TADS (text adventure designer system)

[Yoshi4ever]

www.tads.org/

TADS is a free, easy to program text adventure creater. The programing is EXTREMELY simple heres the commands for a quick program that i started (i haven't spent long on it and I'm far from done)

#include <adv.t>
#include <std.t>




#define USE_HTML_STATUS
#define USE_HTML_PROMPT


#include <adv.t>
#include <gameinfo.t>
#include <std.t>


/* starting location */
startroom: room
sdesc = "Main cave"
ldesc = " A long hallway that runs Northward Exits= North."
north = Northofstartroom
;

rock: item
sdesc = "Grey Rock"
noun = 'rock'
adjective = 'grey'
location = startroom
;

Northofstartroom: room
sdesc = " Circular room"
ldesc = "A circular room inside the cave. It's very dark. Exits=South "
south = startroom
north = dungeonentrance
;

pedestal: surface
sdesc = "Pedestal"
location = Northofstartroom
;

Sword: item
sdesc = " Sharp Sword"
noun = 'sword'
adjective = 'sharp'
location = pedestal
dotake (actor) =
{
"You take the sword and brandish it out in front of you, ready to fight evil."
;
}
;

dungeonentrance: room
sdesc = "Dungeon Entrance"
ldesc = "You stumble into a dungeon. The air is damp and it's very humid. There ware Two doors. One to the East and one to the west"
south = Northofstartroom
east = dungeoneast
west = dungeonwest
;

Statue: surface
sdesc = "Large Statue"
noun = 'statue'
adjective = 'large'
location = dungeonentrance
;

sheild: item
sdesc = "Silver Sheild"
noun = 'sheild'
adjective = 'silver'
;

dungeoneast: room
sdesc = "Dragon's Lair"
ldesc = "You enter the room and walk down the hall. Suddenly a dragon jumps out at you and breaths flames on you. You are dead X=! be fair and stop playing i am trying to add a end of game string but am currently unable."
west= dungeonentrance
;

dungeonwest: room
sdesc = "Dark hallway"
ldesc = "You enter the room and come to a dark hallway. The mist is so thick you can't see you feet."
east= dungeonentrance
;

note- actually it look simple but it's not. Those so many friggin errors that you have to fix before it lets you play and then theres stilll bugs in game play. It took me about 4 hours to write and edit 200 lines of code and there is still a few bug in gameplay.




(current code)

#include <adv.t>
#include <std.t>




#define USE_HTML_STATUS
#define USE_HTML_PROMPT


#include <adv.t>
#include <gameinfo.t>
#include <std.t>


/* starting location */
startroom: room
sdesc = "Main cave"
ldesc = " A long hallway that runs Northward Exits= North."
north = Northofstartroom
;

rock: item
sdesc = "Grey Rock"
noun = 'rock'
adjective = 'grey'
location = startroom
;

Northofstartroom: room
sdesc = " Circular room"
ldesc = "A circular room inside the cave. It's very dark. Obvious exits are south and north. "
south = startroom
north = dungeonentrance
;

pedestal: surface
sdesc = "Pedestal"
location = Northofstartroom
;

sword: item
sdesc = " Sharp Sword"
noun = 'sword'
adjective = 'sharp'
location = pedestal
dotake (actor) =
{
"You take the sword and brandish it out in front of you, ready to fight evil."
;
}
;

dungeonentrance: room
sdesc = "Dungeon Entrance"
ldesc = "You stumble into a dungeon. The air is damp and it's very humid. There ware Two doors. One to the East and one to the west"
south = Northofstartroom
east = dungeoneast
west = dungeonwest
;

Statue: surface
sdesc = "Large Statue"
noun = 'statue'
adjective = 'large'
location = dungeonentrance
;

sheild: item
sdesc = "Silver Sheild"
noun = 'sheild'
adjective = 'silver'
location = Statue
;

dungeoneast: room
sdesc = "Dragon's Lair"
ldesc =
{
"You enter the room and walk down the hall. Suddenly a dragon jumps out at you and breaths flames on you. You are dead X=! .";
die();
}
;

dungeonwest: room
sdesc = "Dark hallway"
ldesc = "You enter the room and come to a dark hallway. The mist is so thick you can't see you feet. Obvious exits are East and North"
east= dungeonentrance
north= dungeontreasury
;

torch: item
sdesc = " flaming torch"
noun = 'torch'
adjective = 'flaming'
;

dungeontreasury: room
sdesc = "Dungeon Treasure Room"
ldesc = "You enter a room that was apparently of great importance."
south = dungeoneast
north = dungeonchamber
;

pedestal2: surface
sdesc = "Large Pedestal"
noun = 'pedestal'
adjective = 'large'
location = dungeontreasury
;

