AllThingsJacq.com - Interactive Fiction | ClubFloyd - August 1, 2021 - Operate! and Micropuzzle by Cody Sandifer and Les Howarth & Gavin Lambert, respectively


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Jacqueline says (to ClubFloyd), "load operate"
CF \| Welcome to the Cheap Glk Implementation, library version 0.9.0.
CF \|
CF \| tadsr - A text-only TADS 2.5.10 Interpreter.
CF \| Copyright (c) 1993, 2006 by Michael J. Roberts.
CF \|
CF \|
CF \|
CF \| As Chief Surgeon, the honor is yours: a public display of skill meant
CF \| to inform and educate.
CF \|
CF \| An intercom clicks on. "PROCEED."
CF \|
CF \| Operate!
CF \| An interactive adaptation of the popular parlor game
CF \| DEMO version for the TextFire 12-PACK
CF \| (Type "about" for more information)
CF \| Copyright (c) 1998 by TextFire, Inc. All rights reserved.
CF \| Developed with TADS, the Text Adventure Development System.
CF \|
CF \| Operating Room
CF \| Billowing lights bear down upon the clean, white body and supporting
CF \| table. In a similar pattern of sterility, a single blank wall forms a
CF \| perfect circle around the arena. Above and beyond, through sheets of
CF \| brightness, a full gallery of onlookers peers in from behind a plastic
CF \| shield.
CF \|
CF \| There is a bone vat here. To the side sits your instrument tray,
CF \| neatly centered on a short push-cart.
CF \| Sitting on the instrument tray, bone tongs and a scalpel can be
CF \| seen.
CF \|
CF \| >		Knight_Otu says, "Another surgery."
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "x me"
CF \| You admire your reflection in the operating table's shiny surface.
CF \|
CF \| >		Jacqueline says, "One sec (Sam needs my input on breakfast, bad timing, but I will def be right back)"
		Jacqueline says, "Back."
		Jacqueline says, "I think this operating game will be less serious than the other one you previously played."
Knight_Otu Maybe, though I wasn't aware that surgery would be a spectator sport.		Knight_Otu says, "Oops."
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "i"
CF \| You have your hands.
CF \|
CF \| >		Jacqueline asks (of KO), "Are you familiar with the 'popular parlor game' mentioned in the intro?"
Jacqueline says (to ClubFloyd), "x me"
CF \| You admire your reflection in the operating table's shiny surface.
CF \|
CF \| >		Knight_Otu says, "Vaguely."
Jacqueline says (to ClubFloyd), "take tongs"
CF \| The intercom clicks on. "THE TONGS ARE AWFULLY DULL. TRY THE
CF \| SCALPEL." Someone in the crowd sniggers.
CF \|
CF \| "Gut the bastard already! We're waiting!"
CF \|
CF \| >		Jacqueline says, "Gosh"
Jacqueline says (to ClubFloyd), "take scalpel"
CF \| Taken.
CF \|
CF \| A woman in the gallery yawns.
CF \|
CF \| >
Jacqueline says (to ClubFloyd), "gut bastard"
CF \| (with the scalpel)
CF \| You carefully peel aside skin and muscle while simultaneously shifting
CF \| protrusive organs into neighboring cavities. In this manner, the
CF \| proper bones are revealed.
CF \|
CF \| The crowd roars. "LET THE BONEJACKING BEGIN!"
CF \|
CF \| >		Jacqueline says, "snrk. That worked."
		Knight_Otu asks, "Yay1?"
		Knight_Otu asks, "Yay!?"
		Jacqueline says, "I guess yay, yeah."
		Jacqueline says, "That is a good observation: all the organs must be moved to see the skellington inside."
		Knight_Otu says, "I may have been thinking of a different game."
		Jacqueline says, "Gosh this is... not the attitude I ever adopted while watching someone else try to play Operation."
		Jacqueline says, "Oh, except the original game wasn't just bones. It was organs, too."
		Jacqueline \| [LINK])
		Knight_Otu says, "Okay, I think that's the game I was thnking, thuogh I don't think I ever played it."
		Jacqueline says, "Basically there were little body parts in those holes in the board, and each of the holes was lined with metal, and if you made contact with your tweezers while trying to extract whatever you were trying to extract, it buzzed loudly at you. Maybe the man's nose also lit up red, I can't recall."
		Roger says, "right, the popular parlour game"
		Jacqueline says, "Calling it 'a popular parlor game' makes it sound Edwardian."
		Roger says, "not to mention all the bonejacking"
		Jacqueline says, "So, let's see if taking cues from the crowd continues to work..."
Jacqueline says (to ClubFloyd), "jack bones"
CF \| I don't know the word "jack".
CF \|
CF \| >		Jacqueline says, "I don't know Jack."
		Jacqueline says, "Or the word Jack, either."
Jacqueline says (to ClubFloyd), "take bones"
CF \| Which bones do you mean, the bread basket, or the funny bone?
CF \|
CF \| >		Jacqueline asks, "What is a bread basket bone?"
		Jacqueline says, "I dunno what it is, but let's take it."
		Knight_Otu asks, "If I had to guess . rib cage?"
		Jacqueline says (to KO), "Oh! Possibly, yeah."
Jacqueline says (to ClubFloyd), "take bread basket"
CF \| (with your hands)
CF \| The intercom snorts and barks as you slip your fingers into the open
CF \| wound. "HOLD IT, CHIEF. INSURANCE DOESN'T COVER THAT."
CF \|
CF \| >
Jacqueline says (to ClubFloyd), "take tongs"
CF \| A surgeon needs both hands free. You should really drop the scalpel
CF \| first.
CF \|
CF \| >		Jacqueline exclaims (at Game), "GAME!"
Jacqueline says (to ClubFloyd), "drop scalpel"
CF \| You return the scalpel to the instrument tray.
CF \|
CF \| >
Jacqueline says (to ClubFloyd), "take tongs"
CF \| A hush falls over the crowd as you fit the bone tongs comfortably in
CF \| your palm.
CF \|
CF \| >
Jacqueline says (to ClubFloyd), "take bread basket"
CF \| What do you want to take that with?
CF \|
CF \| >		Knight_Otu says, "Remind me not to undergo surgery by these guys."
Jacqueline says (to ClubFloyd), "tongs"
CF \| Done.
CF \|
CF \| A woman in the gallery yawns.
CF \|
CF \| >
Jacqueline says (to ClubFloyd), "x bread basket"
CF \| The bone is shaped roughly like a piece of bread.
CF \|
CF \| >
Jacqueline says (to ClubFloyd), "x man"
CF \| The body is that of a portly man with a drinker's nose and unattractive
CF \| bowl cut. The eyes and mouth are open wide -- the former frozen in
CF \| fear, the latter in delight. Bones now shine from the man's gaping
CF \| wounds.
CF \|
CF \| The gallery bookie waves a handful of bills in your direction and
CF \| winks.
CF \|
CF \| >		Jacqueline says, "I'm glad I at least linked to the game board so that that description made some sense."
Jacqueline says (to ClubFloyd), "take funny bone with tongs"
CF \| With both hands full, you clumsily attempt to grab another bone. You
CF \| fail, although the crowd does the wave in honor of your daredevil
CF \| attempt.
CF \|
CF \| "Entertain us!" shouts a man in the third row. "We tire of your
CF \| patience!"
CF \|
CF \| >
Jacqueline says (to ClubFloyd), "drop bread basket"
CF \| You drop the bread basket into the bone vat, eliciting a hoarse cry
CF \| from the gallery. "WE ARE PLEASED. ANOTHER!"
CF \|
CF \| >		Jacqueline says, "Operating: Blood Sport"
		Knight_Otu says, "There was.. right, that works, too."
Jacqueline says (to ClubFloyd), "take funny bone"
CF \| What do you want to take that with?
CF \|
CF \| >		Karona says, "If we weren't playing this game, I wouldn't believe it was a thing."
Jacqueline says (to ClubFloyd), "tongs"
CF \| Done.
CF \|
CF \| >
Jacqueline says (to ClubFloyd), "x funny bone"
CF \| The neighborhood dogs would kill for this one.
CF \|
CF \| >
Jacqueline says (to ClubFloyd), "drop bone"
CF \| You drop the funny bone into the vat. The gallery cheers. "NUM-BER
CF \| TWO! NUM-BER TWO!"
CF \|
CF \| Congratulations! You have completed the demo version of Operate!, a
CF \| TextFire release. On-line registration for the full version will be
CF \| available at [LINK] on or before June 30, 1998.
CF asks, "That game over already? It was just getting good. Wanna play another?"		Roger says, "haha awww"
		Jacqueline exclaims, "Aw. This was merely a demo!"
		Knight_Otu says, "That was quick."
		Jacqueline says, "(I mean... Thank goodness! This was only a demo!)"
		Roger says, "time to give Dave a hard time the next time he's around"
		Jacqueline says, "Was this Dave? I thought that was 'Text Fyre'"
		Jacqueline says, "Sorry, 'Textfyre' one word."
		Roger says, "hmmm oh maybe"
		Roger says, "that'll make giving him a hard time over it even funnier"
		Jacqueline \| The domain textfire.com is for sale.
		Knight_Otu says, "Twenty+ years can have that effect, sadly."
		Jacqueline says, "Yeah, I figured it was that short, which is why I just went for it. I shall happily remove that from our ClubFloyd Suggestions list after today."
		Jacqueline says, "Operate! has an impressive three stars on IFDB."
		Jacqueline says, "I may feel the need to pull that down a touch."
		Knight_Otu says, "I mean... I'm not sure what I mean."
		Jacqueline says, "Huh. So, just looking at what's new on IFDB and there's a nice review of a game that... only runs on Android phones."
		Jacqueline \| [LINK]
		Jacqueline says, "(In case anyone has an Android OS)"
		Knight_Otu says, "Well, it's a market."
		Jacqueline says, "Yeah. Just surprised someone would release on one store and not the other I guess."
		Jacqueline says, "I'm kind of in the mood for another bite-sized thing."
		Knight_Otu says, "Anything else short? Micropuzzle sounds like one at least."
		Jacqueline says, "Just having trouble finding, like, a list of very short games."
		Jacqueline says, "Oh, yeah. Possibly."
		Jacqueline says, "(But I am suspicious._"
		Jacqueline says, "(But I am suspicious.)"
		Jacqueline says, "One sec. It's not loaded on Floyd. I shall get it."
		Jacqueline \| A mostly-faithful (and hence somewhat dated) recreation of the 1984 type-in BASIC game Micro Puzzle, originally published in Weird Computer Games by Usborne.
		Jacqueline says, "Also, it has disturbing coverart, but I'll try not to look at that while I download the game."
		Jacqueline \| [LINK]
		Knight_Otu says, "Annoyed kitty is annoyed."
Jacqueline says (to ClubFloyd), "load sleepmask micropuzzle"
CF ] 0 points Front Room 1 turn
CF \|
CF \|
CF \|
CF \|
CF \| Just some quick housekeeping to make sure you can read the text
CF \| correctly.
CF \| Do you see a dash and bullet here: — • (yes) or do you see
CF \| something
CF \| else (no)?
Jacqueline says (to ClubFloyd), "yes"
CF ] 0 points Front Room 1 turn
CF \|
CF \|
CF \| What's happened?
CF \| Where are you?
CF \| Everything appears fairly normal, though you do feel a bit sick.
CF \| Better take a look around and see if you can find out what's going on.
CF \|
CF \| Micropuzzle
CF \| A Diminutive Adventure by Gavin Lambert
CF \| Based on a BASIC program written by Les Howarth
CF \| From the book Weird Computer Games copyright © 1984 Usborne
CF \| Publishing Ltd.
CF \| Release 1 / Serial number 200511 / Inform 7 build 6M62 (I6/v6.33 lib
CF \| 6/12N)
CF \|
CF \| You awaken...
CF \|
CF \| Front Room
CF \| You are in a yellow front room. Sunlight streams in through the open
CF \| door and windows.
CF \|
CF \| You can go east and west from here.
CF \|
CF \| >
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "x me"
CF ] 0 points Front Room 2 turns
CF \|
CF \| > X ME
CF \|
CF \| Other than the slight sense of nausea, you're looking and feeling
CF \| entirely normal.
CF \|
CF \| >
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "i"
CF ] 0 points Front Room 3 turns
CF \|
CF \| > I
CF \|
CF \| You are carrying nothing.
CF \|
CF \| >
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "x windows"
CF ] 0 points Front Room 4 turns
CF \|
CF \| > X WINDOWS
CF \|
CF \| Several glass windows line the walls of this room, bringing in a lot
CF \| of natural light into the room.
CF \|
CF \| >
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "x door"
CF ] 0 points Front Room 5 turns
CF \|
CF \| > X DOOR
CF \|
CF \| The front door stands open, but otherwise unremarkable.
CF \|
CF \| >		Knight_Otu asks, "East? West?"
		Jacqueline says, "either"
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "e"
CF ] 0 points By the Television 6 turns
CF \|
CF \| > E
CF \|
CF \|
CF \| By the Television
CF \| You are by a TV set and recorder.
CF \|
CF \| You can go north and west to Front Room from here.
CF \|
CF \| >
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "x tv"
CF ] 0 points By the Television 7 turns
CF \|
CF \| > X TV
CF \|
CF \| Wait a minute, this isn't a television at all!
CF \|
CF \| Just a box with a photo stuck onto it. It's sitting on top of a VCR.
CF \|
CF \| >		Knight_Otu blinks.
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "x recorder"
CF ] 0 points By the Television 8 turns
CF \|
CF \| > X RECORDER
CF \|
CF \| A micro cassette tape is sitting partially ejected from the front of
CF \| the VCR.
CF \|
CF \| >
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "x tape"
CF ] 0 points By the Television 9 turns
CF \|
CF \| > X TAPE
CF \|
CF \| A standard micro-VHS cassette. It does have some labels on it, but
CF \| they are all blank.
CF \|
CF \| >
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "get it"
CF ] 1 point By the Television 10 turns
CF \|
CF \| > GET IT
CF \|
CF \| Taken.
CF \|
CF \| [Your score has just gone up by one point.]
CF \|
CF \| >		Knight_Otu says, "Oh, hey, score."
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "x photo"
CF ] 1 point By the Television 10 turns
CF \|
CF \| > X PHOTO
CF \|
CF \| You can't see any such thing.
CF \|
CF \| >
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "x box"
CF ] 1 point By the Television 10 turns
CF \|
CF \| > X BOX
CF \|
CF \| You can't see any such thing.
CF \|
CF \| >
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "x tv"
CF ] 1 point By the Television 11 turns
CF \|
CF \| > X TV
CF \|
CF \| Just a box with a photo stuck onto it. It's sitting on top of a VCR.
CF \|
CF \| >
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "get it"
CF ] 1 point By the Television 12 turns
CF \|
CF \| > GET IT
CF \|
CF \| That's hardly portable.
CF \|
CF \| >		Jacqueline says, "um"
Jacqueline says (to ClubFloyd), "x photograph"
CF ] 1 point By the Television 12 turns
CF \|
CF \| > X PHOTOGRAPH
CF \|
CF \| You can't see any such thing.
CF \|
CF \| >		Knight_Otu says, "Just trying things."
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "l"
CF ] 1 point By the Television 13 turns
CF \|
CF \| > L
CF \|
CF \| By the Television
CF \| You are by a fake TV set and recorder.
CF \|
CF \| You can go north and west to Front Room from here.
CF \|
CF \| >
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "m"
CF ] 1 point By the Television 13 turns
CF \|
CF \| > M
CF \|
CF \| That's not a verb I recognise.
CF \|
CF \| >
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "n"
CF ] 1 point Kitchen 14 turns
CF \|
CF \| > N
CF \|
CF \|
CF \| Kitchen
CF \| You are in the kitchen. The lighting is a bit more subdued back here.
CF \|
CF \| You can go south to By the Television and west from here.
CF \|
CF \| >		Jacqueline says, "Yeah. Just... well, I guess the point of the photo is that the TV is fake, not that the photo is otherwise important. Just was surprised it wasn't implemented."
