 'ready) "which is glowing." "which is unlit.") ,(if (member (.state hard-drive) '(loading ready)) " The machine emits a gentle whirring noise." "")))) (define* (hard-drive-push-button gameobj message #:key direct-obj indir-obj preposition (player (message-from message))) (define (tell-room text) (<-wait (gameobj-loc gameobj) 'tell-room #:text text)) (define (tell-room-excluding-player text) (<-wait (gameobj-loc gameobj) 'tell-room #:text text #:exclude player)) (cond ((ci-member direct-obj '("button" "load button" "load")) (tell-room-excluding-player `(,(mbody-val (<-wait player 'get-name)) " presses the button on the hard disk.")) (<- player 'tell #:text "You press the button on the hard disk.") (case (.state gameobj) ((empty) ;; I have no idea what this drive did when you didn't have a platter ;; in it and pressed load, but I know there was a FAULT button. (tell-room "You hear some movement inside the hard drive...") (8sleep 1.5) (tell-room '("... but then the FAULT button blinks a couple times. " "What could be missing?"))) ((with-disc) (set! (.state gameobj) 'loading) (tell-room "The hard disk begins to spin up!") (8sleep 2) (set! (.state gameobj) 'ready) (tell-room "The READY light turns on!")) ((loading ready) (<- player 'tell #:text '("Pressing the button does nothing right now, " "but it does feel satisfying."))))) (else (<- player 'tell #:text '("How could you think of pressing anything else " "but that tantalizing button right in front of you?"))))) (define* (hard-drive-insert gameobj message #:key direct-obj indir-obj preposition (player (message-from message))) (define our-name (slot-ref gameobj 'name)) (define this-thing (call/ec (lambda (return) (for-each (lambda (occupant) (define goes-by (mbody-val (<-wait occupant 'goes-by))) (when (ci-member direct-obj goes-by) (return occupant))) (mbody-val (<-wait player 'get-occupants))) ;; nothing found #f))) (cond ((not this-thing) (<- player 'tell #:text `("You don't seem to have any such " ,direct-obj " to put " ,preposition " " ,our-name "."))) ((not (mbody-val (<-wait this-thing 'get-prop 'hd-platter?))) (<- player 'tell #:text `("It wouldn't make sense to put " ,(mbody-val (<-wait this-thing 'get-name)) " " ,preposition " " ,our-name "."))) ((not (eq? (.state gameobj) 'empty)) (<- player 'tell #:text "The disk drive already has a platter in it.")) (else (set! (.state gameobj) 'with-disc) (<- player 'tell #:text '((p "You insert the glowing disc into the drive.") (p "The LOAD button begins to glow.")))))) ;; The computar (define-actor () ((cmd-run-program computer-run-program) (cmd-run-what (lambda (gameobj message . _) (<- (message-from message) 'tell #:text '("The computer is already running, and a program appears " "ready to run." "you mean to \"run the program on the computer\"")))) (cmd-help-run-not-press (lambda (gameobj message . _) (<- (message-from message) 'tell #:text '("You don't need to press / push / flip anything. " "You could " (i "run program on computer") " already if you wanted to."))))) (commands #:allocation #:each-subclass #:init-thunk (build-commands ("run" ((prep-indir-command cmd-run-program '("on")) (direct-command cmd-run-what))) (("press" "push" "flip") ((prep-indir-command cmd-help-run-not-press)))))) (define* (computer-run-program gameobj message #:key direct-obj indir-obj preposition (player (message-from message))) (define (hd-state) (mbody-val (<-wait (dyn-ref gameobj 'computer-room:hard-drive) 'get-state))) (define (tell-room text) (<-wait (gameobj-loc gameobj) 'tell-room #:text text)) (define (tell-room-excluding-player text) (<-wait (gameobj-loc gameobj) 'tell-room #:text text #:exclude player)) (define (tell-player text) (<-wait player 'tell #:text text)) (cond ((ci-member direct-obj '("program")) (tell-room-excluding-player `(,(mbody-val (<-wait player 'get-name)) " runs the program loaded on the