This is London 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.
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.
1,773 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:
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: Swire Fountain, The Tiffany Fountain, Mountbatten Green, Earl Mountbatten of Burma.
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: The Royal Parks Ice-cream, Fuller's, The Drawing Room, Embassy of the Republic of Slovenia.
Desks with chairs, a bookcase of files and a few plants. It's quiet apart from keyboards.
For example: Government Internal Audit Agency, UK Export Finance, Northern Ireland Office, 12 Downing Street.
The espresso machine hisses behind a wooden counter, next to a grinder and a glass case of pastries. A chalkboard lists the drinks. Small round tables fill the room, and a sofa corner with a rug, a lamp and a bookcase sits by the window. Warm bulbs hang low over everything.
For example: St. James’s Café, Old Queen Street Cafe, Wesley’s Café, ICA Café Bar.
The lobby has a long front desk with a brass bell and a wall of key-card slots behind it. There's a red rug with a sofa and armchairs, tall potted plants, a brass luggage cart and two elevator doors. A chandelier glitters overhead. Past the lobby, a corridor leads to guest rooms, each with a bed, nightstands and lamps, a TV on the dresser and a window.
For example: hub by Premier Inn London Westminster Abbey, Conrad London St. James, Great Scotland Yard Hotel, The Trafalgar St. James London, Curio Collection by Hilton.
It's dim and warm. A long wooden bar runs down one side with stools and a row of beer taps, and backlit shelves of bottles glow amber behind it. Neon strips glow on the back wall, a game plays on a TV, and there's a pool table with the balls racked. Booths fill the other wall.
For example: Storey's Wine Bar, St Stephen's Tavern, Kioku by Endo Bar, Bassoon Bar.
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: Tesco Express, Costcutter - The Broadway, London, Portlands express, Haymarket Hotel.
Rows of pews split by a centre aisle lead to an altar at the front, with a plant standing on either side. It's calm and still.
For example: Churchill War Rooms, Methodist Central Hall, St. Margaret´s Church, Ministry of Defence.
A front office greets you. Down the corridor, classrooms have rows of small desks all facing a whiteboard, with the teacher's desk in the corner.
For example: British Academy, Harris Westminster Sixth Form, Milne’s House, Ashburnham House.
A waiting room with chairs and a coffee table faces the reception desk. Down the hall, exam rooms each have a bed, a small desk and a chair.
For example: GP at Hand - Heron House, Pall Mall Dental Clinic, Brighten Up Dental Clinic, EGO Dental Clinic.
A raised stage framed by a proscenium arch has closed red velvet curtains and footlights glowing along its edge. Rows of seats face it.
For example: Trafalgar Theatre, His Majesty's Theatre, Pigott Theatre, Playhouse Theatre.
A service counter faces a row of waiting chairs, and a flag stands in the corner. Offices open off a corridor.
For example: Supreme Court, Speaker's Court, Friary Court, Commons Libary.
Rails of hanging clothes fill the floor, folded shirts line the wall shelves, and two mannequins stand near the door. Fitting rooms with curtains run along one side next to a tall mirror.
For example: Tothill Street Coach Bays, Villiers Street Shoe Repairs & Locksmith, William Evans Ltd, Discount Shoe Sales.
A bright counter runs across the back with three registers, and lit menu screens hang above it. Behind the counter you can hear the fryers hiss and the grill sizzle. Two touch-screen kiosks stand near the door, a soda fountain hums along the right wall, and booths line the left wall, with small two-seat tables in the middle.
For example: Colicci Hotdogs, Subway, The Londoner, McDonald's.
A long teller counter runs across the back, a row of waiting chairs sits by the door, and banker's desks with chairs are spread across the floor.
For example: Royal Bank of Scotland, National Bank of Egypt, Bank Restaurant & Bar, South Bank Lion.
Exercise mats, barbells and punching bags fill the floor. Dumbbells sit on a rack, and the front desk is by the door.
For example: Westminster Gym, The Gym, powerhousefitness.co.uk, Bannatynes Gym.
Tall wooden bookcases cover the walls, and tables of new releases are stacked with colourful spines. There's a reading nook with two armchairs, a rug and a standing lamp. The register is by the door, and warm pendant lights hang overhead.
For example: Church House Bookshop, National Gallery Bookshop, Daniel Crouch Rare Books, Thomas Heneage Art Books.
Styling chairs line one wall in front of mirrors, waiting chairs sit opposite, and the front counter is by the door.
For example: Pall Mall Barbers, Victoria Nails and Beauty, Townhouse Nail Salon, Victoria, Bag O'Nails.
White aisles of boxes in blue, red and green run toward a pharmacy counter at the back under a big PHARMACY sign. Shelves of prescriptions sit behind the counter, and a blood-pressure chair waits near the front.
For example: Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry, Dolphins Pharmacy, Boots, Star Pharmacy.
It smells of wood smoke and baking dough. A brick dome oven glows orange at the back with a stack of split logs beside it. Pies sit under glass on the counter, a chalkboard menu hangs on the brick wall, and the tables have red-and-white checked cloths with shakers of chili flakes and parmesan.
For example: 50 Kalo di Ciro Salvo Pizzeria, Pizzetta, Pizza Hut, PizzaExpress.
Rows of bookcases run across the room, and reading tables with chairs sit along the front. The checkout desk is by the door, and a plant stands in the corner. It's quiet.
For example: Peers' Library, London Library, Westminster Reference Library, Westminster Music Library.
Pedestals with artefacts stand in a grid across the gallery, with benches for resting and an information desk by the door.
For example: Household Cavalry Museum, The Guards Museum, British Optical Association Museum, The Florence Nightingale Museum.
It's dark, loud and lit in neon. Rows of cabinets flash and chirp along both walls, a pink claw machine full of plush toys sits in the middle, the air-hockey table clacks, and the prize counter trades tokens for tickets.
For example: Royal Opera Arcade Gallery, Burlington Arcade, The Royal Arcade.
Glass display cases glitter with gems under bright lights, more cases line the walls, and the register is at the back.
For example: Jewel Tower Cafe, H and Y Jewellery.
Rows of white front-loading washers line both walls, their round glass doors like portholes. Stacked dryers tumble at the back. A long folding table in the middle has warm clothes on it, a row of plastic chairs waits, and a change machine blinks by the door.
For example: Prime Dry Cleaners, Star Dry Cleaners.
The lobby is huge and bright, with cream stone columns and a round fountain splashing in the middle. Palms grow in big pots. There are white sofas, a reception desk and a pool bar with stools. The guest rooms have king beds, a lounge chair, a fruit bowl and a window full of ocean blue.
For example: The Ritz London, The Ritz Restaurant.
A huge screen fills the far wall, and tiered rows of red velvet seats face it. The popcorn counter is by the entrance.
For example: ICA Cinema.
Fluorescent lights hum over narrow aisles packed floor to ceiling with snacks and drinks. Glass-door coolers glow along the back wall. By the register, hot dogs turn on a roller grill under a heat lamp, the slushie machine churns red and blue, and the coffee station smells burnt in the best way.
For example: Tarleton service station.
It's a dark violet den. A robed wizard figure stands on a pedestal, shelves are crowded with colourful trick boxes, and a pyramid of playing cards balances in the corner.
For example: Davenports Magic Shop.
The floor is a black-and-white checkerboard. A blue counter holds the tubs, red stools line up in front of it, a freezer hums, and an arcade cabinet and a pinball machine blink in the corner.
For example: London Eye Ice Cream.
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