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "x lighting"
CF ] 1 point Kitchen 14 turns
CF \|
CF \| > X LIGHTING
CF \|
CF \| You can't see any such thing.
CF \|
CF \| >		Knight_Otu says, "I mean, if it's faithful to a basic game, we probably shouldn't expect it to be."
		Knight_Otu says, "*BASIC"
		Jacqueline says, "Right"
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "x kitchen"
CF ] 1 point Kitchen 15 turns
CF \|
CF \| > X KITCHEN
CF \|
CF \| Just like the television in the other room, everything here looks
CF \| pretty normal enough for a kitchen — a stove, hobtops, a fridge, some
CF \| cabinets — except that it's all just mock-ups of some kind. Nothing
CF \| opens or works.
CF \|
CF \| >
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "x stove"
CF ] 1 point Kitchen 16 turns
CF \|
CF \| > X STOVE
CF \|
CF \| Just like the television in the other room, everything here looks
CF \| pretty normal enough for a kitchen — a stove, hobtops, a fridge, some
CF \| cabinets — except that it's all just mock-ups of some kind. Nothing
CF \| opens or works.
CF \|
CF \| >		Roger says, "I've seen stovetop and hob before, but not hobtop"
Jacqueline says (to ClubFloyd), "open fridge"
CF ] 1 point Kitchen 17 turns
CF \|
CF \| > OPEN FRIDGE
CF \|
CF \| They aren't something you can open.
CF \|
CF \| >		Knight_Otu says, "As long it's not a hobgoblin."
		Jacqueline says, "Perhaps the micropuzzle is that everything is a mockup, made of paper, and we should light it all on fire and watch it disappear."
		Jacqueline says, "I do not know why I thought that."
		Knight_Otu says, "That would be more of a pyropuzzle."
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "w"
CF ] 1 point Storage Room 18 turns
CF \|
CF \| > W
CF \|
CF \|
CF \| Storage Room
CF \| You are in a slightly musty storage room. Somewhat surprisingly, very
CF \| few things appear to actually be stored here.
CF \|
CF \| You can see a spool of thread here.
CF \|
CF \| You can go east to Kitchen and west from here.
CF \|
CF \| >		Jacqueline says, "hee"
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "x thread"
CF ] 1 point Storage Room 19 turns
CF \|
CF \| > X THREAD
CF \|
CF \| It's obviously a long spool of thread, but it seems thick enough to
CF \| qualify as a rope.
CF \|
CF \| >		Jacqueline exclaims, "Thread!"
		Jacqueline exclaims, "I mean... rope!"
		Knight_Otu asks, "Is it paper-thread?"
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "get it"
CF ] 2 points Storage Room 20 turns
CF \|
CF \| > GET IT
CF \|
CF \| Taken.
CF \|
CF \| [Your score has just gone up by one point.]
CF \|
CF \| >		Jacqueline says, "No. It is real rope-thread."
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "w"
CF ] 2 points Hallway 21 turns
CF \|
CF \| > W
CF \|
CF \|
CF \| Hallway
CF \| You are at the back of a dimly-lit hallway leading to a side exit from
CF \| the house.
CF \|
CF \| You can go south, east to Storage Room, and west from here.
CF \|
CF \| >
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "x hallway"
CF ] 2 points Hallway 21 turns
CF \|
CF \| > X HALLWAY
CF \|
CF \| You can't see any such thing.
CF \|
CF \| >
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "w"
CF ] 2 points Edge of Table 22 turns
CF \|
CF \| > W
CF \|
CF \|
CF \| Edge of Table
CF \| You are on the edge of a high table.
CF \|
CF \| A small hunk of cheese rests on an over-sized plate nearby.
CF \|
CF \| You can go south and east to Hallway from here.
CF \|
CF \| It is at this moment that you realise what seemed odd about the house
CF \| you were just in. While its size seemed normal to you at first, you
CF \| can now see that it is just a dollhouse sitting on a table inside a
CF \| much larger house — and you're also standing on that giant table
CF \| yourself.
CF \|
CF \| >		Knight_Otu says, "So that's why it's a micropuzzle."
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "x plate"
CF ] 2 points Edge of Table 23 turns
CF \|
CF \| > X PLATE
CF \|
CF \| An entirely unremarkable stoneware plate, apart from its size.
CF \|
CF \| On the plate is some cheese.
CF \|
CF \| >
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "x cheese"
CF ] 2 points Edge of Table 24 turns
CF \|
CF \| > X CHEESE
CF \|
CF \| It's plain and yellow, pretty standard for cheese I guess. Looks in
CF \| perfectly fine condition; hasn't started to go stale at all.
CF \|
CF \| >
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "get it"
CF ] 3 points Edge of Table 25 turns
CF \|
CF \| > GET IT
CF \|
CF \| Taken.
CF \|
CF \| [Your score has just gone up by one point.]
CF \|
CF \| >		Jacqueline says, "aha"
		Knight_Otu says, "Just casually stealing some giant's cheese."
		Jacqueline asks, "We ... took the giant cheese?"
		Knight_Otu says, "So it seems."
		Jacqueline asks, "Are we a mouse?"
		Knight_Otu says, "Didn't seem that way."
		Knight_Otu says, "I guess we'll know if we start saying cheeeese each turn"
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "s"
CF ] 3 points Base of Tree 26 turns
CF \|
CF \| > S
CF \|
CF \|
CF \| Base of Tree
CF \| You are at the base of a tall plastic tree on the edge of a high
CF \| table.
CF \|
CF \| You can go north to Edge of Table and east from here.
CF \|
CF \| >		Jacqueline says, "I mean, I'll give it a point for an interesting twist, I guess. Now we just need to take all these treasures back to the trophy case in the living room."
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "x tree"
CF ] 3 points Base of Tree 27 turns
CF \|
CF \| > X TREE
CF \|
CF \| It may be entirely made of plastic, but it towers above you, looking
CF \| as sturdy as a real tree.
CF \|
CF \| >
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "climb it"
CF ] 3 points Base of Tree 28 turns
CF \|
CF \| > CLIMB IT
CF \|
CF \| It is too smooth to climb.
CF \|
CF \| >		Knight_Otu says, "Aw."
		Jacqueline says, "Darn"
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "shake tree"
CF ] 3 points Base of Tree 28 turns
CF \|
CF \| > SHAKE TREE
CF \|
CF \| That's not a verb I recognise.
CF \|
CF \| >
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "e"
CF ] 3 points Outside the House 29 turns
CF \|
CF \| > E
CF \|
CF \|
CF \| Outside the House
CF \| You are outside the open door of a dollhouse, but at a scale matching
CF \| your own.
CF \|
CF \| You can go north to Hallway, east to Front Room, and west to Base of
CF \| Tree from here.
CF \|
CF \| >		Jacqueline says, "Oh no. I just remembered... THE COVER ART"
		Knight_Otu asks, "Big kitty coming up?"
		Jacqueline says, "Possibly, yeah. Big angry kitty."
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "e"
CF ] 3 points Front Room 30 turns
CF \|
CF \| > E
CF \|
CF \|
CF \| Front Room
CF \| You are in a yellow front room. Artificial light streams in through
CF \| the open door and windows.
CF \|
CF \| You can go east to By the Television and west to Outside the House
CF \| from here.
CF \|
CF \| >		Knight_Otu says, "I think we've seem the obvious exits."
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "w"
CF ] 3 points Outside the House 31 turns
CF \|
CF \| > W
CF \|
CF \|
CF \| Outside the House
CF \| You are outside the open door of a dollhouse, but at a scale matching
CF \| your own.
CF \|
CF \| You can go north to Hallway, east to Front Room, and west to Base of
CF \| Tree from here.
CF \|
CF \| >
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "w"
CF ] 3 points Base of Tree 32 turns
CF \|
CF \| > W
CF \|
CF \|
CF \| Base of Tree
CF \| You are at the base of a tall plastic tree on the edge of a high
CF \| table.
CF \|
CF \| You can go north to Edge of Table and east to Outside the House from
CF \| here.
CF \|
CF \| >
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "tie rope to tree"
CF ] 3 points Base of Tree 33 turns
CF \|
CF \| > TIE ROPE TO TREE
CF \|
CF \| You throw the thread up over a branch on the plastic tree and tie it
CF \| back to itself, securely fastening it. After throwing the rest of the
CF \| thread into the depths below, you quickly test it, and are confident
CF \| that it'll hold your weight.
CF \|
CF \| >
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "i"
CF ] 3 points Base of Tree 34 turns
CF \|
CF \| > I
CF \|
CF \| You are carrying:
CF \| some cheese
CF \| a cassette
CF \|
CF \| >
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "climb rope"
CF ] 3 points Base of Tree 34 turns
CF \|
CF \| > CLIMB ROPE
CF \|
CF \| You can't see any such thing.
CF \|
CF \| >
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "d"
CF ] 3 points Railway Siding 35 turns
CF \|
CF \| > D
CF \|
CF \| (climbing down the thread)
CF \|
CF \| Railway Siding
CF \| You are by a railway siding. The rail loops back around to the south
CF \| at this point.
CF \|
CF \| You can go north, south, and up climbing the tied thread to Base of
CF \| Tree from here.
CF \|
CF \| >
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "x rail"
CF ] 3 points Railway Siding 36 turns
CF \|
CF \| > X RAIL
CF \|
CF \| Metal rails on a plastic base. If not for the size, you'd easily
CF \| recognise it as coming from a model railway kit.
CF \|
CF \| >		Knight_Otu asks, "Who shrunk us?"
		Jacqueline says, "Possibly no one."
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "n"
CF ] 3 points Outside the Mousehole 37 turns
CF \|
CF \| > N
CF \|
CF \|
CF \| Outside the Mousehole
CF \| You are at a mousehole in a corner of the room.
CF \|
CF \| You can go south to Railway Siding and inside from here.
CF \|
CF \| >		Jacqueline says, "Possibly we were manufactured this way."
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "x mousehole"
CF ] 3 points Outside the Mousehole 38 turns
CF \|
CF \| > X MOUSEHOLE
CF \|
CF \| You imagine it's probably a regular-sized mousehole, but at your
CF \| current scale it's quite large enough to squeeze yourself inside.
CF \|
CF \| >		Knight_Otu says, "Possibly."
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "x me"
CF ] 3 points Outside the Mousehole 39 turns
CF \|
CF \| > X ME
CF \|
CF \| Well, you still look like your normal self as far as you can tell, but
CF \| judging by the size of things around you, you've shrunk to a fraction
CF \| of your original size. The good news is that the nausea seems to have
CF \| mostly worn off now too.
CF \|
CF \| >		Jacqueline says, "Oh"
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "in"
CF ] 3 points Inside the Mousehole 40 turns
CF \|
CF \| > IN
CF \|
CF \|
CF \| Inside the Mousehole
CF \| You are inside the mousehole. It is very dark in here.
CF \|
CF \| You can go south and outside to Outside the Mousehole from here.
CF \|
CF \| >		Jacqueline says, "Right. The nausea."
		Knight_Otu says, "The x me was updated."
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "s"
CF ] 3 points Dark Smelly Tunnel 41 turns
CF \|
CF \| > S
CF \|
CF \|
CF \| Dark Smelly Tunnel
CF \| You are further down a cold, dark, smelly tunnel.
CF \|
CF \| A fierce-looking mouse blocks the tunnel to the south. It stares at
CF \| you silently, but isn't making any moves.
CF \|
CF \| You can go north to Inside the Mousehole and south from here.
CF \|
CF \| >		Jacqueline asks, "what happens if we eat the cheese? Is it like... Alice in Wonderland cheese?"
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "undo"
CF ] 3 points Inside the Mousehole 40 turns
CF \|
CF \| > UNDO
CF \|
CF \| Inside the Mousehole
CF \| [Previous turn undone.]
CF \|
CF \| >		Knight_Otu says, "Well, we found the probable recipient of the cheese."
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "eat cheese"
CF ] 1 point Inside the Mousehole 41 turns
CF \|
CF \| > EAT CHEESE
CF \|
CF \| You munch on the cheese for a bit. It was indeed quite tasty, and you
CF \| feel refreshed.
CF \|
CF \| [Your score has just gone down by two points.]
CF \|
CF \| >
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "undo"
CF ] 3 points Inside the Mousehole 40 turns
CF \|
CF \| > UNDO
CF \|
CF \| Inside the Mousehole
CF \| [Previous turn undone.]
CF \|
CF \| >		Jacqueline says, "Hrm yeah. That's true -- okay, yeah. Hard undo."
		Knight_Otu says, "Score drop."
		Jacqueline says, "If only life gave us such contextual clues."
		Jacqueline says, "After that conversation with your boss, your score has gone down by 5 points."
		Knight_Otu says, "That is a good part of a score system."
		Knight_Otu says, "Of course, it requires the score system to align with our morals and to be well-implemented."
		Jacqueline nods. "Do our morals include luring mice with the cheese?"
		Knight_Otu says, "Adventure game scoring systems would reward us for bank robbery."
		Jacqueline says, "Heh. True."
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "s"
CF ] 3 points Dark Smelly Tunnel 41 turns
CF \|
CF \| > S
CF \|
CF \|
CF \| Dark Smelly Tunnel
CF \| You are further down a cold, dark, smelly tunnel.
CF \|
CF \| A fierce-looking mouse blocks the tunnel to the south. It stares at
CF \| you silently, but isn't making any moves.
CF \|
CF \| You can go north to Inside the Mousehole and south from here.
CF \|
CF \| >
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "x mouse"
CF ] 3 points Dark Smelly Tunnel 42 turns
CF \|
CF \| > X MOUSE
CF \|
CF \| It's too dark in here to make out many details, but you think it has
CF \| white fur and red eyes. It's definitely not looking pleased to see
CF \| you, however.
CF \|
CF \| >
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "talk to mouse"
CF ] 3 points Dark Smelly Tunnel 42 turns
CF \|
CF \| > TALK TO MOUSE
CF \|
CF \| That's not a verb I recognise.
CF \|
CF \| >
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "show cheese to mouse"
CF ] 3 points Dark Smelly Tunnel 43 turns
CF \|
CF \| > SHOW CHEESE TO MOUSE
CF \|
CF \| The mouse's nose quivers. It seems excited.
CF \|
CF \| >
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "give cheese to mouse"
CF ] 4 points Dark Smelly Tunnel 44 turns
CF \|
CF \| > GIVE CHEESE TO MOUSE
CF \|
CF \| The mouse's eyes fix on the cheese as it falls. It quickly lunges
CF \| forward, bites into the cheese with its teeth, and runs off into the
CF \| darkness, leaving the way south clear.
CF \|
CF \| [Your score has just gone up by one point.]
CF \|
CF \| >
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "s"
CF ] 4 points End of the Tunnel 45 turns
CF \|
CF \| > S
CF \|
CF \|
CF \| End of the Tunnel
CF \| You are at the end of a dark tunnel. A welcoming light spills in from
CF \| the exit.
CF \|
CF \| You can go north to Dark Smelly Tunnel and outside from here.
CF \|
CF \| >
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "out"
CF ] 4 points Toolshelf 46 turns
CF \|
CF \| > OUT
CF \|
CF \|
CF \| Toolshelf
CF \| You are on a shelf of disturbing tools — there is a stool nearby.
CF \|
CF \| You can see a bottle (with a fly buzzing idly around inside) here.
CF \|
CF \| You can go down to Stepstool and inside to End of the Tunnel from
CF \| here.
CF \|
CF \| >
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "x bottle"
CF ] 4 points Toolshelf 47 turns
CF \|
CF \| > X BOTTLE
CF \|
CF \| A simple glass bottle (currently closed). I suppose it must be pretty
CF \| small in reality, but to you it's hefty enough, though still
CF \| carryable.
CF \|
CF \| A fly is buzzing idly about inside the bottle.
CF \|
CF \| >
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "x fly"
CF ] 4 points Toolshelf 48 turns
CF \|
CF \| > X FLY
CF \|
CF \| A fly is buzzing idly about inside the bottle.
CF \|
CF \| >		Knight_Otu says, "I think I want to explore the rest of the rail system first."
