I suppose I'm thinking ahead. If I was to use Adventuron to write a real game in future, I would certainly want this. Even in the small CaveJam game, I'm getting some silly responses. Call me a perfectionist, but I don't like silly responses.
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Unfortunately I can't add features as fast as you ask for them. This particular feature is not something I had not considered, and indeed, it is something that I intended to add at some point, so it's nice in a way to have someone confirm that it is useful.
For this jam however, 8BitTag's workaround is the best way.