Baby on Board, by Eric Zinda

Description: You've got one job: get the baby to daycare.  How hard could it be? 

Author Statement: Baby on Board is a parser-based puzzle game built on a new engine called Perplexity.

Perplexity does not use the standard "verb object" Interactive Fiction command structure. Instead, it explores using voice and full English as the interface. You can also use the keyboard if voice just isn't working.

Imagine playing it using headphones as you walk your dog to get the basic idea. 

It requires custom software to run (links below) which has also been designed to work with screen readers and sight impaired players.

System: Perplexity
Entered In: Main Festival 
Tags: Voice Interface, Puzzle, Parser, Screen Reader Friendly
Play Online Link: https://www.inductorsoftware.com/babyonboard.html
 Additional Links:
  - Perplexity Overview: https://blog.inductorsoftware.com/blog/PerplexityOverview
  - Other Perplexity IF games by Inductor: https://www.inductorsoftware.com/perplexity.html
  - Blog Series on the Perplexity Engine: https://blog.inductorsoftware.com/blog/PerplexityOverview

This story was entered in the 2022 Spring Thing Festival of Interactive Fiction. More info on the festival is available at http://www.springthing.net/