The Legend of Baron

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!What is your name? <<if def $playerName>> !!<<textbox "$playerName" $playerName autofocus>> <<else>> !!<<textbox "$playerName" "" autofocus>> <</if>> !![[Confirm|Hello]] <<set $viewed = false>> <<if ndef $messages>><<set $messages = []>><</if>>

<<if $playerName == "">>!I don't see your name. Please tell me your name. !![[Go back|Ask Name]] <<else>>!Hello, <<=$playerName>> !![[Change Name|Ask Name]] !![[Proceed|Start Game]] <</if>>

!You wake up on a cold December morning during finals week dreading the exams and inevitable cramming, not wanting to get out of bed. <<nobr>> <<if ndef $playerName>><<set $playerName = "Alex">><</if>> <<if ndef $messages>><<set $messages = []>><</if>> <<if ndef $items>><<set $items = []>><</if>> /* $messages format: [Title, Date, Content, isUnread] */ <</nobr>> <<if $viewed>> !![[Canvas Inbox]] !What? President Barron has been kidnapped? What should you do? !![[Ignore]] !![[Save the President]] <<else>> !![[Canvas Inbox 🆕|Canvas Inbox]] <<set _date = new Date()>> <<set _date.setSeconds(_date.getSeconds()-80000-Math.floor(Math.random() * 10000))>> <<set $messages.push(["Final Exams", _date, "This is the final week. Good luck on your exams.\n\nBest,\nAll Professors", false])>> <<set $messages.push(["Urgent!", new Date(), "President Eric Barron has been kidnapped from his office. Any student that finds him will receive all A’s for this semester.\n\nSincerely,\nDr. Nicholas P. Jones\nExecutive Vice President and Provost of The Pennsylvania State University", true])>> <</if>> <style>img{width: 100%; height: 100%;} </style><img src=https://i.imgur.com/pH9cg2G.jpg>

!Canvas Inbox <<set $viewed = true>> !!<<return>> <<if def $messages>><<for _i = $messages.length - 1; _i >= 0; _i-->> -------------------------------- <<if $messages[_i][3]==true>>@@color: yellow; !!Subject: <<=$messages[_i][0]>> 🆕<<set $messages[_i][3] = false>> !!<<=$messages[_i][1]>> !!!<<="Dear " + $playerName + ",\n\n" + $messages[_i][2]>>@@ <<else>>!!Subject: <<=$messages[_i][0]>><<set $messages[_i][3] = false>> !!<<=$messages[_i][1]>> !!!<<="Dear " + $playerName + ",\n\n" + $messages[_i][2]>><</if>> <</for>> -------------------------------- <</if>>

!Wait a second. You will probably have a lot of C's. Don't you really want to save President Baron and get all A's? !![[Yes, save the President|Save the President]]

!It is awfully cold outside. !![[Tough it out and search for him on foot|Walking Choice]] !![[Take the White Loop instead to avoid the cold|Bus Choice]] <<set $visited = false>> <<set $viewed = false>> <style>img{width: 70%; height: 70%;} </style><img src=https://i.imgur.com/WCNA44F.jpg>

!Knowing you can't start this journey off hungry, you need to pick up some food. !![[Go to McLanahan's|McLanahan's]] <<if $visited>> !You received a new Canvas message. <<if $viewed>>!![[Canvas Inbox]] !It might be a good idea to go to Beaver Stadium to investigate. !![[Head over to Beaver Stadium]]<<else>>!![[Canvas Inbox 🆕|Canvas Inbox]]<</if>> <<else>> <<set $messages.push(["Latest info", new Date(), "President Eric Barron may be being held at Beaver Stadium.\n\nSincerely,\nDr. Nicholas P. Jones\nExecutive Vice President and Provost of The Pennsylvania State University", true])>> <</if>> <<if ndef $numOfFood>><<set $numOfFood = 0>><</if>>

