Computed new value properties

[StJohnLimbo]

@weaver

Or perhaps

to say JSON for (thingy - a thing):
    say "{ 'name' : '[a thingy]' }";

say "[JSON for the coffee pot]"

Yes, that would work.

Depending on how you plan to interface with the story and how you want to process the text, you could also try to grab the output of the built-in TREE and SHOWME commands.

Maybe you’ll find my post on a somewhat related topic helpful:

Is there a function that can be used to generate global state of objects, rooms, doors, nouns, etc in a story?

It occurred to me that the output of the “TREE” and “SHOWME ...” commands gives you some of the information in which you are interested (about objects and their states). This includes information about custom properties like your example with the potentially broken vase. Example from the “Disenchantment Bay” scenario: >tree compass (629728) the north the northeast the northwest the south the southeast the southwest the east the west the up the down the inside the outsi…