Scroll Thief — 40 of 138
Daniel M. Stelzer
Book S2 - Status Line
Table of Scroll Thief Status
| left | central | right |
| "[player's surroundings]" | "[time of day]" | "[elaborate score]" |
Table of Scroll Thief Compass Status
| left | central | right |
| "[player's surroundings]" | "[compass rose top]" | "[elaborate score]" |
| "[current act]" | "[compass rose middle]" | "[time of day]" |
| "[puzzle count] problem[s]" | "[compass rose bottom]" | "Turn [turn count]" |
To say current act:
if Act 1 is happening:
say "Act 1";
else if Act 2 is happening:
say "Act 2";
otherwise:
say "Finis"
To say elaborate score:
say "[score]/[maximum score] points".
status bar is an active boolean option.
Rule for constructing the status line:
if the status bar is inactive:
deepen the status line to 0 rows;
otherwise if the compass rose is active:
fill the status bar with the Table of Scroll Thief Compass Status;
otherwise:
fill the status bar with the Table of Scroll Thief Status.
Displaying status information is an action out of world applying to nothing. Understand "status" as displaying status information. [For screen readers and other terps without a proper status line.]
Carry out displaying status information:
say "[player's surroundings].
[current act].
There are [puzzle count] problems.
You have earned [score] out of [maximum score] points.
It is currently turn [turn count], at [time of day].[r][br]";
try listing exits.