Damnatio Memoriae
An interactive fiction by Emily Short (2008) - the Inform 7 source text
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Chapter 1 - The Link Check Rules
Before labor:
consider the link check rules;
if result of the rule is "blank"
begin;
stop the action;
otherwise;
if unlinking, continue the action;
if reverse linking the noun to something which is affected by the noun
begin;
clear connections to the noun;
clear connections to the second noun;
say "(building on the existing connection)[line break]";
continue the action;
end if;
if the noun affects something or something affects the noun
begin;
say "(first unlinking [the noun])[line break]";
clear connections to the noun;
end if;
if the second noun affects something or something affects the second noun
begin;
say "(first unlinking [the second noun])[line break]";
clear connections to the second noun;
end if;
end if.
The link check rules are a rulebook.
A link check rule:
if reverse linking
begin;
if the noun is a person and the second noun is not a person, make no decision;
if the second noun is a person and the noun is not a person, make no decision;
end if;
if the noun resembles the second noun or the second noun resembles the noun, rule succeeds with result "The inherent likeness of the two comes to your aid.".
A link check rule:
if the noun is the second noun
begin;
say "There's no point linking something to itself.";
rule fails with result "blank";
end if.
A link check rule:
if the noun is a person or the second noun is a person
begin;
if the noun is a person and the second noun is a person, rule succeeds with result "You have always been good at people...";
if noun is not a person, say "This would work better if [the noun] were a person.";
otherwise say "This would work better if [the second noun] were a person.";
rule fails with result "blank";
end if.
A link check rule:
if the noun is inscribed and the second noun is inscribed
begin;
rule succeeds with result "The similarity of content makes this one easy...";
end if.
A link check rule:
if the noun is a container and the second noun is a container, rule succeeds with result "Both are container-shaped, which makes this simple.";
if the noun is a supporter and the second noun is a supporter, rule succeeds with result "Both are supporters, which makes this easy.";
if the noun is a paper and the second noun is a paper, rule succeeds with result "Both are papyrus, which simplifies matters.";
if the noun is a book and the second noun is a book, rule succeeds with result "The linking of books is so familiar to you as to be second nature.".
The last link check rule:
say "[The noun] is insufficiently similar to [the second noun] for the two to be linked.";
rule fails with result "blank".