I think you just need to give each inventory item a figure property, then write a rule for printing inventory details that would display the appropriate figure. Docs here:
I haven’t personally completed Zork Zero! but I am taking all existing game lore into account including that which occurs in this game,
mini spoiler
The start of the game takes place in 157 GUE and across one of the ethereal planes not mentioned in future Zork games
spoilers to the mini spoiler:
The Aether is an ethereal plane caused by a paradox in time, upsetting and preventing the rest of the Zork games from occuring
The story vaguely tells (briefly more spoiler):
A tale of Zork in which Chronomancy occurs (A fantasy time travellers tale) which follows our adventurer waking up without a recollection of the past, it is a novel of many endings all which result in the rest of zork to spew forth in a lore friendly way
Bigger spoiler:
Your main companion in this adventure is the Chronomancer PELLEM -(the)Paradox Enchanter, (the)Legendary Lorekeeper, (the)Eternal Mystic), who will guide you toward a different ending of the game by acting differently based off your actions prior to -
Biggest spoiler:
Late game you will understand that PELLEM is you in the future of your journey, sending you back hints of how to beat obstacles he put in your way in order to progress his path forward
Spoiler so big that there isn’t much wonder about the games ending after:
End game you will take the role of PELLEM and have to cause the obstacles the player goes through early game and leave the appropriate hints that helped you complete them
FINAL spoiler:
The many references to Zork come from the eventual introduction of time tunnels requiring you to change things about a slightly adjusted version of zork history, placing them right and using the things you gathered there to help you progress in the present 157 G.U.E
That’s really cool! I look forward to seeing your game!
(Now that I think of it, the time travel bootstrap paradox bit sounds super duper similar to the mine puzzle in Sorcerer (which is also in the Zorkian universe, I guess?))
A thing has a figure name called the inventory graphic.
The inventory graphic of a thing is usually the Figure of Cover.
Definition: a thing is unillustrated rather than illustrated if its inventory graphic is the Figure of Cover.
After printing inventory details of an illustrated thing (called the item):
display the inventory graphic of the item.
A spell scroll is a thing. The inventory graphic is the Figure of Spell Scroll.
Oooo very cool I’ve just researched the walkthrough of this section! there are a puzzle or two that resembles this, only at the times when you and Pellem interact there will
be a long string of events unique to your play through that you must assist yourself to complete later, as you only become labelled Pellem after the first main phase of the game and are told of your true mission
