The game aims to teach you the commands as you go along. There really aren't very many of them. We try to keep it minimal to keep it easy to learn. (Star Trade takes this even further and has even fewer!)
Stairs are actually just normal east-west corridors. They are just given descriptive names to fit in with the dungeon settings.
For reference, here is the full list of commands. A full list of all variants follows, but if you are using a screen reader it is going to be tedious. So I'll do the summary first.
- go {direction}
- more
- news
- sleep
- north
- south
- east
- west
- look
- who
- activate {whom}
- hire {whom}
- fire {whom}
- inventory {whom}
- equip {what}
- unequip {what}
- fight
- enter
- buy {what}
- sell {what}
- cancel subscription
- what can I buy
- repeat
- no
- yes
- help
- quit
- about {whom}
- what is {thing}
- where is {thing}
- directions to {thing}
And here is the full, very long, list.
intent: MOVE
go {dir}
move {dir}
run {dir}
walk {dir}
let's go {dir}
how about {dir}
i want to go {dir}
runaway
run away
intent: MORE
more
tell me more
intent: NEWS
news
new features
updates
today's news
intent: SLEEP
sleep
rest
intent: NORTH
north
intent: SOUTH
south
intent: EAST
east
intent: WEST
west
intent: LOOK
look
surroundings
examine
intent: WHO
companions
who am i
who are my companions
who
intent: ACTIVATE
activate
activate {whom}
make {whom} active
active
active companion
who is active
selected
selected companion
who is selected
who's active
who is the selected companion
who's my selected companion
who is the active companion
make {whom} my active companion
intent: HIRE
hire {whom}
higher {whom}
recruit {whom}
select {whom}
intent: FIRE
fire {whom}
release {whom}
say goodbye to {whom}
part ways with {whom}
let {whom} go
intent: INVENTORY
inventory {whom}
inventory {type}
list my {type}
inventory
intent: EQUIP
equip
equip {what}
give {what}
wear {what}
wield {what}
use {what}
put on {what}
equip {whom} with {what}
give {what} to {whom}
ask {whom} to wear {what}
ask {whom} to wield {what}
ask {whom} to use {what}
equip {whom}
intent: UNEQUIP
unequip
unequip {what}
remove {what}
take {what}
stop wearing {what}
take off {what}
stop using {what}
unequip {whom} with {what}
tell {whom} to remove {what}
take {what} from {whom}
ask {whom} not to wear {what}
ask {whom} not to wield {what}
ask {whom} not to use {what}
ask {whom} to stop wearing {what}
ask {whom} to stop wielding {what}
ask {whom} to stop using {what}
intent: FIGHT
fight
attack
combat
ready
intent: ENTER
enter
go in
inside
intent: BUY
buy {what}
by {what}
i want to buy {what}
purchase {what}
pick up {what}
get {what}
intent: SELL
sell {what}
sell my {what}
drop {what}
drop the {what}
intent: REFUND
cancel subscription
cancel my subscription
intent: WHATCANIBUY
what can I buy
take me to premium content
premium content
intent: RepeatIntent
say again
intent:NoIntent
intent:YesIntent
intent:HelpIntent
intent:StopIntent
quit
intent: ABOUT
about
about me
give me information about {whom}
i want to know more about {whom}
tell me about my companions
about {whom}
about myself
tell me about myself
tell me about {whom}
about companions
tell me about companions
about six swords
tell me about six swords
intent: WHATIS
what's {thing}
what's a {thing}
what is {thing}
what is a {thing}
intent: WHEREIS
where is {thing}
directions to {thing}
