IF SMELL

Example of Use #

Your ChipWit can smell the Coffee! Here’s how

Create a If Smell Coffee Chip!

This Chip (which is a combination of the If Smell Operator and the Coffee Argument) will instruct the ChipWit to sniff for the mug of delicious brew.

Once the If Smell Chip is placed, this creates a True/False branch.

If there IS a Coffee the ChipWit smells it will then attempt to move forward towards it (through the True branch, shown with the green True Connector arrow with the T on it pointing to the right).

However, if the ChipWit does NOT smell Coffee its actions will divert to the False branch and the ChipWit will Move Forward instead (False branch shown with the red False Connector arrow with the F on it pointing downwards).

This scenario can also be applied to Bad Things, such as Electrocrabs or Bombs.

History #

“If Smell” as it appears in various historic incarnations of ChipWits!

COMMODORE 64:

Manual Entry:
“Many of the objects a CHIPWITS encounters in its adventures wi l have a specific odor. (Needless to say, Pie smells much better than any Bouncer!) So to help a CHIPWIT quickly detect the presence of Things in a room, state-of-the-art olfactory sensing pads have been built into the CHIPWIT’s ankles. By executing just one chip, a whole room can be sniffed for any Thing (or the object on top of the Thing Stack.”

APPLE II:

Manual Entry:
“SMELL commands the ChipWit to smell an entire room for a specific Thing. Whatever Argument you use with this Operator is the Thing the ChipWit will smell for. If the Argument is smelled, the program continues through the SMELL chip’s true wire to the chip connected to that wire. If the Argument is not smelled, the program continues through the SMELL chip’s false wire. The Operators for SMELL are all the Things that might be found in an Environment. For a listing of these Arguments, see LOOK above.”

CHIPWITS II (WINDOWS 95):