Matreshka

Example 172

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A SEARCH [room] action that will open every container the player can see, stopping only when there don't remain any that are closed, unlocked, and openable.

Play/modify in Borogove

Play in Quixe

"Matreshka"

Ransacking is an action applying to one thing.

Check ransacking:

if the noun is not the location, say "You can hardly search [the noun] from here." instead.

Carry out ransacking:

while the player can see a closed openable unlocked container (called target):

say "[target]: [run paragraph on]";

try opening the target.

Report ransacking:

say "You can see nothing further worth searching."

The Russian Gift Shop is a room. In the Russian Gift Shop is a large wooden doll. It is closed and openable. In the large wooden doll is a medium wooden doll. It is closed and openable. In the medium wooden doll is a small wooden doll. It is closed and openable. In the small wooden doll is a tiny solid wooden doll.

And now we need to borrow from a later chapter for the command that will make this work:

Understand "search [any visited room]" as ransacking.
 
Test me with "search gift shop".

Test me with "search gift shop".

Russian Gift Shop
You can see a large wooden doll (closed) here.

>(Testing.)

>[1] search gift shop
large wooden doll: You open the large wooden doll, revealing a medium wooden doll.

medium wooden doll: You open the medium wooden doll, revealing a small wooden doll.

small wooden doll: You open the small wooden doll, revealing a tiny solid wooden doll.

You can see nothing further worth searching.