Torch - Revision history

Asie at 12:56, 24 December 2025

2025-12-24T12:56:15Z

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	The '''torch''' element is ZZT's built-in method for giving the player torches. Touching a torch will add 1 to your ~~torch~~ counter. The first time a player picks up a torch during a game, the following message is displayed: "Torch – used for lighting in the underground."		The '''torch''' element is ZZT's built-in method for giving the player torches. Touching a torch will add 1 to your [[counter\|torches counter]]. The first time a player picks up a torch during a game, the following message is displayed: "Torch – used for lighting in the underground."

	Pressing the "T" key in a dark room will light a torch for 200 ticks. Pressing "T" in a non-dark room will display the message "Don't need torch – room is not dark!" In either case, if you don't have any torches then pressing "T" will display the message "You don't have any torches!"		Pressing the "T" key in a dark room will light a torch for 200 ticks. Pressing "T" in a non-dark room will display the message "Don't need torch – room is not dark!" In either case, if you don't have any torches then pressing "T" will display the message "You don't have any torches!"

Zephyr: Clarified that the torch message only displays the first time one is picked up in a game.

2021-02-13T22:39:42Z

Clarified that the torch message only displays the first time one is picked up in a game.

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	The '''torch''' element is ZZT's built-in method for giving the player torches. Touching a torch will add 1 to your torch counter ~~and display~~ the message "Torch - used for lighting in the underground."		The '''torch''' element is ZZT's built-in method for giving the player torches. Touching a torch will add 1 to your torch counter. The first time a player picks up a torch during a game, the following message is displayed: "Torch – used for lighting in the underground."

	Pressing the "T" key in a dark room will light a torch for 200 ticks. Pressing "T" in a non-dark room will display the message "Don't need torch - room is not dark!" In either case, if you don't have any torches then pressing "T" will display the message "You don't have any torches!"		Pressing the "T" key in a dark room will light a torch for 200 ticks. Pressing "T" in a non-dark room will display the message "Don't need torch – room is not dark!" In either case, if you don't have any torches then pressing "T" will display the message "You don't have any torches!"

	When a torch is active, the game will draw a circle around the player that is roughly 50 pixels in diameter. At its widest points, the lit portion of the room extends 4 tiles north and south of the player, and 7 tiles east and west of the player. (Interestingly, the shape of the torchlight is the exact same shape as a [[bomb]] explosion.)		When a torch is active, the game will draw a circle around the player that is roughly 50 pixels in diameter. At its widest points, the lit portion of the room extends 4 tiles north and south of the player, and 7 tiles east and west of the player. (Interestingly, the shape of the torchlight is the exact same shape as a [[bomb]] explosion.)

	~~Each~~ extra [[player\|player clone]] on a board will exhaust an extra torch tick every cycle.		Player clones alter the duration torches remain lit; each extra [[player\|player clone]] on a board will exhaust an extra torch tick every cycle.

	Since torches are one of the few elements that are visible in the dark, they can be used to give dark rooms decorative contours and shape. This is colloquially referred to as "The Kangaroo Effect."		Since torches are one of the few elements that are visible in the dark, they can be used to give dark rooms decorative contours and shape. This is colloquially referred to as "The Kangaroo Effect."

	Torches are ~~also~~ useful as a means of programmatically obtaining brown, e.g., by [[change\|#changing]] another item to a torch and back.		Torches are useful as a means of programmatically obtaining brown, e.g., by [[change\|#changing]] another item to a torch and back.

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Rbts at 13:08, 13 February 2021

2021-02-13T13:08:50Z

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	Pressing the "T" key in a dark room will light a torch for 200 ticks. Pressing "T" in a non-dark room will display the message "Don't need torch - room is not dark!" In either case, if you don't have any torches then pressing "T" will display the message "You don't have any torches!"		Pressing the "T" key in a dark room will light a torch for 200 ticks. Pressing "T" in a non-dark room will display the message "Don't need torch - room is not dark!" In either case, if you don't have any torches then pressing "T" will display the message "You don't have any torches!"

	When a torch is active, the game will draw a circle around the player that is roughly 50 pixels in diameter. At its widest points, the lit portion of the room extends 4 tiles north and south of the player, and 7 tiles east and west of the player. (Interestingly, the shape of the torchlight is the exact same shape as ~~the~~ a [[bomb]] explosion.)		When a torch is active, the game will draw a circle around the player that is roughly 50 pixels in diameter. At its widest points, the lit portion of the room extends 4 tiles north and south of the player, and 7 tiles east and west of the player. (Interestingly, the shape of the torchlight is the exact same shape as a [[bomb]] explosion.)

	Each extra [[player\|player clone]] on a board will exhaust an extra torch tick every cycle.		Each extra [[player\|player clone]] on a board will exhaust an extra torch tick every cycle.

RT-55J: Why's it called the Kangaroo Effect anyway?

2021-02-13T05:32:47Z

Why's it called the Kangaroo Effect anyway?

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{{Element
|zzt-oop name=torch
|id={{Byte|6}}
|char={{CharSwatch|157}}
|color={{ColorSwatch|fg=brown|bg=black}}
|category=item
|stats=no
|destructible=no
|effect on movement=solid, collectible by the player
|uses zzt-oop color=no
|visible in dark=yes
}}

The '''torch''' element is ZZT's built-in method for giving the player torches. Touching a torch will add 1 to your torch counter and display the message "Torch - used for lighting in the underground."

Pressing the "T" key in a dark room will light a torch for 200 ticks. Pressing "T" in a non-dark room will display the message "Don't need torch - room is not dark!" In either case, if you don't have any torches then pressing "T" will display the message "You don't have any torches!"

When a torch is active, the game will draw a circle around the player that is roughly 50 pixels in diameter. At its widest points, the lit portion of the room extends 4 tiles north and south of the player, and 7 tiles east and west of the player. (Interestingly, the shape of the torchlight is the exact same shape as the a [[bomb]] explosion.)

Each extra [[player|player clone]] on a board will exhaust an extra torch tick every cycle.

Since torches are one of the few elements that are visible in the dark, they can be used to give dark rooms decorative contours and shape. This is colloquially referred to as "The Kangaroo Effect."

Torches are also useful as a means of programmatically obtaining brown, e.g., by [[change|#changing]] another item to a torch and back.

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