Verb+Noun Parsers and Old School Visual Novels [duplicate]
- by user38943
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How should I parse user input in a text adventure game?
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Hi
I'm working on a simple old school visual novel engine in Lua. Basically I have most of the code set up besides one important feature. The Text Parser.
Lets get into how words are generally structured.
In the screenshot I input the command "my wish is for you to die"
--How would a human understand this?
my = noun/object
wish = verb
is = connective_equator similar to =
for = connective_object (for all objects of ..)
you = noun/object
to = connective_action similar to do
die = verb
--the computer can then parse this and understand it like this (pseudo example)
my = user
you = get_current_label()
you = "Lost Coatl"
wish = user_command
user_command = for all_objects of "Lost Coatl" do die() end
execute user_command()
What other ways do videogames use text parsers, what would be the simplest way for a newbie coder such as myself?