!To beat the cold you chose the wait for the White Loop. After waiting an unnecessarily long time, you notice the bus is overflowing with students that had the same idea as you. You cram yourself in the pile holding on for dear life. !To get on the bus, you have no choice but ask one of them off. And the only way to ask someone off is through the @@Color: yellow;Rock Paper Scissors@@. Only the winner get to stay on bus. !!<<button [[Rock|RPS]]>><<set $yourChoice = 0>><</button>> !!<<button [[Paper|RPS]]>><<set $yourChoice = 1>><</button>> !!<<button [[Scissors|RPS]]>><<set $yourChoice = 2>><</button>>

!This is McLanahan's, What do you want to eat? !!<<linkreplace "Cheese Burger" t8n>>@@color: Crimson;Thank you for you purchase.@@<<set $numOfFood += 2>><</linkreplace>> !!<<linkreplace "Chicken Finger Baskets" t8n>>@@color: Crimson;Thank you for you purchase.@@ <<set $numOfFood += 3>><<set $haveCFB = true>><</linkreplace>> !!<<linkreplace "French Fries" t8n>>@@color: Crimson;Thank you for you purchase.@@<<set $numOfFood += 2>><</linkreplace>> !!<<linkreplace "Meatballs" t8n>>@@color: Crimson;Thank you for you purchase.@@<<set $numOfFood ++>><</linkreplace>> @@.choice;[[Leave McLanahan's|Walking Choice]]@@ <<set $visited = true>>

!You walk onto the field as you find the army of squirrels surrounding Eric Barron as he cries for help. Unsure of how to save him, you look around at your surroundings and formulate a plan. !![[Have the Nittany Lion distract the squirrels with his incredible dance moves]] <<if $numOfFood > 0>>!![[Bait the squirrels using leftover food]]<</if>> <<set $viewed = false>>

!The Nittany Lion mesmerizes the squirrels with his killer dance moves as you sneak behind and free the president. @@.highlight;You later return home stress free knowing that you no longer have to worry about finals.@@ !!<<if $viewed>>[[Canvas Inbox]]<<else>>[[Canvas Inbox 🆕|Canvas Inbox]] <<set $messages.push(["Thank you", new Date(), "Congratulations. Thank you for saving our President. You are awarded all A's for this semester's courses. Have a good Winter!\n\nSincerely,\nDr. Nicholas P. Jones\nExecutive Vice President and Provost of The Pennsylvania State University", true])>><</if>>

<<if $numOfFood >= 5>>!The squirrels are unable to overcome their desire for trash and food as they begin to fight over the loose <<if $haveCFB>>chicken finger baskets<<else>>McLanahan's food<</if>> that cover the stadium. You return home with your extra credit but feel maybe the squirrels were right to fight for the environment. !@@.highlight;This thought gives you too much of a headach, and you forget about it.@@ !!<<if $viewed>>[[Canvas Inbox]]<<else>>[[Canvas Inbox 🆕|Canvas Inbox]] <<set $messages.push(["Thank you", new Date(), "Congratulations. Thank you for saving our President. You are awarded all A's for this semester's courses. Have a good Winter!\n\nSincerely,\nDr. Nicholas P. Jones\nExecutive Vice President and Provost of The Pennsylvania State University", true])>><</if>> <<else>>!You do not have enough food, and this plan fails. @@.highlight;At the end, the President agrees to stop the construction.@@ !!<<if $viewed>>[[Canvas Inbox]]<<else>>[[Canvas Inbox 🆕|Canvas Inbox]] <<set $messages.push(["Construction Postponed", new Date(), "The recent construction in State College has to be postponed because we want to give squirrels a warm and safe home for this winter.\n\nSincerely,\nEric Barron\nPresident, Penn State", true])>><</if>><</if>>

!You stand on top of one of the ticket readerss at the gate and scream at the top of your lungs... !!<<linkreplace "\nWE ARE" t8n>>@@color: Crimson;WE ARE@@ @@color: yellow;PENN STATE@@ <<linkreplace "\nWE ARE" t8n>>@@color: Crimson;WE ARE@@ @@color: yellow;PENN STATE@@ <<linkreplace "\nWE ARE" t8n>>@@color: Crimson;WE ARE@@ @@color: yellow;PENN STATE@@ <<linkreplace "\nTHANK YOU" t8n>>@@color: Crimson;THANK YOU@@ @@color: yellow;YOU'RE WELCOME@@ [[You have now become their leader]] <</linkreplace>><</linkreplace>><</linkreplace>><</linkreplace>>

