;;; Hotel Bricabrac
(use-modules (mudsync)
- (mudsync parser)
- (8sync actors)
- (8sync agenda)
+ (mudsync container)
+ (8sync)
(oop goops)
(ice-9 control)
(ice-9 format)
#:init-thunk (build-actions
(cmd-read readable-cmd-read))))
-(define (readable-cmd-read actor message)
+(define (readable-cmd-read actor message . _)
(<- (message-from message) 'tell
- #:text (string-append (slot-ref actor 'read-text) "\n")))
+ #:text (slot-ref actor 'read-text)))
+
+
+;; This one allows you to take from items that are proxied by it
+(define-actor <proxy-items> (<gameobj>)
+ ((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) ".")))))
\f
;;; -----
(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))
(define-class <chatty-npc> (<gameobj>)
(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
#: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))))
"How can you have money if none of you produces anything?"
"On no account allow Arthur to request tea on this ship."))
+(define-class <cabinet-item> (<gameobj>)
+ (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
- ('room:lobby
+ ('lobby
<room> #f
#:name "Hotel Lobby"
#:desc
#:exits
(list (make <exit>
#:name "north"
- #:to 'room:grand-hallway)))
+ #:to 'grand-hallway)))
;; NPC: hotel owner
- ('npc:lobby:hotel-owner
- <chatty-npc> 'room:lobby
+ ('lobby:hotel-owner
+ <chatty-npc> 'lobby
#:name "a frumpy fellow"
#:desc
'((p " Whoever this is, they looks totally exhausted. They're
"hotel proprietor" "proprietor")
#:catchphrases hotel-owner-grumps)
;; Object: Sign
- ('thing:lobby:sign
- <readable> 'room:lobby
+ ('lobby:sign
+ <readable> '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
"hotel bricabrac sign"
"lobby sign"))
- ('thing:lobby:bell
- <summoning-bell> 'room:lobby
+ ('lobby:bell
+ <summoning-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 'npc:break-room:desk-clerk)
+ #:summons 'break-room:desk-clerk)
+
+ ('lobby:sign-in-form
+ <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 <my-name-here>")))
;; Object: curio cabinets
- ('thing:lobby:cabinet
- <gameobj> 'room:lobby
+ ;; TODO: respond to attempts to open the curio cabinet
+ ('lobby:cabinet
+ <proxy-items> '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")
"the pickled circuitboard of EVLIS"
"a scroll of teletype paper holding the software Four Freedoms"
"a telephone shaped like an orange cartoon cat")))))
- ('thing:lobby:sign-in-form
- <sign-in-form> 'room: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.")
- ('thing:lobby:porcelain-doll
- <gameobj> 'room:lobby
+ ('lobby:porcelain-doll
+ <cabinet-item> '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"))
- ('thing:lobby:1950s-robots
- <gameobj> 'room:lobby
+ ('lobby:1950s-robots
+ <cabinet-item> '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"))
- ('thing:lobby:tea-set
- <gameobj> 'room:lobby
+ ('lobby:tea-set
+ <cabinet-item> '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"))
- ('thing:lobby:mustard-pot
- <gameobj> 'room:lobby
+ ('lobby:cups
+ <cabinet-item> 'lobby
+ #:invisible? #t
+ #:name "cups from the tea set"
+ #:desc "They're chipped."
+ #:goes-by '("cups"))
+ ('lobby:mustard-pot
+ <cabinet-item> 'lobby
#:invisible? #t
#:name "a mustard pot"
#:desc '((p "It's a mustard pot. I mean, it's kind of cool, it has a
like this in a museum.")
(p "Ha... imagine that... a mustard museum."))
#:goes-by '("mustard pot" "antique mustard pot" "mustard"))
- ('thing:lobby:head-of-elvis
- <gameobj> 'room:lobby
+ ('lobby:head-of-elvis
+ <cabinet-item> 'lobby
#:invisible? #t
#:name "the pickled head of Elvis"
#:desc '((p "It's a jar full of some briny-looking liquid and...
everything you read."))
