 | Kinds IndexTable of all the kinds; |
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| value | default value  | repeat | props | under |
object [308]  | north |  |  | |
room [53] | Tunnel | | | |
Tunnel [25] | Tunnel | | | |
thing [243] | yourself | | | |
door | nothing |  | | |
container [40] | small-flash-grenade-pack | | | |
vehicle | nothing | | | |
player's holdall | nothing | | | |
treasure pack [33] | small-flash-grenade-pack | | | |
supporter | nothing | | | |
backdrop [2] | Rust spores | | | |
person [25] | yourself | | | |
man [2] | Fafhrd | | | |
woman | nothing | | | |
animal | nothing | | | |
monster [22] | swarm of daggers | | | |
device | nothing | | | |
subject | nothing | | | |
weapon [46] | your natural weapon | | | |
natural weapon [25] | your natural weapon | | | |
sword [6] | smoky blade | | | |
rapier [1] | gilded rapier | | | |
dagger [3] | gorgeous dagger | | | |
axe [2] | fearsome axe | | | |
scythe [3] | scythe of flaming | | | |
staff of pain [1] | tormentor's staff | | | |
power [11] | power of the daggers | | | |
essence [5] | essence of caution | | | |
Clothing [16] | tormenting necklace | | | |
necklace [1] | tormenting necklace | | | |
hat [3] | crown of the empire | | | |
shirt [4] | smoky robe | | | |
cloak [1] | cloak of shadows | | | |
Shoes [2] | boots of the war dance | | | |
Trousers | nothing | | | |
belt | nothing | | | |
Gauntlets | nothing | | | |
mask [3] | goggles of acuity | | | |
suit [2] | suit of plate mail | | | |
grenade [14] | flash grenade | | | |
flash grenade [5] | flash grenade | | | |
rust grenade [1] | rust grenade | | | |
smoke grenade [4] | smoke grenade | | | |
fragmentation grenade [3] | fragmentation grenade | | | |
salve [3] | unguentum argenti | | | |
unguentum argenti [3] | unguentum argenti | | | |
sprayable [1] | fungicide contraption | | | |
scroll [24] | scroll of teleportation | | | |
package of ment [13] | package of ment | | | |
extra [6] | broken pipe | | | |
symbol-extra [2] | holy symbols | | | |
rotting limb [5] | rotting left leg | | | |
direction [12] | north | | | |
region | nothing | | | |
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number   | 0 | | | |
| time | 9:00 AM | | | |
| truth state | false | | | |
| text | "" | | | |
| indexed text | "" | | | |
| unicode character | unicode 32 (a space) | | | |
| snippet | word 1 of command | | | |
| stored action | waiting | | | |
| scene [1] | Entire Game | | | |
| command parser error [20] | didn't understand error | | | |
faction 
[7] | friendly | | | |
| combat state
[3] | at-Inactive | | | |
| combat round state
[5] | peace | | | |
| vertical placement
[6] | vp-agnostic | | | |
| mood
[8] | civilised | | | |
| size
[6] | tiny | | | |
| material
[14] | other-material | | | |
| heat-behaviour
[2] | burner | | | |
| player form
[4] | human-form | | | |
| valuation
[6] | minor | | | |
| scroll-effect-value
[13] | scroll-teleportation | | | |
| scroll-parsable
[13] | none-parse | | | |
| as-shape
[3] | as-witch | | | |
| achievement
[14] | Assistant dungeoneer | | | |
| use option | the ineffectual option | | | |
| table name | a table with no rows or columns | | | |
| equation name | an equation doing nothing |  | | |
| action name | waiting action | | | |
| figure name [2] | Figure of cover | | | |
| sound name | a silent non-sound | | | |
| external file [3] | file of save data | | | |
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| phrase K -> L | always the default value of L | | | |
| relation of K | a relation never holding | | | |
| K based rule producing L | the little-used do nothing rule | | | |
| K based rulebook producing L | the action-processing rules | | | |
| activity on K | printing the name | | | |
| list of K | { } | | | |
| description of K | matching nothing | | | |
| K valued property | -- | | | |
| K valued table column | -- | | | |
 | Kinds of value marked with the calculator symbol are numerical - these are values we can add, multiply and so on. The range of these numbers depends on the Format setting for the project (Glulx format supports much higher numbers than Z-code). |
| kind of value | minimum | maximum | dimensions |
| number | -- | -- | dimensionless |
| time | 1 minute | 23 hours 59 minutes | (time) |
Matches: value, sayable value
Objects are values intended to simulate physical things: places, people, things, and so on. They come in many kinds. The special value 'nothing' is also allowed, and can be used to mean 'no object at all'.
