Twilight's Developer Test
From LSWiki
Here's a little "test" of what it's like being a developer.
Here's a room description:
The inner walls of the room are composed of irregular triangular iron slabs that form a large circle with dome-like slope to the ceiling. A long white gold bar curves around the edge of half the room. Black oak tables, chairs, and barstools furnish the room. A sparkling paper lantern hangs from the center of the ceiling, casting the room in a stark, flickering illumination. The decor of the room is overall elegant and esthetically unified, deliberately muted in color with a few riches for adornment, with only the crude iron of the walls serving as a reminder of the harsh exterior architecture.
Pretty simple. Here's the code for that room description:
void configure() {
::configure();
set_code("the White Sprite");
set_short("the {{bright white}White Sprite Bar and Grill}");
add_abstract_item(([
Abstract_Item_Identity : ([
Identity_Adjectives : ({ "solid" }),
Identity_Nouns : ({ "walls", "wall" }),
]),
Abstract_Item_Descriptions : ({
({
({ 't', 0, }), "are thick and well-interlocked, for the most part hiding the motley exterior.",
}),
({
"What few gaps there are let in the {{black}shadows} cast by the {{random, random, random, and random}light of "
"strange chaotic energies} playing across the {{gray}metal scraps} and {{copper}twisted wires} that hold this "
"place together.",
}),
}),
Abstract_Item_Attach_Description : ([
Description_Type : Description_Type_Simple,
Description_Content : ({
"The inner walls of the room are composed of",
Description(([
Description_Type : Description_Type_Element_Name,
Description_Content : ({ "irregular triangular", "slabs" }),
])),
"that form a large circle with dome-like slope to the ceiling."
}),
Description_Order : Description_Order_Early,
]),
Abstract_Item_Elements : Material_Iron,
]));
add_abstract_item(([
Abstract_Item_Identity : ([
Identity_Adjectives : ({ "long" }),
Identity_Nouns : ({ "bar" }),
]),
Abstract_Item_Descriptions : ({
({
"The bar is made of the same",
Description(Description_Type_Element_Subdescription),
"and",
Description(Description_Type_Craftsmanship_Name),
"craftsmanship as the door.",
}),
({
({ 'r', 0, "edges" }), "are lightly etched with depictions of sprites of various poses and likenesses.",
}),
}),
Abstract_Item_Attach_Description : ([
Description_Type : Description_Type_Simple,
Description_Content : ({
({ 'a', 0 }), "curves around the edge of half the room",
}),
Description_Order : Description_Order_Early,
]),
Abstract_Item_Elements : ({
([
Element_Type : Material_Gold,
Element_Color : "white",
]),
}),
Abstract_Item_Craft : Craft_Excellent,
]));
add_abstract_item(([
Abstract_Item_Identity : ([
Identity_Nouns : ({
"furniture", "tables", "chairs", "barstools", "table", "chair", "barstool"
}),
]),
Abstract_Item_Descriptions : ({({
({ 't', 0 }), "is all of the same make and style, spartan and durable, but not without some of the beauty of",
Description(Description_Type_Craftsmanship_Name),
"craftsmanship.",
})}),
Abstract_Item_Attach_Description : ([
Description_Type : Description_Type_Simple,
Description_Content : ({
Description(([
Description_Type : Description_Type_Element_Name,
Description_Content : "tables, chairs, and barstools",
])),
"furnish the room",
}),
Description_Order : Description_Order_Early,
]),
Abstract_Item_Elements : ({
([
Element_Type : Material_Oak,
Element_Color : "black",
]),
}),
Abstract_Item_Craft : Craft_Excellent,
]));
add_abstract_item(([
Abstract_Item_Identity : ([
Identity_Adjectives : ({ "sparkling" }),
Identity_Nouns : ({ "lantern", "light" }),
]),
Abstract_Item_Descriptions : ({
({
({ 't', 0 }), "is of traditional design, designed to take oil and burn with fire, but has been enchanted by "
"someone to burn with a {{sparkling white}crackling glow} that shoots off {{bright white}dazzling white sparks}.",
}),
({
({ 'p', 0 }), ({ "hang", }), "from the ceiling by",
({ 'a',
Description(([
Description_Type : Description_Type_Element_Name,
Description_Index : ([
Element_Part : Part_Binding,
]),
Description_Content : "string",
])),
}),
".",
}),
}),
Abstract_Item_Attach_Description : ([
Description_Type : Description_Type_Simple,
Description_Content : ({
({ 'a', 0 }), "hangs from the center of the ceiling, casting the room in a {{sparkling white}stark, flickering "
"illumination}",
}),
Description_Order : Description_Order_Early,
]),
Abstract_Item_Elements : ({
([
Element_Type : Material_Paper,
Element_Color : "white",
]),
([
Element_Type : Material_Hemp,
Element_Color : "gray",
Element_Part : Part_Binding,
Element_Proportion : 0.1,
Element_Form : Form_String,
Element_Flags : Element_Flag_Secondary,
]),
([
Element_Type : Material_Dweomer,
Element_Color : "sparkling white",
Element_Part : Part_Infusion,
Element_Flags : Element_Flag_Secondary,
]),
([
Element_Type : Material_Light,
Element_Color : "sparkling white",
Element_Part : Part_Setting,
Element_Flags : Element_Flag_Secondary,
]),
}),
]));
add_description(([
Description_Type : Description_Type_Simple,
Description_Content : ({
"The decor of the room is overall elegant and esthetically unified, deliberately muted in color with a few riches for "
"adornment, with only the crude",
Description(([
Description_Type : Description_Type_Element_Subdescription,
Description_Index : ([
Element_Type : Material_Iron,
]),
])),
"of the walls serving as a reminder of the harsh exterior architecture.",
}),
Description_Order : Description_Order_Slightly_Early,
]));
add_exit(Direction_Out, Spilskinanke_Room("spil_-1_-1_-3"));
add_door(Direction_Out, Spilskinanke_Misc("white_sprite_door"));
add_realm("Spilskinanke_White_Sprite");
add_realm("Spilskinanke_Business");
}
If every time you want a four sentence description, you're willing to do all that, then maybe, just maybe, you can consider being a developer.
