I’ve been narrating my game in first person (“I see a door”, “I walk across the room”) because I think it’s easier to tell a good story that way than with second person (“You see a door,” “You walk across the room”) but the text the game autogenerates is still in second person. Anybody know a way to change it all to first person? Thanks!
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You can do that like this:
When play begins:
now the story viewpoint is first person singular.
If you also want to change the tense, you can add: now the story tense is past tense (for example).
Chapter 14.1 lists all possibilities: http://inform7.com/book/WI_14_1.html
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That’s so weird. I swear I tried that, but it didn’t work. I guess I got a word wrong or something. Thanks!
Do be aware that if the tense/viewpoint changes during the game you can tokenize pronouns and verbs so the parser can toggle correctly, such as "[We] [examine] the mailbox."
I ran headlong into this in my Cragne Manor submission.
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This is also supported in Inform6
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Not really related, but it’s always amused me how by default, the parser refers to itself in the first person. “That’s not a verb I recognize”, “I beg your pardon?” etc. :laugh:
I couldn’t come up with a decent replacement for that.
So long as we’re on this tangent, I always liked the second-person with the parser speaking in first person. Makes it feel a little bit like you’re roleplaying with a real person.
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I would venture that’s exactly what they were going for.