Story WIP

game/begin.coffee

@@ -23,14 +23,17 @@ actlink = (content, ref) ->
 textcycle = (content, ref) ->
   return "<a href='./_replacer_#{ref}' class='cycle' id='#{ref}'>#{content}</a>"
 
-###
+# Cycling link. It's implied there can be only one per situation.
-This function clears the screen.
+# You are welcome to improve this code.
-The full backlog makes sense in dialogues but it's clunky when you exploring.
+cycle = (obj, character) ->
-So this is manual cls
+  responses = obj.cycle_gallery()
-###
+  character.sandbox.cycle_index ?= [] # initialize with empty array
-cls = () ->
+  character.sandbox.cycle_index[obj.name] ?= 0 # initialize with 0
-  document.getElementById("intro").innerHTML = ""
+  response = responses[character.sandbox.cycle_index[obj.name]]
-  document.getElementById("content").innerHTML = ""
+  character.sandbox.cycle_index[obj.name]++
+  if character.sandbox.cycle_index[obj.name] == responses.length
+    character.sandbox.cycle_index[obj.name] = 0
+  return textcycle(response, 'cyclewriter')
 
 # usage: writemd( system, "Text to write")
 writemd = (system, text) ->

game/story.coffee

@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ dialogue "Dialogue functions", "question2", "world", """
 room "world",
   tags: ["world"],
   optionText: "Enter the world",
-  ways: ["university"]
+  ways: ["plaza"]
   content: """
     ### Rhinestone Room
     
@@ -70,17 +70,60 @@ room "world",
   writers:
     well: "There is only one passage out. See the „Other rooms“ block popped up? Click it."
 
-room "university",
+room "plaza",
+  title: (from) ->
+    if from == "world"
+      return "Upwards"
+    else
+      return "Town plaza"
+  cycle_gallery: () ->
+    return [
+      "quirky", "distinct", "kooky", "crazy", "quaint"
+    ]
+  ways: ["shop"]
   before: () ->
-    undum.game.situations["supermarket"].destination()
     """
-      You leave the University.
+      You climb up the well and come out to a central plaza of a #{textcycle("quaint", "cyclewriter")} little town.
+      A plaque nearby says it's the town of *Innsmouth,* wherever that is.
     """
   content: """
-    Okay, now to the supermarket.
+    You are
+    There are #{textlink("people shouting", "people")} nearby.
+
+    You could ask a policeman #{textlink("for directions.", "mark")}
+  """
+  writers:
+    cyclewriter: (character) -> cycle(this, character)
+    mark: (character) ->
+      if character.sandbox.has_mark?
+        return "You already talked to him, no need to bug the man twice."
+      character.sandbox.has_mark ?= true
+      undum.game.situations["lair"].destination()
+      """
+        “Here, let me mark it on your map.”
+      """
+    people: 'Just some weirdos shouting "Viva la Cthulhu!". Typical.'
+
+room "shop",
+  title: "The Shop"
+  ways: ["plaza", "lair"]
+  content: """
+    Being the only shop in town, this trendy establishment did not need a name.
+    It's an open question why it had one, especially because its name was "Hung Crossing".
+
+    You are standing in front of a picturesque sign. It's cold here.
   """
 
-room "supermarket",
+room "lair",
+  ways: ["shop"]
+  title: "The Lair"
   content: """
-    A trendy supermarket.
+    The Lair of Yog-Sothoth is a very *n'gai* cave, full of *buggs-shoggogs* and *n'ghaa ng'aa*.
   """
+
+bugg = obj "bugg-shoggog",
+  dsc: "You see a particularly beautiful slimy {{bugg.}}"
+  act: () ->
+    this.delete()
+    return "You eat the bugg mass. Delicious and raw."
+bugg.put("lair")

lib/obj.coffee

@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@ undum = require('./undum.js')
 objlink = (content, ref) ->
   return "<a href='./_act_#{ref}'>#{content}</a>"
 
