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--- free_movement [2025/01/30 23:39] – jeffd
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 Some games will include one or more "Free Movement" areas, which operate more like a "point and click adventure" than a pure cinematic.
-===== Actions =====
+[[Free Movement Actions]]
-==== MOVE (target) ====
-Also: Jump, Lie, Sit, Sleep, Climb
+===== Defining Interactions =====
-==== LOOK (target) ====
+Interactions can be attached to Locations, Characters, or Items (whether present in a scene, or within inventory.)
-Also: Examine, Read, Inspect, Smell
+===== User Interface for Commands ======
-==== TAKE (item) ====
+Interact button.  (Secondary interact = right click or long press.)
-Also: Pick Up
+Use tool button.  (Long press on tool to open the mini-inventory to switch to a different tool.)
-==== USE (item) [ON (target)] ====
+Examples:  On a bookshelf, interact will take a book, use tool button will read the spine of the book.  With a door, interact will attempt to open the door, use tool button will use the key in hand to unlock or lock the door.
-Also: Push, Pull, Operate, Turn On/Off, Eat, Drink
+Interact does the default action with an object on the screen.  If there is a secondary type of action, double click or long-press could activate that.  For example, interact might try to move through a door, double click would instead try to open the door.  Interact attempts to take the lantern, use attempts to light or douse the lantern.
-==== TASTE (item) ====
+===== Radio Button Mode =====
-(Non-Destructive variant of USE/EAT)
+As used in ICOM Simulations games on the NES. (See [[history:]])
-==== OPEN/CLOSE (target) ====
-(For doors and inventory containers)
-==== HIT (target) ====
-Also: Attack, Knock
-==== DROP (item) ON (target) ====
-Also: Leave, Place, Give(to)
-==== THROW (item) AT (target) ====
-(Different from Drop due to Proximity)
-==== SPEAK (target) ====
-Also: Ask, Call Out, Shout/Yell
-==== SHOW (item) TO (target) ====
-(May be combined with GIVE)
-==== WAIT ====
-Also: Listen
-===== Defining Interactions =====
-Interactions can be attached to Locations, Characters, or Items (whether present in a scene, or within inventory.)