		Jacqueline says, "mmkay"
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "n"
CF ] 4 points End of the Tunnel 49 turns
CF \|
CF \| > N
CF \|
CF \|
CF \| End of the Tunnel
CF \| You are at the end of a dark tunnel. A welcoming light spills in from
CF \| the exit.
CF \|
CF \| You can go north to Dark Smelly Tunnel and outside to Toolshelf from
CF \| here.
CF \|
CF \| >
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "n"
CF ] 4 points Dark Smelly Tunnel 50 turns
CF \|
CF \| > N
CF \|
CF \|
CF \| Dark Smelly Tunnel
CF \| You are further down a cold, dark, smelly tunnel.
CF \|
CF \| You can go north to Inside the Mousehole and south to End of the
CF \| Tunnel from here.
CF \|
CF \| >
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "n"
CF ] 4 points Inside the Mousehole 51 turns
CF \|
CF \| > N
CF \|
CF \|
CF \| Inside the Mousehole
CF \| You are inside the mousehole. It is very dark in here.
CF \|
CF \| You can go south to Dark Smelly Tunnel and outside to Outside the
CF \| Mousehole from here.
CF \|
CF \| >
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "out"
CF ] 4 points Outside the Mousehole 52 turns
CF \|
CF \| > OUT
CF \|
CF \|
CF \| Outside the Mousehole
CF \| You are at a mousehole in a corner of the room.
CF \|
CF \| You can go south to Railway Siding and inside to Inside the Mousehole
CF \| from here.
CF \|
CF \| >
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "s"
CF ] 4 points Railway Siding 53 turns
CF \|
CF \| > S
CF \|
CF \|
CF \| Railway Siding
CF \| You are by a railway siding. The rail loops back around to the south
CF \| at this point.
CF \|
CF \| You can go north to Outside the Mousehole, south, and up climbing the
CF \| tied thread to Base of Tree from here.
CF \|
CF \| >
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "s"
CF ] 4 points Railway Switch 54 turns
CF \|
CF \| > S
CF \|
CF \|
CF \| Railway Switch
CF \| You are by a large switch connected to the railway tracks.
CF \|
CF \| A model train rests on the tracks.
CF \|
CF \| You can go north to Railway Siding and east from here.
CF \|
CF \| >
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "x train"
CF ] 4 points Railway Switch 55 turns
CF \|
CF \| > X TRAIN
CF \|
CF \| A model train, made almost entirely of metal with a few pieces of
CF \| plastic, standing roughly as tall as you are at the moment.
CF \|
CF \| >		Jacqueline asks, "Can we drive the train??"
		Jacqueline says, "ooh ooh ooh"
		Knight_Otu says, "I suspect so."
		Jacqueline jumps up and down.
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "x switch"
CF ] 4 points Railway Switch 56 turns
CF \|
CF \| > X SWITCH
CF \|
CF \| It is currently switched to the left.
CF \|
CF \| The switch is currently switched off.
CF \|
CF \| >
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "enter train"
CF ] 4 points Railway Switch 57 turns
CF \|
CF \| > ENTER TRAIN
CF \|
CF \| You get onto the model train.
CF \|
CF \| >
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "turn switch"
CF ] 4 points Railway Switch 58 turns
CF \|
CF \| > TURN SWITCH
CF \|
CF \| It is fixed in place.
CF \|
CF \| >
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "switch switch"
CF ] 4 points Railway Switch 59 turns
CF \|
CF \| > SWITCH SWITCH
CF \|
CF \| You can't quite reach it while onboard the train.
CF \|
CF \| >
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "out"
CF ] 4 points Railway Switch 60 turns
CF \|
CF \| > OUT
CF \|
CF \| You get off the model train.
CF \|
CF \| Railway Switch
CF \| You are by a large switch connected to the railway tracks.
CF \|
CF \| A model train rests on the tracks.
CF \|
CF \| You can go north to Railway Siding and east from here.
CF \|
CF \| >
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "switch switch"
CF ] 4 points Railway Switch 61 turns
CF \|
CF \| > SWITCH SWITCH
CF \|
CF \| You pull the switch to the right. The train swiftly chugs away and
CF \| disappears into a tunnel.
CF \|
CF \| >		Jacqueline exclaims, "!"
		Knight_Otu exclaims, "WAIT, TRAIN!"
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "x tunnel"
CF ] 4 points Railway Switch 61 turns
CF \|
CF \| > X TUNNEL
CF \|
CF \| You can't see any such thing.
CF \|
CF \| >
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "l"
CF ] 4 points Railway Switch 62 turns
CF \|
CF \| > L
CF \|
CF \| Railway Switch
CF \| You are by a large switch connected to the railway tracks.
CF \|
CF \| You can go north to Railway Siding and east from here.
CF \|
CF \| >		Jacqueline asks, "Undo?"
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "undo"
CF ] 4 points Railway Switch 61 turns
CF \|
CF \| > UNDO
CF \|
CF \| Railway Switch
CF \| [Previous turn undone.]
CF \|
CF \| >
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "undo"
CF ] 4 points Railway Switch 61 turns
CF \|
CF \| > UNDO
CF \|
CF \| Railway Switch
CF \| [Previous turn undone.]
CF \|
CF \| >
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "l"
CF ] 4 points Railway Switch 62 turns
CF \|
CF \| > L
CF \|
CF \| Railway Switch
CF \| You are by a large switch connected to the railway tracks.
CF \|
CF \| You can go north to Railway Siding and east from here.
CF \|
CF \| >
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "undo"
CF ] 4 points Railway Switch 61 turns
CF \|
CF \| > UNDO
CF \|
CF \| Railway Switch
CF \| [Previous turn undone.]
CF \|
CF \| >
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "undo"
CF ] 4 points Railway Switch 60 turns
CF \|
CF \| > UNDO
CF \|
CF \| Railway Switch
CF \| [Previous turn undone.]
CF \|
CF \| >
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "l"
CF ] 4 points Railway Switch 61 turns
CF \|
CF \| > L
CF \|
CF \| Railway Switch
CF \| You are by a large switch connected to the railway tracks.
CF \|
CF \| A model train rests on the tracks.
CF \|
CF \| You can go north to Railway Siding and east from here.
CF \|
CF \| >		Jacqueline says, "phew"
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "e"
CF ] 4 points Winding Track 62 turns
CF \|
CF \| > E
CF \|
CF \|
CF \| Winding Track
CF \| You are alongside the winding track.
CF \|
CF \| You can go east and west to Railway Switch from here.
CF \|
CF \| >
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "e"
CF ] 4 points End of the Line 63 turns
CF \|
CF \| > E
CF \|
CF \|
CF \| End of the Line
CF \| You are at the end of the line - the track disappears through a hole
CF \| in the wall.
CF \|
CF \| You can see a key here.
CF \|
CF \| You can go west to Winding Track from here.
CF \|
CF \| >
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "get key"
CF ] 5 points End of the Line 64 turns
CF \|
CF \| > GET KEY
CF \|
CF \| Taken.
CF \|
CF \| [Your score has just gone up by one point.]
CF \|
CF \| >
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "x hole"
CF ] 5 points End of the Line 65 turns
CF \|
CF \| > X HOLE
CF \|
CF \| It's set higher in the wall, and you can't reach it. But the track
CF \| appears to spiral up the wall and continue on through it.
CF \|
CF \| >
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "x key"
CF ] 5 points End of the Line 66 turns
CF \|
CF \| > X KEY
CF \|
CF \| An ordinary key — albeit one that's larger than you are.
CF \| The number "111" is engraved on it.
CF \|
CF \| >		Jacqueline says, "I wonder if ... I mean, it seems slightly ambitious for a game of this era for us to be able to board the train and hit the switch with something long like a pole or something, but maybe."
		Knight_Otu says, "It seems ambitious, yes."
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "w"
CF ] 5 points Winding Track 67 turns
CF \|
CF \| > W
CF \|
CF \|
CF \| Winding Track
CF \| You are alongside the winding track.
CF \|
CF \| You can go east to End of the Line and west to Railway Switch from
CF \| here.
CF \|
CF \| >
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "w"
CF ] 5 points Railway Switch 68 turns
CF \|
CF \| > W
CF \|
CF \|
CF \| Railway Switch
CF \| You are by a large switch connected to the railway tracks.
CF \|
CF \| A model train rests on the tracks.
CF \|
CF \| You can go north to Railway Siding and east to Winding Track from
CF \| here.
CF \|
CF \| >
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "enter train"
CF ] 5 points Railway Switch 69 turns
CF \|
CF \| > ENTER TRAIN
CF \|
CF \| You get onto the model train.
CF \|
CF \| >
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "switch switch with key"
CF ] 5 points Railway Switch 69 turns
CF \|
CF \| > SWITCH SWITCH WITH KEY
CF \|
CF \| You can't see any such thing.
CF \|
CF \| >
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "i"
CF ] 5 points Railway Switch 70 turns
CF \|
CF \| > I
CF \|
CF \| You are carrying:
CF \| a key
CF \| a cassette
CF \|
CF \| >		Knight_Otu says, "Hm."
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "stand"
CF ] 5 points Railway Switch 71 turns
CF \|
CF \| > STAND
CF \|
CF \| You get off the model train.
CF \|
CF \| Railway Switch
CF \| You are by a large switch connected to the railway tracks.
CF \|
CF \| A model train rests on the tracks.
CF \|
CF \| You can go north to Railway Siding and east to Winding Track from
CF \| here.
CF \|
CF \| >
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "n"
CF ] 5 points Railway Siding 72 turns
CF \|
CF \| > N
CF \|
CF \|
CF \| Railway Siding
CF \| You are by a railway siding. The rail loops back around to the south
CF \| at this point.
CF \|
CF \| You can go north to Outside the Mousehole, south to Railway Switch,
CF \| and up climbing the tied thread to Base of Tree from here.
CF \|
CF \| A distant alarm klaxon sounds briefly, and a robotic voice announces,
CF \| "System failsafe triggered. Maximiser will self-destruct in 30
CF \| minutes."
CF \|
CF \| >		Knight_Otu exclaims, "WAH!"
		Jacqueline asks, "What?"
		Jacqueline asks, "How?"
		Knight_Otu says, "I don't know."
		Roger says, "I would guess it's a turn-count thing"
		Knight_Otu says, "Maybe it... right."
		Knight_Otu says, "What Roger said."
		Knight_Otu says, "I guess we try the mouse tunnels for now."
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "n"
CF ] 5 points Outside the Mousehole 73 turns
CF \|
CF \| > N
CF \|
CF \|
CF \| Outside the Mousehole
CF \| You are at a mousehole in a corner of the room.
CF \|
CF \| You can go south to Railway Siding and inside to Inside the Mousehole
CF \| from here.
CF \|
CF \| >
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "in"
CF ] 5 points Outside the Mousehole 74 turns
CF \|
CF \| > IN
CF \|
CF \| The key is too large to fit through the mousehole.
CF \|
CF \| >		Knight_Otu says, "Ah."
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "undo"
CF ] 5 points Outside the Mousehole 73 turns
CF \|
CF \| > UNDO
CF \|
CF \| Outside the Mousehole
CF \| [Previous turn undone.]
CF \|
CF \| >
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "undo"
CF ] 5 points Railway Siding 72 turns
CF \|
CF \| > UNDO
CF \|
CF \| Railway Siding
CF \| [Previous turn undone.]
CF \|
CF \| >
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "undo"
CF ] 5 points Railway Switch 71 turns
CF \|
CF \| > UNDO
CF \|
CF \| Railway Switch
CF \| [Previous turn undone.]
CF \|
CF \| >
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "put key on train"
CF ] 5 points Railway Switch 72 turns
CF \|
CF \| > PUT KEY ON TRAIN
CF \|
CF \| You put the key on the model train.
CF \|
CF \| A distant alarm klaxon sounds briefly, and a robotic voice announces,
CF \| "System failsafe triggered. Maximiser will self-destruct in 30
CF \| minutes."
CF \|
CF \| >
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "switch switch"
CF ] 5 points Railway Switch 73 turns
CF \|
CF \| > SWITCH SWITCH
CF \|
CF \| You pull the switch to the right. The train swiftly chugs away and
CF \| disappears into a tunnel.
CF \|
CF \| >
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "n"
CF ] 5 points Railway Siding 74 turns
CF \|
CF \| > N
CF \|
CF \|
CF \| Railway Siding
CF \| You are by a railway siding. The rail loops back around to the south
CF \| at this point.
CF \|
CF \| You can go north to Outside the Mousehole, south to Railway Switch,
CF \| and up climbing the tied thread to Base of Tree from here.
CF \|
CF \| >
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "n"
CF ] 5 points Outside the Mousehole 75 turns
CF \|
CF \| > N
CF \|
CF \|
CF \| Outside the Mousehole
CF \| You are at a mousehole in a corner of the room.
CF \|
CF \| You can go south to Railway Siding and inside to Inside the Mousehole
CF \| from here.
CF \|
CF \| >
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "in"
CF ] 5 points Inside the Mousehole 76 turns
CF \|
CF \| > IN
CF \|
CF \|
CF \| Inside the Mousehole
CF \| You are inside the mousehole. It is very dark in here.
CF \|
CF \| You can go south to Dark Smelly Tunnel and outside to Outside the
CF \| Mousehole from here.
CF \|
CF \| >
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "s"
CF ] 5 points Dark Smelly Tunnel 77 turns
CF \|
CF \| > S
CF \|
CF \|
CF \| Dark Smelly Tunnel
CF \| You are further down a cold, dark, smelly tunnel.
CF \|
CF \| You can go north to Inside the Mousehole and south to End of the
CF \| Tunnel from here.
CF \|
CF \| >
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "s"
CF ] 5 points End of the Tunnel 78 turns
CF \|
CF \| > S
CF \|
CF \|
CF \| End of the Tunnel
CF \| You are at the end of a dark tunnel. A welcoming light spills in from
CF \| the exit.
CF \|
CF \| You can go north to Dark Smelly Tunnel and outside to Toolshelf from
CF \| here.
CF \|
CF \| >
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "out"
CF ] 5 points Toolshelf 79 turns
CF \|
CF \| > OUT
CF \|
CF \|
CF \| Toolshelf
CF \| You are on a shelf of disturbing tools — there is a stool nearby.
CF \|
CF \| You can see a bottle (with a fly buzzing idly around inside) here.
CF \|
CF \| You can go down to Stepstool and inside to End of the Tunnel from
CF \| here.
CF \|
CF \| >
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "get bottle"
CF ] 6 points Toolshelf 80 turns
CF \|
CF \| > GET BOTTLE
CF \|
CF \| Taken.
CF \|
CF \| [Your score has just gone up by one point.]
CF \|
CF \| >
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "d"
CF ] 6 points Stepstool 81 turns
CF \|
CF \| > D
CF \|
CF \|
CF \| Stepstool
CF \| You are on a short wooden step stool.
CF \|
CF \| You are confronted by a large cat.
CF \|
CF \| You can go up to Toolshelf and down from here.
CF \|
CF \| >		Knight_Otu says, "Hey there kitty."
		Jacqueline says, "Hey there kitty"
		Jacqueline says, "I'm sure the cat is friendly."
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "i"
CF ] 6 points Stepstool 82 turns
CF \|
CF \| > I
CF \|
CF \| You are carrying:
CF \| a bottle (closed)
CF \| a fly
CF \| a cassette
CF \|
CF \| >		Jacqueline says, "Totally friendly."
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "x cat"
CF ] 6 points Stepstool 83 turns
CF \|
CF \| > X CAT
CF \|
CF \| An enormous tabby cat, curled up across the entire first rung down the
CF \| stepstool, though not asleep. She doesn't appear interested in you —
CF \| for now.
CF \|
CF \| >
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "SAVE"
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "cf1"
CF \| >
CF \| > SAVE
CF \| %% Enter a save filename to write:
CF ] 6 points Stepstool 83 turns
CF \| Ok.
CF \|
CF \| >
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "d"
CF ] 6 points Stepstool 84 turns
CF \|
CF \| > D
CF \|
CF \| The cat shows no inclination to vacate her seat, and will not let you
CF \| pass.
