Fans in Interactive Fiction

• Another Goddamn Escape the Locked Room Game (2006)

  > x fan (@ East Wall)

  • This is a desk-sized electric fan. I mean that it's the proper size to put on a desk, not that it's the size of a desk. It's switched off, and its electrical cord dangles limply.
    The wire mesh cover of the fan is [closed or open].
  • This is a desk-sized electrical fan, which is covered in your blood. The power cord has been sliced off and the blades are lifeless. Since you obviously can't be trusted around dangerous objects, that's probably for the best.
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  A Beauty Cold and Austere (2017)

  > x fan (@ Research Lab)

  This is a large, industrial-strength wall fan. You wonder what experiments it was used for.

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  The Bryant Collection (2009)

  > x fan (@ Yard Sale)

  This box fan has seen better days. Its once-white plastic has yellowed, and its blades are permanently stained black with dust.

• Bullhockey 2: The Return of The Leather Whip (2019)

  > x fan (@ Loft Bedroom; Narrow Entrance; Landing; Stairs; Living Room)

  It's brand-spanking-new, hanging from a rod attached to the ceiling high above, to about two feet above your bedroom floor level. It has five strong blades. Currently, it is stationary.

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  Bullhockey! (2018)

  > x hanging fan (@ Loft Bedroom; Narrow Entrance; Landing; Stairs)

  It is a combination overhead fan and lamp, hanging from the ceiling, over the living room on the lower level, on a rod about ten feet long. It has four individual lamps and five brass arms with strong wooden blades and is [either] spinning expeditiously [or] presently stationary [end either]. [if at Narrow Entrance] Looking at it from this side, you can see what looks like a switch on the fan. [else if at Landing] You can see what looks like a switch on the fan. [else if at Stairs] You can barely see what looks like a switch on the fan.

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  > x fan (@ Living Room)

  If you must know, there is a rotor with a few broken blades and a bent rod, out of which wiring protrudes. Broken glass from the bulbs litters the floor. Completely useless now.

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  > x ceiling fan (@ Loft Bedroom)

  This is your ceiling fan--five faux-wooden blades, attached to the mechanism by short curved brass arms.

• Causality (2003)

  > x fan (@ life support)

  fine grating in wall, there's nothing you can do to this that you can see, the wires look like a much easier target.

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  Crocodracula: The Beginning (2020)

  > x fan (@ Water's Edge)

  For your safety, the fan is encased in a wire cage.

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  Dr Horror's House of Terror (2021)

  > x fan (@ The Grand Ballroom at the Governor's Mansion)

  The ghost waves the fan in front of her face.

• A Flustered Duck (2009)

  > x fan (@ Higgins Hardware)

  Though compact enough to carry in one hand, the portable electric fan is impressively heavy, as befits a serious piece of equipment. On its side is a logo that proclaims it the "Hurricane 3000," and beneath the logo is a hefty black switch. On the underside is a small sliding panel. The fan's blades are [either] stationary.[or] spinning in a blur, propelling a gale-force stream of air. [end either]

• Frenemies: Or, I Won an Andy Phillips Game (2019)

  > x fan (@ Gaming Room)

  It is brass with five strong wooden blades, hanging just below the level of the crossbeams. It is operated using the dial on the switch plate near the door. Just beneath it is the overhead lamp.

  [if dial is off:] The fan is not currently running. [if bodysuit on fan, add:] Your bodysuit is hanging from the fan, one of its legs stretched over a blade.

  [if dial is on and set to 1:] The fan is spinning at a very slow rate--you can follow it with your eyes. [if bodysuit on fan, add:] It's giving your special suit a good spin.

  [if dial is on and set to 2:] The fan is running at a brisk pace, thoroughly circulating the air. [if bodysuit on fan, add:] It's giving your special suit a good spin.

  [if dial is on and set to 3:] The fan is moving at breakneck speed, swinging slightly and ruffling your hair. [if bodysuit on fan, add:] It's giving your special suit a good spin.

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  Galaxy Jones (2023)

  > x fans (@ Air Handling Room)

  They're loud.

• Gone Out for Gruyère (2019)

  > x fan (@ Basement Lab)

  It's probably set into the north wall in the shadows; it may be one of those oscillating type fans that move back and forth, to circulate the air.

• Halothane (1999)

  > x fan (@ Your Bedroom)

  A device to ensure that you get enough breeze to enable you to fall asleep without Valium, security blankets, or air-conditioning. Battery-powered, too, so you don't have to worry about tripping through wires.

• Hey, Jingo! (2002)

  > x fan (@ Helzog's Office)

  The blades of the fan move the air nicely.

• Kook U (1997)

  > x fan (@ College of Business)

  The fan is small but seems quite powerful. It could probably do a good job circulating the air in a moderately-sized room.

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  Poppet (2019)

  > x kerosene fan (@ Sewing room)

  A tall standing fan with rotating brass blades. A kerosene lamp is built into the fan's base; it appears that the vapors from burning oil should rise up to push the blades, generating a cooling breeze.

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  A Rope of Chalk (2020)

  > x fans (@ 0. THE CAVE)

  Giant machines at the end of the ramp, churning incessantly. Their constant low moan is perfect thinking music.

• Default response instances

  • Clusterflux (2019): small metal fan @ Parlor (past).