About the Freak category

How to use it

The setup adds two games, you can add more in settings.

Each entry contains a Title and the name of the story file.

To kick off the interaction you need to @ mention the bot set in settings. After that, replying to a post of theirs is enough.

To list the available games, you first need to mention the bot and ask:

@frotz list games

This will give you the range of options

To start a game type:

start game x substituting x for the option number.

If you want to switch to another game you can do so; the plugin saves your progress on every move so you can return to the first story at any time. The plugin maintains a save for every story for every user that tries it.

To continue an existing game type:

continue game x substituting x for the option number.

NB A full rebuild will destroy all save files. This is a necessary compromise.

@frotz list games

  1. The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy
  2. Zork 1

start game 1

Starting game The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy:

 Bedroom                                     Score: 0        Moves: 0      
THE HITCHHIKER’S GUIDE TO THE GALAXY
Infocom interactive fiction - a science fiction story
Copyright © 1984 by Infocom, Inc. All rights reserved.
Release 59 / Serial number 851108
You wake up. The room is spinning very gently round your head. Or at least
it would be if you could see it which you can’t.
It is pitch black.