Key & Compass presents:
Art D's First Batch Adventure
by Arthur DiBianca

• Map
• Walkthrough
• Extras
  • Characters, Credits, Inventory
• Thank You to my Patreon supporters
• Support me on Ko-Fi
• External links:
  • This game at IFDB, and IFWiki.
  • Tweet about this walkthrough on Twitter.

Map

Walkthrough

Sunny path

> help

> inv (carrying nothing)

> n

End of path

> examine sign ("This Way to the Cave of Thrills")

> examine knife

> take knife

> w

East edge of paved road

> examine box (King says BREADSTICK!)

> take box

> w (can't: too slick)

> say breadstick (nothing happens)

> use box (Your fingernails can't tear the wrapping paper.)

> use knife (You acquire a lit lamp!)

> e. d

Damp cave ("SCSCSCFY")

> say scscscfy ("Same to you.")

> say breadstick (You teleport to...)

Damp cave ("BREADSTICK")

> look

> u. s. e

King's private gymasium

> examine shoes. take shoes

> w. n. d. say scscscfy. u. w

East Edge of Paved Road

> use shoes. look.

Quaint little shop

> examine sign ("CRACKTHE")

> use bell ("Go away!")

> use shoes. e. d

Damp cave ("SCSCSCFY")

> say crackthe

Damp cave ("CRACKTHE")

> look. u. u

Sunny clearing

There's a statue of a crowned man. The inscription tells you of a word to remember for the next game in the series: PHLEGMATIC.

Continue to my walkthrough for Art D's Next Batch Adventure.

Extras

Characters

This is a solo adventure, but there's two characters worth mentioning:

• The king may be the one setting up your adventure. Although he never puts in a personal appearance, the inscription on his statue at the end of the game can only be meant for you.
• A shopkeeper is hiding from you in the quaint little shop. I have no idea why, but he seems afraid of you. Perhaps other adventurers have treated his shop badly? I just don't know.

Credits

This is the response to help:

This batch adventure takes one- and two-word commands.
The following verbs are understood: go, take, drop, look, examine, inv (inventory), read, say, use, and quit.
The abbreviations n,w,e,s,u,d,i, and l are also understood.

My thanks to Robert Irving, who gave me the idea for DOS batch adventures.

Enjoy!

Inventory

• a knife. It's at the end of the sunny path.
• When you have both the knife and the (unopened) box, use knife to open the box and acquire the lit lamp that's inside it.
• a box. It's at the east edge of the paved road.
• Examine the box to learn the magic word BREADSTICK.
• When you have both the knife and the (unopened) box, use knife to open the box and acquire the lit lamp that's inside it.
• a lit lamp. Acquire it when you have both the knife and the (unopened) box and you use knife.
• The lamp is already lit and never goes out. Keep it so you can see in all the dark locations in the game.
• a pair of shoes. They're in the king's private gym.
• When at the east edge of the paved road, use shoes to travel safely on the slick road to the quaint shop and vice-versa.

Thank You to my Patreon supporters

This walkthrough was funded via Patreon with

• the support of Robin Johnson, Ville Lavonius, Andrew Schultz, Kenneth Hon, Carl Muckenhoupt, Mark Musante, Phil Tatro, Mitch, and Peter Berman;
• the generous support of Janice M Eisen, Matthew Foxley, Thomas Insel, and Marius Müller;
• the very generous support of Karl Ove Hufthammer, Lance Campbell, and DrkStarr;
• the extremely generous support of Emily Short, Allen Garvin, Jesse McGrew, Jacqueline Ashwell, Jennifer Rexrode, and Durafen;
• and the invisible support of several anonymous patrons.

Ko-Fi is a way to send me small one-time donations. Every little bit helps, and thank you!