Transcripts

A transcript is a recording of everything the player types and the game prints, and can be very useful when beta-testing, for example.

Transcripts are saved to the browser’s local storage - this is the same whether you’re playing online or using the desktop app, since the desktop app runs the same browser-based player.

To view, download, or delete your transcripts, type VIEW TRANSCRIPT (or SHOW TRANSCRIPT, or DISPLAY TRANSCRIPT) during play. Quest will print a link to a transcript viewer running locally alongside the game.

IMPORTANT NOTE: Because transcripts live in the browser’s local storage, they’ll be lost if you clear that site’s browsing data, or if you were playing in a private/incognito window. Make sure to view and/or download your transcript(s) before doing either of those if you want to keep them.

To turn the transcript on, use any of these commands during play.

SCRIPT
TRANSCRIPT
SCRIPT ON
TRANSCRIPT ON
ENABLE SCRIPT
ENABLE TRANSCRIPT

If it is already enabled, Quest will print, “The transcript is already enabled.”

To stop the transcript:

SCRIPT OFF
TRANSCRIPT OFF
DISABLE SCRIPT
DISABLE TRANSCRIPT

Note that during play you can type a * and then some text, and Quest will ignore it. This is useful for when you want to comment on something, such as a bug you have found. The comment will appear in the transcript (and can be searched for as it starts with a *), but you will not confuse the game with your weird command.