Hyperlinks

Rather than have the player type commands or use the side pane, you might prefer to have the player navigate the world using links in the text.

This will arguably make your game similar to a Twine or Squiffy game, but in this case your game will be backed by a comprehensive world system that tracks items within its geography.

Item Links

You can give items links just be including an optional library.

settings.libraries.push('item-links')

With this is place, the player can click on an object, then select a verb to apply to it.

Command links

You can also add your own links directly in the text, using the cmd text processor directive.

{cmd:get boots}
{cmd:drop hat:drop the hat}

When clicked, the command is passed directly to the parser to deal with just as if the player had typed it.