Editing Starship Titanic (section)

== Gameplay ==

[[File:Starship Titanic emblobby.jpg|thumb|left|Screenshot showing the PET interface in the bottom; here, the player speaks with Fentible using the Chat-O-Mat text parser]]
''Starship Titanic'' is a [[graphic adventure game]] played from a [[first-person (video games)|first-person]] perspective. The player moves on the eponymous ship by clicking on locations indicated by the cursor and advancing to the next frame after a blurred transition (although this can be avoided by holding down shift during clicks).{{sfn|Richards|1998|p=44}} The mouse can also be used to pick up and store items in your inventory and interact with onscreen objects.{{sfn|Richards|1998|p=45}} In the beginning of the game, the player is given a device called Personal Electronic Thing (PET), which serves as a toolbar on the bottom of the screen. The PET has five modes: Chat-O-Mat, a [[text parser]] through which the player can talk with characters by inputting text; Personal Baggage, the inventory in which the player can add or withdraw items; Remote Thingummy, a set of functions to interact with objects and locations; Designer Room Numbers, which indicates the player's current location; and Real Life, an options menu with settings and a game save/load system.{{sfn|Richards|1998|p=19-23}}

Much of the gameplay involves solving puzzles by using items with other items or with objects and characters onscreen.<ref name="Kalata">{{cite web
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}}</ref> Another significant aspect of the game involves talking with characters in the game, namely the [[android (robot)|bots]] that work in the ship and a parrot, by inputting prompts in the Chat-O-Mat mode. Additionally to conversation with characters through interpreting of user input, the parser often provides hints or explanations that come in the form of pre-recorded speech, which can help the player in progressing in the game.<ref name="NG" />

The main objective of the game is to locate the missing parts of the ship's broken intelligence system in order to repair the starship. In order to advance within the game, the player must upgrade from the standard third class level to first class and thus gain access to areas that are restricted when the game begins.<ref name="Mac" /><ref name="SydneyReview" /> The game also requires the player to transport items throughout the ship through the Succ-U-Bus, a system of tubes that transfer objects placed in them to other parts of the ship; these tubes can be found in many areas of the ship.<ref name="Kalata" /><ref name="SydneyReview" /> The player also needs to use the parrot to solve certain puzzles.{{sfn
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