CF \|
CF \| >		Jacqueline says, "Good use of save, I think."
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "open bottle"
CF ] 7 points Stepstool 85 turns
CF \|
CF \| > OPEN BOTTLE
CF \|
CF \| A loudly buzzing fly flies out -- and the cat chases after it!
CF \|
CF \| [Your score has just gone up by one point.]
CF \|
CF \| >		Knight_Otu says, "Hah."
		Jacqueline says, "Nice"
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "d"
CF ] 7 points Box of Electronics 86 turns
CF \|
CF \| > D
CF \|
CF \|
CF \| Box of Electronics
CF \| You are on the floor, standing on an overturned box of broken
CF \| electronic parts.
CF \|
CF \| You can go east and up to Stepstool from here.
CF \|
CF \| >
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "x parts"
CF ] 7 points Box of Electronics 86 turns
CF \|
CF \| > X PARTS
CF \|
CF \| You can't see any such thing.
CF \|
CF \| >
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "e"
CF ] 7 points Hole in the Wall 87 turns
CF \|
CF \| > E
CF \|
CF \|
CF \| Hole in the Wall
CF \| You are at a hole in the wall, from which a railway line emerges.
CF \|
CF \| A model train rests on the tracks.
CF \|
CF \| On the model train is a key.
CF \|
CF \| You can go east and west to Box of Electronics from here.
CF \|
CF \| >
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "get key"
CF ] 7 points Hole in the Wall 88 turns
CF \|
CF \| > GET KEY
CF \|
CF \| Taken.
CF \|
CF \| >		Knight_Otu says, "Thank you, faithful train."
		Jacqueline says, "Yeah"
		Jacqueline says, "Good job on that, KO"
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "e"
CF ] 7 points Base of Chair 89 turns
CF \|
CF \| > E
CF \|
CF \|
CF \| Base of Chair
CF \| You are at the base of a swivel chair.
CF \|
CF \| You can go north, east, and west to Hole in the Wall from here.
CF \|
CF \| >		Knight_Otu says, "Fork in the path."
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "n"
CF ] 7 points Security Room 90 turns
CF \|
CF \| > N
CF \|
CF \|
CF \| Security Room
CF \| You are below a whole wall of oversized video screens.
CF \|
CF \| You can see a remote control here.
CF \|
CF \| You can go south to Base of Chair from here.
CF \|
CF \| >		Jacqueline says, "Security room. huh"
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "x remote"
CF ] 7 points Security Room 91 turns
CF \|
CF \| > X REMOTE
CF \|
CF \| There is a single big red button on the remote control.
CF \|
CF \| >		Jacqueline says, "PUSH IT"
		Jacqueline says, "Maybe save first"
		Jacqueline says, "I guess we have undo"
		Knight_Otu says, "Oh dear, big red buttons."
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "SAVE"
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "cf2"
CF \| >
CF \| > SAVE
CF \| %% Enter a save filename to write:
CF ] 7 points Security Room 91 turns
CF \| Ok.
CF \|
CF \| >		Jacqueline says, "Yeah. Big red buttons are the best."
		Knight_Otu says, "Unless it catapults us out of the game."
		Jacqueline says, "heh"
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "push button"
CF ] 7 points Security Room 92 turns
CF \|
CF \| > PUSH BUTTON
CF \|
CF \| You press the button, but nothing much seems to happen. Maybe you
CF \| need to be more specific about what you're trying to control with it?
CF \|
CF \| >		Jacqueline says, "huh"
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "x screens"
CF ] 7 points Security Room 93 turns
CF \|
CF \| > X SCREENS
CF \|
CF \| The screens are displaying various security camera angles — mostly of
CF \| places you've already seen, although a few are unfamiliar to you at
CF \| the moment.
CF \|
CF \| >
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "get remote"
CF ] 8 points Security Room 94 turns
CF \|
CF \| > GET REMOTE
CF \|
CF \| Taken.
CF \|
CF \| [Your score has just gone up by one point.]
CF \|
CF \| >
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "l"
CF ] 8 points Security Room 95 turns
CF \|
CF \| > L
CF \|
CF \| Security Room
CF \| You are below a whole wall of oversized video screens.
CF \|
CF \| You can go south to Base of Chair from here.
CF \|
CF \| >		Roger says, "on one hand that makes no sense"
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "s"
CF ] 8 points Base of Chair 96 turns
CF \|
CF \| > S
CF \|
CF \|
CF \| Base of Chair
CF \| You are at the base of a swivel chair.
CF \|
CF \| You can go north to Security Room, east, and west to Hole in the Wall
CF \| from here.
CF \|
CF \| >
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "e"
CF ] 8 points Terminal Desk 97 turns
CF \|
CF \| > E
CF \|
CF \|
CF \| Terminal Desk
CF \| You are standing on a terminal with a security lock.
CF \|
CF \| You can go north and west to Base of Chair from here.
CF \|
CF \| >		Roger says, "on the other, a lifetime of experience of watching people very-emphatically point a remote control at things"
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "x lock"
CF ] 8 points Terminal Desk 98 turns
CF \|
CF \| > X LOCK
CF \|
CF \| A large keyhole is set into the side of the terminal near the
CF \| keyboard. It is empty.
CF \|
CF \| >
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "undo"
CF ] 8 points Terminal Desk 97 turns
CF \|
CF \| > UNDO
CF \|
CF \| Terminal Desk
CF \| [Previous turn undone.]
CF \|
CF \| >		Jacqueline says, "oho lock"
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "put key in keyhole"
CF ] 8 points Terminal Desk 98 turns
CF \|
CF \| > PUT KEY IN KEYHOLE
CF \|
CF \| That can't contain things.
CF \|
CF \| >		Jacqueline asks, "Just unlock?"
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "unlock terminal with key"
CF ] 9 points Terminal Desk 99 turns
CF \|
CF \| > UNLOCK TERMINAL WITH KEY
CF \|
CF \| After quite a bit of manhandling, you are able to manoeuvre the key
CF \| into the keyhole and turn it. Gratifyingly, the terminal lights up.
CF \|
CF \| [Your score has just gone up by one point.]
CF \|
CF \| >		Knight_Otu says, "Yep."
		Knight_Otu says, "The "It is empty" made me do it."
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "x terminal"
CF ] 9 points Terminal Desk 100 turns
CF \|
CF \| > X TERMINAL
CF \|
CF \| A cursor is blinking away, obviously waiting for input.
CF \|
CF \| The terminal is currently switched on.
CF \|
CF \| >		Jacqueline nods.
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "put cassete in terminal"
CF ] 9 points Terminal Desk 100 turns
CF \|
CF \| > PUT CASSETE IN TERMINAL
CF \|
CF \| You can't see any such thing.
CF \|
CF \| >
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "i"
CF ] 9 points Terminal Desk 101 turns
CF \|
CF \| > I
CF \|
CF \| You are carrying:
CF \| a remote control
CF \| a bottle (open but empty)
CF \| a cassette
CF \|
CF \| >
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "put cassette in terminal"
CF ] 9 points Terminal Desk 101 turns
CF \|
CF \| > PUT CASSETTE IN TERMINAL
CF \|
CF \| That can't contain things.
CF \|
CF \|
CF \|
CF \| * KABOOM *
CF \|
CF \|
CF \| You have run out of time. The maximiser has self-destructed.
CF \|
CF \| In that game you scored 9 out of a possible 20, in 101 turns.
CF \|
CF \|
CF \| Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game, QUIT, or UNDO the
CF \| last command?
CF \| >		Knight_Otu says, "I think we restart."
		Jacqueline says, "Well okay then."
		Jacqueline says, "Yeah."
		Jacqueline says, "Speed-run."
		Knight_Otu says, "We'll have more... right."
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "restart"
CF ] 0 points Front Room 1 turn
CF \|
CF \|
CF \|
CF \|
CF \| Just some quick housekeeping to make sure you can read the text
CF \| correctly.
CF \| Do you see a dash and bullet here: — • (yes) or do you see
CF \| something
CF \| else (no)?
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "yes"
CF ] 0 points Front Room 1 turn
CF \|
CF \|
CF \| What's happened?
CF \| Where are you?
CF \| Everything appears fairly normal, though you do feel a bit sick.
CF \| Better take a look around and see if you can find out what's going on.
CF \|
CF \| Micropuzzle
CF \| A Diminutive Adventure by Gavin Lambert
CF \| Based on a BASIC program written by Les Howarth
CF \| From the book Weird Computer Games copyright © 1984 Usborne
CF \| Publishing Ltd.
CF \| Release 1 / Serial number 200511 / Inform 7 build 6M62 (I6/v6.33 lib
CF \| 6/12N)
CF \|
CF \| You awaken...
CF \|
CF \| Front Room
CF \| You are in a yellow front room. Sunlight streams in through the open
CF \| door and windows.
CF \|
CF \| You can go east and west from here.
CF \|
CF \| >
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "e"
CF ] 0 points By the Television 2 turns
CF \|
CF \| > E
CF \|
CF \|
CF \| By the Television
CF \| You are by a TV set and recorder.
CF \|
CF \| You can go north and west to Front Room from here.
CF \|
CF \| >
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "x recorder"
CF ] 0 points By the Television 3 turns
CF \|
CF \| > X RECORDER
CF \|
CF \| A micro cassette tape is sitting partially ejected from the front of
CF \| the VCR.
CF \|
CF \| >
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "get tape"
CF ] 1 point By the Television 4 turns
CF \|
CF \| > GET TAPE
CF \|
CF \| Taken.
CF \|
CF \| [Your score has just gone up by one point.]
CF \|
CF \| >
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "n"
CF ] 1 point Kitchen 5 turns
CF \|
CF \| > N
CF \|
CF \|
CF \| Kitchen
CF \| You are in the kitchen. The lighting is a bit more subdued back here.
CF \|
CF \| You can go south to By the Television and west from here.
CF \|
CF \| >
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "w"
CF ] 1 point Storage Room 6 turns
CF \|
CF \| > W
CF \|
CF \|
CF \| Storage Room
CF \| You are in a slightly musty storage room. Somewhat surprisingly, very
CF \| few things appear to actually be stored here.
CF \|
CF \| You can see a spool of thread here.
CF \|
CF \| You can go east to Kitchen and west from here.
CF \|
CF \| >
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "get thread"
CF ] 2 points Storage Room 7 turns
CF \|
CF \| > GET THREAD
CF \|
CF \| Taken.
CF \|
CF \| [Your score has just gone up by one point.]
CF \|
CF \| >
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "w"
CF ] 2 points Hallway 8 turns
CF \|
CF \| > W
CF \|
CF \|
CF \| Hallway
CF \| You are at the back of a dimly-lit hallway leading to a side exit from
CF \| the house.
CF \|
CF \| You can go south, east to Storage Room, and west from here.
CF \|
CF \| >
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "w"
CF ] 2 points Edge of Table 9 turns
CF \|
CF \| > W
CF \|
CF \|
CF \| Edge of Table
CF \| You are on the edge of a high table.
CF \|
CF \| A small hunk of cheese rests on an over-sized plate nearby.
CF \|
CF \| You can go south and east to Hallway from here.
CF \|
CF \| It is at this moment that you realise what seemed odd about the house
CF \| you were just in. While its size seemed normal to you at first, you
CF \| can now see that it is just a dollhouse sitting on a table inside a
CF \| much larger house — and you're also standing on that giant table
CF \| yourself.
CF \|
CF \| >
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "x plate"
CF ] 2 points Edge of Table 10 turns
CF \|
CF \| > X PLATE
CF \|
CF \| An entirely unremarkable stoneware plate, apart from its size.
CF \|
CF \| On the plate is some cheese.
CF \|
CF \| >
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "get cheese"
CF ] 3 points Edge of Table 11 turns
CF \|
CF \| > GET CHEESE
CF \|
CF \| Taken.
CF \|
CF \| [Your score has just gone up by one point.]
CF \|
CF \| >
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "s"
CF ] 3 points Base of Tree 12 turns
CF \|
CF \| > S
CF \|
CF \|
CF \| Base of Tree
CF \| You are at the base of a tall plastic tree on the edge of a high
CF \| table.
CF \|
CF \| You can go north to Edge of Table and east from here.
CF \|
CF \| >
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "tie rope to tree"
CF ] 3 points Base of Tree 13 turns
CF \|
CF \| > TIE ROPE TO TREE
CF \|
CF \| You throw the thread up over a branch on the plastic tree and tie it
CF \| back to itself, securely fastening it. After throwing the rest of the
CF \| thread into the depths below, you quickly test it, and are confident
CF \| that it'll hold your weight.
CF \|
CF \| >
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "d"
CF ] 3 points Railway Siding 14 turns
CF \|
CF \| > D
CF \|
CF \| (climbing down the thread)
CF \|
CF \| Railway Siding
CF \| You are by a railway siding. The rail loops back around to the south
CF \| at this point.
CF \|
CF \| You can go north, south, and up climbing the tied thread to Base of
CF \| Tree from here.
CF \|
CF \| >
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "s"
CF ] 3 points Railway Switch 15 turns
CF \|
CF \| > S
CF \|
CF \|
CF \| Railway Switch
CF \| You are by a large switch connected to the railway tracks.
CF \|
CF \| A model train rests on the tracks.
CF \|
CF \| You can go north to Railway Siding and east from here.
CF \|
CF \| >
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "e"
CF ] 3 points Winding Track 16 turns
CF \|
CF \| > E
CF \|
CF \|
CF \| Winding Track
CF \| You are alongside the winding track.
CF \|
CF \| You can go east and west to Railway Switch from here.
CF \|
CF \| >
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "e"
CF ] 3 points End of the Line 17 turns
CF \|
CF \| > E
CF \|
CF \|
CF \| End of the Line
CF \| You are at the end of the line - the track disappears through a hole
CF \| in the wall.
CF \|
CF \| You can see a key here.
CF \|
CF \| You can go west to Winding Track from here.
CF \|
CF \| >
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "get key"
CF ] 4 points End of the Line 18 turns
CF \|
CF \| > GET KEY
CF \|
CF \| Taken.
CF \|
CF \| [Your score has just gone up by one point.]
CF \|
CF \| >
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "w"
CF ] 4 points Winding Track 19 turns
CF \|
CF \| > W
CF \|
CF \|
CF \| Winding Track
CF \| You are alongside the winding track.
CF \|
CF \| You can go east to End of the Line and west to Railway Switch from
CF \| here.
CF \|
CF \| >
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "w"
CF ] 4 points Railway Switch 20 turns
CF \|
CF \| > W
CF \|
CF \|
CF \| Railway Switch
CF \| You are by a large switch connected to the railway tracks.
CF \|
CF \| A model train rests on the tracks.
CF \|
CF \| You can go north to Railway Siding and east to Winding Track from
CF \| here.
CF \|
CF \| >
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "put key on train"
CF ] 4 points Railway Switch 21 turns
CF \|
CF \| > PUT KEY ON TRAIN
CF \|
CF \| You put the key on the model train.
CF \|
CF \| >
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "switch switch"
CF ] 4 points Railway Switch 22 turns
CF \|
CF \| > SWITCH SWITCH
CF \|
CF \| You pull the switch to the right. The train swiftly chugs away and
CF \| disappears into a tunnel.
CF \|
CF \| >
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "n"
CF ] 4 points Railway Siding 23 turns
CF \|
CF \| > N
CF \|
CF \|
CF \| Railway Siding
CF \| You are by a railway siding. The rail loops back around to the south
CF \| at this point.
CF \|
CF \| You can go north, south to Railway Switch, and up climbing the tied
CF \| thread to Base of Tree from here.
CF \|
CF \| >
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "n"
CF ] 4 points Outside the Mousehole 24 turns
CF \|
CF \| > N
CF \|
CF \|
CF \| Outside the Mousehole
CF \| You are at a mousehole in a corner of the room.
CF \|
CF \| You can go south to Railway Siding and inside from here.
CF \|
CF \| >
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "in"
CF ] 4 points Inside the Mousehole 25 turns
CF \|
CF \| > IN
CF \|
CF \|
CF \| Inside the Mousehole
CF \| You are inside the mousehole. It is very dark in here.