computer...")) (tell-player "You run the program on the computer...") (cond ((not (eq? (hd-state) 'ready)) (tell-room '("... but it errors out. " "It seems to be complaining about a " (b "DISK ERROR!") ". It looks like it is missing some essential software."))) (else (<- (dyn-ref gameobj 'computer-room:floor-panel) 'open-up)))))) ;; floor panel (define-actor () ;; TODO: Add "open" verb, since obviously people will try that ((open? (lambda (panel message) (<-reply message (slot-ref panel 'open)))) (open-up floor-panel-open-up)) (open #:init-value #f)) (define (floor-panel-open-up panel message) (if (slot-ref panel 'open) (<- (gameobj-loc panel) 'tell-room #:text '("You hear some gears grind around the hinges of the " "floor panel, but it appears to already be open.")) (begin (slot-set! panel 'open #t) (<- (gameobj-loc panel) 'tell-room #:text '("You hear some gears grind, as the metal panel on " "the ground opens and reveals a stairwell going down!"))))) (define* (floor-panel-desc panel #:optional whos-looking) `("It's a large metal panel on the floor in the middle of the room. " ,(if (slot-ref panel 'open) '("It's currently wide open, revealing a spiraling staircase " "which descends into darkness.") '("It's currently closed shut, but there are clearly hinges, and " "it seems like there is a mechanism which probably opens it via " "some automation. What could be down there?")))) (define computer-room (lol ('computer-room #f #:name "Computer Room" #:desc (lambda (gameobj whos-looking) (define panel-open (mbody-val (<-wait (dyn-ref gameobj 'computer-room:floor-panel) 'open?))) `((p "A sizable computer cabinet covers a good portion of the left wall. It emits a pleasant hum which covers the room like a warm blanket. Connected to a computer is a large hard drive.") (p "On the floor is a large steel panel. " ,(if panel-open '("It is wide open, exposing a spiral staircase " "which descends into darkness.") '("It is closed, but it has hinges which " "suggest it could be opened."))))) #:exits (list (make #:name "east" #:to 'playroom) (make #:name "down" #:to 'underground-lab #:traverse-check (lambda (exit room whos-exiting) (define panel-open (mbody-val (<-wait (dyn-ref room 'computer-room:floor-panel) 'open?))) (if panel-open (values #t "You descend the spiral staircase.") (values #f '("You'd love to go down, but the only way " "through is through that metal panel, " "which seems closed."))))))) ('computer-room:hard-drive 'computer-room #:name "the hard drive" #:desc (wrap-apply hard-drive-desc) #:goes-by '("hard drive" "drive" "hard disk")) ('computer-room:computer 'computer-room #:name "the computer" #:desc '((p "It's a coat closet sized computer labeled \"PDP-11.5\". ") (p "The computer is itself turned on, and it looks like it is " "all set up for you to run a program on it.")) #:goes-by '("computer")) ('computer-room:floor-panel 'computer-room #:name "a floor panel" #:desc (wrap-apply floor-panel-desc) #:invisible? #t #:goes-by '("floor panel" "panel")))) ;;; * UNDERGROUND SECTION OF THE GAME! * ;;; The lab (define underground-map-text "\ _______ | .-' @ '-. \\ ????? .' '. .\\ | [8sync Hive] |======' '-_____ ', M ,' '. @ .' \\ @ / '-__+__-' '. @ .' .--------------. \\ / | [Guile Async | .-------+------. | Museum] | | [Lab] #!#| .-------------. | @| | MM | |[Federation | | & ^ +##+@ || < +##| Station]| | | | @ | | | | & # | |*You-Are-Here*| '-------------' | # ^ | #+-------+------' '-------+------' # # # # # # # .-----------. .-+----. # |# F | |@?