+Array::remove = (e) -> @[t..t] = [] if (t = @indexOf(e)) > -1
+
 class RaconteurObj
   constructor: (spec) ->
     for key, value of spec
@@ -21,9 +23,13 @@ class RaconteurObj
   take: () -> "You take the #{@name}." # taking to inventory
   act: () -> "You don't find anything extraordinary about the #{@name}." # object action
   dsc: () -> "You see a {{#{@name}}} here." # object description
-  put: (room) ->
+  location: ""
+  put: (location) ->
     @level = 0 # this is scenery
-    undum.game.situations[room].objects[@name] = this
+    undum.game.situations[location].objects[@name] = this
+    @location = location
+  delete: () ->
+    undum.game.situations[@location].objects.remove(this)
 
 obj = (name, spec) ->
   spec ?= {}

lib/room.coffee

@@ -31,14 +31,14 @@ addClass = (element, className) ->
 here = () ->
   return undum.game.situations[document.getElementById("current-situation").getAttribute("data-situation")]
 
-update_ways = (ways) ->
+update_ways = (ways, name) ->
   content = ""
   distances = []
   if ways
     document.querySelector(".ways h2").style.display = "block"
     for way in ways
       if undum.game.situations[way]?
-        title = undum.game.situations[way].name
+        title = undum.game.situations[way].title.fcall(this, name)
         content += way_to(title, way)
         distances.push({
           key: way
@@ -74,7 +74,10 @@ class SaletRoom extends RaconteurSituation
       @writers = spec.writers
     if spec.extendSection?
       @extendSection = spec.extendSection
+    if spec.title?
+      @title = spec.title
     return this
+  title: "Room"
   objects: []
   extendSection: false
   distance: Infinity # distance to the destination
@@ -133,13 +136,13 @@ class SaletRoom extends RaconteurSituation
       current_situation = "<section id='current-situation' data-situation='#{@name}' class='situation-#{@name}#{classes}'>"
 
     if f != @name and @before?
-      current_situation += @before.fcall(this, character, system, f)
+      current_situation += markdown(@before.fcall(this, character, system, f))
 
     if @look
       current_situation += @look character, system, f
 
     if f != @name and @after?
-      current_situation += @after.fcall(this, character, system, f)
+      current_situation += markdown(@after.fcall(this, character, system, f))
 
     if not @extendSection
       current_situation += "</section>"
@@ -150,7 +153,7 @@ class SaletRoom extends RaconteurSituation
       system.writeChoices(system.getSituationIdChoices(@choices, @minChoices, @maxChoices))
 
   look: (character, system, f) ->
-    update_ways(@ways)
+    update_ways(@ways, @name)
     retval = ""
 
     # Print the room description

lib/situation.coffee

@@ -27,11 +27,6 @@ markdown = require('./markdown.coffee')
 Function.prototype.fcall = Function.prototype.call;
 String.prototype.fcall = () -> return this
 
-#Adds the "fadeIn" class to a htmlString.
-#The class "fade" is redefined by Bootstrap, so it's not the best choice.
-String.prototype.fade = () ->
-  return '<div class="fadeIn">'+this+'</div>'
-
 ###
   The prototype RaconteurSituation is the basic spec for situations
   created with Raconteur. It should be able to handle any use case for Undum.
@@ -68,15 +63,15 @@ RaconteurSituation.prototype.act = (character, system, action) ->
   responses = {
     writer: (ref) ->
       content = that.writers[ref].fcall(that, character, system, action)
-      output = markdown(content).fade()
+      output = markdown(content)
       system.writeInto(output, '#current-situation')
     replacer: (ref) ->
       content = that.writers[ref].fcall(that, character, system, action)
-      output = markdown(content).fade()
+      output = "<span>"+content+"</span>" # <p> tags are usually bad for replacers
       system.replaceWith(output, '#'+ref)
     inserter: (ref) ->
       content = that.writers[ref].fcall(that, character, system, action)
-      output = markdown(content).fade()
+      output = markdown(content)
       system.writeInto(output, '#'+ref)
   }