CF \|
CF \| You can go south and outside to Outside the Mousehole from here.
CF \|
CF \| >
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "s"
CF ] 4 points Dark Smelly Tunnel 26 turns
CF \|
CF \| > S
CF \|
CF \|
CF \| Dark Smelly Tunnel
CF \| You are further down a cold, dark, smelly tunnel.
CF \|
CF \| A fierce-looking mouse blocks the tunnel to the south. It stares at
CF \| you silently, but isn't making any moves.
CF \|
CF \| You can go north to Inside the Mousehole and south from here.
CF \|
CF \| >
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "give cheese to mouse"
CF ] 5 points Dark Smelly Tunnel 27 turns
CF \|
CF \| > GIVE CHEESE TO MOUSE
CF \|
CF \| The mouse's eyes fix on the cheese as it falls. It quickly lunges
CF \| forward, bites into the cheese with its teeth, and runs off into the
CF \| darkness, leaving the way south clear.
CF \|
CF \| [Your score has just gone up by one point.]
CF \|
CF \| >
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "s"
CF ] 5 points End of the Tunnel 28 turns
CF \|
CF \| > S
CF \|
CF \|
CF \| End of the Tunnel
CF \| You are at the end of a dark tunnel. A welcoming light spills in from
CF \| the exit.
CF \|
CF \| You can go north to Dark Smelly Tunnel and outside from here.
CF \|
CF \| >
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "s"
CF ] 5 points Toolshelf 29 turns
CF \|
CF \| > S
CF \|
CF \|
CF \| Toolshelf
CF \| You are on a shelf of disturbing tools — there is a stool nearby.
CF \|
CF \| You can see a bottle (with a fly buzzing idly around inside) here.
CF \|
CF \| You can go down to Stepstool and inside to End of the Tunnel from
CF \| here.
CF \|
CF \| >
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "get bottle"
CF ] 6 points Toolshelf 30 turns
CF \|
CF \| > GET BOTTLE
CF \|
CF \| Taken.
CF \|
CF \| [Your score has just gone up by one point.]
CF \|
CF \| >
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "d"
CF ] 6 points Stepstool 31 turns
CF \|
CF \| > D
CF \|
CF \|
CF \| Stepstool
CF \| You are on a short wooden step stool.
CF \|
CF \| You are confronted by a large cat.
CF \|
CF \| You can go up to Toolshelf and down from here.
CF \|
CF \| >
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "open bottle"
CF ] 7 points Stepstool 32 turns
CF \|
CF \| > OPEN BOTTLE
CF \|
CF \| A loudly buzzing fly flies out -- and the cat chases after it!
CF \|
CF \| [Your score has just gone up by one point.]
CF \|
CF \| >
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "d"
CF ] 7 points Box of Electronics 33 turns
CF \|
CF \| > D
CF \|
CF \|
CF \| Box of Electronics
CF \| You are on the floor, standing on an overturned box of broken
CF \| electronic parts.
CF \|
CF \| You can go east and up to Stepstool from here.
CF \|
CF \| >
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "e"
CF ] 7 points Hole in the Wall 34 turns
CF \|
CF \| > E
CF \|
CF \|
CF \| Hole in the Wall
CF \| You are at a hole in the wall, from which a railway line emerges.
CF \|
CF \| A model train rests on the tracks.
CF \|
CF \| On the model train is a key.
CF \|
CF \| You can go east and west to Box of Electronics from here.
CF \|
CF \| >
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "get key"
CF ] 7 points Hole in the Wall 35 turns
CF \|
CF \| > GET KEY
CF \|
CF \| Taken.
CF \|
CF \| >
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "e"
CF ] 7 points Base of Chair 36 turns
CF \|
CF \| > E
CF \|
CF \|
CF \| Base of Chair
CF \| You are at the base of a swivel chair.
CF \|
CF \| You can go north, east, and west to Hole in the Wall from here.
CF \|
CF \| >
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "n"
CF ] 7 points Security Room 37 turns
CF \|
CF \| > N
CF \|
CF \|
CF \| Security Room
CF \| You are below a whole wall of oversized video screens.
CF \|
CF \| You can see a remote control here.
CF \|
CF \| You can go south to Base of Chair from here.
CF \|
CF \| >
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "get remote"
CF ] 8 points Security Room 38 turns
CF \|
CF \| > GET REMOTE
CF \|
CF \| Taken.
CF \|
CF \| [Your score has just gone up by one point.]
CF \|
CF \| >
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "s"
CF ] 8 points Base of Chair 39 turns
CF \|
CF \| > S
CF \|
CF \|
CF \| Base of Chair
CF \| You are at the base of a swivel chair.
CF \|
CF \| You can go north to Security Room, east, and west to Hole in the Wall
CF \| from here.
CF \|
CF \| >
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "e"
CF ] 8 points Terminal Desk 40 turns
CF \|
CF \| > E
CF \|
CF \|
CF \| Terminal Desk
CF \| You are standing on a terminal with a security lock.
CF \|
CF \| You can go north and west to Base of Chair from here.
CF \|
CF \| >
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "unlock terminal with key"
CF ] 9 points Terminal Desk 41 turns
CF \|
CF \| > UNLOCK TERMINAL WITH KEY
CF \|
CF \| After quite a bit of manhandling, you are able to manoeuvre the key
CF \| into the keyhole and turn it. Gratifyingly, the terminal lights up.
CF \|
CF \| [Your score has just gone up by one point.]
CF \|
CF \| >
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "SAVE"
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "cf3"
CF \| >
CF \| > SAVE
CF \| %% Enter a save filename to write:
CF ] 9 points Terminal Desk 41 turns
CF \| Ok.
CF \|
CF \| >		Jacqueline says, "Good deal"
		Knight_Otu says, "There we go."
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "x terminal"
CF ] 9 points Terminal Desk 42 turns
CF \|
CF \| > X TERMINAL
CF \|
CF \| A cursor is blinking away, obviously waiting for input.
CF \|
CF \| The terminal is currently switched on.
CF \|
CF \| >		Jacqueline says, "So, I was going to make a joke about BASIC programming here, but your approach of using the cassette is probably better."
		Knight_Otu says, "Of course, the terminal doesn't accept the cassette itself."
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "i"
CF ] 9 points Terminal Desk 43 turns
CF \|
CF \| > I
CF \|
CF \| You are carrying:
CF \| a remote control
CF \| a bottle (open but empty)
CF \| a cassette
CF \|
CF \| >
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "push button"
CF ] 9 points Terminal Desk 44 turns
CF \|
CF \| > PUSH BUTTON
CF \|
CF \| You press the button, but nothing much seems to happen. Maybe you
CF \| need to be more specific about what you're trying to control with it?
CF \|
CF \| >		Jacqueline says, "Oh. I'd missed that in the explosion."
		Knight_Otu says, "Well, we have a save, and a direction to explore further."
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "n"
CF ] 9 points Maximiser Pad 45 turns
CF \|
CF \| > N
CF \|
CF \|
CF \| Maximiser Pad
CF \| You are standing on the Maximiser pad.
CF \|
CF \| The business end of the Maximiser looms over you.
CF \|
CF \| You can go south to Terminal Desk from here.
CF \|
CF \| >
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "x maximiser"
CF ] 9 points Maximiser Pad 46 turns
CF \|
CF \| > X MAXIMISER
CF \|
CF \| Half ray-gun, half telescope — but your only hope of making it out of
CF \| this in some semblance of normalcy.
CF \|
CF \| >
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "x end"
CF ] 9 points Maximiser Pad 46 turns
CF \|
CF \| > X END
CF \|
CF \| You can't see any such thing.
CF \|
CF \| >
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "s"
CF ] 9 points Terminal Desk 47 turns
CF \|
CF \| > S
CF \|
CF \|
CF \| Terminal Desk
CF \| You are standing on a terminal with a security lock.
CF \|
CF \| You can go north to Maximiser Pad and west to Base of Chair from here.
CF \|
CF \| >		Jacqueline asks, "I had also missed that the button is on the remote. So do we need to point the remote at stuff? Like... the maximiser or the screens?"
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "point remote at terminal"
CF ] 9 points Terminal Desk 48 turns
CF \|
CF \| > POINT REMOTE AT TERMINAL
CF \|
CF \| Ok, you're now pointing the remote control at the terminal.
CF \|
CF \| >
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "push button"
CF ] 9 points Terminal Desk 49 turns
CF \|
CF \| > PUSH BUTTON
CF \|
CF \| You press the button, but nothing happens. Maybe the terminal doesn't
CF \| care to be remote-controlled?
CF \|
CF \| >
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "n"
CF ] 9 points Maximiser Pad 50 turns
CF \|
CF \| > N
CF \|
CF \| (no longer pointing the remote at anything)
CF \|
CF \| Maximiser Pad
CF \| You are standing on the Maximiser pad.
CF \|
CF \| The business end of the Maximiser looms over you.
CF \|
CF \| You can go south to Terminal Desk from here.
CF \|
CF \| >
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "point remote at maximiser"
CF ] 9 points Maximiser Pad 51 turns
CF \|
CF \| > POINT REMOTE AT MAXIMISER
CF \|
CF \| Ok, you're now pointing the remote control at the Maximiser.
CF \|
CF \| >
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "push button"
CF ] 9 points Maximiser Pad 52 turns
CF \|
CF \| > PUSH BUTTON
CF \|
CF \| You press the button, but the only reaction is a tired-sounding buzzer
CF \| coming from the terminal to the south.
CF \|
CF \| >		Knight_Otu says, "Well, that's a little bit of progress."
		Jacqueline says, "yeah"
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "s"
CF ] 9 points Terminal Desk 53 turns
CF \|
CF \| > S
CF \|
CF \| (no longer pointing the remote at anything)
CF \|
CF \| Terminal Desk
CF \| You are standing on a terminal with a security lock.
CF \|
CF \| You can go north to Maximiser Pad and west to Base of Chair from here.
CF \|
CF \| >
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "w"
CF ] 9 points Base of Chair 54 turns
CF \|
CF \| > W
CF \|
CF \|
CF \| Base of Chair
CF \| You are at the base of a swivel chair.
CF \|
CF \| You can go north to Security Room, east to Terminal Desk, and west to
CF \| Hole in the Wall from here.
CF \|
CF \| >
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "n"
CF ] 9 points Security Room 55 turns
CF \|
CF \| > N
CF \|
CF \|
CF \| Security Room
CF \| You are below a whole wall of oversized video screens.
CF \|
CF \| You can go south to Base of Chair from here.
CF \|
CF \| >
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "x screens"
CF ] 9 points Security Room 56 turns
CF \|
CF \| > X SCREENS
CF \|
CF \| The screens are displaying various security camera angles — mostly of
CF \| places you've already seen, although a few are unfamiliar to you at
CF \| the moment.
CF \|
CF \| >
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "s"
CF ] 9 points Base of Chair 57 turns
CF \|
CF \| > S
CF \|
CF \|
CF \| Base of Chair
CF \| You are at the base of a swivel chair.
CF \|
CF \| You can go north to Security Room, east to Terminal Desk, and west to
CF \| Hole in the Wall from here.
CF \|
CF \| >
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "x chair"
CF ] 9 points Base of Chair 57 turns
CF \|
CF \| > X CHAIR
CF \|
CF \| You can't see any such thing.
CF \|
CF \| >
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "x base"
CF ] 9 points Base of Chair 57 turns
CF \|
CF \| > X BASE
CF \|
CF \| You can't see any such thing.
CF \|
CF \| >
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "u"
CF ] 9 points Base of Chair 58 turns
CF \|
CF \| > U
CF \|
CF \| You can't go that way.
CF \|
CF \| >
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "e"
CF ] 9 points Terminal Desk 59 turns
CF \|
CF \| > E
CF \|
CF \|
CF \| Terminal Desk
CF \| You are standing on a terminal with a security lock.
CF \|
CF \| You can go north to Maximiser Pad and west to Base of Chair from here.
CF \|
CF \| >
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "type maximiser"
CF ] 9 points Terminal Desk 60 turns
CF \|
CF \| > TYPE MAXIMISER
CF \|
CF \| The terminal echoes "MAXIMISER".
CF \|
CF \| >
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "type echo"
CF ] 9 points Terminal Desk 61 turns
CF \|
CF \| > TYPE ECHO
CF \|
CF \| The terminal echoes "ECHO".
CF \|
CF \| >
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "type echo off"
CF ] 9 points Terminal Desk 62 turns
CF \|
CF \| > TYPE ECHO OFF
CF \|
CF \| The terminal echoes "ECHO OFF".
CF \|
CF \| >
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "type power on"
CF ] 9 points Terminal Desk 62 turns
CF \|
CF \| > TYPE POWER ON
CF \|
CF \| What do you want to type on?
CF \|
CF \| >
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "terminal"
CF ] 9 points Terminal Desk 63 turns
CF \|
CF \| > TERMINAL
CF \|
CF \| The terminal echoes "POWER".
CF \|
CF \| >		Knight_Otu says, "I should hsve expected that."
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "x remote"
CF ] 9 points Terminal Desk 64 turns
CF \|
CF \| > X REMOTE
CF \|
CF \| There is a single big red button on the remote control.
CF \|
CF \| >
Jacqueline says (to ClubFloyd), "type 10 PRINT "JACQUELINE IS AWESOME""
CF ] 9 points Terminal Desk 65 turns
CF \|
CF \| > TYPE 10 PRINT "JACQUELINE IS AWESOME"
CF \|
CF \| The terminal echoes "10 PRINT "JACQUELINE IS AWESOME"".
CF \|
CF \| >
Jacqueline says (to ClubFloyd), "type 20 GOTO 10"
CF ] 9 points Terminal Desk 66 turns
CF \|
CF \| > TYPE 20 GOTO 10
CF \|
CF \| The terminal echoes "20 GOTO 10".
CF \|
CF \| >		Jacqueline says, "oh well"
		Jacqueline exclaims, "oh wait!"
Jacqueline says (to ClubFloyd), "type run"
CF ] 9 points Terminal Desk 67 turns
CF \|
CF \| > TYPE RUN
CF \|
CF \| The terminal echoes "RUN".
CF \|
CF \| >		Jacqueline says, "Okay. Carry on."
		Knight_Otu says, "I don't recall any hints for a terminal."
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "x cassette"
CF ] 9 points Terminal Desk 68 turns
CF \|
CF \| > X CASSETTE
CF \|
CF \| A standard micro-VHS cassette. It does have some labels on it, but
CF \| they are all blank. Although come to think of it, this is at the same
CF \| scale as the dollhouse, so it must be another model rather than a real
CF \| cassette.
CF \|
CF \| >
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "break it"
CF ] 9 points Terminal Desk 69 turns
CF \|
CF \| > BREAK IT
CF \|
CF \| Violence isn't the answer to this one.
CF \|
CF \| >
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "x key"
CF ] 9 points Terminal Desk 70 turns
CF \|
CF \| > X KEY
CF \|
CF \| A large keyhole is set into the side of the terminal near the
CF \| keyboard. The key has been inserted and turned, unlocking the
CF \| terminal.
CF \|
CF \| >
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "x terminal"
CF ] 9 points Terminal Desk 71 turns
CF \|
CF \| > X TERMINAL
CF \|
CF \| A cursor is blinking away, obviously waiting for input.
CF \|
CF \| The terminal is currently switched on.
CF \|
CF \| >
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "x cursor"
CF ] 9 points Terminal Desk 71 turns
CF \|
CF \| > X CURSOR
CF \|
CF \| You can't see any such thing.
CF \|
CF \| >
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "point remote north"
CF ] 9 points Terminal Desk 71 turns
CF \|
CF \| > POINT REMOTE NORTH
CF \|
CF \| I didn't understand that sentence.
CF \|
CF \| >
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "switch terminal"
CF ] 9 points Terminal Desk 72 turns
CF \|
CF \| > SWITCH TERMINAL
CF \|
CF \| If you turn it off again, you'll never get yourself back to normal.
