Key & Compass presents:
Badland Machine
by Sam Kabo Ashwell

In this tiny game set in the steampunk fantasy western genre, you play as a dew fairy—a dew fairy in leathers with a motorbike. You're tired and in an incredibly bad mood. You have a delivery to make in the town of Machine.

This solution is by David Welbourn, and is based on the Public Information Broadcast Edition of the game.

Walkthrough
Extras
- Characters, Endings, Inventory
Thank You to my Patreon supporters
External links:
- This game at IFDB, IFWiki, and ifwizz.
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Walkthrough

Right Side of the Tracks (just about)

Command handling is somewhat rough in this game. To get off the bike, you must use "stand"; "dismount" and "get off bike" aren't understood. Also, "wake inky" isn't implemented. You can't refer to Snappy or Snargy as "brothers", nor refer to the red button as "red".

> x me. i. x cigarette. x magnet. x lenses.

> x sign. x bike. smell bike. n.

Town Square

> x inky. ask inky about bike. e. stand. e. e. hit inky. e.

Den of Iniquity

> x Chisel. x pit. x Snappy. push button.

> x crowd. give lenses to Chisel. w. hit inky. put cigarette in pit. w.

Town Square

> ride bike.

*** You have won ***

Extras

Characters

inky, aka Dan 'Throbbing Gristle' Shiovitz, cabal altarboy and incongruous luminary, welcomes you to town. He gets to play sidekick but also seems to sleep an awful lot.
Cold Chisel is your target. He's in the den of iniquity.
Snappy and Snargy are two brothers, muscle in Chisel's employ.
Also mentioned in the den of iniquity is a porcine bartender, a scrawny girl, and a crowd of miscreants.

Endings

The End

if you dawdle too long after Snappy and Snargy appear (they tear your arms off), or
if you dawdle too long after giving the lenses to Chisel (the mob attacks you).

You have won if you ride your bike after completing your mission.

Inventory

a Stilton cigarette. You're carrying it. Put it in the fire pit when you're trying to leave the den; the smell will wake inky up.
a magnet. You're carrying it. It's a horseshoe electromagnet with a red button, but it doesn't attract metal. When Snappy and Snargy are approaching you, push the button to force them to headbutt the thing.
a pair of strange contact lenses. You're carrying them. Give them to Chisel once the two brothers are taken care of.

Honorable mention:

the motorcycle of God. It's your bike. Smell it. It smells of redemption. Stand to get off it; ride bike to get on it.

Thank You to my Patreon supporters

This walkthrough is provided free of charge since I wrote this walkthrough prior to January 2015 when I began my Patreon account, and also because the work it's based on has less than fifteen locations (so I wouldn't have charged for it anyway). I've since reformatted this walkthrough to use my currently preferred style. I hope you enjoy it!

I'm still creating new walkthroughs! Larger ones too! Please visit my Patreon account if you're interested in helping me create more interactive fiction walkthroughs. I appreciate all the help I can get! Thanks again.