I've done as much SPAG checking as I can but I'm not perfect! If you spot any glaringly obvious typos, feel free to add them under this topic and I will get them fixed and upload a new version.
Thanks!
You're a Hackspace member and you uncover a mysterious machine, tinker with technology and travel through time itself. · By
This isn't spelling and grammar, but I didn't want to fill up the main help topic with it.
The four tutorial rooms are very welcoming. Adventuron's defaults for RESTART (after you've finished the tutorial) and QUIT, though, are a bit harsh.
If you want to fix that,
themes {
system_messages {
ask_new_game = Custom message 1
ask_quit = Custom message 2
post_quit = Custom message 3
}
}
(Note: if you want to see other system messages to tweak, Christopher Merriner's Custard and Mustard source code lists them all. https://ifarchive.org/if-archive/games/source/adventuron/Custard_and_Mustard.txt)
I may do another run through later. I found stuff here and there that did not affect my enjoyment. I didn't take detailed notes, but there was one line with "her" where it should have been "here." So maybe search your source for the full word her. (Or her. or space/her/space.) But that was it -- likely not worth an update.
If you open up the source after the comp, I'd be glad to help and poke some more.
I'm enjoying this meticulously crafted game, thanks for writing it. I had some trouble working out how to use the temporal relocator - even though I had already fixed the circuit board, inserted it, and obtained the device. It wasn't clear to me that I had to 'Use Temporal Relocator.' I think this was because if you type 'x temporal relocator' you get the response "You can't see a machine here" (or something similar). So it seemed to me that you couldn't interact with the TR. I thought you probably had to carry on fixing the machine or somehow find a code to put in the keypad. (I only went back and tried again because you talked about a menu for using the machine in another comment, and you said that after sorting the circuit board you can time travel.) By the way, 'Use Machine' should probably work as well.