Sundials in Interactive Fiction

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  And yet it moves (2014)

  > x sundial (@ Market)

  A lovely sundial, that tells you the time is roughly [time].

  The time is rounded to the nearest five minutes, eg: 5:55 pm.
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  Captivity (2020)

  > x sundial (@ Untended Garden)

  The sundial tops what was once a waist-high pedestal of stone. Alas, it will never tell time again. It has fallen over on its side.

• From Thanet to New Romney (2020)

  > x sundial (@ Ruins)

  The sundial is made by Ylloh, as stated in their note that you must have found in their recording studio. It is a round slab of metal and allows the local people to tell the time by gazing at the sun. In fact, this is the most advanced piece of technology that the kind people of the Romney Marsh will get. At the moment, the sundial says that it is [time in words].

• The Holy Grail (1989)

  > x moondial (@ Southeast of Garden)

  The face of the moondial is most beautifully worked and engraved.

• Last Day of Summer (2011)

  > x sundial (@ Garden)

  The sundial has markings carved around its top edge to allow the time to be indicated to the nearest minute.

  [if rod in sundial:] A slender brass rod protrudes from the center of the sundial at an angle, casting a shadow pointing to [time].

  [if knife in sundial:] A rusty knife protrudes from the center of the sundial at an angle, casting a shadow pointing to 9:37 am.

• Lethe Flow Phoenix: A Flight of Fantasy (1995)

  > x bronze sundial (@ Inside the gazebo)

  It's a bronze sundial, on a pedestal. A rather nice sundial too, by the looks of it. [if roof closed] It's a pity there's no real sunlight to make it useful. [else] The sunlight streaming in from the roof causes the sundial's gnomon to cast a shadow across its face, at about [0 to 11] o'clock.[end if] The inscription "Tempus Non Fugit" has been printed around the face of the sundial, and there [are or is] also [if any studs][one to six] small metal stud[s] set into the bronzework[end if][, and] [if any holes][one to six] hole[s] cut into the bronze (formerly covered by [a] metal cap[s])[end if]. [if tiny crystal is part of the sundial]In the dim light, you notice the sparkle of a tiny crystal on the tip of the gnomon.[end if]

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  Lovely Assistant: Magical Girl (2020)

  > x sundial (@ lawn)

  It's an ornate Roman sundial. An inscription on the face reads TO MASTER TIME IS TO MASTER THE COSMOS. The gnomon appears to be slightly loose, loose enough that you could turn it to different numbers.
  The gnomon is turned to [number].

• Motel California (2011)

  > x sundial (@ Courtyard)

  The rusted sundial sits in the Courtyard. Instead of the typical gnomon and dial plate, this sundial has a large rotary device, like an old fashioned telephone.

• Ryan Veeder's Authentic Fly Fishing (2019)

  > x sundial (@ Cemetery)

  Atop a limestone pedestal is a green copper disk, decorated with roman numerals and the motto "EIN WANDELNDER SCHATTEN." Four daggerlike points indicate the cardinal directions. The sundial's gnomon is wrought in the shape of a pointing hand. Its shadow indicates that this game takes place sometime in the late afternoon.

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  Several Other Tales from Castle Balderstone (2020)

  > x sundial (@ Hedge Maze)

  A useless instrument, especially for a vampire.

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  Trinity (1986)

  > examine sundial (@ The Wabe)

   "And 'the wabe' is the grass-plot round 
    a sun-dial, I suppose?" said Alice, 
    surprised at her own ingenuity. 
  
   "Of course it is. It's called 'wabe,' 
    you know, because it goes a long way 
    before it, and a long way behind it --" 
  
                           -- Lewis Carroll 

  The perimeter of the sundial is inscribed with seven curious symbols and a compass rose, with the legend "TEMPUS EDAX RERUM" emblazoned across the bottom. [if gnomon in it]A triangular gnomon casts a fingerlike shadow that is creeping slowly towards the first symbol.[else]A threaded hole is set into the center of the dial.[end if]

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  > examine sundial (@ Vertex)

   Il y a une horloge 
   qui ne sonne pas. 
  
    -- Arthur Rimbaud 

  The perimeter of the sundial is inscribed with seven curious symbols and a compass rose, with the legend [if not inverted]"TEMPUS EDAX RERUM"[else]"MURER XADE SUPMET"[end if] emblazoned across the bottom. [if gnomon in it]A triangular gnomon casts a fingerlike shadow that [as appropriate]is creeping slowly[or]appears to be drifting slowly[or]rests a bit[end as] [towards or before or across or after or away from or between] the [first to seventh] [and next-th] symbol[s].[else]A threaded hole is set into the center of the dial.[end if]

  The boxquotes only appear the first time you examine the sundials.
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  The Wand (2017)

  > x sundial (@ Garden)

  The surface of the sundial is blank, except for what looks like a message written in tiny characters, too small to read.