Usually singular-named not plural-named, improper-named not proper-named.
Can have printed name (text), printed plural name (text), indefinite article (text), difficulty level (number).
Represents geographical locations, both indoor
and outdoor, which are not necessarily areas in a building. A player in one
room is mostly unable to sense, or interact with, anything in a different room.
Rooms are arranged in a map.
Usually lighted not dark, unvisited not visited, not placed not placed, connectable not not connectable, not connection-inviting not connection-inviting, placeable not not placeable, habitable not not habitable, treasurable not not treasurable, extra-accepting not not extra-accepting, notnogo not nogo, not consecrated not consecrated, teleportable not not teleportable, not rust-spored not rust-spored, not rust-spored-candidate not rust-spored-candidate, not smoke-demoned not smoke-demoned, initiative-conferring not not initiative-conferring.
Can have description (text), map region (object), x-coordinate (number), y-coordinate (number), z-coordinate (number), smoke timer (number), vertical placement (vertical placement), mood (mood).
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Usually not placeable not placeable.
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Represents anything interactive in the model
world that is not a room. People, pieces of scenery, furniture, doors and
mislaid umbrellas might all be examples, and so might more surprising things
like the sound of birdsong or a shaft of sunlight.
Usually unlit not lit, inedible not edible, portable not fixed in place, described not undescribed, unmarked for listing not marked for listing, mentioned not unmentioned, neuter, unseen not seen, unfamiliar not familiar, ordinarily enumerated not ambiguously plural, not a digging tool not digging tool, not a collapsing tool not collapsing tool, not flaming not flaming, cooler not not cooler, not rusted not rusted, actual not prototypical, corruptible not incorruptible, not cursed not cursed, not curse-identified not curse-identified.
Usually not scenery, wearable, pushable between rooms, handled.
Can have description (text), initial appearance (text), matching key (object), disambiguation id (number), original material (material), heat strength (number), internal heat (number), personal corrosion resistance (number), hidden identity (thing), mood (mood), material (material), valuation (valuation).
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Represents a conduit joining two rooms, most
often a door or gate but sometimes a plank bridge, a slide or a hatchway.
Usually visible and operable from both sides (for instance if you write
'The blue door is east of the Ballroom and west of the Garden.'), but
sometimes only one-way (for instance if you write 'East of the Ballroom is
the long slide. Through the long slide is the cellar.').
Always fixed in place not portable.
Usually closed not open, openable not unopenable, unlocked not locked.
Usually not lockable.
Never pushable between rooms.
Can have other side (object).
Represents something into which portable
things can be put, such as a teachest or a handbag. Something with a really
large immobile interior, such as the Albert Hall, had better be a room
instead.
Usually opaque not transparent, open not closed, unopenable not openable, unlocked not locked, not rust-releasing not rust-releasing.
Usually not enterable, lockable.
Can have carrying capacity (number).
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Represents a container large enough for
a person to enter, and which can then move between rooms at the driver's
instruction. (If a supporter is needed instead, try the extension
Rideable Vehicles by Graham Nelson.)
Always enterable.
Usually fixed in place not portable.
player's holdall (plural player's holdalls)
Represents a container which the
player can carry around as a sort of rucksack, into which spare items are
automatically stowed away.
Always portable not fixed in place.
Usually openable not unopenable.
treasure pack (plural treasure packs)
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Represents a surface on which things can be
placed, such as a table.
Usually fixed in place not portable.
Usually not enterable.
Can have carrying capacity (number).
Represents an aspect of the landscape
or architecture which extends across more than one room: for instance,
a stream, the sky or a long carpet.
Always fixed in place not portable.
