Talk:Hunt the Wumpus

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These rules actually conflict with the original wumpus rules, and leave some issues unspecified. Would it be acceptable to implement something closer to the original? --Rdm (talk) 07:41, 8 May 2015 (UTC)

I'd like to modify my Javascript source to something more similar to the original, if you point me to the differences you noticed. Also, what is not specified? I'd love to edit the description. Last thing: The only conscious conflict I've made, just for a matter of semplicity, is the ability to only shoot to nearby rooms.--Pistacchio (talk) 10:16, 8 May 2015 (UTC)

Ok, sure... well, I started coding up a J simplification, and so I extracted the original intro text (without the press return to continue stuff), and it looked like this:

<lang J>INTRO=:0 :0

WELCOME TO 'HUNT THE WUMPUS'
 THE WUMPUS LIVES IN A CAVE OF 20 ROOMS. EACH ROOM

HAS 3 TUNNELS LEADING TO OTHER ROOMS. (LOOK AT A DODECAHEDRON TO SEE HOW THIS WORKS-IF YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT A DODECAHEDRON IS, ASK SOMEONE)

    HAZARDS:
BOTTOMLESS PITS - TWO ROOMS HAVE BOTTOMLESS PITS IN THEM
    IF YOU GO THERE, YOU FALL INTO THE PIT (& LOSE!)
SUPER BATS - TWO OTHER ROOMS HAVE SUPER BATS. IF YOU
    GO THERE, A BAT GRABS YOU AND TAKES YOU TO SOME OTHER
    ROOM AT RANDOM. (WHICH MAY BE TROUBLESOME)

    WUMPUS:
THE WUMPUS IS NOT BOTHERED BY HAZARDS (HE HAS SUCKER
FEET AND IS TOO BIG FOR A BAT TO LIFT).  USUALLY
HE IS ASLEEP.  TWO THINGS WAKE HIM UP: YOU SHOOTING AN

ARROW OR YOU ENTERING HIS ROOM.

    IF THE WUMPUS WAKES HE MOVES (P=.75) ONE ROOM
OR STAYS STILL (P=.25).  AFTER THAT, IF HE IS WHERE YOU
ARE, HE EATS YOU UP AND YOU LOSE!

    YOU:
EACH TURN YOU MAY MOVE OR SHOOT A CROOKED ARROW
  MOVING:  YOU CAN MOVE ONE ROOM (THRU ONE TUNNEL)
  ARROWS:  YOU HAVE 5 ARROWS.  YOU LOSE WHEN YOU RUN OUT
  EACH ARROW CAN GO FROM 1 TO 5 ROOMS. YOU AIM BY TELLING
  THE COMPUTER THE ROOM#S YOU WANT THE ARROW TO GO TO.
  IF THE ARROW CAN'T GO THAT WAY (IF NO TUNNEL) IT MOVES
  AT RANDOM TO THE NEXT ROOM.
    IF THE ARROW HITS THE WUMPUS, YOU WIN.
    IF THE ARROW HITS YOU, YOU LOSE.

   WARNINGS:
    WHEN YOU ARE ONE ROOM AWAY FROM A WUMPUS OR HAZARD,
    THE COMPUTER SAYS:
WUMPUS:  'I SMELL A WUMPUS'
BAT   :  'BATS NEARBY'
PIT   :  'I FEEL A DRAFT'

)</lang>

So... different (more concise!) messages, bats are non-lethal, and the wumpus sometimes moves.

Also, looking at the implementation, this was unspecified: initially none of the player nor the hazards are co-located. --Rdm (talk) 12:14, 8 May 2015 (UTC)