kq4-decompile/rooms/kq4-017-spooky-house-exterior.md

Room 17: Spooky House Exterior

This is the exterior of a spooky old house located in a cemetery. The room features a cottage with windows and a door, stone steps, a surrounding stone wall, overgrown bushes, and a cemetery with graves. A ghoul (animated figure) appears if the player has not collected a specific item, triggering an encounter sequence that results in the player being transported to the underworld (Room 68). The primary interaction is opening the front door to enter the house.

Look Description

"Indeed, this is a spooky old house! It looks as if no one has lived here for many years. Flanking the old house on both sides is a run-down cemetery. A thick forest looms all around."

Interactions

Status	Behavior Type	Command	Response
TODO	Look	look around / look room / look[<around>]	"Indeed, this is a spooky old house! It looks as if no one has lived here for many years. Flanking the old house on both sides is a run-down cemetery. A thick forest looms all around." (Print 17 0)
TODO	Look	look grave / look gravestone	"The graves are in the cemetery." (Print 17 1)
TODO	Look	look fence / look wall	"An old, crumbling stone wall surrounds the neglected cemetery." (Print 17 2)
TODO	Look	look cottage	"This is not a pleasant house; in fact, it's downright scary! It looks old and abandoned, and badly in need of tender-loving-care. To make matters worse, it sits right in the middle of an old cemetery!" (Print 17 3)
TODO	Look	look cemetery	"A decrepit and over-grown cemetery surrounds the old house." (Print 17 4)
TODO	Look	look door	"This is a finely-carved, wooden door." (Print 17 5)
TODO	Look	look window (close to window)	"You peek through the window, but can make out no details." (Print 17 6)
TODO	Look	look window (in bushes)	"The bushes are too tall! Go up by the door." (Print 17 7)
TODO	Look	look window (elsewhere)	"You're not close enough." (Print 800 1)
TODO	Look	look stair	"Wide stone steps lead up to the front door of the spooky old house." (Print 17 8)
TODO	Look	look bush	"Overgrown shrubs front the old house." (Print 17 9)
TODO	Action	break window	"It looks like many of the windows are already broken!" (Print 17 10)
TODO	Action	break door	"You could never do that." (Print 17 11)
TODO	Action	open door (at door)	Opens the door with animation and sound, then transitions to Room 68
TODO	Action	open door (not at door)	"You're not close enough." (Print 800 1)
TODO	Action	close door	"The door is closed." (Print 17 12)
TODO	Action	open window	"The windows do not open." (Print 17 13)
TODO	Action	unlatch door	"The door is already unlocked." (Print 17 14)
TODO	Action	bang door (at door)	"With trepidation, you rap on the door. Not surprisingly, nobody answers." (Print 17 15)
TODO	Action	bang door (not at door)	"You're not close enough." (Print 800 1)

Scripts

Status	Behavior Type	Name	Trigger	Behavior
TODO	Interaction	z6Actions	Player enters the door zone (rect 141,146 to 175,149) while ghoul encounter is active	Triggers ghoul encounter sequence: ghoul appears, theme plays, player transforms through multiple views, then is transported to Room 68 (underworld). Sets ghoul_encounter_completed = true when finished.

Technical Notes

• Room Number: 17
• Picture: 17
• Region: 508 (cemetery)
• Exits: North→11, South→23, East→18, West→16, Door→68 (spooky house interior)
• Music: Sound 21 (zTheme)

State Variables

Variable	Values	Description
global100	true, false	Ghoul encounter flag - when true, ghoul appears
global101	0	Room-specific flag, initialized to 0
global120	message pointer	Stores the "wander forever" message pointer
global127	0, 1	Ghoul encounter completion flag - set to 1 after encounter ends

Additional Technical Details

• Synonyms defined: kiss = embrace, ghoul = ghoul man
• The ghoul appears when global100 = true and player does not have inventory item 7
• Item 7 (not yet mapped) is required to prevent the ghoul encounter
• The door zone is defined as rectangle 141,146 to 175,149
• Opening the door requires player to be in rect 139,140 to 173,153
• Window visibility checks use multiple rect zones to determine proximity
• If player views is not 2 (normal form) when exiting, the room change is blocked
• Entry from Room 68 positions player at the door (loop:2, x:161, y:151)
• The overlay picture 117 is shown if global100 is true