Usually scenery.
Never pushable between rooms.
Rust spores
, Clouds of smoke
Despite the name, not necessarily
a human being, but anything animate enough to envisage having a
conversation with, or bartering with.
Usually male not female, not at parry not at parry, not at dodge not at dodge, not emotionless not emotionless, not weapon user not weapon user, not flyer not flyer, not blinded not blinded, not eyeless not eyeless, not spontaneous teleporter not spontaneous teleporter, not teleport impossible aware not teleport impossible aware, not follower not follower, not risky not risky, not Aite-loved not Aite-loved, not death-blessed not death-blessed, not death-cursed not death-cursed, not hidden not hidden, not on-the-lookout not on-the-lookout, not unnaturally aware not unnaturally aware, not unnaturally aware follower not unnaturally aware follower, not smoke attuned not smoke attuned, not ethereal not ethereal, not cautious not cautious, not enraged not enraged, not patient not patient, not greedy not greedy, not at-stun not at-stun, not barkskinned not barkskinned, not hexed not hexed, not retreater not retreater, not runner not runner.
Usually not neuter, non-attacker, sometime-stunned, tentacle-confused.
Can have carrying capacity (number), health (number), initiative (number), AI rules (people based rulebook), permanent health (number), melee (number), defence (number), concentration (number), level (number), group level (number), Perception (number), Dexterity (number), Willpower (number), inherent damage modifier (number), heal power (number), heal cooldown (number), current heal cooldown (number), teleport amount (number), teleport eagerness (number), disintegrate power (number), disintegrate cooldown (number), current disintegrate cooldown (number), follower percentile chance (number), intrinsic heat resistance (number), ethereal timer (number), hit protection (number), stun count (number), last-seen-location (room), faction (faction), combat state (combat state), size (size).
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Represents a man or boy.
Always male not female.
Never neuter.
Fafhrd
, Mouser
Represents a woman or girl.
Always female not male.
Never neuter.
Represents an animal, or at any rate a
non-human living creature reasonably large and possible to interact with: a
giant Venus fly-trap might qualify, but not a patch of lichen.
Usually neuter.
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Represents a machine or contrivance of some
kind which can be switched on or off.
Usually switched off not switched on.
Something that conversation can refer to, but which has no real-world presence or functionality.
Usually familiar not unfamiliar.
Usually not readied not readied, not ranged not ranged, armour-stoppable not not armour-stoppable.
Can have damage die (number), weapon damage bonus (number), dodgability (number), passive parry max (number), active parry max (number), weapon attack bonus (number), special weapon info (text).
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natural weapon (plural natural weapons)
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smoky blade
, Fafhrd's sword
, Mouser's sword
, healer's sword
, defender's sword
, demon blade
gilded rapier
gorgeous dagger
, vampiric dagger
, dagger of draining
fearsome axe
, executioner's axe
scythe of flaming
, scythe of slaying
, scythe of oxidation
staff of pain (plural staves of pain)
Usually ranged not not ranged.
tormentor's staff
Usually not granted not granted.
Can have power level (number), command text (text).
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essence of caution
, essence of rage
, essence of patience
, essence of greed
, essence of addiction
Usually wearable.
Can have constriction prevention (number).
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tormenting necklace
crown of the empire
, crown of Hargo
, Metastasio's hat
smoky robe
, asbestos vest
, robe of the dead mage
, monk's robe
cloak of shadows
boots of the war dance
, boots of wandering
goggles of acuity
, goggles of blindness
, war mask
suit of plate mail
, suit of dragon armour
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flash grenade (plural flash grenades)
flash grenade
, flash grenade
, flash grenade
, flash grenade
, flash grenade
rust grenade (plural rust grenades)
rust grenade
smoke grenade (plural smoke grenades)
smoke grenade
, smoke grenade
, smoke grenade
, smoke grenade
fragmentation grenade (plural fragmentation grenades)
fragmentation grenade
, fragmentation grenade
, fragmentation grenade
unguentum argenti
, unguentum argenti
, unguentum argenti
unguentum argenti (plural unguenta argenti)
unguentum argenti
, unguentum argenti
, unguentum argenti
fungicide contraption
Usually prototypical not actual.
