diff --git a/README b/README index 2ce7d79..daf55c8 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -1,3 +1,5 @@ -A game about the creation of the world. +A small game about the creation of the world. + +Can be played online at https://ahti.space/~nortti/above-the-waters/ The game is distributed under the Creative Commons Zero 1.0 Universal license. diff --git a/scenes/beginning.text b/scenes/beginning.text new file mode 100644 index 0000000..2cf9e44 --- /dev/null +++ b/scenes/beginning.text @@ -0,0 +1,6 @@ +The Story of Beginning + +In the beginning there was +> nothing nothing +> chaos chaos +> water only water diff --git a/scenes/chaos-neither.text b/scenes/chaos-neither.text new file mode 100644 index 0000000..6f77409 --- /dev/null +++ b/scenes/chaos-neither.text @@ -0,0 +1,24 @@ +The Story of Beginning + +In the beginning there was chaos. Two gods came across it and could not +decide what they should do with the chaos. One wanted to form order out +of it but the other wanted to get rid of the chaos and start afresh from +emptiness. They agreed to wrestle to settle the issue. They wrestled for +a while, but neither could get the upper hand. + +They were at a loss: they could not know whether to work on the chaos they +had or to unmake it and start from emptiness. They relayed their troubles +to a god even older than them known as Aran, which means 'the first', who +thought for a while, and then proclaimed: "If you can not decide between +creating order or unmaking, you shall do neither. You shall work on the +chaos, without changing its nature". The two gods protested, but Aran +stood fast behind the decision. + +Eventually the gods acquiesced and got to work. They shaped wondrous +things out of the chaos, like the stormy seas or the mountains which +sometimes spew out fire. They made tiny things out of the chaos, like the +way a leaf flutters down as it falls from the tree. And they made us, who +all we might try, are fundamentally part of this same chaos. We know these +two gods as Etis which means 'everything' and Vetis which means 'nothing'. + +> index (Back to start) diff --git a/scenes/chaos-order.text b/scenes/chaos-order.text new file mode 100644 index 0000000..794a34f --- /dev/null +++ b/scenes/chaos-order.text @@ -0,0 +1,22 @@ +The Story of Beginning + +In the beginning there was chaos. Two gods came across it and could not +decide what they should do with the chaos. One wanted to form order out +of it but the other wanted to get rid of the chaos and start afresh from +emptiness. They agreed to wrestle to settle the issue. They wrestled for +a while, and the one favoring order won. + +The other god agreed that they should therefore make order out of the +chaos, and they got to work. However, the disagreement had created a crack +in their relationship and they often bickered about the direction to take. +In the end, the two gods agreed that each would get one side of the world +to work on: The one favoring making order from chaos got the light side, +and was known as Omunnod which means 'the greatest light'. And the one +favoring going first to nothing got the dark side, and was known as +Emelled 'the greatest darkness'. + +From that day onward the two gods still continue their work, but each +staying out of the other's area. We are a creation of Omunnod, and so we +too ought to stay away when the darkness of Emelled comes. + +> index (Back to start) diff --git a/scenes/chaos.text b/scenes/chaos.text new file mode 100644 index 0000000..16351f0 --- /dev/null +++ b/scenes/chaos.text @@ -0,0 +1,9 @@ +The Story of Beginning + +In the beginning there was chaos. Two gods came across it and could not +decide what they should do with the chaos. One wanted to form order out +of it but the other wanted to get rid of the chaos and start afresh from +emptiness. They agreed to wrestle to settle the issue. They wrestled for +a while, +> chaos-order and the one favoring order won +> chaos-neither but neither could get the upper hand diff --git a/scenes/index.text b/scenes/index.text new file mode 100644 index 0000000..b0fb543 --- /dev/null +++ b/scenes/index.text @@ -0,0 +1,5 @@ +Above the Waters + +This is a story of the beginning of the world. + +> beginning Click here to start. diff --git a/scenes/no-lay-forsake.text b/scenes/no-lay-forsake.text new file mode 100644 index 0000000..aae2868 --- /dev/null +++ b/scenes/no-lay-forsake.text @@ -0,0 +1,27 @@ +The Story of Beginning + +In the beginning there was nothing. A god came across the nothingness and +laid down for they were tired. The body of the god started to be consumed +into the nothingness and they could not longer rise up again. The body of +this god, known as Lomoti Aran which means 'source of earth', became the +land that we live on. + +A second god came across the body and was horrified to see what had +happened. They swore to unmake this emptiness, but Lomoti Aran spoke to +them and said: "Do not forsake what is left of me". + +This made the second god pause, and they agreed to not unmake the +emptiness. The two gods spoke for a while about what they ought to do, and +eventually decided that they ought to make the emptiness empty no more. +The second god got to work filling it with all kinds of marvels: lights in +the sky we now know as stars, the sun, and the moon; valleys that we call +our home; the mountains in the west; the rivers that we get our sustenance +from. + +However, they could see what they had created was empty still. Then Lomoti +Aran had an idea, and told the other god: "This world needs something that +is of us, but is not broken. Become a part of this world with me, and give +fill it with life". The other god