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17.36. Printing the player's obituary |
1. When it happens. The obituary is the text "*** You have died ***" or similar, usually followed by the final score.
2. The default behaviour. Printing the aforementioned text, then the final score, and reducing the status line to a largely blank state.
3. Examples. (a) For a work with no meaningful score, it would be odd to wind up with a final reckoning of 0, so:
Procedural rule: ignore the print final score rule.
(b) Or we could add to the verdict:
After printing the player's obituary: say "And you visited [number of visited rooms] place[s]."
| ![]() Not mentioning UNDO in the final set of options. |
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| ![]() Completely replacing the endgame text and stopping the game without giving the player a chance to restart or restore. |
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| ![]() Adding a feature to the final question after victory, so that the player can choose to reveal notes about items in the game. |
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