Can have scroll-effect (scroll-effect-value), true-name (truth state), scroll-parsable (scroll-parsable), plural-name (text).
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package of ment (plural packages of ment)
13 packages of ment
Usually fixed in place not portable.
broken pipe
, teleportation beacon
, statue of shards
, flickering lamps
, holy symbols
, unholy symbols
symbol-extra (plural symbol-extras)
holy symbols
, unholy symbols
rotting limb (plural rotting limbs)
rotting left leg
, rotting right leg
, rotting left arm
, rotting right arm
, rotting head
Represents a direction of movement, such
as northeast or down. They always occur in opposite, matched pairs: northeast
and southwest, for instance; down and up.
Usually unmarked for listing not marked for listing, not cardinal not cardinal.
Can have opposite (direction).
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Represents a broader area than a single
room, and allows rules to apply to a whole geographical territory. Each
region can contain many rooms, and regions can even be inside each other,
though they cannot otherwise overlap. For instance, the room Place d'Italie
might be inside the region 13th Arrondissement, which in turn is inside
the region Paris. Regions are useful mainly when the world is a large one,
and are optional.
Matches: value, arithmetic value, sayable value
Whole number in the range -32768, -32767, ..., -2, -1, 0, 1, 2, 3, ..., 32767: small numbers can be written textually as 'one', 'two', 'three', ..., 'ten', 'eleven', 'twelve'. (A much larger number range is allowed if we compile the source to Glulx rather than the Z-machine: see the Settings panel.)
Matches: value, arithmetic value, sayable value
A time of day, written in the form '2:34 AM' or '12:51 PM', or a length of time such as '10 minutes' or '3 hours 31 minutes', which must be between 0 minutes and 23 hours 59 minutes inclusive.
truth state (plural truth states)
Matches: value, sayable value
The state of whether something is 'true' or 'false'. (In other computing languages, this might be called 'boolean', after the 19th-century logician George Boole, who first realised this was a kind of value.)
Matches: value, sayable value
Some text in double quotation marks, perhaps with substitutions written in square brackets.
indexed text (plural indexed texts)
Matches: value, sayable value
A flexible-length form of text which can be internally altered and searched. Inform automatically changes text to this format when necessary.
unicode character (plural unicode characters)
Matches: value, sayable value
A single character - a letter or item of punctuation.
Matches: value, sayable value
A fragment of the player's most recent typed command, taking in a run of consecutive words.
stored action (plural stored actions)
Matches: value, sayable value
A stored action, which can later be tried.
Matches: value, enumerated value, sayable value
Like a scene in a play: a period of time which is usually tied to events in the plot. Scenes are created by sentences like 'Midnight Arrival is a scene.'
Usually non-recurring not recurring.
Can have description (text).
Entire Game
command parser error (plural command parser errors)
Matches: value, enumerated value, sayable value
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Matches: value, enumerated value, sayable value
Factions are groups of people who are allied to each other, and may or may not be opposed to the other factions.
friendly
, passive
, hostile
, undead
, horrific
, demonic
, enslaved
combat state
(plural combat states)
Matches: value, enumerated value, sayable value
Represents the state of a person in the current combat round. at-Inactive people are no involved, the at-Act person is the main actor, and the at-React person(s) are reacting to the main actor.
at-Inactive
, at-Act
, at-React
combat round state
(plural combat round states)
Matches: value, enumerated value, sayable value
Represents the state of the current combat round. This value kind is stored by the combat status global variable, which determines what happens when the combat round rulebook is run.
peace
, combat
, player choosing
, reactions
, concluding
vertical placement
(plural vertical placements)
Matches: value, enumerated value, sayable value
vp-agnostic
, vp-underground
, vp-likely-underground
, vp-above-ground
, vp-high
, vp-likely-high
Matches: value, enumerated value, sayable value
civilised
, religious
, barren
, deathly
, elemental
, magical
, alchemical
, non-mood
Matches: value, enumerated value, sayable value
tiny
, small
, medium
, large
, huge
, gargantuan
Matches: value, enumerated value, sayable value
Can have material-adjective (text), destroying heat (number), heat-behaviour (heat-behaviour), corrosion resistance (number).