#:goes-by '("pickled head of elvis" "pickled head of Elvis"
"elvis" "Elvis" "head" "pickled head"))
- ('thing:lobby:circuitboard-of-evlis
- <gameobj> 'room:lobby
+ ('lobby:circuitboard-of-evlis
+ <cabinet-item> 'lobby
#:invisible? #t
#:name "the pickled circuitboard of Evlis"
#:desc '((p "It's a circuitboard from a Lisp Machine called EVLIS.
#:goes-by '("pickled circuitboard of evlis" "pickled circuitboard of Evlis"
"pickled circuitboard of EVLIS"
"evlis" "Evlis" "EVLIS" "circuitboard" "pickled circuitboard"))
- ('thing:lobby:teletype-scroll
- <gameobj> 'room:lobby
+ ('lobby:teletype-scroll
+ <cabinet-item> 'lobby
#:invisible? #t
#:name "a scroll of teletype"
#:desc '((p "This is a scroll of teletype paper. It's a bit old
"teletype paper" "scroll" "four freedoms"
"scroll of teletype paper holding the software Four Freedoms"
"scroll of teletype paper holding the software four freedoms"))
- ('thing:lobby:orange-cat-phone
- <gameobj> 'room:lobby
+ ('lobby:orange-cat-phone
+ <cabinet-item> '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.
;;; Grand hallway
;;; -------------
+(define-actor <disc-shield> (<gameobj>)
+ ((cmd-take disc-shield-take)))
+
+(define* (disc-shield-take gameobj message
+ #:key direct-obj
+ (player (message-from message)))
+ (create-gameobj <glowing-disc> (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 <glowing-disc> (<gameobj>)
+ ((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))
+
+\f
+;;; Grand hallway
+
+(define lobby-map-text
+ "\
+ | : : |
+ .----------.----------. : & : .----------.----------.
+ | computer | |& :YOU ARE: &| smoking | *UNDER* |
+ | room + playroom + : HERE : + parlor | *CONS- |
+ | > | |& : : &| | TRUCTION*|
+ '----------'----------'-++-------++-'-------+--'----------'
+ | '-----' | | |
+ : LOBBY : '---'
+ '. .'
+ '---------'")
+
(define grand-hallway
(lol
- ('room:grand-hallway
+ ('grand-hallway
<room> #f
#:name "Grand Hallway"
- #:desc " A majestic red carpet runs down the center of the room.
+ #: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.
- In the center is a large statue of a bearded man. You wonder what
-that's all about?
- To the south is the lobby. A door to the east is labeled \"smoking
-room\", while a door to the west is labeled \"playroom\"."
+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 <exit>
#:name "south"
- #:to 'room:lobby)
+ #:to 'lobby)
(make <exit>
#:name "west"
- #:to 'room:playroom)
+ #:to 'playroom)
(make <exit>
#:name "east"
- #:to 'room:smoking-parlor)))
- ('thing:ignucius-statue
- <gameobj> 'room:grand-hallway
- #:name "a statue"
- #:desc " The statue is of a serious-looking bearded man with long, flowing hair.
- It has a large physical halo. Removing it is tempting, but it looks pretty
-well fastened."
- #:goes-by '("statue" "st ignucius" "st. ignucius"))))
+ #:to 'smoking-parlor)))
+ ('grand-hallway:map
+ <readable> '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
+ <gameobj> '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
+ <gameobj> '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
+ <proxy-items> '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
+ <gameobj> '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
+ <gameobj> '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
+ <disc-shield> '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"))))
\f
;;; Playroom
(define playroom
(lol
- ('room:playroom
+ ('playroom
<room> #f
#:name "The Playroom"
- #:desc " There are toys scattered everywhere here. It's really unclear
-if this room is intended for children or child-like adults."
+ #: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 <exit>
#:name "east"
- #:to 'room:grand-hallway)))
- ('thing:playroom:cubey
- <gameobj> 'room:playroom
- #:name "cubey"
+ #:to 'grand-hallway)
+ (make <exit>
+ #:name "west"
+ #:to 'computer-room)))
+ ('playroom:cubey
+ <gameobj> 'playroom
+ #:name "Cubey"
#:take-me? #t
#:desc " It's a little foam cube with googly eyes on it. So cute!")
