<eat> Tag Documentation
Overview
The <eat> tag is used within a paragraph to force the player to consume a ration. If the player has no rations available, the effect may instead penalise them by reducing stamina. This tag is primarily used to enforce survival mechanics in longer adventures or hostile environments.
Syntax
Behaviour
- When this tag is processed:
- If the player has rations, one is consumed.
- If no rations are available, stamina is reduced by a predefined penalty (handled internally).
- The paragraph is marked unsafe (i.e.
p.safe = false).
- An achievement check for the
FORCED_EAT achievement is triggered.
- This tag does nothing if the paragraph was flagged with
didntmove, typically used to detect inaction.
Conditions
- Should only be used in paragraphs where player progression requires time to pass, such as travel or rest events.
- Does not provide interactive choice—it is a passive trigger.
Example
Night falls as you rest by the smouldering ruins.
<eat>
You dream of the war before the darkness came.
In this example, the player will automatically consume a ration (or lose stamina) as part of the narrative event.
Notes
- Designed to simulate food consumption on travel or rest.
- This tag has no parameters.
- There is no visual output shown to the player unless a toast or notification is triggered via achievement or status change.