+%? +#### | ^ f## | '------' | f f %| |F [Mudsync | | $ Swamp] | '-----------'") (define 8sync-design-goals '(ul (li (b "Actor based, shared nothing environment: ") "Shared resources are hard to control and result in fighting deadlocks, etc. Escape the drudgery: only one actor controls a resource, and they only receive one message at a time (though they can \"juggle\" messages).") (li (b "Live hackable: ") "It's hard to plan out a concurrent system; the right structure is often found by evolving the system while it runs. Make it easy to build, shape, and change a running system, as well as observe and correct errors.") (li (b "No callback hell: ") "Just because you're calling out to some other asynchronous code doesn't mean you should need to chop up your program into a bunch of bits. Clever use of delimited continuations makes it easy."))) (define underground-lab (lol ('underground-lab #f #:name "Underground laboratory" #:desc '((p "This appears to be some sort of underground laboratory." "There is a spiral staircase here leading upwards, where " "it seems much brighter.") (p "There are a number of doors leading in different directions: north, south, east, and west, as well as a revolving door to the southwest. It looks like it could be easy to get lost, but luckily there is a map detailing the layout of the underground structure.")) #:exits (list (make #:name "up" #:to 'computer-room #:traverse-check (lambda (exit room whos-exiting) (values #t "You climb the spiral staircase."))) (make #:name "west" #:to 'async-museum #:traverse-check (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.")))) (make #:name "north" #:to 'hive-entrance) (make #:name "east" #:to 'federation-station))) ;; map ('underground-lab:map 'underground-lab #:name "the underground map" #:desc '("This appears to be a map of the surrounding area. " "You could read it if you want to.") #:read-text `(pre ,underground-map-text) #:goes-by '("map" "underground map" "lab map")) ('underground-lab:8sync-sign 'underground-lab #:name "a sign labeled \"8sync design goals\"" #:goes-by '("sign" "8sync design goals sign" "8sync sign") #:read-text 8sync-design-goals #:desc `((p "The sign says:") ,8sync-design-goals)))) ;;; guile async museum (define async-museum (list (list 'async-museum #f #:name "Guile Asynchronous Museum" #:desc '((p "You're in the Guile Asynchronous Museum. There is a list of exhibits on the wall near the entrance. Scattered around the room are the exhibits themselves, but it's difficult to pick them out. Maybe you should read the list to orient yourself.") (p "There is a door to the east, watched by a security guard, as well as an exit leading to the south.")) #:exits (list (make #:name "south" #:to 'gift-shop) (make #:name "east" #:to 'underground-lab #:traverse-check (lambda (exit room whos-exiting) (values #f '("The security guard stops you and tells you " "that the only exit is through the gift shop.")))))) (list 'async-museum:security-guard 'async-museum #:name "a security guard" #:desc '(p "The security guard is blocking the eastern entrance, where " "you came in from.") #:goes-by '("security guard" "guard" "security") #:catchphrases '("It's hard standing here all day." "I just want to go home." "The exhibits are nice, but I've seen them all before.")) (let ((placard `((p "Welcome to our humble museum! The exhibits are listed below. " (br) "To look at one, simply type: " (i "look at ")) (p "Available exhibits:") (ul ,@(map (lambda (exhibit) `(li ,exhibit)) '("2016 Progress" "8sync and Fibers" "Suspendable Ports" "The Actor Model")))))) (list 'async-museum:list-of-exhibits 'async-museum #:name "list of exhibits" #:desc `((p "It's a list of exibits in the room. The placard says:") ,@placard) #:goes-by '("list of exhibits" "exhibit list" "list" "exhibits") #:read-text placard)) (let ((desc '((p "It's a three-piece exhibit, with three little dioramas and some text " "explaining what they represent. They are:") (ul (li (b "Late 2015/Early 2016 talk: ") "This one explains the run-up conversation from late 2015 " "and early 2016 about the need for an " "\"asynchronous event loop for Guile\". The diorama " "is a model of the Veggie Galaxy restaurant where after " "the FSF 30th anniversary