To select the currently active object, use an object's name followed by a colon.
EGO: // select active object
setPosition(10, 10); // set Ego's position
walk(10, 200); // tell Ego to walk to another position
To refer to an object while another object is currently active, use the dot symbol.
EGO:
// set Bob's position
Bob.setPosition(10, 10);
// direct Ego to walk there
walk(Bob.positionX, Bob.positionY);
Say-Statement
Since the AGAST script language is designed to write scripts, there is a shorthand
statement that tells the active object to say a line of text.
ESKIMO:
"Hello there, polar bear."
"I wish I had your coat to wear."
is equivalent to
ESKIMO:
say("Hello there, polar bear.");
say("I wish I had your coat to wear.");
Notice that the say-statement is complete without a terminating semicolon.
This is important to remember when using it inside another statement.
if random(2) {
"See you later."
}
else {
"Bye."
}
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