Oh wow, this is interesting timing. I'm actually writing a fantasy game for Slack using their bot interface, and a lot of the lessons described here are things

Oh wow, this is interesting timing. I'm actually writing a fantasy game for Slack using their bot interface, and a lot of the lessons described here are things I picked up as well while showing to friends. Slack offered buttons shortly after I started work, so I switched from trying to interpret text to offering clear buttons instead, and yeah it makes a huge difference. I know I was into MUDs a whole lot in my youth, but folks today expect a more intuitive interface. It's nice to see I'm not the only one interested in bringing a little levity to the world of chat bots!