"wander" is both a text adventure game and a tool for creating interactive fiction; it describes itself as "a tool for writing non-deterministic fantasy stories". the game comes with one such story, named "a3", along with instructions for authors to write their own stories that the game can parse. the game is entirely text based, with the player entering commands such as "north" or "kick machine" in order to progress. the player also has an inventory, which stores objects that they have collected in a game for use.