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Emily Short said this too:

… If you want your parents to play what you build, you should not write parser IF…

Well, @johnnywz00 's Readthrough mode is the antidote to this one. It could at least allow parents or what I’ll prejudicially describe as “incompetent friends” to see what you’ve done.

"Readthrough" mode

Hi all… just batting another idea around. I’ll explain the idea momentarily, but my question will be: would you ever use something like this for a game that is large/complicated but the story or the reviews intrigue you? Do you know of people that might be more inclined to play through a parser game in this mode where they wouldn’t otherwise? The mode is sort of like a slideshow: I’m sure people have implemented similar things for various reasons. All you have to do is hit ‘Enter’ with an empty…

-Wade