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Example: * Night and Day
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Location: Multiple beginnings and repeats
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RecipeLocation: Passers-By, Weather and Astronomical Events
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Index: Cycle of day and night scenes
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Description: Cycling through a sequence of scenes to represent day and night following one another during a game.
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For: Z-Machine
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Suppose we want to have a sequence of nights and days in our game, with one scene to govern each daylight condition.
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{*}"Night and Day"
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The sun is a backdrop. It is everywhere. The description is "Currently out of sight."
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Night is a recurring scene. Night begins when play begins. Night begins when Dusk ends. Night ends when the time since Night began is 3 minutes.
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Notice that our two conditions for the beginning of Night are not in conflict: it will be night-time when the game begins, and then night will also recur every time the Dusk scene ends.
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{**}When Night begins:
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say "The sun falls below the horizon and the temperature drops abruptly to well below zero.";
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now the description of the sun is "Currently out of sight."
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Dawn is a recurring scene. Dawn begins when Night ends. Dawn ends when the time since Dawn began is 1 minute.
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When Dawn begins:
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say "The sun appears on the horizon.";
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now the description of the sun is "It is tiny and weak.".
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Day is a recurring scene. Day begins when Dawn ends. Day ends when the time since Day began is 3 minutes.
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When Day begins:
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say "The sun is now properly up."
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Dusk is a recurring scene. Dusk begins when Day ends. Dusk ends when the time since Dusk began is 1 minute.
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When Dusk begins:
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say "The sun has passed across the sky and is on the verge of setting."
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Cratered Landscape is a room. "The ground here is [if Night is happening]dim silver, with the craters visible as darker splotches[otherwise]the color of dried blood; here and there it is also rippled by impact craters[end if]. The horizon curves visibly."
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Test me with "z / z / z / look / x sun / z / z / z / z / z / z / z".
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If we run this example and then have a look at the scenes index, we'll see that the cycle is listed through thus:
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Night (recurring)
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Dawn (recurring)
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Day (recurring)
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Dusk (recurring)
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Night
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with the second "Night" in italics, to indicate that it is a repetition of the same scene that has already been listed above.
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