- ('thing:playroom:cuddles-plushie
- <gameobj> 'room:playroom
- #:name "a cuddles plushie"
+ ('playroom:cuddles-plushie
+ <gameobj> '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!")
- ('thing:playroom:toy-chest
- <gameobj> 'room:playroom
+ ('playroom:toy-chest
+ <container> 'playroom
#:name "a toy chest"
#:goes-by '("toy chest" "chest")
- #:desc "A brightly painted wooden chest. The word \"TOYS\" is engraved
-on it. What could be inside?"
+ #: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
- ('thing:playroom:toy-chest:rubber-duck
- <gameobj> 'thing:playroom:toy-chest
+ ('playroom:toy-chest:rubber-duck
+ <gameobj> 'playroom:toy-chest
#:name "a rubber duck"
#:goes-by '("rubber duck" "duck")
#:take-me? #t
(define smoking-parlor
(lol
- ('room:smoking-parlor
+ ('smoking-parlor
<room> #f
#:name "Smoking Parlor"
#:desc
#:exits
(list (make <exit>
#:name "west"
- #:to 'room:grand-hallway)
+ #:to 'grand-hallway)
(make <exit>
#:name "south"
- #:to 'room:break-room)))
- ('thing:smoking-parlor:chair
- <furniture> 'room:smoking-parlor
+ #:to 'break-room)))
+ ('smoking-parlor:chair
+ <furniture> '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")
- ('thing:smoking-parlor:sofa
- <furniture> 'room:smoking-parlor
+ ('smoking-parlor:sofa
+ <furniture> 'smoking-parlor
#:name "a plush leather sofa"
#:desc " That leather chair looks really comfy!"
#:goes-by '("leather sofa" "plush leather sofa" "sofa"
#:sit-phrase "sprawl out on"
#:sit-phrase-third-person "sprawls out on into"
#:sit-name "the plush leather couch")
- ('thing:smoking-parlor:bar-stool
- <furniture> 'room:smoking-parlor
+ ('smoking-parlor:bar-stool
+ <furniture> 'smoking-parlor
#:name "a bar stool"
#:desc " Conveniently located near the bar! Not the most comfortable
seat in the room, though."
#:sit-phrase "hop on"
#:sit-phrase-third-person "hops onto"
#:sit-name "the bar stool")
- ('npc:ford-prefect
- <chatty-npc> 'room:smoking-parlor
+ ('ford-prefect
+ <chatty-npc> 'smoking-parlor
#:name "Ford Prefect"
#:desc "Just some guy, you know?"
#:goes-by '("Ford Prefect" "ford prefect"
"frood" "prefect" "ford")
#:catchphrases prefect-quotes)
- ('thing:smoking-parlor:no-smoking-sign
- <gameobj> 'room:smoking-parlor
+ ('smoking-parlor:no-smoking-sign
+ <readable> '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"))
-
+ #: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
))
;; start our main loop
(<- (actor-id clerk) 'update-loop))
-(define clerk-help-topics
- '(("changing name" .
- "Changing your name is easy! We have a clipboard here at the desk
+(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 <your-name>', replacing
<your-name>, 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...")
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.")))
