So I want to spawn something in the room once puzzle is complete and delete other thing when something else happens. How do I do that?
You can always have something like this:
Lab is a room.
The vase is here.
There is a scorpion.
Instead of attacking the vase:
say "You smash the vase with your magical powers and the pieces just vanish! The spirit that lived in the vase materializes in its place: a one-ton, angry scorpion.";
now the vase is nowhere;
now the scorpion is in the location.
Is this what you’re looking for?
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Amanda’s option is the best - if you need create/destroy things you swap them for an object that is already created off-stage.
“There is a scorpion.” is equivalent to A scorpion is an animal. It is off-stage. “Nowhere” is a synonym for “off-stage” - the opposite being a specific room, container, supporter or “The location” meaning whatever room the player is currently in.
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So does here mean “the location most recently discussed in the code”?
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I believe it does under most circumstances, but I’ve had Inform fuss about it. Amanda’s code compiles and works as expected; and I added another room trying “here”:
Lab is a room.
The vase is here.
There is a scorpion.
Instead of attacking the vase:
say "You smash the vase with your magical powers and the pieces just vanish! The spirit that lived in the vase materializes in its place: a one-ton, angry scorpion.";
now the vase is nowhere;
now the scorpion is in the location.
Second room is south of lab.
There is a box. It is a container. It is here.
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