Polyhedra in Interactive Fiction

Atrocitron (2016)

> x cube (@ (location of the cube))

A fine Platonic solid, perhaps six inches across. Each of its 6 sides is a perfect square.

> x dodecahedron (@ (location of the dodecahedron))

A fine Platonic solid, perhaps six inches across. Each of its 12 sides is a perfect pentagon.

> x icosahedron (@ (location of the icosahedron))

A fine Platonic solid, perhaps six inches across. Each of its 20 sides is a perfect equilateral triangle.

> x octahedron (@ (location of the octahedron))

A fine Platonic solid, perhaps six inches across. Each of its 8 sides is a perfect equilateral triangle.

> x tetrahedron (@ (location of the tetrahedron))

A fine Platonic solid, perhaps six inches across. Each of its 4 sides is a perfect equilateral triangle.

Balances (1994)

> x cube (@ (four locations))

A perfect white cube, four inches on a side.

A Beauty Cold and Austere (2017)

> x cube (@ Hidden Room)

This featureless cube has six sides, each of which is in the shape of a square. The cube is about one cubic foot in volume.

> x tetrahedron (@ Map Room)

The tetrahedron, more commonly known as a pyramid, has four sides. Each side is in the shape of an equilateral triangle. This tetrahedron is about one cubic foot in volume.

> x dodecahedron (@ No Longer a Poker Game)

The dodecahedron has twelve sides, each of which is in the shape of a regular pentagon. This dodecahedron is about one cubic foot in volume.

> x octahedron (@ Inner Sanctum)

The octahedron has eight sides, each of which is in the shape of an equilateral triangle. It looks kind of like someone took two pyramids and glued their bases together. This octahedron is about one cubic foot in volume.

> x icosahedron (@ Grassy Area)

The icosahedron has twenty sides, each of which is in the shape of an equilateral triangle. It kind of looks like a more pointy version of a soccer ball. In fact, you realize that if you cut its vertices off in the right way and inflated it to make it more round you would have a soccer ball. This icosahedron is about one cubic foot in volume.

Beyond the Tesseract (1983)

> x tetrahedron (@ Chromatic whirlpool)

[if in chromatic whirlpool:] Sharp letters form the message: Seeks the Exact
[else:] You see colorless letters.

> x 4-D solid (@ Closed timelike curve)

It looks like a 4-D solid.

Cacophony (2009)

> x cubes (@ Laboratory)

The cubes are uniform, and have continuously shifting patterns on their surfaces. They are made of some sort of grey metal.

> x cube 5 (@ Security Room 2)

This is what you need to deliver. But how do you deliver it?
Shifting patterns cover its surface.

The Chinese Room (2007)

> x cube (@ Museum)

It's a lead cube. That would seem to be it, though it feels rather heavier than it should.

Chlorophyll (2015)

> x cube (@ The Vault)

A cube of shiny yellowish metal more than a meter on a side, with a convenient carrying hook molded into it for transport. It looks like the delicate and highly valuable compound flol, but there's no way such an unstable substance could have lasted so long, even sealed in a vault... which means it's probably fool's flol instead: a non-reactive basic element that's almost worthless. It's kind of sad to think that whoever was in the ship, they died for a cargo that was pretty much junk. It really does look like flol, though, enough to fool almost anyone. So you can't really blame them.

The Cube (2010)

> x cube (@ The Lab)

[originally:] The cube is small enough to fit comfortably in your hand and is covered with tiny engravings. A promising artifact.
[after touching it:] The inscriptions on the cube are now glowing with an inner light. Each of the cube's faces seems to be glowing a different colour of the rainbow - red, orange, yellow, green, blue and purple. Let's be honest, indigo and violet aren't really any different. Aliens know this.

[if any faces are bright, add:] [The list of bright faces is/are] shining particularly brightly

Excelsior (2014)

> x cube (@ Inside the Tower)

The black cube is about an inch and a half in size.

For A Change (1999)

> x cube (@ Observation Room)

Inside the model, a small cube nestles by the wall.
The cube lies directly under a crack in the glass.
The stone has crushed one corner of the cube in the model.
It is lost beneath the water.
You dare not even approach the model after your experience.

> x cube (@ Before the Cube)

The cube is featureless in all respects. There appears to be something small on the ground inside, perhaps a manner of cup.

The Four Eccentrics (2019)

> x dodecahedron (@ Wild Night)

It's a theoretical object with twelve faces composed of a rigid indefinite substance.

> x icosahedron (@ Wild Night)

It's a theoretical object with twenty faces composed of a rigid indefinite substance.

> x octahedron (@ Salon)

It's a theoretical object with eight faces composed of a rigid indefinite substance.

> x hexahedron (@ Salon)

It's a theoretical object with six faces composed of a rigid indefinite substance.

> x tetrahedron (@ Salon)

It's a theoretical object with four faces composed of a rigid indefinite substance.

Frobozz Magic Support (1996)

> x white cube (@ Main Entrance)

The cube is about an inch on a side, and is featureless white, except for a tiny legend embossed on one face.

> x black cube (@ Army Camp)

The cube is about an inch on a side, and is featureless black, apart from a tiny legend embossed on one face.

> x grey cube (@ Inside the Tower)

The cube is about an inch on a side, and is featureless grey, apart from a tiny legend embossed on one face.

> x crystalline cube (@ In the Temple)

The crystal cube is perfectly transparent.

> x cubes (@ Inside the Tesseract)

Trying to visualise a hypercube is bad for your sanity.

Gleaming the Verb (2009)

> x cube (@ Examination Room)

The cube is about 10 feet on each side and is made of some kind of highly polished metal.

Lydia's Heart (2007)

> x cube (@ Temple)

The cube looks to be made of polished black stone — obsidian, or something like it. It’s positioned directly before the hideous statue. Steps lead up to the top of the cube from the left and right.

No examining supported instances

Best Gopher Ever (2018): metal cube @ Museum.

Synonyms of other things instances

FORK: The Great Underground Dining Room (2007): glass cubes ≡ relics @ Prototype Vault.