Artifact: item
sdesc = "Sacred Artifact"
noun = 'Artifact'
adjective = 'sacred'
location = pedestal2
doTake ( actor ) =
{
if ( rock.location = pedestal2 )
{
pass doTake;
}
else
{
"As you lift the Artifact, a volley of poisonous
arrows is shot from the walls! You try to dodge
the arrows, but they take you by surprise! " ;
die();
}
}
;

dungeonchamber: room
sdesc = "Dungeon Chamber"
ldesc =
{
" There is A long chamber leading to a massive door at the northern end which is ";
if ( dungeonobstacle.isopen )
"Open";
else
"Closed";
}
north = dungeonFinalroom

;

heavystone: item
sdesc = "Heavy Stone"
noun = 'stone'
adjective = 'heavy'
location = dungeonwest
;

dungeonobstacle: doorway
sdesc = "Large door"
noun = 'door'
adjective = 'large'
location = dungeonchamber
;

dungeonFinalroom: room
sdesc = "Dungeon Boss Room"
ldesc =

{

"You enter a hot room that has a Dragon snake in the middle";


if ( sword.locationisactor )
"You slash at the snake with your sword. It cries out and dies";
else
"The snake charges at you. With nothing to defend yourself there is no hope. It swallows you in one bite";
die();

}
;

Pedestal3: surface
sdesc = " Dungeon Petestal"
noun = 'petestal'
adjective = 'dungeon'
location = dungeonchamber
;

[red.yoshi]

cool, ill check it out later.

[Yoshi4ever]

Ya you can make some basic TAGs with it. There a lot like that old "Dungeon" TAG game. You can put in some puzzels. Though you might be able to put actual "battles" I have figured out how to do that.

Example - Theres an object on a surface object. If you take object a trap is set and it sets of the die() string. But, let say the trap was sprung by a mosion sencer. You would have to put and object of near equal weight and then tkae the object. This is a method. It would look something like this.

pedestal2: surface
sdesc = "Large Pedestal"
noun = 'pedestal'
adjective = 'large'
location = dungeontreasury
;

Artifact: item
sdesc = "Sacred Artifact"
noun = 'Artifact'
adjective = 'sacred'
location = pedestal2
doTake ( actor ) =
{
if ( rock.location = pedestal2 )
{
pass doTake;
}
else
{
"As you lift the Artifact, a boulder rolls out on you.
You try to run by it's to late! You get squished " ;
die();
}
}
;


edit- heres a quick example of a few basic programming commands

creating an object


name: class (item lightsource doorway etc)
sdesc = "adjective noun"
noun = 'noun'
adjective = 'adjective'
location = location

creating rooms

roomname: room
sdesc = "name that appears"
ldesc = "a long descrption of a room (the text a player sees when the enter it )"
north = the room to the north
east =
west =
south =

(if there is no room to a direction such as south do NOT say south = jut don't type south )

example of room

room1: room
sdesc = "Small Room"
ldesc = "You walk into a small room"
north = largeroom
south =small room

[nate]

Cool! I just downloaded it. But I didn't play it. Could
you make your own text adventure game? Because
I would love to make a D&D text game. Please tell me.

[Yoshi4ever]

ya (all that stuff was the proggramming for what i'm working on)

also, make shure you downloaded the latest version of tads 2 tools NOT tads 3. Tads 3 is a beta version not complete.

[nate]

I downloaded the atari version. (TADS2)

[Yoshi4ever]

does it work fine?

It should have a workbench and interpreter.

interpreter plays games workbench creates them.

[Yoshi4ever]

ug i keep getting bugs. If anyone knows how to program well tell me how to fix this

Cavev1.1.t(411): error TADS-301: expected a symbol
cavev1.1.t(425)error TADS-302: expected a property name
Cavev1.1.t(456): error TADS-302: expected a property name
Cavev1.1.t(398): error TADS-604: undefined object "templechamber"
Cavev1.1.t(423): error TADS-604: undefined object "armory"

tc32: error code 1

the numbers in the parentheses (425) is the line the error is on here my script

(note the lines are quit accurate but check in about the 10 line range)

note2- you might want to copy/past the script (starting with #include ) to notebook so you can use the "go to" option to hop to the error line


#include <adv.t>
#include <std.t>




#define USE_HTML_STATUS
#define USE_HTML_PROMPT


#include <adv.t>
#include <gameinfo.t>
#include <std.t>



/* starting location */
startroom: room
sdesc = "Main cave"
ldesc = " A long hallway that runs Northward Exits= North."
north = Northofstartroom
;

rock: item
sdesc = "Grey Rock"
noun = 'rock'
adjective = 'grey'
location = startroom
;

Northofstartroom: room
sdesc = " Circular room"
ldesc = "A circular room inside the cave. It's very dark. Obvious exits are south and north. "
south = startroom
north = dungeonentrance
;

pedestal: surface
sdesc = "Pedestal"
location = Northofstartroom
;

sword: item
sdesc = " Sharp Sword"
noun = 'sword'
adjective = 'sharp'
location = pedestal
dotake (actor) =
{
"You take the sword and brandish it out in front of you, ready to fight evil."

