Paradise by Rek & Devine

Paradise plays like a strange interactive fiction novel, in an ever-changing world where you are not an avatar but a force acting upon places, and objects, and puns, words – moving around and into your other selves, threading chaos.
“I have always imagined that Paradise will be a kind of library.” — Jorge Luis Borges

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Controls

• ctrl(cmd)+shift+n Reset world to a fresh Library.
• ctrl(cmd)+shift+o Open world and replace current.
• ctrl(cmd)+shift+s Save world.

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Actions
You can input multiple commands using the & character to break a command into multiple.

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Basic

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Create

• create a ceramic teacup Create a new vessel.

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Become

• become a teacup Become a visible vessel.
• become the red teacup Become a distant vessel.

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Enter

• enter the teacup Enter a visible vessel.

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Leave

• leave Leave the current parent vessel.

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Advanced

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Help

• help See available help.
• help with drop See help for the drop action.

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Warp

• warp to the red teacup Warp to a distant vessel’s parent location.
• warp in the yellow teacup Warp in a distant vessel’s location.
• warp to any teacup Warp to a random distant vessel’s parent location.
• warp in any teacup Warp in a random distant vessel’s location.
• warp anywhere Warp in a random distant vessel’s location.

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Take

• take the red teacup Move a visible vessel into your vessel.
• take any teacup Move a visible vessel into your vessel.
• take anything Move a random visible vessel into your vessel.

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Drop

• drop the red teacup Move a child vessel into the parent vessel.
• drop a teacup Move a child vessel into the parent vessel.
• drop any teacup Move a random child vessel into the parent vessel.

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Narrative

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Note

• note It is raining. Again. Add a note to the parent vessel.

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Inspect

• inspect the teacup Inspect the target visible vessel.

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Transform

• transform into a teacup Rename the current vessel.
• transform the teacup into a cat Rename a visible vessel.

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Transmute

• transmute into glass Add an adjective to the current vessel.
• transmute glass into gold Add an adjective to a visible vessel.
• transmute into anything Remove an adjective to the current vessel.
• transmute glass into anything Remove an adjective to a visible vessel.

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Programming

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Program

• program warp to the library Automate a vessel.

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Use

• use the teacup Trigger the vessel’s automation.

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Usage

• usage open Select the vessel’s trigger.
• usage roll You rolled @random(1 2 3 4 5 6). Set a custom reacion.

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Cast

• cast the storm scroll at the golden beetle Trigger a distant vessel’s automation as another vessel.

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Wildcards
Wildcards are markups created for notes and programs, to make vessels more responsive to their environment. A simple example would be note Hello @Name., rendered as Hello Ghost.

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Basics

• @FULL, display the current vessel attribute and name.(uppercase)
• @NAME, display the current vessel name.(uppercase)
• @ATTR, display the current vessel attribute.(uppercase)
• @full, display the current vessel attribute and name.(lowercase)
• @name, display the current vessel name.(lowercase)
• @attr, display the current vessel attribute.(lowercase)
• @Full, display the current vessel attribute and name.(capitalized)
• @Name, display the current vessel name.(capitalized)
• @Attr, display the current vessel attribute.(capitalized)
• @note, display the current vessel note.
• @size, size of the current inventory.

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Parent

• _@FULL, display the parent vessel attribute and name.(uppercase)
• _@NAME, display the parent vessel name.(uppercase)
• _@ATTR, display the parent vessel attribute.(uppercase)
• _@full, display the parent vessel attribute and name.(lowercase)
• _@name, display the parent vessel name.(lowercase)
• _@attr, display the parent vessel attribute.(lowercase)
• _@Full, display the parent vessel attribute and name.(capitalized)
• _@Name, display the parent vessel name.(capitalized)
• _@Attr, display the parent vessel attribute.(capitalized)
• @_note, display the parent vessel note.
• @_size, size of the current inventory.

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Parade

• @__size, size of the parade.
• @__RANDOM, random parade vessel.(uppercase)
• @__random, random parade vessel.(lowercase)
• @__Random, random parade vessel.(capitalized)
• @__random-name, random parade vessel name.
• @__random-attr, random parade vessel attribute.

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Stem

• @STEM, name of current parent stem vessel.(uppercase)
• @stem, name of current parent stem vessel.(lowercase)
• @Stem, name of current parent stem vessel.(capitalized)

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Time

• @time, Desamber time format 830:024.
• @time-beat, Desamber time format 830.
• @time-pulse, Desamber time format 024.

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Program Tools

• @(3), print the name and action connected with that vessel id.
• @and, chain commands in programs. ex: program create a vessel @and enter the vessel.
• @query, access the content of a usage action. ex: say hello, usage @if(@query IS hello THEN hi!)
• @random(red green blue), choose a random word.
• @if(a IS b THEN c ELSE d), a simple conditional function.