Appendix A: Example Zurk Transcript

zurk> look
You are in "study":
A small, cozy room with a fireplace.  There's a blue door on the
Northern wall.  Beside the door is a window, through which you can see
the garden.

There is a door here.
There is a knife here.
There is a lookingGlass here.
There is a sofa here.

zurk> actions
Available actions are:
  actions
  drop
  get
  inventory
  look
  north
  open
  quit

zurk> north
You bump your nose on the door. Maybe if you opened it first?

zurk> open
Sorry.  Open takes 1 argument, and you only provided 0.

zurk> look door
A large, blue door, with a shiny brass doorknob.

zurk> open door
The door glides open on well-oiled hinges.

zurk> open door
Hey.  It looks like the door is ALREADY open.  Imagine that!

zurk> north
The door swings closed behind you.

You are in "garden":
A lovely garden filled with lillies, snapdragons, roses, petunias, and
poison ivy.  There is a door here to the South.  Through the window
beside the door, you can see the study.

There is a door here.
There is a rose here.

zurk> get door
Sorry.  You can't pick that up.

zurk> south
You bump your nose on the door.  Ow!

zurk> get rose
Ok.  You got it.

zurk> inventory
You are carrying:
  rose

zurk> south
Your fairy godmother appears and grants your every wish.  Game over.
You win. Congratulations.