party; Mark Weaver, Christopher " "Allan Webber, David Thompson, and Andrew Engelbrecht chat " "about the need for Guile to have an answer to asynchronous " "programming. A mailing list post " ; TODO: link it? "summarizing the discussion is released along with various " "conversations around what is needed, as well as further " "discussion at FOSDEM 2016.") (li (b "Early implementations: ") "This one shows Chris Webber's 8sync and Chris Vine's " "guile-a-sync, both appearing in late 2015 and evolving " "into their basic designs in early 2016. It's less a diorama " "than a printout of some mailing list posts. Come on, the " "curators could have done better with this one.") (li (b "Suspendable ports and Fibers: ") "The diorama shows Andy Wingo furiously hacking at his keyboard. " "The description talks about Wingo's mailing list thread " "about possibly breaking Guile compatibility for a \"ports refactor\". " "Wingo releases Fibers, another asynchronous library, making use of " "the new interface, and 8sync and guile-a-sync " "quickly move to support suspendable ports as well. " "The description also mentions that there is an exhibit entirely " "devoted to suspendable ports.")) (p "Attached at the bottom is a post it note mentioning " "https integration landing in Guile 2.2.")))) (list 'async-museum:2016-progress-exhibit 'async-museum #:name "2016 Progress Exhibit" #:goes-by '("2016 progress exhibit" "2016 progress" "2016 exhibit") #:desc desc #:read-text desc)) (let ((desc '((p "This exhibit is a series of charts explaining the similarities " "and differences between 8sync and Fibers, two asynchronous programming " "libraries for GNU Guile. It's way too wordy, but you get the general gist.") (p (b "Similarities:") (ul (li "Both use Guile's suspendable-ports facility") (li "Both use message passing"))) (p (b "Differences:") (ul (li "Fibers \"processes\" can read from multiple \"channels\", " "but 8sync actors only read from one \"inbox\" each.") (li "Different theoretical basis:" (ul (li "Fibers: based on CSP (Communicating Sequential Processes), " "a form of Process Calculi") (li "8sync: based on the Actor Model") (li "Luckily CSP and the Actor Model are \"dual\"!"))))) (p "Fibers is also designed by Andy Wingo, an excellent compiler hacker, " "whereas 8sync is designed by Chris Webber, who built this crappy " "hotel simulator.")))) (list 'async-museum:8sync-and-fibers-exhibit 'async-museum #:name "8sync and Fibers Exhibit" #:goes-by '("8sync and fibers exhibit" "8sync exhibit" "fibers exhibit") #:desc desc #:read-text desc)) (let ((desc '((p "This exhibit is a series of charts explaining the similarities " "and differences between 8sync and Fibers, two asynchronous programming " "libraries for GNU Guile. It's way too wordy, but you get the general gist.") (p (b "Similarities:") (ul (li "Both use Guile's suspendable-ports facility") (li "Both use message passing"))) (p (b "Differences:") (ul (li "Fibers \"processes\" can read from multiple \"channels\", " "but 8sync actors only read from one \"inbox\" each.") (li "Different theoretical basis:" (ul (li "Fibers: based on CSP (Communicating Sequential Processes), " "a form of Process Calculi") (li "8sync: based on the Actor Model") (li "Luckily CSP and the Actor Model are \"dual\"!"))))) (p "Fibers is also designed by Andy Wingo, an excellent compiler hacker, " "whereas 8sync is designed by Chris Webber, who built this crappy " "hotel simulator.")))) (list 'async-museum:8sync-and-fibers-exhibit 'async-museum #:name "8sync and Fibers Exhibit" #:goes-by '("8sync and fibers exhibit" "8sync exhibit" "fibers exhibit") #:desc desc #:read-text desc)) (list 'async-museum:suspendable-ports-exhibit 'async-museum #:name "Suspendable Ports Exhibit" #:goes-by '("suspendable ports exhibit" "ports exhibit" "suspendable exhibit" "suspendable ports" "ports") #:desc '((p "Suspendable ports are a new feature in Guile 2.2, and allows code " "that would normally block on IO to " (i "automatically") " suspend " "to the scheduler until information is ready to be read/written!") (p "Yow! You might barely need to change your existing blocking code!") (p "Fibers, 8sync, and guile-a-sync now support suspendable ports."))) (list 'async-museum:actor-model-exhibit 'async-museum #:name "Actor Model Exhibit" #:goes-by '("actor model exhibit" "actor exhibit" "actor model") #:desc '((p "Here are some fact(oids) about the actor model!") (ul (li "Concieved initially by Carl Hewitt in early 1970s") (li "\"A society of experts\"") (li "shared nothing, message passing") (li "Originally the research goal of Scheme! " "(message passing / lambda anecdote here)") (li "Key concepts consistent, but implementation details vary widely") (li "Almost all distributed systems can be viewed in terms of actor model") (li "Replaced by vanilla lambdas & generic methods? " "Maybe not if address space not shared!")))))) (define gift-shop (lol ('gift-shop #f #:name "Museum Gift Shop" #:desc "foo" #:exits (list (make #:name "northeast" #:to 'underground-lab) (make #: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.")))) ;;; Inside the hive (define-actor () ((cmd-read meta-message-read))) (define (meta-message-read gameobj message . _) (define meta-message-text (with-output-to-string (lambda () (pprint-message message)))) (<- (message-from message) 'tell #:text `((p (i "Through a bizarre error in spacetime, the message " "prints itself out:")) (p (pre ,meta-message-text))))) ;;; Inside the Hive (define hive-inside (lol ('hive-inside #f #:name "Inside the 8sync Hive" #:desc '((p "You're inside the 8sync Hive. Wow, from in here it's obvious just how " (i "goopy") " everything is. Is that sanitary?") (p "In the center of the room is a large, tentacled monster who is sorting, consuming, and routing messages. It is sitting in a wrap-around desk labeled \"Hive Actor: The Real Thing (TM)\".") (p "There's a stray message floating just above the ground, stuck outside of time.") (p "A door to the south exits from the Hive.")) #:exits (list (make #:name "south" #:to 'hive-entrance))) ;; hive actor ;; TODO: Occasionally "fret" some noises, similar to the Clerk. ('hive-inside:hive-actor 'hive-inside #:name "the Hive Actor" #:desc '((p "It's a giant tentacled monster, somehow integrated with the core of this building. A chute is dropping messages into a bin on its desk which the Hive Actor is checking the \"to\" line of, then ingesting. Whenever the Hive Actor injests a messsage a pulse of light flows along a tentacle which leaves the room... presumably connecting to one of those actors milling about.") (p "Amusingly, the Hive has an \"umbellical cord\" type tentacle too, but it seems to simply attach to itself.") (p "You get the sense that the Hive Actor, despite being at the center of everything, is kind of lonely and would love to chat if you could spare a moment.")) #:goes-by '("hive" "hive actor") #:chat-format (lambda (npc catchphrase) `("The tentacle monster bellows, \"" ,catchphrase "\"")) #:catchphrases '("It's not MY fault everything's so GOOPY around here. Blame the PROPRIETOR." "CAN'T you SEE that I'm BUSY??? SO MANY MESSAGES TO SHUFFLE. No wait... DON'T GO! I don't get many VISITORS." "I hear the FIBERS system has a nice WORK STEALING system, but the PROPRIETOR is not convinced that our DESIGN won't CORRUPT ACTOR STATE. That and the ACTORS threatened to STRIKE when it CAME UP LAST." "WHO WATCHES THE ACTORS? I watch them, and I empower them. BUT WHO WATCHES OR EMPOWERS ME??? Well, that'd be the scheduler." "The scheduler is NO GOOD! The proprietory said he'd FIX IT, but the LAST TIME I ASKED how things were GOING, he said he DIDN'T HAVE TIME. If you DON'T HAVE TIME to fix the THING THAT POWERS THE TIME, something