Roger's Day Off
An adventure with time-travelling teapots!
Strand Games Technology
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Synopsis
It's Roger! A simple fellow with a charitable yet naïve heart, who has the misfortune of getting embroiled in the most perilous situations.
History! In Assyria, Roger meets the Sultana of Assur, who's definitely not one to be trifled with!
Pirates! Roger encounters a salty siren skipper who takes no lip! Does he get thrown to the sharks?
Killer Robots! Roger battles a robot domestique - for a milk jug!
1920s! Can Roger stop a con-man from swindling his Great Uncle by drinking beer?
Sci-Fi! In the future, Roger's android friend Mu saves him from the Brain Assimilator. Can he free her in return?
All in a day-off's work, for Roger and his time-travelling teapot! Well, actually it's not even his!
SpringThing 2022
This is the SpringThing 2022 version of the game.
Firstly, thank you to our beta testers for helping to find problems.
Introduction
The game has been authored with the Strand engine. An open-source system for parser and choice IF. The game often presents both choice and input prompts at the same time.
For example:
Choices are usually shortcuts for command, which you can (usually) type if you wish. Sometimes, the command input box will disappear. For example, in conversations with characters;
In these cases, you navigate a conversation using choice options.
In some cases, your conversations can require "focused input". This is when you need to type in a specific word or object. This feature is to avoid having "spoiler choices".
For example, you're prompted to offer something you're carrying:
Playing
Saved games are stored in the browser's memory cache, which means they are lost when you quit the browser unless they are saved into the "savegame" subdirectory.
The "savegame" directory is mapped to your browser persistent cache. This also means if you clear the browser cache, the game will also be lost.
The game supports multi-level undo.
You can undo and keep undoing as far as you like. Often the game will automatically prompt you for undo, or will automatically rewind the plot to some safe checkpoint.
Help
The game has a built-in help system, type help for info. This provides hints and clues to the puzzles.
Transcript
There is a menu option to enable a transcript, which is a text recording of your commands and the game responses.
When you enable transcript, it will start recording.
When you disable transcript, it will stop recording and offer a download text file of the captured gameplay.
The transcript is a simple text file, although various markdown elements are still present in the text.
Be sure to save this file, as once you re-enable transcript it will start afresh.
Walkthrough
Spoiler Warning!
It's recommended to try the built-in help command before reading these as a last resort.
Good luck!
