Inform 7: People, People, People

It’s a lot easier to make a convincing bouncy ball in your fictional world than convincing people, but it’s worth a try.

People are complicated, though so let’s start simple. With a rhino.

The Serengeti is a room. "It's not just endless sand dunes.  There are trees, for instance."

There is a shiny apple in the Serengeti.

The rhino is an animal in the Serengeti. 

The description of the rhino is "You never really realize how big one of these things is until you're up close.  Seriously.  You're too close."

All we have to do is say the rhino is an animal and not a thing and right away we get some different behavior than a regular piece of scenery.

Serengeti
It’s not just endless sand dunes. There are trees, for instance.

You can see a rhino here.

>look at rhino
You never really realize how big one of these things is until you’re up close. Seriously. You’re too close.

>take rhino
I don’t suppose the rhino would care for that.

>hug rhino
The rhino might not like that.

>feed apple to rhino
The rhino doesn’t seem interested.

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TO DO: Reminders to myself:

• Men and women
• Ask … about
• Tell … about
• People moving
• Violence
• Saying things in response to events