Ask and Tell

You can use Ask and Tell commands to interact with other objects in the game eg if you go into a room with a wizard, you could ask him questions and have answers programmed to come out?

The Ask command works as part of a sequence - “Ask Object about…” The Tell command works as part of a sequence- “Tell Object about…”

1. I have set up a room with a character called ‘'’The Wizard ‘’ inside it

   

2. I want to ask him a question.

3. Select the Wizard and choose Ask/Tell

   

4. Click the Add icon to get this box:

   

5. Now enter some key words that are linked to what you want to ask the Wizard – remember it needs to be in a question – Ask Wizard about…

6. For example, say I want to ask the wizard about the game, I could use key words like game, adventure, puzzle or story.

7. I enter these in the box separated by spaces:

   

8. When I press OK I can choose a script to add.

   

9. You can add a message so that the Wizard replies to you eg

   

10. When I close the script the key and script are there (you can Edit them)

    

11. You can add as many Keys and scripts as you want.

12. When it works it looks like this. I write in the message Ask wizard about game

    

13. The wizard replies:

    

IMPROVEMENTS You can make the wizard human by selecting Wizard and Setup and choosing Male Character

When you do this, the wizard has the verb Speak to in the Display menu:

You can add in a command in Verbs to remind the player to ask the Wizard a clue eg   I go to Verb and type in “speak to”:

I click OK and underneath I write a suitable message:

This is now what it looks like when you select speak to in the game:

YOU CAN DO THE EXACT SAME THING WITH THE TELL COMMAND

Here is an example of a character where you can them lots of different Ask questions!