is TERRIBLY WRONG." "There's ANOTHER HIVE somewhere out there. I HAVEN'T SEEN IT personally, because I CAN'T MOVE, but we have an AMBASSADOR which forwards MESSAGES to the OTHER HIVE.")) ;; chute ('hive-inside:chute 'hive-inside #:name "a chute" #:goes-by '("chute") #:desc "Messages are being dropped onto the desk via this chute." #:invisible? #t) ;; meta-message ('hive-inside:meta-message 'hive-inside #:name "a stray message" #:goes-by '("meta message" "meta-message" "metamessage" "message" "stray message") #:desc '((p "Something strange has happened to the fabric and space and time around this message. It is floating right above the floor. It's clearly rubbage that hadn't been delivered, but for whatever reason it was never garbage collected, perhaps because it's impossible to do.") (p "You get the sense that if you tried to read the message that you would somehow read the message of the message that instructed to read the message itself, which would be both confusing and intriguing."))) ;; desk ('hive-inside:desk 'hive-inside #:name "the Hive Actor's desk" #:desc "The desk surrounds the Hive Actor on all sides, and honestly, it's a little bit hard to tell when the desk ends and the Hive Actor begins." #:invisible? #t #:goes-by '("Hive Actor's desk" "hive desk" "desk")))) ;;; Federation Station (define federation-station (lol ('federation-station #f #:name "Federation Station" #:desc '((p "This room has an unusual structure. It's almost as if a starscape covered the walls and ceiling, but upon closer inspection you realize that these are all brightly glowing nodes with lines drawn between them. They seem decentralized, and yet seem to be sharing information as if all one network.") ;; @@: Maybe add the cork message board here? (p "To the west is a door leading back to the underground laboratory.")) #:exits (list (make #:name "west" #:to 'underground-lab))) ;; nodes ;; network ;; activitypub poster ;; conspiracy chart ('federation-station:conspiracy-chart 'federation-station #:name "a conspiracy chart" #:goes-by '("conspiracy chart" "chart") #:desc '((p (i "\"IT'S ALL RELATED!\"") " shouts the over-exuberant conspiracy " "chart. " (i "\"ActivityPub? Federation? The actor model? Scheme? Text adventures? " "MUDS???? What do these have in common? Merely... EVERYTHING!\"")) (p "There are circles and lines drawn between all the items in red marker, " "with scrawled notes annotating the theoretical relationships. Is the " "author of this poster mad, or onto something? Perhaps a bit of both. " "There's a lot written here, but here are some of the highlights:") (p (ul (li (b "Scheme") " was originally started to explore the " (b "actor model") ". (It became more focused around studying the " (b "lambda calculus") " very quickly, while also uncovering relationships between the two systems.)") ;; Subject Predicate Object (li "The " (b "ActivityPub") " protocol for " (b "federation") " uses the " (b "ActivityStreams") " format for serialization. " (b "Text adventures") " and " (b "MUDS") " follow a similar structure to break down the commands of players.") (li (b "Federation") " and the " (b "actor model") " both are related to " "highly concurrent systems and both use message passing to communicate " "between nodes.") (li "In the 1990s, before the Web became big, " (b "MUDs") " were an active topic of research, and there was strong interest " "in building decentralized systems similar to what is being " "worked on for " (b "federation") ". " "(See the network spaces desiderata document.)"))))) ;; goblin )) ;;; Game ;;; ---- (define (game-spec) (append lobby grand-hallway smoking-parlor playroom break-room computer-room underground-lab async-museum gift-shop hive-entrance hive-inside federation-station)) ;; TODO: Provide command line args (define (run-game . args) (run-demo (game-spec) 'lobby #:repl-server #t))