How to move around

This guide shows you how to get from room to room, and what to do when the way is blocked.

See the ways out

Type look (or l). Below the room's description, the exits are listed:

There is a passage leading north.
There is a locked door leading east.
A note on the west wall says "Your exit here."

A note saying "Your exit here." isn't an exit yet. It's a place where someone can build one; see How to create a new room. Builders can describe their exits in their own words, so read the room's description too.

Go through an exit

Type the direction, or its first letter:

go north works too.

Some exits have a name of their own, such as door or stairs. Type the name as if it were a command: stairs. If the room's description mentions a way out that isn't a direction, try its name.

You usually see the new room as you arrive. If you don't, type look.

To repeat your last command, type . (a period). That's handy for walking along a corridor.

Get past a blocked exit

If you see "You can't go that way." or a message the builder wrote:

• You're hiding. You can't move while you're hiding. Type reveal first.
• The exit needs a key. A locked door lets you through only while you hold the right object. Look for it nearby, get it, and try again.
• The exit doesn't want what you're holding. Some exits are closed to anyone carrying a certain object. Type i to see what you hold, drop something, and try again.
• The exit needs its name. Some exits ignore the direction and answer only to their name. Read the room's description for it.
• The exit opens and closes. Some exits are open only some of the time, or let people through only now and then. Wait a minute and try again.
• There's no exit at all. "There isn't an exit there yet." means that way has only a note saying "Your exit here."

Find a hidden exit

Some exits aren't shown until you find them. If a room seems to have no way out, or the description hints at one, type search. You may need to search several times. An exit you find stays shown until you leave the game.

Find your way

• who lists the people playing now and the room each one is in, when you're allowed to see it.
• rooms public lists the public rooms. rooms lists your own.
• brief turns room descriptions off, so you see only room names and exits as you walk. Type brief again to turn them back on.

If you're stuck in a room with no way out, ask your admin, who can move you.