Can You Escape is a Glulx interactive fiction game written with Inform and is © 2013 by Last but not Least.
In this tepid, unpolished, minimalistic challenge, you have decided to escape from the haunted house. Some creatures in the house are helpful, but most are not. Find the right path through the house to win. Easy.
This solution is by David Welbourn, and is based on Release 1 of the game.
SPOILERS AHEAD. Reading a walkthrough prematurely can sometimes diminish one's enjoyment of an interactive fiction game. Please make an honest effort to play the game before reading this walkthrough.
Main Entrance
> ne. w. n. nw. nw. quit.
Main Entrance
Your goal is to escape the haunted house by finding the right path. Since that's boring, this walkthrough will explore all the wrong paths first.
There's no inventory or scenery in this game, so this will go quicker than you expect.
> nw.
Hallway 1
> w.
Kitchen
> x ghost. ask ghost about directions.
Ghost says to return to the main entrance and restart, but not just yet.
> e. e.
Living Room
> x devil. ask devil about directions.
Devil says there's a secret trail behind the book case on the south side of this room.
> s.
Secret Bookcase
Oh no, you're "trapped".
> n. w. se. ne.
Hallway 2
> e.
Bedroom
> x witch. ask witch about directions. (She suggests going west from hallway 1, but you've done that already.)
> w. w.
Dining Room
> d.
Tunnel
> x Dracula. ask Dracula about directions. ("run")
> u. n.
Backyard
The word "the" is part of the topic.
> x pumpkin 1.
> ask 1 about the maze. ("ask pumpkin 3")
> ask 2 about the maze. ("ask pumpkin 4")
> ask 3 about the maze. ("ask pumpkin 2")
> ask 4 about the maze. ("choice is yours")
These pumpkins are useless.
> e.
East Maze Entrance
> x werewolf.
> ask werewolf about the way out. (He eats you, but ignore that.)
> w. ne.
Northeast Maze Entrance
Vines grab you and kill you, I guess.
> sw. w.
West Maze Entrance
You hear a chainsaw.
> e. nw.
Northwest Maze Entrance
> x spirit. ask spirit about the way out. (Use Kanye's baby's name.)
> nw.
Exit
"Congratulations You Won!" Of course, Kanye West's child, North West, isn't a baby any more.
> quit.
To get the most out of this game, go re-write it in Twine.
Mentioned:
There are no true endings in this game, just intended endings that are stated but not enforced. You can always continue playing from an ending and go back the way you came.
The losing "endings":
The winning "ending":
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