hesitated, but eventually agreed. We +know this god as Ritul, 'life', itself. + +> index (Back to start) diff --git a/scenes/no-lay-strong.text b/scenes/no-lay-strong.text new file mode 100644 index 0000000..04e11f8 --- /dev/null +++ b/scenes/no-lay-strong.text @@ -0,0 +1,20 @@ +The Story of Beginning + +In the beginning there was nothing. A god came across the nothingness and +laid down for they were tired. The body of the god started to be consumed +into the nothingness and they could not longer rise up again. The body of +this god, known as Lomoti Aran which means 'source of earth', became the +land that we live on. + +A second god came across the body and was horrified to see what had +happened. They swore to unmake this emptiness, but Lomoti Aran spoke to +them and said: "This emptiness is stronger than either of us". This other +god found themself likewise consumed by the emptiness, their body becoming +the stars. This god is known as Lomun Aran which means 'source of light'. + +Lomoti Aran and Lomun Aran then joined together, and each gave the other +something. Lomoti Aran gave Lomun Aran the sun and the moon, which are of +the land but are found in the sky. And then Lomun Aran gave Lomoti Aran +life, which has in it the heavenly light but is found on the earth. + +> index (Back to start) diff --git a/scenes/no-lay.text b/scenes/no-lay.text new file mode 100644 index 0000000..15e5cdc --- /dev/null +++ b/scenes/no-lay.text @@ -0,0 +1,13 @@ +The Story of Beginning + +In the beginning there was nothing. A god came across the nothingness and +laid down for they were tired. The body of the god started to be consumed +into the nothingness and they could not longer rise up again. The body of +this god, known as Lomoti Aran which means 'source of earth', became the +land that we live on. + +A second god came across the body and was horrified to see what had +happened. They swore to unmake this emptiness, but Lomoti Aran spoke to +them and said: +> no-lay-forsake "Do not forsake what is left of me" +> no-lay-strong "This emptiness is stronger than either of us" diff --git a/scenes/no-say-architect.text b/scenes/no-say-architect.text new file mode 100644 index 0000000..9618b72 --- /dev/null +++ b/scenes/no-say-architect.text @@ -0,0 +1,15 @@ +The Story of Beginning + +In the beginning there was nothing. A god came across the nothingness and +said "let there be earth". And there was earth, but it was still barren of +all life, so the god said "let there be life". And there was life. + +The god thought to themself: "I will be an architect of this world". They +went to work on sculpting the mountains, digging the rivers, and building +the islands. They even built lights in the sky which we now know as the +sun, the moon, and the stars. And the life they had created followed them +everywhere on the surface of the earth. + +This god is called Letis Aran, which means 'source of everything'. + +> index (Back to start) diff --git a/scenes/no-say-done.text b/scenes/no-say-done.text new file mode 100644 index 0000000..2d2aac3 --- /dev/null +++ b/scenes/no-say-done.text @@ -0,0 +1,13 @@ +The Story of Beginning + +In the beginning there was nothing. A god came across the nothingness and +said "let there be earth". And there was earth, but it was still barren of +all life, so the god said "let there be life". And there was life. + +The god thought to themself: "I have now done what I need to do" and +wandered off. Other gods then took part in shaping in turn, each adding +their own touches. These gods are many and known, but the first god is +known only to few. Their name is Arannod, which means 'the furthest +beginning'. + +> index (Back to start) diff --git a/scenes/no-say.text b/scenes/no-say.text new file mode 100644 index 0000000..ba93a4d --- /dev/null +++ b/scenes/no-say.text @@ -0,0 +1,9 @@ +The Story of Beginning + +In the beginning there was nothing. A god came across the nothingness and +said "let there be earth". And there was earth, but it was still barren of +all life, so the god said "let there be life". And there was life. + +The god thought to themself: +> no-say-architect "I will be an architect of this world" +> no-say-done "I have now done what I need to do" diff --git a/scenes/nothing.text b/scenes/nothing.text new file mode 100644 index 0000000..0b1b029 --- /dev/null +++ b/scenes/nothing.text @@ -0,0 +1,5 @@ +The Story of Beginning + +In the beginning there was nothing. A god came across the nothingness and +> no-say said "let there be earth" +> no-lay laid down diff --git a/scenes/water-goose.text b/scenes/water-goose.text new file mode 100644 index 0000000..145b932 --- /dev/null +++ b/scenes/water-goose.text @@ -0,0 +1,35 @@ +The Story of Beginning + +In the beginning there was only water. A strong wind blew over it and +brought with it a goose. The goose was bewildered and tried to find a +place where it could land, but could not see anything. It cried to the +god of air: "I am here, there is only water, what can I do? I am tired, +I must land". + +The god of air heard the goose and called all the gods into consultation. +They agreed that they must create land for the goose, and so a young god +started piling up mud for the goose to land on. The goose did so, and for +a while lived happily on this pile of mud. However, one day a great wave +came, and washed away the mud. The goose once again called for help. + +This time the gods agreed that they must build it stronger. The same god, +now a bit older, made the land out of rocks. The goose was again happy for +a while, but even the rocks slowly wore away. After a while, the goose was +again without a home, and called for help. + +The gods were at