CF \|
CF \| A loud alarm klaxon sounds briefly, and a robotic voice announces,
CF \| "System failsafe triggered. Maximiser will self-destruct in 30
CF \| minutes."
CF \|
CF \| >		Jacqueline says, "So we must work the maximiser. On us."
		Knight_Otu says, "Yeah"
		Jacqueline says, "Oh"
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "type maximiser on"
CF ] 9 points Terminal Desk 72 turns
CF \|
CF \| > TYPE MAXIMISER ON
CF \|
CF \| What do you want to type on?
CF \|
CF \| >
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "terminal"
CF ] 9 points Terminal Desk 73 turns
CF \|
CF \| > TERMINAL
CF \|
CF \| The terminal echoes "MAXIMISER".
CF \|
CF \| >		Jacqueline asks, "When we pointed the remote at the maximiser, I wonder if we were in the right spot?"
		Jacqueline asks, "Can we adjust the maximiser?"
		Knight_Otu says, "Hm."
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "n"
CF ] 9 points Maximiser Pad 74 turns
CF \|
CF \| > N
CF \|
CF \|
CF \| Maximiser Pad
CF \| You are standing on the Maximiser pad.
CF \|
CF \| The business end of the Maximiser looms over you.
CF \|
CF \| You can go south to Terminal Desk from here.
CF \|
CF \| >
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "point remote at maximiser"
CF ] 9 points Maximiser Pad 75 turns
CF \|
CF \| > POINT REMOTE AT MAXIMISER
CF \|
CF \| Ok, you're now pointing the remote control at the Maximiser.
CF \|
CF \| >
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "push button"
CF ] 9 points Maximiser Pad 76 turns
CF \|
CF \| > PUSH BUTTON
CF \|
CF \| You press the button, but the only reaction is a tired-sounding buzzer
CF \| coming from the terminal to the south.
CF \|
CF \| >
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "turn on maximiser"
CF ] 9 points Maximiser Pad 77 turns
CF \|
CF \| > TURN ON MAXIMISER
CF \|
CF \| It isn't something you can switch.
CF \|
CF \| >
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "x pad"
CF ] 9 points Maximiser Pad 77 turns
CF \|
CF \| > X PAD
CF \|
CF \| You can't see any such thing.
CF \|
CF \| >
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "x maximiser"
CF ] 9 points Maximiser Pad 78 turns
CF \|
CF \| > X MAXIMISER
CF \|
CF \| Half ray-gun, half telescope — but your only hope of making it out of
CF \| this in some semblance of normalcy.
CF \|
CF \| >
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "s"
CF ] 9 points Terminal Desk 79 turns
CF \|
CF \| > S
CF \|
CF \| (no longer pointing the remote at anything)
CF \|
CF \| Terminal Desk
CF \| You are standing on a terminal with a security lock.
CF \|
CF \| You can go north to Maximiser Pad and west to Base of Chair from here.
CF \|
CF \| >
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "type extend"
CF ] 9 points Terminal Desk 80 turns
CF \|
CF \| > TYPE EXTEND
CF \|
CF \| The terminal echoes "EXTEND".
CF \|
CF \| >
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "type maximise"
CF ] 9 points Terminal Desk 81 turns
CF \|
CF \| > TYPE MAXIMISE
CF \|
CF \| The terminal echoes "MAXIMISE".
CF \|
CF \| >
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "x me"
CF ] 9 points Terminal Desk 82 turns
CF \|
CF \| > X ME
CF \|
CF \| Well, you still look like your normal self as far as you can tell, but
CF \| judging by the size of things around you, you've shrunk to a fraction
CF \| of your original size. The good news is that the nausea seems to have
CF \| mostly worn off now too.
CF \|
CF \| >		Jacqueline asks, "So, can I provide a hint?"
		Jacqueline says, "Because I just looked at something and can't unsee what I saw, but also you're not going to get this otherwise."
		Knight_Otu says, "I guess I missed something obvious."
		Knight_Otu says, "Sure."
		Jacqueline says, "Cause you're mostly doing it right, except for something unintuive."
		Roger says, "I vote hint"
		Jacqueline says, "try 'activate terminal' before using the remote on the maximiser."
		Roger says, "oh of course"
		Jacqueline says, "Of course because 'activate' is such a standard verb"
		Knight_Otu says, "You know, I thought it was active already."
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "activate terminal"
CF ] 9 points Terminal Desk 82 turns
CF \|
CF \| > ACTIVATE TERMINAL
CF \|
CF \| That's not a verb I recognise.
CF \|
CF \| >		Jacqueline says, "Grr."
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "type activate"
CF ] 9 points Terminal Desk 83 turns
CF \|
CF \| > TYPE ACTIVATE
CF \|
CF \| The terminal echoes "ACTIVATE".
CF \|
CF \| >
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "type activate terminal"
CF ] 9 points Terminal Desk 84 turns
CF \|
CF \| > TYPE ACTIVATE TERMINAL
CF \|
CF \| The terminal echoes "ACTIVATE TERMINAL".
CF \|
CF \| >
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "type activate maximiser"
CF ] 9 points Terminal Desk 85 turns
CF \|
CF \| > TYPE ACTIVATE MAXIMISER
CF \|
CF \| The terminal echoes "ACTIVATE MAXIMISER".
CF \|
CF \| >		Jacqueline says, "Puzzle Problem: Need to use Maximiser / Solution: Activate terminal, point remote control at maximiser, press button"
		Jacqueline says, "huh"
		Jacqueline asks, "Well, maybe it was updated with this port to z-code?"
		Knight_Otu says, "I mean, it feels the terminal wants a password, but I don't think we've seen one."
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "type password"
CF ] 9 points Terminal Desk 86 turns
CF \|
CF \| > TYPE PASSWORD
CF \|
CF \| The terminal echoes "PASSWORD".
CF \|
CF \| >
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "enter password"
CF ] 9 points Terminal Desk 86 turns
CF \|
CF \| > ENTER PASSWORD
CF \|
CF \| You can't see any such thing.
CF \|
CF \| >
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "turn on terminal"
CF ] 9 points Terminal Desk 87 turns
CF \|
CF \| > TURN ON TERMINAL
CF \|
CF \| You don't see any obvious power buttons. Just the keyhole.
CF \|
CF \| >
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "turn key"
CF ] 9 points Terminal Desk 88 turns
CF \|
CF \| > TURN KEY
CF \|
CF \| You grasp the key and try to turn it back, to no avail.
CF \|
CF \| The terminal screen briefly flashes the word "TAMPER" before returning
CF \| to normal.
CF \| A robotic voice intones, "Intrusion counter-measures initiated."
CF \|
CF \| A robotic voice intones, "Self-destruct countdown at 2"
CF \| >
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "undo"
CF ] 9 points Terminal Desk 87 turns
CF \|
CF \| > UNDO
CF \|
CF \| Terminal Desk
CF \| [Previous turn undone.]
CF \|
CF \| >		Jacqueline says, "So, there are three things you can do to make the game unwinnable. One of which is using the terminal without the key in the right position."
		Knight_Otu says, "Let's pretend that didn't happen."
		Jacqueline says, "Yeah"
		Knight_Otu says, "I guess one is sending the train without the key."
		Jacqueline asks, "Hm. Not according to this. I wonder if switching the switch back recalls the train?"
		Knight_Otu says, "Possibly."
		Jacqueline says, "The others are eating the cheese or releasing the fly without the cat around."
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "push key"
CF ] 9 points Terminal Desk 88 turns
CF \|
CF \| > PUSH KEY
CF \|
CF \| You are unable to.
CF \|
CF \| >
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "x key"
CF ] 9 points Terminal Desk 89 turns
CF \|
CF \| > X KEY
CF \|
CF \| A large keyhole is set into the side of the terminal near the
CF \| keyboard. The key has been inserted and turned, unlocking the
CF \| terminal.
CF \|
CF \| >		Jacqueline says, "There was apparently a bug in the original version of this game where if you dropped the remote-control after pointing it at the maximiser it would vanish and you wouldn’t be able to pick it up again to complete the game."
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "x terminal"
CF ] 9 points Terminal Desk 90 turns
CF \|
CF \| > X TERMINAL
CF \|
CF \| A cursor is blinking away, obviously waiting for input.
CF \|
CF \| The terminal is currently switched on.
CF \|
CF \| >		Knight_Otu says, "Oh my. That would be bad."
		Knight_Otu says, "It feels there is only one step we're missing, but I can't think what it is."
		Knight_Otu says, "I'm guessing a password, but again..."
		Jacqueline says, "Yeah. It's just that bit about the terminal & maximiser and I'm bummed that 'activate' didn't work"
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "type alarm off"
CF ] 9 points Terminal Desk 91 turns
CF \|
CF \| > TYPE ALARM OFF
CF \|
CF \| The terminal echoes "ALARM OFF".
CF \|
CF \| >		Jacqueline \| There was a market for books containing the listing for simple games you could type in and play yourself. One such game was ‘Micropuzzle’, a simple text adventure, but the code had been obfuscated to hide any clues you might glean as you entered the code. As it turns out, the game is very unintuitive and it seems unlikely anyone ever completed it without unpicking the code for clues.
		Jacqueline says, "Oh wait. You're right."
		Knight_Otu says, "I mean, this version at least has been mostly intuitive."
		Jacqueline says, "Maybe."
		Jacqueline says, "Problem: Terminal deactivated / Solution: Enter code"
		Jacqueline asks, "Did we enter a code?"
		Knight_Otu says, "We did not enter a code."
		Knight_Otu says, "At least not a correct one."
		Jacqueline says, "Okay. Let me know how much you wanna know about this code."
		Jacqueline says, "I don't recall seeing it... gonna scroll back..."
		Knight_Otu says, "Let's start with as little as possible."
		Jacqueline says, "I think you missed an object in one of the rooms."
		Jacqueline says, "It may be hidden."
		Knight_Otu asks, "Pre-mouse or post-mouse?"
		Jacqueline says, "Post"
		Knight_Otu says, "I may have an inkling, and we may be able to reach it still."
		Jacqueline says, "Yeah. I think possibly."
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "w"
CF ] 9 points Base of Chair 92 turns
CF \|
CF \| > W
CF \|
CF \|
CF \| Base of Chair
CF \| You are at the base of a swivel chair.
CF \|
CF \| You can go north to Security Room, east to Terminal Desk, and west to
CF \| Hole in the Wall from here.
CF \|
CF \| >
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "w"
CF ] 9 points Hole in the Wall 93 turns
CF \|
CF \| > W
CF \|
CF \|
CF \| Hole in the Wall
CF \| You are at a hole in the wall, from which a railway line emerges.
CF \|
CF \| A model train rests on the tracks.
CF \|
CF \| You can go east to Base of Chair and west to Box of Electronics from
CF \| here.
CF \|
CF \| >
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "w"
CF ] 9 points Box of Electronics 94 turns
CF \|
CF \| > W
CF \|
CF \|
CF \| Box of Electronics
CF \| You are on the floor, standing on an overturned box of broken
CF \| electronic parts.
CF \|
CF \| You can go east to Hole in the Wall and up to Stepstool from here.
CF \|
CF \| >
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "x box"
CF ] 9 points Box of Electronics 95 turns
CF \|
CF \| > X BOX
CF \|
CF \| There appears to be something inside.
CF \|
CF \| >
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "look in box"
CF ] 9 points Box of Electronics 96 turns
CF \|
CF \| > LOOK IN BOX
CF \|
CF \| You can't see inside, since the box is closed.
CF \|
CF \| >
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "open it"
CF ] 9 points Box of Electronics 97 turns
CF \|
CF \| > OPEN IT
CF \|
CF \| Dust settles.
CF \|
CF \| You open the box, revealing a scrap of paper.
CF \|
CF \| >
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "x paper"
CF ] 10 points Box of Electronics 98 turns
CF \|
CF \| > X PAPER
CF \|
CF \| (first taking the scrap of paper)
CF \| A neatly folded scrap of paper.
CF \|
CF \| Unfolding the scrap of paper (with some effort), you can make out the
CF \| following words:
CF \| TERMINAL PASSWORD = "GROCER"
CF \| [Your score has just gone up by one point.]
CF \|
CF \| >
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "e"
CF ] 10 points Hole in the Wall 99 turns
CF \|
CF \| > E
CF \|
CF \|
CF \| Hole in the Wall
CF \| You are at a hole in the wall, from which a railway line emerges.
CF \|
CF \| A model train rests on the tracks.
CF \|
CF \| You can go east to Base of Chair and west to Box of Electronics from
CF \| here.
CF \|
CF \| >
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "e"
CF ] 10 points Base of Chair 100 turns
CF \|
CF \| > E
CF \|
CF \|
CF \| Base of Chair
CF \| You are at the base of a swivel chair.
CF \|
CF \| You can go north to Security Room, east to Terminal Desk, and west to
CF \| Hole in the Wall from here.
CF \|
CF \| >
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "e"
CF ] 10 points Terminal Desk 101 turns
CF \|
CF \| > E
CF \|
CF \|
CF \| Terminal Desk
CF \| You are standing on a terminal with a security lock.
CF \|
CF \| You can go north to Maximiser Pad and west to Base of Chair from here.
CF \|
CF \| >		Jacqueline says, "I like how there appears to be something inside the box, except you can't see inside the box because it is closed."
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "type grocer"
CF ] 10 points Terminal Desk 101 turns
CF \|
CF \| > TYPE GROCER
CF \|
CF \| The terminal prints "CODE WORD ACCEPTED", and you hear a beep coming
CF \| from the north.
CF \|
CF \|
CF \|
CF \| * KABOOM *
CF \|
CF \|
CF \| You have run out of time. The maximiser has self-destructed.
CF \|
CF \| In that game you scored 10 out of a possible 20, in 101 turns.
CF \|
CF \|
CF \| Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game, QUIT, or UNDO the
CF \| last command?
CF \| >		Roger says, "just when I thought this game couldn't get any grosser"
		Jacqueline says, "heh"
		Knight_Otu says, "Barely."
		Jacqueline says, "I know. Now we're esploded. It's pretty gross."
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "RESTORE"
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "cf3"
CF \| >
CF \| > RESTORE
CF \| %% Enter a save filename to read:
CF ] 9 points Terminal Desk 41 turns
CF \| Ok.
CF \|
CF \| >
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "w"
CF ] 9 points Base of Chair 42 turns
CF \|
CF \| > W
CF \|
CF \|
CF \| Base of Chair
CF \| You are at the base of a swivel chair.
CF \|
CF \| You can go north to Security Room, east to Terminal Desk, and west to
CF \| Hole in the Wall from here.
CF \|
CF \| >
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "w"
CF ] 9 points Hole in the Wall 43 turns
CF \|
CF \| > W
CF \|
CF \|
CF \| Hole in the Wall
CF \| You are at a hole in the wall, from which a railway line emerges.
CF \|
CF \| A model train rests on the tracks.
CF \|
CF \| You can go east to Base of Chair and west to Box of Electronics from
CF \| here.
CF \|
CF \| >
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "w"
CF ] 9 points Box of Electronics 44 turns
CF \|
CF \| > W
CF \|
CF \|
CF \| Box of Electronics
CF \| You are on the floor, standing on an overturned box of broken
CF \| electronic parts.
CF \|
CF \| You can go east to Hole in the Wall and up to Stepstool from here.
CF \|
CF \| >
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "open box"
CF ] 9 points Box of Electronics 45 turns
CF \|
CF \| > OPEN BOX
CF \|
CF \| Dust settles.
CF \|
CF \| You open the box, revealing a scrap of paper.
CF \|
CF \| >
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "read paper"
CF ] 10 points Box of Electronics 46 turns
CF \|
CF \| > READ PAPER
CF \|
CF \| (first taking the scrap of paper)
CF \| A neatly folded scrap of paper.
CF \|
CF \| Unfolding the scrap of paper (with some effort), you can make out the
CF \| following words:
CF \| TERMINAL PASSWORD = "GROCER"
CF \| [Your score has just gone up by one point.]
CF \|
CF \| >
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "e"
CF ] 10 points Hole in the Wall 47 turns
CF \|
CF \| > E
CF \|
CF \|
CF \| Hole in the Wall
CF \| You are at a hole in the wall, from which a railway line emerges.
