only allowing the player to leave if an actor has left.

Authoring Inform 7
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My plan for this part of the game is if you leave Tosua Ocean Trench without first throwing a rock at the mangy dog, the dog kills the player. The only way I could get this to work is:

Instead of going somewhere when the player is in the Tosua Ocean Trench:
    If the dog is in Tosua Ocean Trench:
        Say "You know they say never to turn your back on a dog! Game Over.";
        Decrease the score by 20;
        End the story;
    Otherwise:
        Do nothing;

I’m new to all of this so if statements confuse me. This compiles correctly but then when you go to leave the trench the prompt stays blank as you try and navigate the map. (I’m guessing because the game is “doing nothing”?) How do I make the game resume normal play only after the dog is no longer in play? I will post the dog/rock part of the code in a
Reply. (Trying to type/edit all of this on my phone is infuriating)

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The usual phrase to return to the action sequence as normal is

continue the action;
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That worked! :open_mouth: Thanks :smiley:

4

You could also write:

Instead of going somewhere when the player is in the Tosua Ocean Trench and the dog is in Tosua Ocean Trench:
    Say "You know they say never to turn your back on a dog! Game Over.";
    Decrease the score by 20;
    End the story;

This gives the same result, but it’s tidier.