Verbs and Actions

Verbs

All interaction in an adventure is created through verbs. Actors and Scenes can have a list of interaction verbs.

Default Verbs

The default verbs are executed when an actor verb is called and the verb is not defined. For example you can create a default verb for lookat that shows a default text.

• lookat
• pickup
• use
• dialog

Scene verbs

• init is executed after loading the scene.
• test is executed after loading the scene in test mode.

Actor verbs

• lookat is executed when the look at option is clicked in the actor.
• pickup is executed when the pick up option is clicked in the actor.
• talkto is executed when the talk option is clicked.
• use is executed when an inventory item is dragged over other item or actor. An actor can have several use verbs defined with differents target attributes.
• leave is executed when clicked the leave option.
• enter is executed when the player enters inside the bounding box of the actor.
• exit is executed when the player exits the bounding box of the actor.

Custom verbs

Arbitrary verbs can be defined for scenes and actors. Custom verbs can be executed through dialog options or by the RunVerb action.

Actions

Verbs are composed by actions. When a verb is called, all actions are executed sequentially.

The RunVerb action

Custom actions