;
}
;

dungeonentrance: room
sdesc = "Dungeon Entrance"
ldesc = "You stumble into a dungeon. The air is damp and it's very humid. There ware Two doors. One to the East and one to the west"
south = Northofstartroom
east = dungeoneast
west = dungeonwest
;

Statue: surface
sdesc = "Large Statue"
noun = 'statue'
adjective = 'large'
location = dungeonentrance
;

shield: item
sdesc = "Silver Shield"
noun = 'shield'
adjective = 'silver'
location = Statue
;

dungeoneast: room
sdesc = "Dragon's Lair"
ldesc =
{
"You enter the room and walk down the hall. Suddenly a dragon jumps out at you and breaths flames on you. You are dead X=! .";
die();
}
;

dungeonwest: room
sdesc = "Dark hallway"
ldesc = "You enter the room and come to a dark hallway. The mist is so thick you can't see you feet. Obvious exits are East and North"
east= dungeonentrance
north= dungeontreasury
;

torch: item
sdesc = " flaming torch"
noun = 'torch'
adjective = 'flaming'
;

dungeontreasury: room
sdesc = "Dungeon Treasure Room"
ldesc = "You enter a room that was apparently of great importance. To the north there is anouther room."
south = dungeoneast
north = dungeonchamber
;

pedestal2: surface
sdesc = "Large Pedestal"
noun = 'pedestal'
adjective = 'large'
location = dungeontreasury
;

Artifact: item
sdesc = "Sacred Artifact"
noun = 'Artifact'
adjective = 'sacred'
location = pedestal2
doTake ( actor ) =
{
if ( rock.location = pedestal2 )
{
pass doTake;
}
else
{
"As you lift the Artifact, a boulder rolls out on you.
You try to run by it's to late! You get squished " ;
die();
}
}
;

dungeonchamber: room
sdesc = "Dungeon Chamber"
ldesc =
{
" There is A long chamber leading to a massive door at the northern end which is ";
if ( dungeonobstacle.isopen )
"Open";
else
"Closed.";

" There is a trapdoor going downwards.";
}
north = dungeonFinalroom
down = belowdungeon

;

heavystone: item
sdesc = "Heavy Stone"
noun = 'stone'
adjective = 'heavy'
location = dungeonwest
;

dungeonobstacle: doorway
sdesc = "Large door"
noun = 'door'
adjective = 'large'
location = dungeonchamber
;

dungeonFinalroom: room
sdesc = "Dungeon Snake"
ldesc =

{

"You enter a hot room that has a Dragon snake in the middle. The snake charges at you. With nothing to defend yourself but a small sword , there is no hope. It swallows you in one bite";
die();

}
;

Pedestal3: surface
sdesc = " Dungeon Pedestal"
noun = 'pedestal'
adjective = 'dungeon'
location = dungeonchamber
;

trapdoor: doorway
sdesc = "trapdoor "
noun = 'trapdoor'
location = dungeonchamber
;

belowdungeon: room
sdesc = "Below the Dungeon"
ldesc = "You climb down the trapdoor and find yourself in a dark hallway. It leades North."
up = dungeonchamber
north = Darkcavern
;

torch1: lightsource
sdesc = "torch"
noun = 'torch'
location = dungeonchamber
;

Darkcavern: room
sdesc = " Dark Cavern"
ldesc = "You stumble into a dark cavern. As your walking around you accidently step into a muddy puddle. The cavern cuntinues running south/nouth."
south= belowdungeon
north = underdungeonfinal
;

underdungeonfinal: room
sdesc = "Under the Dragon Snake's Lair"
ldesc = "You here a Giant Dragon Snake moving in the room above you. The path plits up here. There is a way going North and a way going East"
north = undernorthhallway
East = dungeoneasthallway
;

undernorthhallway: room
sdesc = "Underground Hallway"
ldesc =

{

"You enter an underground hallway. There is a pedestal here that looks like a item would fit on. Note- after puting the right thing on the petestal look around again by typing look without quotes.";

if (Artifact.location=Artifacthold)
"At placing the Artifact on the Petestal you reveiled a passage leading upwards";
else

}
south = underdungeonfinal
up = dungeonexit
;