CF \|
CF \| A model train rests on the tracks.
CF \|
CF \| You can go east to Base of Chair and west to Box of Electronics from
CF \| here.
CF \|
CF \| >
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "e"
CF ] 10 points Base of Chair 48 turns
CF \|
CF \| > E
CF \|
CF \|
CF \| Base of Chair
CF \| You are at the base of a swivel chair.
CF \|
CF \| You can go north to Security Room, east to Terminal Desk, and west to
CF \| Hole in the Wall from here.
CF \|
CF \| >
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "e"
CF ] 10 points Terminal Desk 49 turns
CF \|
CF \| > E
CF \|
CF \|
CF \| Terminal Desk
CF \| You are standing on a terminal with a security lock.
CF \|
CF \| You can go north and west to Base of Chair from here.
CF \|
CF \| >
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "type grocer"
CF ] 10 points Terminal Desk 50 turns
CF \|
CF \| > TYPE GROCER
CF \|
CF \| The terminal prints "CODE WORD ACCEPTED", and you hear a beep coming
CF \| from the north.
CF \|
CF \| >
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "n"
CF ] 10 points Maximiser Pad 51 turns
CF \|
CF \| > N
CF \|
CF \|
CF \| Maximiser Pad
CF \| You are standing on the Maximiser pad.
CF \|
CF \| The business end of the Maximiser looms over you.
CF \|
CF \| You can go south to Terminal Desk from here.
CF \|
CF \| >
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "point remote at maximiser"
CF ] 10 points Maximiser Pad 52 turns
CF \|
CF \| > POINT REMOTE AT MAXIMISER
CF \|
CF \| Ok, you're now pointing the remote control at the Maximiser.
CF \|
CF \| >
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "push button"
CF ] 20 points Maximiser Pad 52 turns
CF \|
CF \| > PUSH BUTTON
CF \|
CF \| You press the button.
CF \|
CF \| A siren sounds, and the machinery powers up around you.
CF \| The business end of the Maximiser starts to glow, and then you are hit
CF \| by its beam.
CF \|
CF \|
CF \|
CF \| * You have returned to normal size *
CF \|
CF \|
CF \| In that game you scored 20 out of a possible 20, in 52 turns.
CF \|
CF \|
CF \| Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game, see some suggestions
CF \| for AMUSING things to do, QUIT, or UNDO the last command?
CF \| >		Knight_Otu exclaims, "Whew!"
		Jacqueline says, "Ah yes. A simpler time when puzzles were for puzzles' sake."
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "amusing"
CF ] Amusements
CF ]
CF ] Select a number Esc/Q = Back
CF \|
CF \| 1 Amusement
CF \| 2 Dollhouse
CF \| 3 Television
CF \| 4 Cassette
CF \| 5 Poor life choices
CF \| 6 A sense of scale
CF \| 7 The time limit
CF \| 8 Headcanons
CF \| 9 Scoring
CF \| A The map grid
CF \| B One map hole in superposition
CF \| C Weird Computer Games
CF \| D Type-in books
CF \| E BASIC
CF \| F Open Source
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "1"
CF ] Amusement
CF \|
CF \| Did you know...
CF \|
CF \| This menu changes a little, depending on what things you've tried and
CF \| learned during the course of the story.
CF \|
CF \| (But only a little bit.)
CF \|
CF \| Press a key to go back.
Knight_Otu pushes the green 'space' button.
CF ] Amusements
CF ]
CF ] Select a number Esc/Q = Back
CF \|
CF \| 1 Amusement
CF \| 2 Dollhouse
CF \| 3 Television
CF \| 4 Cassette
CF \| 5 Poor life choices
CF \| 6 A sense of scale
CF \| 7 The time limit
CF \| 8 Headcanons
CF \| 9 Scoring
CF \| A The map grid
CF \| B One map hole in superposition
CF \| C Weird Computer Games
CF \| D Type-in books
CF \| E BASIC
CF \| F Open Source
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "2"
CF ] Dollhouse
CF \|
CF \| Did you know...
CF \|
CF \| Several of the objects and rooms near the start of the story change
CF \| their descriptions once you realise the true nature of the dollhouse.
CF \|
CF \| This isn't something that happened in the original game, but it seemed
CF \| like a fun thing to do for this remake.
CF \|
CF \| Press a key to go back.		Knight_Otu says, "We speedrun this run, so this appears Iguess."
Knight_Otu pushes the green 'space' button.
CF ] Amusements
CF ]
CF ] Select a number Esc/Q = Back
CF \|
CF \| 1 Amusement
CF \| 2 Dollhouse
CF \| 3 Television
CF \| 4 Cassette
CF \| 5 Poor life choices
CF \| 6 A sense of scale
CF \| 7 The time limit
CF \| 8 Headcanons
CF \| 9 Scoring
CF \| A The map grid
CF \| B One map hole in superposition
CF \| C Weird Computer Games
CF \| D Type-in books
CF \| E BASIC
CF \| F Open Source
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "3"
CF ] Television
CF \|
CF \| Did you try...
CF \|
CF \| Examining the television on top of the VCR?
CF \|
CF \| Press a key to go back.
Knight_Otu pushes the green 'space' button.
CF ] Amusements
CF ]
CF ] Select a number Esc/Q = Back
CF \|
CF \| 1 Amusement
CF \| 2 Dollhouse
CF \| 3 Television
CF \| 4 Cassette
CF \| 5 Poor life choices
CF \| 6 A sense of scale
CF \| 7 The time limit
CF \| 8 Headcanons
CF \| 9 Scoring
CF \| A The map grid
CF \| B One map hole in superposition
CF \| C Weird Computer Games
CF \| D Type-in books
CF \| E BASIC
CF \| F Open Source
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "4"
CF ] Cassette
CF \|
CF \| Did you know...
CF \|
CF \| The cassette is a bit of an odd duck in the story. It serves no
CF \| particular puzzle-solving function — it's just a concealed object
CF \| that
CF \| nets you a point. A reward for examining things, in a story that
CF \| punishes you for examining too many things (due to the time limit).
CF \|
CF \| In the original, it just appears without much fanfare. When expanding
CF \| the writing a bit, I originally had it ejecting from the VCR — but
CF \| then later realised that this didn't really make much sense due to the
CF \| scale issues — why would anyone build a somewhat-working VCR in a
CF \| dollhouse?
CF \|
CF \| So now, it's just a prop sitting in the (non-functional) VCR, that you
CF \| simply don't notice until you look more closely at it. A little more
CF \| boring, but it makes more sense.
CF \|
CF \| As for why it's worth a point — well, that's just adventure game
CF \| logic
CF \| for you.
CF \|
CF \| Press a key to go back.		Jacqueline says (to KO), "Right"
Knight_Otu pushes the green 'space' button.
CF ] Amusements
CF ]
CF ] Select a number Esc/Q = Back
CF \|
CF \| 1 Amusement
CF \| 2 Dollhouse
CF \| 3 Television
CF \| 4 Cassette
CF \| 5 Poor life choices
CF \| 6 A sense of scale
CF \| 7 The time limit
CF \| 8 Headcanons
CF \| 9 Scoring
CF \| A The map grid
CF \| B One map hole in superposition
CF \| C Weird Computer Games
CF \| D Type-in books
CF \| E BASIC
CF \| F Open Source
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "5"
CF ] Poor life choices
CF \|
CF \| Did you try...
CF \|
CF \| • Annoying the cat?
CF \| • Annoying the mouse?
CF \| • Letting your time run out?
CF \| • Releasing the fly somewhere you're not supposed to?
CF \| • Eating the cheese?
CF \| • Cutting the cheese?
CF \| • Typing silly things on the terminal?
CF \| • Examining the key and asking the terminal for a second opinion?
CF \| • Trying to unlock the terminal without the key?
CF \| • Locking the terminal again?
CF \| • Using the remote control in other places?
CF \|
CF \| Press a key to go back.
Knight_Otu pushes the green 'space' button.
CF ] Amusements
CF ]
CF ] Select a number Esc/Q = Back
CF \|
CF \| 1 Amusement
CF \| 2 Dollhouse
CF \| 3 Television
CF \| 4 Cassette
CF \| 5 Poor life choices
CF \| 6 A sense of scale
CF \| 7 The time limit
CF \| 8 Headcanons
CF \| 9 Scoring
CF \| A The map grid
CF \| B One map hole in superposition
CF \| C Weird Computer Games
CF \| D Type-in books
CF \| E BASIC
CF \| F Open Source		Jacqueline \| Examining the key and asking the terminal for a second opinion?
		Jacqueline says, "..."
		Knight_Otu says, "Sounds odd, it does."
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "6"
CF ] A sense of scale
CF \|
CF \| Did you know...
CF \|
CF \| It's never really made entirely clear in the original version exactly
CF \| what size you ended up being shrunk down to — except for the
CF \| following
CF \| points:
CF \| • You're about the right size to believe that a dollhouse is life
CF \| size
CF \| (but that still doesn't tell you much, as the scale of the dollhouse
CF \| is not revealed either).
CF \| • You're too small to jump off of a standard size table.
CF \| • You're small enough to fit through a mousehole and tunnel.
CF \| • You're able to move around a (seemingly otherwise ordinary) key
CF \| that
CF \| is not small enough to fit through the mousehole.
CF \| • The key can fit on the train, and fit through the tunnel the train
CF \| goes through, but you can't ride the train or go through that tunnel
CF \| yourself. (Justified here by putting things out of reach, but still.)
CF \| • You're large enough to not have much difficulty climbing down a
CF \| stepstool.
CF \| • You're also large enough to be able to climb onto a standard swivel
CF \| chair and then onto a neighbouring desk (to access the terminal).
CF \|
CF \| It's the mousehole vs. the key vs. the chair that seems the most
CF \| problematic here, and I wasn't able to entirely reconcile these
CF \| things. "It's just a story!" you shout. "But how do you explain the
CF \| terminal desk vs. the dollhouse table?" I retort. But oh well. It
CF \| is just a story. Moon logic is par for the course,
CF \| sometimes.
CF \|
CF \| Press a key to go back.
Knight_Otu pushes the green 'space' button.
CF ] Amusements
CF ]
CF ] Select a number Esc/Q = Back
CF \|
CF \| 1 Amusement
CF \| 2 Dollhouse
CF \| 3 Television
CF \| 4 Cassette
CF \| 5 Poor life choices
CF \| 6 A sense of scale
CF \| 7 The time limit
CF \| 8 Headcanons
CF \| 9 Scoring
CF \| A The map grid
CF \| B One map hole in superposition
CF \| C Weird Computer Games
CF \| D Type-in books
CF \| E BASIC
CF \| F Open Source
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "7"
CF ] The time limit
CF \|
CF \| Did you know...
CF \|
CF \| The time limit (or rather turn limit) in the original game and this
CF \| adaptation are the same. From the very start of the story, you can
CF \| only make a maximum of 100 turns before the Maximiser self-destructs
CF \| (for some unexplained reason) and you're forever stuck at your
CF \| diminutive size.
CF \|
CF \| This is perhaps a little less fair in this edition of the story — due
CF \| to the expanded Inform parsing capability I've fleshed out many of the
CF \| descriptions and scenery, and made some additional silly responses to
CF \| various actions (like trying to remote-control different things), so
CF \| it's pretty much inevitable that your first run through the story will
CF \| end in failure — and probably several more — in both versions, a
CF \| perfect run through the game (without examining anything you don't
CF \| need to, and not making any wrong turns) will eat up 45 of the 100
CF \| turns you're allowed, so there isn't a lot of room for playing around,
CF \| unfortunately. Still, I felt it'd be too much of a departure from the
CF \| original to remove or increase this limit.
CF \|
CF \| (In this particular run, you finished in 52 turns, FYI.)
CF \|
CF \| An especially peculiar choice in the original was that if you tried to
CF \| UNLOCK TERMINAL without carrying the key, it would announce TAMPER and
CF \| dramatically penalise the turn count — but also start announcing just
CF \| how much time you have remaining. On the other hand, trying incorrect
CF \| passwords just wastes turns but doesn't trigger the tamper detection.
CF \|
CF \| This version couldn't quite exactly imitate that (at least not without
CF \| seeming a bit petty, due to Inform's naturally better parser for
CF \| two-noun actions), but it does link several related actions to
CF \| triggering a similar effect.
CF \|
CF \| Another departure from the original was to provide a warning when
CF \| there's only 30 turns remaining — which is most likely going to get
CF \| hit by everyone on the first playthrough, followed by a mad (and
CF \| probably unsuccessful) dash to the finish line. But if you're reading
CF \| this, then you persevered through that — good job!
CF \|
CF \| Press a key to go back.
Knight_Otu pushes the green 'space' button.
CF ] Amusements
CF ]
CF ] Select a number Esc/Q = Back
CF \|
CF \| 1 Amusement
CF \| 2 Dollhouse
CF \| 3 Television
CF \| 4 Cassette
CF \| 5 Poor life choices
CF \| 6 A sense of scale
CF \| 7 The time limit
CF \| 8 Headcanons
CF \| 9 Scoring
CF \| A The map grid
CF \| B One map hole in superposition
CF \| C Weird Computer Games
CF \| D Type-in books
CF \| E BASIC
CF \| F Open Source
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "8"
CF ] Headcanons
CF \|
CF \| Did you know...
CF \|
CF \| In the original, no particular reason is ever given for why the
CF \| Maximiser has a self-destruct countdown (and hence a time limit to the
CF \| story), why anything in the world is the way that it is, or even who
CF \| you are and how you got there. Even your size change is not really
CF \| revealed directly, although it becomes fairly apparent once you leave
CF \| the dollhouse area (though I make it a bit more obvious, I hope —
CF \| which I justify by the fact that anyone typing in the original program
CF \| would, as the very last thing they type in before starting to play the
CF \| game, read the final victory text RETURNED TO NORMAL SIZE, which
CF \| should make it similarly obvious).
CF \|
CF \| My personal headcanon, at least, is that you're the one who developed
CF \| the Maximiser in your own home lab, but an accident led to a test
CF \| misfire and partial amnesia, leaving you confused on awakening in the
CF \| dollhouse. (Which is one of the test environments that you built
CF \| yourself, and is actually in another corner of the same lab room —
CF \| you
CF \| just couldn't see it due to the sunlamps and the clutter, so had to go
CF \| the long way around.)
CF \|
CF \| And so yes, that's your own cat, which might help explain why she
CF \| doesn't want to murder this new chew-toy instantly on sight — just
CF \| only if you annoy her enough.
CF \|
CF \| Of course, you're welcome to come up with your own headcanons for any
CF \| of this as well.
CF \|
CF \| Press a key to go back.		Knight_Otu says, "Well-reasoned."
Knight_Otu pushes the green 'space' button.
CF ] Amusements
CF ]
CF ] Select a number Esc/Q = Back
CF \|
CF \| 1 Amusement
CF \| 2 Dollhouse
CF \| 3 Television
CF \| 4 Cassette
CF \| 5 Poor life choices
CF \| 6 A sense of scale
CF \| 7 The time limit
CF \| 8 Headcanons
CF \| 9 Scoring
CF \| A The map grid
CF \| B One map hole in superposition
CF \| C Weird Computer Games
CF \| D Type-in books
CF \| E BASIC
CF \| F Open Source
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "9"
CF ] Scoring
CF \|
CF \| Did you know...
CF \|
CF \| In the original version of this story, you were scored based on the
CF \| number of items you held at any given moment, plus some bonus points
CF \| for specific actions.
CF \|
CF \| There are 7 objects in the story that you can pick up, and it would
CF \| award one bonus point for distracting the mouse, and ten bonus points
CF \| for solving the final puzzle and achieving victory. So the total
CF \| points would be 18, right? Well, no.
