This is Rio de Janeiro 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.
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544 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: Cristo Redentor, Lanvanderia dos Esclavos, Praça Ituci, Aquário do Parque Lage.
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: Terraço Corcovado by J. Schweppe&CO., Sorvete Itália, Megamatte, Pin Pin Sucos.
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: Escola de Artes Visuais do Parque Lage, Centro Educacional da Lagoa, Jazz Carlota Portela, Instituto D'España.
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: Dr. Marcelo Daher, a+ Medicina Diagnóstica, Farmadez, Ambulatório da Praia do Pinto.
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: Capela de Nossa Senhora Aparecida, Centro Espírita Aliança Divino Pastor, Paróquia de Santa Margarida Maria, Igreja de Santa Margarida Maria.
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: Cris Mar, ampm, Hortifruti, Afonso Celso.
Desks with chairs, a bookcase of files and a few plants. It's quiet apart from keyboards.
For example: Itaú, Vigilância Sanitária, CASV - Centro de Atendimento ao Solicitante de Visto, Banco Santander.
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: Bar do Belmiro, Raro Bar e Grill, Antiga Mercearia e Bar, Bar do Rock.
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: Plage Cafe, A Padaria - Café Et Marché, Coffee Bar Boa Pinga, Puebla Cafe.
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: Auto Posto Monalisa, Auto Posto De Combus, BR, Posto BR.
A service counter faces a row of waiting chairs, and a flag stands in the corner. Offices open off a corridor.
For example: 1º Grupamento de Bombeiro Militar, Guarda Municipal - Segunda Inspetoria, Cabine de Polícia, Correios.
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: Pizzaria Bráz, Domino's, Pizzaria Al Capone, Pizza Park.
Exercise mats, barbells and punching bags fill the floor. Dumbbells sit on a rack, and the front desk is by the door.
For example: Velox Fitness, CrossFit Corcovado, Corcovado Health & Fitness, Silva Gym Lagoa.
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: American Flat, Real Hotel, Hotel Panda, Che Lagarto Suites Santa Clara.
Styling chairs line one wall in front of mirrors, waiting chairs sit opposite, and the front counter is by the door.
For example: Barber House, QG Barber Shop.
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: Lavanderia Self-Service Myself.
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: Subway.
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: Les Jardins de Rio Boutique Hotel.
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