Artifacthold: surface
sdesc = "Pedestal"
noun = 'Pedestal'
location = undernorthhallway
;

dungeoneasthallway: room
sdesc = "East Hallway"
ldesc =
{
"You enter The hallway. Suddenly the floor gives out under your feet and you Fall!";
die();
}
;

dungeonexit: room
sdesc = "Dungeon Exit"
ldesc = "You feel a slight breeze on your face. To the North the dungeon ends and it goes outside. To the south is the dragon snakes lair (don't want to go there)"
south = dungeonFinalroom
north = outside
;

outside: room
sdesc = "Outside Cave"
ldesc =
"You exit the cave and feel a breeze on your face. You are in a forest.
Exits Are....

north-Forest Path

east-Plains

west-Cliff

south-Dungeon exit"

north = forestpath1
east = plains1
west = cliff1
;

plains1: room
sdesc = "Rolling Plains"
ldesc = "You can see far across the plains. There roll on as far as the eye can see. Behind you there is a large forest and a cave.
Exits are....

north - Forest

East - Plains

west - Forest Edge"

north = foresteast
west = outside
;

foresteast: room
sdesc = "Of the forest path"
ldesc = "The forest is only slightly thick. As it goess north it gets much thicker. To the west is a small forest path.
Exits are...

west - forest Path

north - deep forest

south - plains."

west = forestpath1
south = plains1
;

forestpath1: room
sdesc = "Forest Path"
ldesc = "The forest path winds it's way north. Behind you is a large cave.
Exits are...

south - Forest Edge

east - Of the forest path

west - Cliff

north- Deep Forest"

south = outside
east = foresteast
west = cliff1
north = deepforest
;

cliff1: room
sdesc = "Cliff Edge"
ldesc = "The cliff runs along the Forest path. It is very steep and goes to a small creek below.
Exits are....

southeast - Forest Edge

east - Forest Path"

southeast = outside
east = forestpath1
;

deepforest: room
sdesc = "Deep Forest"
ldesc =
{
"The path continues northward towards a large temple. As your walking a large bears jumps out at you";
if (sword.isIn( Me ) )
"The bear charges at you, but you kill it with your sword.";
else
{
"The bear charges at you! With nothing to defend yourself your easy prey. It eats you!";
die();
}
}

south = forestpath1
north = templepath
;

templepath: room
sdesc = "South of the temple"
ldesc =
{
"The path continues to the temple to the north. As you are walking you see something fly at you ";
if (shield.isIn( Me ))
"You deflect the object off your sheild and you are in perfect condition.";
else
{
"With nothing to deflect the object it hits you! You realize it was a poison arrow!";
die();
}
}

north = templeopening
south = deepforest
;


templeopening: room
desc = "Temple main gate"
ldesc = "The path meets up with a large gate here. It is open and it leads northward."
north = templeentrance
south = templepath
;


templeentrance: room
sdesc = "Outside Temple"
ldesc = "The temple entrance is just a few feet north"
south = templeopening
north = templeentryway
;


templeentryway: room
sdesc = "Temple Entry Way"
ldesc = "This is the Entry way into the temple. To the west and east are hallways and to the north is a chamber room."
south = templeopening
east = templeeasthall
west = templewesthall
north = templechamber
;

templeeasthall: room
sdesc = "East Hall"
ldesc = "The hall goes eastward. There are opening in the walls that look down at the forest below. To the northeast the is anouth chamber. To the west is the entry hall."
northeast = templeeastchamber
west = templeentryway
;

templeeastchamber: room
sdesc = "East Chamber"
ldesc = "It's a small chamber with a locked door that leads downwards. To the south west is the east hall."
southeast = templeeasthall
{
if (key.isIn(me))
down = sublevelentry
else
"You need a key to go downwards";
}
;

templewesthall: room
sdesc = "West hallway"
ldesc = "This hallway runs east/west. To the east is the Temple Entryway and to the north is a small armory."
north = armory
east = templeentryway

templechamber: room
sdesc = "Chamber room"
ldesc =
{
" The room is a small, round stone chamber. There is a large boulder blocking a staircase.";
if (hammer.isIn(me))
" You take your hammer and smash the boulder, reveiling a passage going upwards. To the south is the temple entry way. ";
else
" You need something powerful enough to smash the boulder. To the south is the Temple entry way.";
}
south = templeentryway
{
if (hammer.isIn(me))
up = templetower
else
"You cannot go up";
}
;

templetower: room
sdesc = "Tower"
ldesc = "the tower continues upwards. The floor below you is the chamber room."
down = templechamber
;

key: item
sdesc = "sub-level key"
noun = 'key'
adjective = 'sub-level'
location = armory

armory: room
sdesc = "Armory"
ldesc = "There are a few lockers here. There are no weapons or armor that you can use. to the south is the west hall"
south = templewesthall

[Yoshi4ever]

oh nm i got it all fixed. I've got a good game going. Not much of a plot but it's good. I'm on line 630 atm.