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The Great Wall in words: a text walk for screen readers

This is The Great Wall as a text adventure. It uses the same real, named places as the 3D version, and every building is described the way you'd find it inside. It works with any screen reader and keyboard, and you don't need graphics.

Play

Type a command and press Enter, or use the buttons. Try look, north, go to and a place name, enter, menu, order 1, sit, talk, leave or help.

🎮 Or walk The Great Wall in 3D →

What the buildings of The Great Wall look like inside

13 named places from the real map are in this walk. Here is what each kind is like when you step through the door, with real examples you can visit:

Shop — 9 in The Great Wall

Shelves of goods run in rows toward the back, there's a display table near the door, and a register counter sits beside the entrance.

For example: 滑道, 慕田峪长城旅游区, 玻璃栈道, 慕田峪长城.

Restaurant — 3 in The Great Wall

Tables with paired chairs fill the room, and high-backed booths run down one wall. A chalkboard menu hangs over the kitchen counter at the back, where a server stands ready. Posters brighten the side wall.

For example: 咖啡, 翼松楼餐厅, 赛百味.

Grocery store — 1 in The Great Wall

Long shelf aisles run the length of the store, stocked with colourful goods. A glowing cooler wall lines the back, and checkout lanes wait near the front.

For example: Shopping area.

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