Key & Compass presents:
Black Thumb
by Bridget Hoang

• 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.
  • Follow me at Bluesky, Ko-Fi, Mastodon, Patreon, and Wordpress.

Map

Note that when your bedroom is covered in vines, you are both unwilling to leave and unable to re-ascend to the ledge.

Walkthrough

Your Bedroom

> x me. x box.

> take card. x it. x pot. x plants.

> x window. put pot on ledge.

> x blinds. open blinds. x sun.

Check out more of your room.

> x bed. x blankets. make bed. (no)

> x desk. x papers.

> x dust. clean dust.

> x shelf. x jar. take it.

> x chest. open it. x key. take it.

> x bag. search it. x gloves. take gloves.

> x door. x doorknob. n. (no)

Check out that card again.

> x card. open window. (locked)

> unlock window with key. open window.

> s.

The Window Ledge

The card suggests bringing the sun closer.

> x neighborhood.

> take sun. (You put on the glove to protect your hand, and go almost try putting it into the jar, but it needs insulation too.)

> n.

Your Bedroom

> take papers. (You automatically stuff them into the jar.)

> s.

The Window Ledge

I'm not sure how flammable paper is the best insulation material, but I've never jarred a sun before.

> take sun. x sun. x papers.

> x neighborhood.

> n.

Your Bedroom

The vines grow and cover everything. Your card offers one last suggestion.

> x vines. x plants.

> drop sun.

*** The End ***

Extras

Characters

Mentioned:

• Your parents are gone. Whether they're just gone for the day or forever is not stated.

Credits

This is the response to ABOUT:

This small game was created in a month as a summer project.

Many thanks to my beta testers: Toad Moffatt, Beatrice Hoang, Eight, Dzung Hoang.

Inventory

• a care card. It's in the cardboard box.
• Take it and read it to get a suggestion on the next step with the plants.
• a key on a chain. It's in the jewelry chest on your bookshelf.
• Unlock the window with the key, then open the window.
• a clay jar. It's on your bookshelf.
• After taking the jar, take some papers off your desk; you automatically stuff the papers into the jar.
• On the window ledge while the window is open and while you've wearing the glove, put the sun into the jar.
• a bunch of wadded-up papers. Some papers are on your desk.
• You can only take some papers when you're carrying the jar. You automatically put the papers into the jar.
• a glove. Search the bag to find a pair of gloves. Take the gloves to acquire one of them and accidentally unravel the other.
• Wear the glove to protect your hand when taking the sun.
• a pot containing a collection of plants. It's in the cardboard box.
• The pot is heavy. Put it on the window ledge before you're forced to put it back down again.
• a sun. It's in the sky outside the window.
• First open the blinds, unlock the window with the key, and open the window. Then wear the glove, take the jar from your shelf, then take some papers off your desk which you automatically stuff into the jar. Get onto the window ledge then take the sun, which you automatically put into the jar.
• Back inside your bedroom, drop the sun to give your plants all the light they desire.

Thank You to my Patreon supporters

This walkthrough is provided free of charge since the work it's based on has less than fifteen locations. Please consider it a thank you for your support!

I create larger walkthroughs 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.

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