CF \|
CF \| You see, the score was based on how many items you were still carrying
CF \| at the end (fun fact: the train was one of the objects it would award
CF \| points for, if you were carrying it; though of course that was never
CF \| possible). And some of those items needed to be left behind in order
CF \| to solve certain puzzles. As such, the maximum number of items you
CF \| can still be carrying at the end of the story is actually 5 — if not
CF \| for a bug that steals the key from you at the last moment, so it's
CF \| actually 4. This makes the actual maximum score 15 in that version —
CF \| or at least it would, except that for some unexplained reason you
CF \| start the game with 8 points already. All up, this makes the
CF \| real maximum score in the original come to 23 points. (And
CF \| yes, that does mean that solving a puzzle correctly could result in
CF \| your score decreasing.)
CF \|
CF \| This version does things a little bit differently. You're awarded a
CF \| point whenever you first pick up an item, and you're not penalised by
CF \| dropping one again, or using it to solve a puzzle correctly (although
CF \| you are penalised if you manage to do something that will prevent you
CF \| from solving the story). It also awards bonus points for solving
CF \| puzzles in a couple more places — so the total is 7 points for items,
CF \| 3 from bonuses, and 10 for the final puzzle — or 20 points in total.
CF \|
CF \| And congratulations — you did it! You achieved the maximum score!
CF \|
CF \| One subtle change (that doesn't affect the scoring) is that this
CF \| version will take away the key once you've used it on the terminal
CF \| (reasoning that many systems won't let you take a key out again until
CF \| you've re-locked them), rather than replicating the bug from the
CF \| original. So for this version as well, in a perfect playthrough (and
CF \| assuming you don't drop anything you didn't need to) you'll only have
CF \| 4 items at the end — as you did.
CF \|
CF \| Press a key to go back.		Jacqueline asks, "The main question I'm left with is why he chose to port this game. Maybe it was just a coding exercise (which, fine) but what about this game was so enchangint that he chose it?"
		Jacqueline says, "And yeah, his head cannon seems decent."
Knight_Otu pushes the green 'space' button.
CF ] Amusements
CF ]
CF ] Select a number Esc/Q = Back
CF \|
CF \| 1 Amusement
CF \| 2 Dollhouse
CF \| 3 Television
CF \| 4 Cassette
CF \| 5 Poor life choices
CF \| 6 A sense of scale
CF \| 7 The time limit
CF \| 8 Headcanons
CF \| 9 Scoring
CF \| A The map grid
CF \| B One map hole in superposition
CF \| C Weird Computer Games
CF \| D Type-in books
CF \| E BASIC
CF \| F Open Source
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "a"
CF ] The map grid
CF \|
CF \| Did you know...
CF \|
CF \| Despite the presence of some up/down and in/out connections between
CF \| rooms, it's possible to lay out this story's entire map in a single
CF \| 6x4 grid with no gaps or overlaps.
CF \|
CF \| This was a common theme in IF stories from this era of computers with
CF \| very little memory, as it allowed movement to simply keep track of a
CF \| "current room number" and add or subtract the fixed number of rooms in
CF \| each grid row to carry out movement north or south (after, of course,
CF \| checking in a lookup table whether that room should have an exit in
CF \| that direction). (Up/down/in/out were only rarely supported, or (as
CF \| here) were special-cased to translate to one of the compass directions
CF \| in particular rooms.)
CF \|
CF \| The in/out connections are actually new to this remake; the original
CF \| had plain compass directions for these exits (around the tunnel), but
CF \| I felt it made more sense to list them as in/out exits instead.
CF \| However, for compatibility with the old game, it's still possible to
CF \| use the original directions as well — so a walkthrough for the
CF \| original game will still work, allowing for slight differences in the
CF \| parser.
CF \|
CF \| If you're interested in seeing the map for this story, you can see it
CF \| at [LINK]
CF \|
CF \| Press a key to go back.
Knight_Otu pushes the green 'space' button.
CF ] Amusements
CF ]
CF ] Select a number Esc/Q = Back
CF \|
CF \| 1 Amusement
CF \| 2 Dollhouse
CF \| 3 Television
CF \| 4 Cassette
CF \| 5 Poor life choices
CF \| 6 A sense of scale
CF \| 7 The time limit
CF \| 8 Headcanons
CF \| 9 Scoring
CF \| A The map grid
CF \| B One map hole in superposition
CF \| C Weird Computer Games
CF \| D Type-in books
CF \| E BASIC
CF \| F Open Source		Jacqueline \| [LINK]
		Jacqueline says, "Oh, or he also has a map."
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "b"
CF ] One map hole in superposition
CF \|
CF \| Did you know...
CF \|
CF \| To finish the story while doing everything required to get the maximum
CF \| score, you are forced to travel through every single room in the map
CF \| —
CF \| except for one.
CF \|
CF \| Except it's not quite one — there's actually two rooms that are
CF \| entirely optional, but you do have to pass through at least one of
CF \| those two rooms, so every perfect -score playthrough will either visit
CF \| all rooms, all but one, or all but the other — with no other
CF \| possibilities.
CF \|
CF \| Even if you're willing to sacrifice the perfect score, then only one
CF \| more room becomes optional. All the other rooms contain things that
CF \| are essential to solving the story (or are the only path between those
CF \| rooms). This isn't a map you can easily get lost in.
CF \|
CF \| If you're curious, in this playthrough you managed to avoid visiting
CF \| Outside the House.
CF \|
CF \| Press a key to go back.
Knight_Otu pushes the green 'space' button.
CF ] Amusements
CF ]
CF ] Select a number Esc/Q = Back
CF \|
CF \| 1 Amusement
CF \| 2 Dollhouse
CF \| 3 Television
CF \| 4 Cassette
CF \| 5 Poor life choices
CF \| 6 A sense of scale
CF \| 7 The time limit
CF \| 8 Headcanons
CF \| 9 Scoring
CF \| A The map grid
CF \| B One map hole in superposition
CF \| C Weird Computer Games
CF \| D Type-in books
CF \| E BASIC
CF \| F Open Source
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "c"
CF ] Weird Computer Games
CF \|
CF \| Micropuzzle originally came from a book called Weird Computer
CF \| Games, published by Usborne in the UK in 1984.
CF \|
CF \| Usborne have made PDFs of this book (and several others) available for
CF \| free on their website, so if you're interested in this sort of thing
CF \| you can check out the original code for yourself, and see how much has
CF \| changed (and how much hasn't).
CF \|
CF \| All of the books can be found on this page:
CF \| [LINK]
CF \|
CF \| A direct link to Weird Computer Games itself (this game
CF \| appears at the end):
CF \| [LINK]
CF \|
CF \| Note the copyright statement at the bottom of the page; these books
CF \| are reasonably free to use (thus this remake is permitted)
CF \| but not entirely free to use.
CF \|
CF \| (And before you ask: yes, I'm planning to remake some other games from
CF \| other books as well. It just might take a little while.)
CF \|
CF \| And if you want to play the original game directly yourself, you can
CF \| find a working version of it here:
CF \| [LINK]
CF \|
CF \| Press a key to go back.
Knight_Otu pushes the green 'space' button.
CF ] Amusements
CF ]
CF ] Select a number Esc/Q = Back
CF \|
CF \| 1 Amusement
CF \| 2 Dollhouse
CF \| 3 Television
CF \| 4 Cassette
CF \| 5 Poor life choices
CF \| 6 A sense of scale
CF \| 7 The time limit
CF \| 8 Headcanons
CF \| 9 Scoring
CF \| A The map grid
CF \| B One map hole in superposition
CF \| C Weird Computer Games
CF \| D Type-in books
CF \| E BASIC
CF \| F Open Source
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "d"
CF ] Type-in books
CF \|
CF \| Did you know...
CF \|
CF \| The original verison of this story came from a "type-in book", which
CF \| were fairly popular at the time. There were many different popular
CF \| computer systems, which all spoke relatively common flavours of BASIC
CF \| (albeit with some differences) — but they had incompatible hardware,
CF \| and most could only store programs on audio cassette tapes that none
CF \| of the others could read.
CF \|
CF \| As such, while it was possible to purchase commercial cassettes (for
CF \| one specific system) containing games made professionally, hobbyists
CF \| tended to publish the source code of their simpler games and programs
CF \| in magazines, where the reader would type in a program that they found
CF \| interesting in order to play it — often learning a bit about
CF \| programming along the way, albeit passively (or more commonly, when a
CF \| typo meant the game crashed and you needed to figure out where and
CF \| why). Even when some hobbyist magazines started including cassettes
CF \| with preloaded programs, these were usually still written in BASIC and
CF \| people could peruse the source code for anything they found
CF \| interesting. This was the one of the bastions of open-source gaming
CF \| at the time, and no doubt helped motivate many people to learn to
CF \| program for themselves.
CF \|
CF \| This of course presented a problem for the authors of these games.
CF \| How do you distribute a game — especially a puzzle game — in the
CF \| form
CF \| of its complete source code, where the person who will be playing the
CF \| game needs to read (and re-read several times to avoid making typos)
CF \| and type in every single line — and how do you keep them from
CF \| spoiling
CF \| the solutions to the games by doing so?
CF \|
CF \| Many games, of course, didn't even try to solve that. But some went
CF \| to some lengths to obfuscate the source a bit with confusing variable
CF \| names, convoluted logic paths, or even ciphering some of the data
CF \| lookup tables used by the game. RAM constraints both helped (the need
CF \| to pack more code and data into as small a space as possible, leading
CF \| to more terse and minimal hard-to-read code) and hindered (harder to
CF \| justify putting in some deciphering code) this process.
CF \|
CF \| Of course, this meant that some people had additional fun after (or
CF \| sometimes before) playing a game, of looking through its code and
CF \| trying to work out how it all fit together to produce the final game.
CF \| You can think of it as the final puzzle challenge of a puzzle game.
CF \| In fact, this very impulse (along with a hefty dose of nostalgia) is
CF \| one of the main reasons why this remake exists and you were able to
CF \| play it.
CF \|
CF \| Press a key to go back.
Knight_Otu pushes the green 'space' button.
CF ] Amusements
CF ]
CF ] Select a number Esc/Q = Back
CF \|
CF \| 1 Amusement
CF \| 2 Dollhouse
CF \| 3 Television
CF \| 4 Cassette
CF \| 5 Poor life choices
CF \| 6 A sense of scale
CF \| 7 The time limit
CF \| 8 Headcanons
CF \| 9 Scoring
CF \| A The map grid
CF \| B One map hole in superposition
CF \| C Weird Computer Games
CF \| D Type-in books
CF \| E BASIC
CF \| F Open Source
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "e"
CF ] BASIC
CF \|
CF \| Did you know...
CF \|
CF \| The original version of this story was written in exactly 200 lines of
CF \| BASIC code — although that's not quite an exact measure after all,
CF \| because the book was intended to work on several popular computers of
CF \| the time that all had very slightly different quirks, either needing
CF \| slightly different commands for certain actions, or needing certain
CF \| things trimmed out due to RAM constraints. This meant that in
CF \| addition to the main program listing were a few amendment notes with
CF \| different lines to type in on specific systems or other small changes.
CF \|
CF \| Meanwhile, this remake version consists of about 750 lines of Inform 7
CF \| code (an approximation since I'm still adding tweaks here and there at
CF \| time of writing), which in turn compiles to about 69k lines of Inform
CF \| 6 code. (Most of that, of course, is the Standard Library -- Inform's
CF \| parser is considerably smarter than the one in the original.
CF \| But then that's also not counting the interpreter that's bringing this
CF \| into your browser, or other platform of choice.)
CF \|
CF \| Press a key to go back.		Knight_Otu says, "Well, well."
Knight_Otu pushes the green 'space' button.
CF ] Amusements
CF ]
CF ] Select a number Esc/Q = Back
CF \|
CF \| 1 Amusement
CF \| 2 Dollhouse
CF \| 3 Television
CF \| 4 Cassette
CF \| 5 Poor life choices
CF \| 6 A sense of scale
CF \| 7 The time limit
CF \| 8 Headcanons
CF \| 9 Scoring
CF \| A The map grid
CF \| B One map hole in superposition
CF \| C Weird Computer Games
CF \| D Type-in books
CF \| E BASIC
CF \| F Open Source
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "f"
CF ] Open Source
CF \|
CF \| Did you know...
CF \|
CF \| The original game was released open-source, though not quite in the
CF \| modern sense — the source was published in a book, with copyright
CF \| retained by the publishers (although permission to adapt the code was
CF \| expressly granted). More recently, permission to produce modern
CF \| adapted works was also explicitly granted again.
CF \|
CF \| In the spirit of this, I intend to release the Inform 7 source for
CF \| this adaptation as well — but I'll hold off on that for a little
CF \| while, to avoid spoilers while the story is "new".
CF \|
CF \| Press a key to go back.
Knight_Otu pushes the green 'space' button.
CF ] Amusements
CF ]
CF ] Select a number Esc/Q = Back
CF \|
CF \| 1 Amusement
CF \| 2 Dollhouse
CF \| 3 Television
CF \| 4 Cassette
CF \| 5 Poor life choices
CF \| 6 A sense of scale
CF \| 7 The time limit
CF \| 8 Headcanons
CF \| 9 Scoring
CF \| A The map grid
CF \| B One map hole in superposition
CF \| C Weird Computer Games
CF \| D Type-in books
CF \| E BASIC
CF \| F Open Source
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "q"
CF ] 20 points Maximiser Pad 52 turns
CF \| Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game, see some suggestions
CF \| for AMUSING things to do, QUIT, or UNDO the last command?
CF \| >
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "RESTORE"
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "cf3"
CF \| >
CF \| > RESTORE
CF \| %% Enter a save filename to read:
CF ] 9 points Terminal Desk 41 turns
CF \| Ok.
CF \|
CF \| >
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "type examine key"
CF ] 9 points Terminal Desk 42 turns
CF \|
CF \| > TYPE EXAMINE KEY
CF \|
CF \| The terminal echoes "EXAMINE KEY".
CF \|
CF \| >		Knight_Otu says, "Hm."
		Knight_Otu says, "I guess that's not how to get a second opinion"
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "type grocer"
CF ] 9 points Terminal Desk 43 turns
CF \|
CF \| > TYPE GROCER
CF \|
CF \| The terminal prints "CODE WORD ACCEPTED", and you hear a beep coming
CF \| from the north.
CF \|
CF \| >
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "x terminal"
CF ] 9 points Terminal Desk 44 turns
CF \|
CF \| > X TERMINAL
CF \|
CF \| A cursor is blinking away, obviously waiting for input.
CF \|
CF \| The terminal is currently switched on.
CF \|
CF \| >
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "terminal, examine key"
CF ] 9 points Terminal Desk 44 turns
CF \|
CF \| > TERMINAL, EXAMINE KEY
CF \|
CF \| You can't talk to the terminal.
CF \|
CF \| >
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "type x key"
CF ] 9 points Terminal Desk 45 turns
CF \|
CF \| > TYPE X KEY
CF \|
CF \| The terminal echoes "X KEY".
CF \|
CF \| >		Jacqueline says, "I am happy that the 'author' explained why this game was chosen to port to Inform."
		Jacqueline says, "I found those Did You Know entries more fun than the game itself."
		Roger says, "kind of needs the meta-treatment like the MSTing of Detective"
		Knight_Otu says, "I liked it, apart from the code frustration. But yeah, the extras were top."
		Roger says, "might be up DavidW's alley"
		Jacqueline says, "Yes."
		Knight_Otu says, "Something made me think the box was unimportant, but Jacq's hints were perfect to push me back there."
		Jacqueline says, "hooray"
		Jacqueline says, "Yeah. You walked right to it."
		Knight_Otu says, "I think it was me trying to examine the parts and getting a can't message threw me at first."
		Knight_Otu exclaims, "Thanks, Jacq!"
		Jacqueline says, "Welcome. And yeah, that makes sense why you moved on the first time."
		Jacqueline says, "Well, thanks for the session today, folks - two games that put us right in the sweet-spot, time-wise."
		Knight_Otu says, "Yep, perfect timing."
		Jacqueline says, "I'm going to review this one on IFDB, I think."
		Karona exclaims, "Thank you, everyone!"
		Roger says, "cheers, y'all"
		Jacqueline exclaims, "Thanks!"
		Knight_Otu exclaims, "Good night, and stay safe!"
		Karona exclaims, "You too!"