a loss and suggested that they should just build a new +out of rocks again, but the builder god, now quite old, disagreed: "As +long as the land is not alive, it will wither away. I will become the new +land myself, and you shall never have to worry about this again". The +other gods thought this to be wise. + +The god got down into the down, and covered themself with mud and rock. +Then they spoke the words, and became mud and rocks themself too. We now +call this god Moti, which means 'earth'. The goose landed on this new land, +and could immediately feel it was different, full of life. They laid and +egg, and from the egg crawled off the lizards. They laid another egg, and +from the egg walked off the animals of the forests. They laid a third egg, +and from the egg walked off the animals of the home. They laid a final egg, +and from there walked off a human. + +> index (Back to start) diff --git a/scenes/water-mud-dive.text b/scenes/water-mud-dive.text new file mode 100644 index 0000000..780e79e --- /dev/null +++ b/scenes/water-mud-dive.text @@ -0,0 +1,37 @@ +The Story of Beginning + +In the beginning there was only water. A strong wind blew over it and +brought with it some earth. This earth slowly sank to the bottom of the +water. + +One day a god was moving above the waters, and saw that the mud had sunk +to the bottom of the waters. They decided to dive to the bottom and bring +some of it up, and in time they had managed to construct a small island. + +At first the island was barren and lifeless, but then the wind blew some +seeds there and the plants gradually grew. However, the god saw that the +plants would soon consume the entire island, and so fashioned out of clay +some animals to eat the plants. The animals ate the plants, but now the +god saw that the animals would consume all the plants, so they created +other animals to eat the first ones. But yet again they were faced with +the problem of these other kind of animals consuming all of the first kind. + +The god stood deep in thought for a while, despairing how they would have +to keep this cycle of creation up forever. Then it came to them – what was +needed was a way for everything alive to eventually come to an end. And so +finally, they dove to the bottom of the sea, and in there they found +death. + +The god spoke to death: "I have a task for you. You must make it so that +all the plants and all the animals I have created will in time come to an +end". To this death answered: "Very well, but if you are to sign everyone +else to this fate, it shall be yours too". The god thought for a while, +and then revised their request: "Everything shall end, yes, but eventually +come back. This fate I shall accept too". The death agreed, and ended the +god. + +When the god returned, they saw that the island was doing well, and that +there was more mud in the water. And so they started the cycle of building +again. + +> index (Back to start) diff --git a/scenes/water-mud-empty.text b/scenes/water-mud-empty.text new file mode 100644 index 0000000..ae7ad0b --- /dev/null +++ b/scenes/water-mud-empty.text @@ -0,0 +1,33 @@ +The Story of Beginning + +In the beginning there was only water. A strong wind blew over it and +brought with it some earth. This earth slowly sank to the bottom of the +water. + +One day a god was moving above the waters, and saw that the mud had sunk +to the bottom of the waters. They decided to empty out some of the water. +Days went by, but finally they could see the tops of piles of mud sticking +out of the water. They were satisfied with this, and called the mud that +had come exposed "land". + +The land was still barren, so the god went looking for somebody to settle +it. At first they tried asking all the fish, but none were interested. +Then they asked the stars, but they were not interested either. Finally, +they asked the birds, who liked being able to land, but did not want to +stay either. The god decided that if nobody wanted to live on the land, +they needed to create something to live there themself. + +The god took some of the mud and started chewing on it. When they spit it +out, it grew legs and walked onto the land. They repeated this several +times, until the land was full of all kinds of walking and crawling +creatures. The fish, the birds, and the stars got curious of what was +happening and came to see. When they saw the land animals, they were joyed +and wanted to give a gift to them. The gift was plants. + +After the creation of the land animals and the gift of the plants, the god +was still feeling like something was missing from the land. They took some +mud, but this time instead of chewing on it they kneaded it and shaped it +with their hands. The result of this was humans, and this finally +satisfied the god. + +> index (Back to start) diff --git a/scenes/water-mud.text b/scenes/water-mud.text new file mode 100644 index 0000000..793ae98 --- /dev/null +++ b/scenes/water-mud.text @@ -0,0 +1,10 @@ +The Story of Beginning + +In the beginning there was only water. A strong wind blew over it and +brought with it some earth. This earth slowly sank to the bottom of the +water. + +One day a god was moving above the waters, and saw that the mud had sunk +to the bottom of the waters. They decided to +> water-mud-dive dive to the bottom and bring some of it up +> water-mud-empty empty out some of the water diff --git a/scenes/water.text b/scenes/water.text new file mode 100644 index 0000000..7c9d9bd --- /dev/null +++ b/scenes/water.text @@ -0,0 +1,6 @@ +The Story of Beginning + +In the beginning there was only water. A strong wind blew over it and +brought with it +> water-mud some earth +> water-goose a goose