diff --git a/docs/commands/all-commands.md b/docs/commands/all-commands.md
index c5e5fdf9..b936f036 100644
--- a/docs/commands/all-commands.md
+++ b/docs/commands/all-commands.md
@@ -275,10 +275,12 @@ do_things element:
 
 ## Strings
 
-| Command                          | Example                     | Description                                                                  |
-| -------------------------------- | --------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
-| [concat](string-commands/concat) | `concat "Hello" "World"`    | Concatenates two or more strings                                             |
-| [join](string-commands/join)     | `join ", " "Hello" "World"` | Joins x strings, with the first character being the join string between them |
+| Command                          | Example                                           | Description                                                                                                      |
+| -------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
+| [concat](string-commands/concat) | `concat "Hello" "World"`                          | Concatenates two or more strings                                                                                 |
+| [join](string-commands/join)     | `join ", " "Hello" "World"`                       | Joins x strings, with the first character being the join string between them                                     |
+| str_search                       | `var result (str_search "Hello world" "world")`   | Searches for a substring in a string and returns the index of the first occurrence. Returns -1 if not found.     |
+| regex_search                     | `var result (regex_search "Hello world" "world")` | Searches for a regex pattern in a string and returns the index of the first occurrence. Returns -1 if not found. |
 
 ## Screen Objects
 
diff --git a/packages/narrat/src/examples/default/scripts/default.narrat b/packages/narrat/src/examples/default/scripts/default.narrat
index c92a5f45..1f3428ef 100644
--- a/packages/narrat/src/examples/default/scripts/default.narrat
+++ b/packages/narrat/src/examples/default/scripts/default.narrat
@@ -1,13 +1,28 @@
 dev_test:
+  run test_regex
   run test_text_autoadvance
   menu_return
 
+test_regex:
+  var text "uwu i want to open a door mommy"
+  var res (str_search $text "open a door")
+  log $res
+  if (!= $res -1):
+    "Found the text"
+  else:
+    "Didn't find the text"
+
+  var text "0 1 2 a b c d e f g"
+  var regex_res (regex_search $text \w)
+  log $regex_res
+  if (!= $regex_res -1):
+    "Found the text with regex"
+  else:
+    "Didn't find the text with regex"
+
 talk_shortcut text:
   talk player idle $text
 
-main:
-  - "Hello I'm the player"
-
 test_text_autoadvance:
   narrate "Hi!"
   narrate "with delay " 2000
@@ -16,6 +31,7 @@ test_text_autoadvance:
   narrate "auto advance waiting for text to print" 1 true
   narrate "This is a normal line"
 
+
   talk player idle "Hello!"
   talk player idle "This will auto advance" 1 true
   talk player idle "This will not auto advance but has a delay" 2000 false
diff --git a/packages/narrat/src/vm/commands/index.ts b/packages/narrat/src/vm/commands/index.ts
index 9fed89de..5fa276aa 100644
--- a/packages/narrat/src/vm/commands/index.ts
+++ b/packages/narrat/src/vm/commands/index.ts
@@ -105,7 +105,12 @@ import {
   randomFromArrayPlugin,
   randomIntPlugin,
 } from './random-commands';
-import { stringConcatPlugin, stringJoinPlugin } from './string-commands';
+import {
+  regexSearchPlugin,
+  stringConcatPlugin,
+  stringJoinPlugin,
+  stringSearchPlugin,
+} from './string-commands';
 import {
   ceilPlugin,
   clampPlugin,
@@ -304,7 +309,8 @@ export function registerBaseCommands(vm: VM) {
   // Strings
   vm.addCommand(stringConcatPlugin);
   vm.addCommand(stringJoinPlugin);
-
+  vm.addCommand(stringSearchPlugin);
+  vm.addCommand(regexSearchPlugin);
   // Maths
   vm.addCommand(minPlugin);
   vm.addCommand(maxPlugin);
diff --git a/packages/narrat/src/vm/commands/string-commands.ts b/packages/narrat/src/vm/commands/string-commands.ts
index df3f46eb..b39894d6 100644
--- a/packages/narrat/src/vm/commands/string-commands.ts
+++ b/packages/narrat/src/vm/commands/string-commands.ts
@@ -43,3 +43,34 @@ export const stringJoinPlugin = new CommandPlugin<{ a: number; b: number }>(
     }, '');
   },
 );
+
+export const stringSearchPlugin = CommandPlugin.FromOptions<{
+  str: string;
+  matcher: string;
+}>({
+  keyword: 'str_search',
+  argTypes: [
+    { name: 'str', type: 'string' },
+    { name: 'matcher', type: 'string' },
+  ],
+  runner: async (cmd) => {
+    const { str, matcher } = cmd.options;
+    return str.search(matcher);
+  },
+});
+
+export const regexSearchPlugin = CommandPlugin.FromOptions<{
+  str: string;
+  regex: string;
+}>({
+  keyword: 'regex_search',
+  argTypes: [
+    { name: 'str', type: 'string' },
+    { name: 'regex', type: 'string' },
+  ],
+  runner: async (cmd) => {
+    const { str, regex } = cmd.options;
+    const matcher = new RegExp(regex);
+    return str.search(matcher);
+  },
+});
diff --git a/packages/narrat/src/vm/commands/text.ts b/packages/narrat/src/vm/commands/text.ts
index e537c8a0..850d1755 100644
--- a/packages/narrat/src/vm/commands/text.ts
+++ b/packages/narrat/src/vm/commands/text.ts
@@ -20,16 +20,11 @@ export class BaseTextCommand<
   Options extends BaseTextCommandArgs,
 > extends CommandPlugin<Options> {
   static async ManageAutoAdvance(cmd: Parser.Command<TalkArgs>) {
-    console.log('not interactive');
     await useVM().waitForEndTextAnimation();
-    console.log('text animation ended');
     await timeout(cmd.options.delay || 0);
-    console.log('delay ended');
     if (cmd.options.autoAdvance) {
-      console.log('player answered');
       playerAnswered(0);
     } else {
-      console.log('make dialog interactive');
       useDialogStore().makeLastDialogInteractive();
     }
   }
@@ -131,7 +126,6 @@ export const narrateCommand = BaseTextCommand.FromOptions<TalkArgs>({
 export const textParser = (): CommandParserFunction<{}, { text: string }> => {
   const parser = generateParser<{}, { text: string }>('text', []);
   return (ctx, parsed) => {
-    console.log(parsed);
     const result = parser(ctx, parsed);
     parsed.command.staticOptions = {
       text: parsed.code.substring(1, parsed.code.length - 1),