kq4-decompile/rooms/kq4-044-inside-whale.md

Room 044: Inside Whale

This room takes place inside the belly of a giant whale. The player has been swallowed and must find a way to escape before succumbing to the noxious fumes. The room contains a skeleton of an unlucky sailor named "James" resting on boat wreckage, floating debris, and various whale anatomy features. The player must use the peacock feather to tickle the whale's throat to trigger a sneeze and escape back to the ocean.

Look Description

"Horrors! You have been swallowed by a huge whale!" "PHEW!! This place stinks!"

Interactions

Status	Behavior Type	Command	Response
TODO	Look	look[<up,around,at][/room,whale]	"Horrors! You have been swallowed by a huge whale!" + "PHEW!! This place stinks!" (Print 44 0, 1)
TODO	Look	look/skeleton,james,man,person	"The skeleton of an unlucky man (let's call him James), rests atop the wreckage of a small boat." (Print 44 17)
TODO	Look	look/fish	"Bits and pieces of fish are everywhere." (Print 44 10)
TODO	Look	look/boat	"There's nothing in the old boat. It didn't help 'James' and it won't help you." (Print 44 11, 13)
TODO	Look	look[<under]/water	"There is nothing of interest under the seawater." (Print 44 12)
TODO	Look	look/water (bottle present)	"You notice a bottle floating in the seawater of the whale's stomach." (Print 44 18)
TODO	Look	look/water (bottle taken)	"Seawater floats in the whale's stomach." (Print 44 19)
TODO	Look	look/belly	"This is a disgusting place to be! Seawater, dead fish, junk...you name it...float around in here. Hopefully, your fate will not be the same as poor 'James' lying over there." (Print 44 13)
TODO	Look	look/tongue	"This is the biggest tongue you have ever seen! It's also extremely slippery, slimy, and bumpy. Ugh!" (Print 44 14)
TODO	Look	look/esophagus,lips,molar	"The whale's throat and mouth are enormous! Huge teeth, a great tongue, and yes...even a large uvula. What's that?, you say. Well, suffice it to say, it looks like a big punching bag and hangs down from the top of the throat. See, you learn something new every day!" (Print 44 15)
TODO	Look	look/uvula	"Yes, that's a big uvula, all right!" (Print 44 16)
TODO	Get	get,look<in/skeleton,man,person,james	"There is nothing of importance with the skeleton." (Print 44 2)
TODO	Get	get,capture/fish or fish	"Not here." (Print 44 3)
TODO	Get	get,drink[/drink,water]	"NO!!" (Print 44 4)
TODO	Get	get/boat	"This old boat won't help you." (Print 44 5)
TODO	Get	get/bottle (bottle present, close enough)	"Ok." (Print 44 6) - bottle picked up, global182 set
TODO	Get	get/bottle (bottle present, too far)	"You can't get that yet." (Print 800 1)
TODO	Get	get/bottle (already has bottle)	"You already have it." (Print 44 7)
TODO	Get	get/bottle (no bottle present)	"What bottle?" (Print 44 8)
TODO	Action	light,ignite,create,begin/fire or light/fire	"You couldn't start a fire in here as it's too wet." (Print 44 9)
TODO	Action	hit/molar (y < 82)	"You strike the whale's teeth...but nothing happens." (Print 44 20)
TODO	Action	hit/molar (y >= 82)	"You can't get that yet." (Print 800 1)
TODO	Action	hit/tongue	"You strike the whale's tongue...but nothing happens." (Print 44 21)
TODO	Action	hit/uvula,esophagus (in rect 140,71 to 178,86)	"You strike the large uvula (punching bag-looking thing)...but nothing happens." (Print 44 22)
TODO	Action	hit/uvula,esophagus (outside rect)	"You can't get that yet." (Print 800 1)
TODO	Action	climb	"Go ahead. Try it." (Print 44 23)
TODO	Action	open,force/lips	"You're not strong enough to do that." (Print 44 27)
TODO	Action	tickle (has peacock feather, in correct position)	Triggers escape sequence - whale sneezes player out to room 31 (Print 44 30)
TODO	Action	tickle (has peacock feather, wrong position)	"Not here!" (Print 44 28)
TODO	Action	tickle (no peacock feather)	"With what?" (Print 44 29)
TODO	Talk	call,help or save/me	"You scream, holler, and shout for help until your throat is hoarse; but to no avail." (Print 44 24)
TODO	Talk	escape	"How could you open the whale's mouth?" (Print 44 25)
TODO	Action	bathe	"You really want to swim here?!" (Print 44 26)

Scripts

Status	Behavior Type	Name	Trigger	Behavior
TODO	Background	deadTimer	On room entry - timer starts immediately	Counts down and triggers player death from noxious whale fumes. If player has peacock feather (item 8), timer is 4 seconds; otherwise 2 seconds. After timer expires, player dies with message about fumes (Print 44 31)
TODO	Background	inWhale	Continuous - attached as viewer to ego	Monitors player position and terrain type to switch views: view 8 (shallow water), view 7 (medium depth), view 6 (deep water), view 53 (exit zone - triggers escape sequence). Handles transitions between swimming states
TODO	Interaction	slide	Player enters exit zone (control area $0004) while no script running and timer not active and inWhale state <= 0	Plays falling animation sequence, transitions player back to whale's mouth (view 52, 19) then re-enables inWhale viewer
TODO	Interaction	tickle	Player uses tickle command with peacock feather in correct position (rect 140,71 to 178,86)	Plays tickle animation with feather, displays escape message, awards 5 score points, sets global189 to 0, and transports player to room 31

Technical Notes

• Room Number: 44
• Picture: 44
• Style: $0008
• Exits: Room 31 (back to ocean) - achieved via tickle escape sequence
• Music: Sound 51 (fallSound)

State Variables

Variable	Values	Description
global101	1	Room initialization flag - set to 1 on entry
global183	1	Whale interior flag - set to 1 to indicate player is inside whale
global189	0, 1	Escape state flag - 1 = still in whale, 0 = escaped
global182	0, 1	Bottle collected flag - set to 1 when bottle is picked up
global127	1	Death flag - set to 1 when player dies from whale fumes
local3	0+	Dead timer tick counter

Player View States

View	Meaning
8	Swimming in shallow water
7	Swimming in medium depth
6	Swimming in deep water
53	Near exit/escape zone
52	Falling animation
19	Ejected from whale
51	Tickle animation
73	Death animation

Control Areas

Hex Value	Meaning
$0004	Exit zone - triggers slide/return sequence
$0200	Shallow water
$0008	Medium depth water
$0800	Deep water
$0001	Exit/escape zone

Inventory Items

Item #	Name	Purpose
8	Peacock feather	Used to tickle whale's throat to escape
31	Bottle	Collectible item in whale's stomach