There are multiple text adventure games where you have to figure out the game's mechanics before you can do anything, and of course you can't just wave the mous

There are multiple text adventure games where you have to figure out the game's mechanics before you can do anything, and of course you can't just wave the mouse around and click on some targets. E.g. (I myself haven't gotten around to any of them): For a Change https://ifdb.org/viewgame?id=t61i5akczyblx2zd https://ifdb.org/viewgame?id=t61i5akczyblx2zd Bad Machine https://ifdb.org/viewgame?id=3a9rb059miw9fc9h https://ifdb.org/viewgame?id=3a9rb059miw9fc9h Counterfeit Monkey https://ifdb.org/viewgame?id=aearuuxv83plclpl https://ifdb.org/viewgame?id=aearuuxv83plclpl This is somewhat similar to the game 0x10c, where apparently a virtual computer was to be one of the central features, and you would use it to do advanced stuff. But, echoing your sentiment, the author said that it's not fun and dropped the project: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/0x10c https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/0x10c