!You walk around the stadium and you find a door left open. You enter to find out it is the laundry room for the football team. Willing to do anything for extra credit, you put on a dirty football uniform to prepare for whatever lies ahead. !!<<linkreplace "You charge the field..." t8n>>!!!You charge the field to find the president being guarded by an army of squirrels. Channeling your inner Saquon, you barrel into the squirrels and successfully fight your way through to the president. @@.highlight;In addition to the extra credit you receive you are also given an honorary football scholarship and free season tickets.@@ !!!<<if $viewed>>[[Canvas Inbox]]<<else>>[[Canvas Inbox 🆕|Canvas Inbox]] <<set $messages.push(["Thank you", new Date(), "Congratulations. Thank you for saving our President. You are awarded all A's for this semester's courses. Have a good Winter!\n\nSincerely,\nDr. Nicholas P. Jones\nExecutive Vice President and Provost of The Pennsylvania State University", true])>><</if>> <</linkreplace>>

!Becoming students' leader, you direct everyone to throw the textbooks they haven't opened all year at the barricade. The barrage of books successfully destroys the barricade and you all charge the field. !!<<linkreplace "Look at the field..." t8n>>!!!You and the mob of students find the present on the field with an army of squirrels rounding him. You do the math and realize the squirrels have no chance as they are outnumbered. !!!You trample your way to save him and bring him to safety. For everyone's bravery, every student receives A's for the semester. @@.highlight;A true Christmas Miracle.@@ !!!<<if $viewed>>[[Canvas Inbox]]<<else>>[[Canvas Inbox 🆕|Canvas Inbox]] <<set $messages.push(["Thank you", new Date(), "Congratulations. Thank you for saving our President. You are awarded all A's for this semester's courses. Have a good Winter!\n\nSincerely,\nDr. Nicholas P. Jones\nExecutive Vice President and Provost of The Pennsylvania State University", true])>><</if>> <</linkreplace>>

<<set _choices = ["Rock", "Paper", "Scissors"]>> !Your choice is @@color: yellow;<<=_choices[$yourChoice]>>@@<<set _opponentChoice = Math.floor(Math.random()*3)>> !Opponent's choice is @@color: yellow;<<=_choices[_opponentChoice]>>@@ <<if $yourChoice == _opponentChoice>>!It is a tie. Try again. !!<<button [[Rock|RPS]]>><<set $yourChoice = 0>><</button>> !!<<button [[Paper|RPS]]>><<set $yourChoice = 1>><</button>> !!<<button [[Scissors|RPS]]>><<set $yourChoice = 2>><</button>><<else>> <<if ($yourChoice - _opponentChoice == 1) || ($yourChoice - _opponentChoice == -2)>>!You win! !![[Get on the bus]]<<else>>!You lose. You cannot get on the bus. !![[Proceed|Not on the bus]]<<set $viewed = false>> <</if>><</if>>

!After only a few stops you are pushed out against your will by the mob of students hunting for their extra credit. You notice the mob is moving towards the stadium and you join them. !You approach the stadium to find that the stadium gates have been closed off. The determined mob of students attempt to make their way in but to no success. You begin brainstorming ways to get in and two brilliant ideas come to mind. !![[Corral the students to break though]] !![[Try to find an opening to go solo]] <<set $viewed = false>> <style>img{width: 70%; height: 70%;} </style><img src=https://i.imgur.com/GRKNrBF.jpg>

!@@.highlight;Since you couldn’t get on the bus, by the time you arrive the stadium, President Barron has already been saved. And you’re still getting lots of C’s.@@ <<if $viewed>>!![[Canvas Inbox]]<<else>>!![[Canvas Inbox 🆕|Canvas Inbox]] <<set $messages.push(["President has been rescued", new Date(), "Thank to some warmhearted students, our President has been rescued. They will be awarded all A's for this semester's courses.\n\nSincerely,\nDr. Nicholas P. Jones\nExecutive Vice President and Provost of The Pennsylvania State University", true])>> <</if>>