Chapter 13 Verbs and Events
ONE OF THE IMPLICATIONS OF applying verb-based thinking to interactive storytelling is that the central data structure should be the Verb. The answer to the classic question “What does the user DO?” is “The user does Verbs.” Because verbs define the nature of any software, it’s only natural that defining the Verb data structure is the central problem in all software development.
A Verb, in this context, is not quite the same thing as a verb in a sentence; it’s functionally similar but a bit more abstract. A Verb is anything a user can tell the computer to do. The most obvious Verb is clicking a button, but contextual changes can create new verbs.
Thus, if I push the mouse button while the cursor is on the Delete button, ...
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