Access All Areas
Example 398
★If somebody tries to walk through a closed door, the "can't go through closed doors rule" usually stops them. This is a rule belonging to the "check going" rulebook. These names are fairly explanatory when written out, but hard to remember: fortunately we don't need to remember them, as the Index panel contains a full inventory of the check, carry out and report rules for every action, showing all of their names and the order in which they are checked. (We can also find out which rules are stopping an action by typing the testing command ACTIONS.)
Here we make the rule do nothing provided a condition holds:
"Access All Areas"
The extremely difficult door is north of the Standing Room and south of the Room of Walking Upside Down. It is a locked door.
The player is carrying the Pointy Hat of Liminal Transgression. The hat is wearable.
The can't go through closed doors rule does nothing when the Hat is worn.
Test me with "n / wear hat / n".
Test me with "n / wear hat / n".
Standing Room
You can see an extremely difficult door here.
>(Testing.)
>[1] n
(first opening the extremely difficult door)
It seems to be locked.
>[2] wear hat
You put on the Pointy Hat of Liminal Transgression.
>[3] n
Room of Walking Upside Down
You can see an extremely difficult door here.
You can see an extremely difficult door here.
>(Testing.)
>[1] n
(first opening the extremely difficult door)
It seems to be locked.
>[2] wear hat
You put on the Pointy Hat of Liminal Transgression.
>[3] n
Room of Walking Upside Down
You can see an extremely difficult door here.
(The Pointy Hat may be useful in debugging a game, even if it never makes it into the final published work.)