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heat-behaviour
(plural heat-behaviours)
Matches: value, enumerated value, sayable value
burner
, melter
player form
(plural player forms)
Matches: value, enumerated value, sayable value
human-form
, ghoul
, vampire
, vampire bat
Matches: value, enumerated value, sayable value
minor
, major
, epic
, unique
, special
, non-treasure
scroll-effect-value
(plural scroll-effect-values)
Matches: value, enumerated value, sayable value
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scroll-parsable
(plural scroll-parsables)
Matches: value, enumerated value, sayable value
13 Scroll-parsables
Matches: value, enumerated value, sayable value
as-witch
, as-bird
, as-dog
achievement
(plural achievements)
Matches: value, enumerated value, sayable value
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use option (plural use options)
Matches: value, sayable value
One of the optional ways to configure Inform, such as the 'authorial modesty option'.
table name (plural table names)
Matches: value, sayable value
Like tables of information in a book or newspaper, tables in Inform hold values which have been organised into rows and columns. A table name is just a single value, identifying which table is meant - say, 'Table of US Presidents' might be a table name value.
equation name (plural equation names)
Matches: value
Like formulae in a textbook or a scientific paper, equations in Inform are written out in displayed form and given names.
action name (plural action names)
Matches: value, sayable value
An action is what happens when one of the people in the simulated world decides to do something. A full action would be something like 'dropping the box', but an action name is just the choice of which sort of thing is being done: here, it's 'the dropping action'. (Action names are always written with the word 'action' at the end, to make sure they aren't mistaken for full actions.)
figure name (plural figure names)
Matches: value, enumerated value, sayable value
When made with the Glulx setting, an Inform project can include images as well as words, and these are called figures. A figure name is just the name of one of the figures in the current project.
Figure of cover, Figure opening figure
sound name (plural sound names)
Matches: value, enumerated value, sayable value
When made with the Glulx setting, an Inform project can include sound effects or pieces of music. A sound name is just the name of one of these sounds in the current project.
external file (plural external files)
Matches: value, enumerated value, sayable value
When made with the Glulx setting, an Inform project can make limited use of files stored on the computer which is operating the story at run-time. An external-file is just the name of one of these files (not the filename in the usual sense, but a name given to it in the Inform source text).
file of save data 
, File Of Victories
, File Of Achievements
phrase K -> L (plural phrases K -> L)
contravariant in K, covariant in L
Matches: value, sayable value
relation of K (plural relations of K)
covariant
Matches: value, sayable value
K based rule producing L (plural K based rules producing L)
contravariant in K, covariant in L
Matches: value, sayable value
One of many, many rules which determine what happens during play. Rules can be triggered by scenes beginning or ending, by certain actions, at certain times, or in the course of carrying out certain activities.
K based rulebook producing L (plural K based rulebooks producing L)
contravariant in K, covariant in L
Matches: value, sayable value
A list of rules to follow, in sequence, to get something done. A rulebook is like a ring-binder, with the individual rules as sheets of paper. Inform normally sorts these into their 'natural' order, with the most specific rules first, but it's easy to shuffle the pages if you need to. When some task is carried out during play, Inform is normally working through a rulebook, turning the pages one by one.
activity on K (plural activities on K)
contravariant
Matches: value
An activity is something which Inform does as part of the mechanics of play - for instance, printing the name of an object, which Inform often has to do. An activity can happen by itself ('printing the banner text', for instance) or can be applied to an object ('printing the name of something', say).
covariant
Matches: value, sayable value
A flexible-length list of values, where all of the items have to have the same kind of value as each other - for instance, a list of rooms, or a list of lists of numbers. The empty list, with no items yet, is written { }, and a list with items in is written with commas dividing them - say {2, 5, 9}.
description of K (plural descriptions of K)
covariant
Matches: value
A description of a set of values, where all of the items have to have the same kind of value as each other - for instance, 'even numbers' or 'open doors which are in lighted rooms'.
K valued property (plural K valued properties)
covariant
Matches: value
K valued table column (plural K valued table columns)
covariant
Matches: value