Richard Moore’s Pac-Txt is even more brilliant than his Paper Pong (which, ironically, you can play online).
Here’s a transcript of my best Pac-Txt game to date:
Pac-Txt!
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You awaken in a large complex, slightly disoriented. Glowing dots hover mouth level near you in every direction. Off in the distance you hear the faint howling of what you can only imagine must be some sort of ghost or several ghosts.
> go east
Huh?!
> look
You are in a long corridor. You may go forward or backward and there are glowing dots in every direction. There is a glowing dot hovering near you.
> eat
You have eaten the glowing dot!
> go forward
Huh?!
> forward
You have moved.
> look
You are at an intersection. You may go forward, backward or right and there are glowing dots forward and right. There is a glowing dot hovering near you.
> eat
You have eaten another glowing dot!
> check score
Huh?!