ClubFloyd Transcript:
Where Nothing Is Ever Named by Viktor Sobol
As played on ifMUD on September 8, 2024

The idea behind ClubFloyd is that each week at a pre-arranged time, a group of people meet online to cooperatively play a game of interactive fiction.

Below is a transcript of Where Nothing Is Ever Named written by Viktor Sobol. Was released as part of the 2024 Interactive Fiction Competition, in which it took 49th place. You can learn more about the game, including how to download it, by visiting IFDB.


WARNING! Below you will find a transcript of people playing this game, and it goes without saying that the transcript is full of spoilers. So, if you've never played this game, and think you might like to at some point, I do not recommend reading any further. Instead, you might want to return to the interactive fiction page.


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DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "load sleepmask wherenothingnamed"
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CF | Then it really has happened, after all.
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CF | You are
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CF | Where Nothing Is Ever Named
DavidW pushes the green 'space' button.
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CF | It's very cool and shady.
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CF | You can see something and the other thing here.
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CF | >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "x something"
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CF | > X SOMETHING
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CF | It's black and white and rather small.
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DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "take it"
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CF | > TAKE IT
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CF | Taken.
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DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "other thing"
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CF | > OTHER THING
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CF | Unintelligible.
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CF | > Lancelot asks, "oh this is guess the noun?"
heasm66 says, "x thing"
DavidW I haven't played it, so I don't know.
Lancelot says (to ClubFloyd), "x thing"
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CF | > X THING
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CF | It's big and brown.
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DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "take thing"
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CF | > TAKE THING
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CF | It's too heavy.
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DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "touch thing"
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CF | > TOUCH THING
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CF | You stroke it. It looks pleased.
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CF | Everything is deadly silent.
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CF | > Lancelot asks, "oh a dog maybe?"
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "x bear"
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CF | > X BEAR
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CF | You can't see any such thing.
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DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "x dog"
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CF | > X DOG
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CF | You can't see any such thing.
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DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "x me"
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CF | > X ME
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CF | You don't know who you are.
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DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "i"
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CF | > I
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CF | You are carrying:
CF | something
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DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "touch something"
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CF | > TOUCH SOMETHING
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CF | You pet it. It purrs slightly.
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CF | > heasm66 says, "touch it"
Lancelot exclaims, "cat!"
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "kiss something"
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CF | > KISS SOMETHING
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CF | You kiss it lightly. It doesn't mind.
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CF | You're scared.
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DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "pet something"
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CF | > PET SOMETHING
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CF | You pet it. It purrs slightly.
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DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "x cat"
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CF | > X CAT
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CF | You can't see any such thing.
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DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "name something cat"
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CF | > NAME SOMETHING CAT
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CF | Here, nothing is ever named.
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CF | You're scared and disorientated.
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DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "n"
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CF | > N
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CF | You walk for a while. It's all the same. Cold. Empty. Nameless.
CF | Starting to feel tired, you return where you began.
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CF | > Lancelot says, "hmm"
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "l"
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CF | > L
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CF | It's very cool and shady.
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CF | You can see the other thing here.
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CF | You need to get out of here.
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DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "sit on other thing"
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CF | > SIT ON OTHER THING
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CF | You get onto the other thing.
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CF | Something moves.
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DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "pet something"
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CF | > PET SOMETHING
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CF | You pet it. It purrs slightly.
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CF | > heasm66 says, "pet thing"
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "wear something"
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CF | > WEAR SOMETHING
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CF | It can't be worn.
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DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "pet thing"
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CF | > PET THING
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CF | You stroke it. It looks pleased.
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DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "ride thing"
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CF | > RIDE THING
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CF | You gently squeeze the other thing, telling it to go, and leave the
CF | damned place for good.
CF | You ride on and on. Slowly, one by one, the names return.
CF | The soft and warm furry creature in your arms, clinging to you, is a
CF | cat. The one you're sitting on is a horse.
CF | A cat. A horse.
CF | All around you are trees. Trees in the wood.
CF | And the beautiful shining ahead... that's sunlight.
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CF | The End. Lancelot asks, "black and white? a horse?"
heasm66 says, "a cat and a horse"
Lancelot says, "ah nvm it named them"
DavidW pushes the green 'space' button.
CF | debugcheapnitfol quit with exit status: 0
CF asks, "That game over already? It was just getting good. Wanna play another?" DavidW says, "very short"
Lancelot asks, "lol rty again? maybe its random? or always same?"
DavidW asks, "random how?"
Lancelot says, "well I dont know if the game is indeed that small and always cat and horse"
Lancelot says, "maybe it is I havent checked reviews ion intfiction yet"
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "load sleepmask wherenothingnamed"
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CF | Then it really has happened, after all.
CF |
CF | You are
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CF | Where Nothing Is Ever Named
DavidW pushes the green 'space' button.
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CF | It's very cool and shady.
CF |
CF | You can see something and the other thing here.
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CF | >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "x something"
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CF | > X SOMETHING
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CF | It's black and white and rather small.
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DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "x thing"
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CF | > X THING
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CF | It's big and brown.
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CF | > Lancelot says, "interesting idea certainly... trying to let us figure out what something is by the way it respondds to actions"
DavidW says, "looks the same."
Lancelot says, "yep ok just wondering"
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "take something"
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CF | > TAKE SOMETHING
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CF | Taken.
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DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "ride thing"
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CF | > RIDE THING
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CF | You can't ride unmounted.
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DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "get on thing"
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CF | > GET ON THING
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CF | You get onto the other thing.
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CF | >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "ride thing"
CF ]
CF |
CF | > RIDE THING
CF |
CF | You gently squeeze the other thing, telling it to go, and leave the
CF | damned place for good.
CF | You ride on and on. Slowly, one by one, the names return.
CF | The soft and warm furry creature in your arms, clinging to you, is a
CF | cat. The one you're sitting on is a horse.
CF | A cat. A horse.
CF | All around you are trees. Trees in the wood.
CF | And the beautiful shining ahead... that's sunlight.
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CF | The End.
DavidW pushes the green 'space' button.
CF | debugcheapnitfol quit with exit status: 0
CF asks, "That game over already? It was just getting good. Wanna play another?" Lancelot says, "yep thx for doublecheck"
Lancelot says, "this is really clever idea btw"
DavidW says, "I wonder if we have time for another game. A short one."
Lancelot says, "I dont mind still one hour left"
Lancelot says, "unless you already suing winter time"
Lancelot says, "using"
heasm66 asks, "any short parser games lefy?"
DavidW says, "Focal Shift is short, but it's Web based. Turn Right is short, but Adventuron."
Lancelot says, "hmm bad beer was marked as one hour... 15 min games we already played (turn right and this one)"
DavidW says, "I guess Traffic might work."
Lancelot says, "no half hour parser games, next is one hour"
Lancelot says, "oh try traffic"
heasm66 asks, "Awakened Deeply?"




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