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t 3 - Going By Name

Understand "go to/in/into [any room]" as going by name. Understand "[any room]" as going by name. Understand "[door]" as entering. Understand "enter [any room]" as going by name.

Does the player mean going by name when the noun is visited or the noun is adjacent to the location: it is very likely.

Going by name is an action applying to one thing.

Check going by name: if the noun is the location, say "You're already in [the location]." instead.

Carry out going by name:

while the player is not in the noun:

let heading be the best route from the location to the noun, using even locked doors;

if heading is not a direction, say "You can't think how to get there from here." instead;

let destination be the room heading from the location;

say "(heading [heading])[command clarification break]";

try going heading;

if the player is not in the destination, rule fails.