Getting Started: Talking

You can talk to others in the room with you (those listed in the ‘Contents’ of the room) in a number of ways. The easiest is to use the ‘say’ command.

For example, when you type:

  say Hello!

you’ll see:
You say, “Hello!”
and everyone else in the room will see:
Lisa says, “Hello!”

You can abbreviate the command to just:

  "Hello!

if you wish; it works exactly the same.

Posing actions

You can also perform actions, using the ‘pose’ command, or ’:’ for short.
For example:
pose waves! or
:waves!
will both show:
Lisa waves!
to everyone in the room (including yourself). If you don’t want a space after your name, use ‘semipose’ (or ’;’) instead:
;‘s waving!
will show:
Lisa’s waving!

If you don’t want your name to be added at all, you can use the ‘@emit’ command, or ” for short:
@emit Smiling, Lisa waves, “Hello!”
will show everyone in the room:
Smiling, Lisa waves, “Hello!”

However, make sure you include your name somewhere, so people know who’s talking.

Talking privately

To talk to someone who isn’t in the room with you, use page: page Lisa=Hi there! sends Lisa a message anywhere in the game. To speak to one person in the room without the others hearing, use whisper: whisper Lisa=Over here. See page and whisper.

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