Moats in Interactive Fiction

Let's look at moats!

"Drawbridge" icon by Jakub Ukrop Avatar from Noun Project (Public Domain)

Eat Me (2017)

> x moat (@ Fondue Fens; Moat)

Around the castle wraps the moat. Its trench would trap whatever infidels tried to invade. You should have seen them in the past, backsliding with splashes, sinking under their armor's weight. Those days are done. Those wars are won. None who value living would assault the castle now.
Igor's Quest (2020)

> x moat (@ Bridge)

Very deep.
In a Manor of Speaking (2012)

> x moat (@ Handsome Manor Entrance)

It's full of hand-drawn alligators, but beware! Their teeth were drawn with sharpies!
Thorfinn's Realm (1999)

> x moat (@ Bridge)

You don't need a closer view than you already have.
Wisher, Theurgist, Fatalist (2016)

> x moat (@ Dump)

The water of the moat is still and filled with eerie shadows.
Default response instances
- Citizen of Nowhere (2019): moat @ Entrance to The Old King's Castle.
- The Enchanted Castle (2019): moat @ On the drawbridge.