+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
#:allow-other-keys)
(match (slot-ref clerk 'state)
('on-duty
- (match (assoc (pk 'indir indir-obj) clerk-help-topics)
+ (match (assoc indir-obj clerk-help-topics)
((_ . info)
(<- (message-from message) 'tell
#:text
#: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 'room:lobby))
+ (gameobj-set-loc! clerk (dyn-ref clerk 'lobby))
(slot-set! clerk 'patience 8)
(slot-set! clerk 'state 'on-duty)
(<- (gameobj-loc clerk) 'tell-room
The clerk leaves the room in a hurry.\n"
player-name)
#:exclude (actor-id clerk))
- (gameobj-set-loc! clerk (dyn-ref clerk 'room:break-room))
+ (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
(begin
(tell-room clerk-slack-excuse-text)
;; back bto the break room
- (gameobj-set-loc! clerk (pk 'break-room (dyn-ref clerk 'room: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)
(define break-room
(lol
- ('room:break-room
+ ('break-room
<room> #f
#:name "Employee Break Room"
#:desc " This is less a room and more of an outdoor wire cage. You get
#:exits
(list (make <exit>
#:name "north"
- #:to 'room:smoking-parlor))
- )
- ('npc:break-room:desk-clerk
- <desk-clerk> 'room:break-room
+ #:to 'smoking-parlor)))
+ ('break-room:desk-clerk
+ <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"))
- ('thing:break-room:void
- <gameobj> 'room:break-room
+ ('break-room:void
+ <gameobj> '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"))
- ('thing:break-room:fence
- <gameobj> 'room:break-room
+ ('break-room:fence
+ <gameobj> 'break-room
#:invisible? #t
#:name "break room cage"
#:desc "It's a mostly-cubical wire mesh surrounding the break area.
;;; 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 <hard-drive> (<gameobj>)
+ ((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 <computer> (<gameobj>)
+ ((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 <floor-panel> (<gameobj>)
+ ;; 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
+ <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 <exit>
+ #:name "east"
+ #:to 'playroom)
+ (make <exit>
+ #: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
+ <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> '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
+ <floor-panel> 'computer-room
+ #:name "a floor panel"
+ #:desc (wrap-apply floor-panel-desc)
+ #:invisible? #t
+ #:goes-by '("floor panel" "panel"))))
+
+\f
+;;; * UNDERGROUND SECTION OF THE GAME! *
+
+\f
+;;; 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
+ <room> #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 <exit>
+ #:name "up"
+ #:to 'computer-room
+ #:traverse-check
+ (lambda (exit room whos-exiting)
+ (values #t "You climb the spiral staircase.")))
+ (make <exit>
+ #: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 <exit>
+ #:name "north"
+ #:to 'hive-entrance)))
+
+ ;; map
+ ('underground-lab:map
+ <readable> '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
+ <readable> '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))))
+
+\f
+;;; guile async museum
+
+(define async-museum
+ (list
+ (list
+ 'async-museum
+ <room> #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 <exit>
+ #:name "south"
+ #:to 'gift-shop)
+ (make <exit>
+ #: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
+ <chatty-npc> '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 <exhibit-name>"))
+ (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
+ <readable> '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
+ <readable> '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
+ <readable> '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
+ <readable> '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
+ <gameobj> '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
+ <gameobj> '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
+ <room> #f
+ #:name "Museum Gift Shop"
+ #:desc "foo"
+ #:exits (list
+ (make <exit>
+ #:name "northeast"
+ #:to 'underground-lab)
+ (make <exit>
+ #:name "north"
+ #:to 'async-museum)))))
+
+\f
+;;; 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
+ <room> #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 <exit>
+ #:name "south"
+ #:to 'underground-lab)
+ (make <exit>
+ #:name "north"
+ #:to 'hive-inside)))
+ ('hive-entrance:hive
+ <gameobj> '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
+ <chatty-npc> '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 <meta-message> (<readable>)
+ ((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)))))
+
+(define hive-inside
+ (lol
+ ('hive-inside
+ <room> #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 <exit>
+ #:name "south"
+ #:to 'hive-entrance)))
+ ;; hive actor
+ ;; TODO: Occasionally "fret" some noises, similar to the Clerk.
+ ('hive-inside:hive-actor
+ <chatty-npc> '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
+ <gameobj> '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
+ <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
+ <floor-panel> '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"))))
+
+
\f
;;; Game
;;; ----
(define (game-spec)
(append lobby grand-hallway smoking-parlor
- playroom break-room))
+ playroom break-room computer-room underground-lab
+ async-museum gift-shop hive-entrance
+ hive-inside))
;; TODO: Provide command line args
(define (run-game . args)
- (run-demo (game-spec) 'room:lobby #:repl-server #t))
+ (run-demo (game-spec) 'lobby #:repl-server #t))
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