Key & Compass presents:
City of Dead Leaves
by Felix Pleşoianu

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

Walkthrough

Nameless Square

This is more of a dream-like story than a game, but there are some light puzzles and a goal.

> x me. i. (Empty-handed.)

> x fountain. x leaves.

> search leaves. take leaf. x it.

> s.

Nameless Alley

> x house. x door. knock on door. open door. x gap.

> e. u.

Top of Stairs

> x corkboard. look behind it.

> take postcard. x it. read it.

> d. w.

Nameless Alley

> put postcard in gap. fold postcard.

> put postcard in gap. open door. w.

Kitchen

> x sink. wash dishes.

> x stove. x plate.

> w. n.

Cold Corridor

> x cans.

> s. w. w.

Cozy Bedroom

> smell. take key. x it.

> x coatrack. smell jacket.

> x bookshelf. x desk. read notes.

> look through window.

> e. s.

Cramped Bathroom

> x mirror. take mirror. (no)

> n. e. n. w.

Empty Backyard

> x buildings. listen.

> x bar. take it.

> e. u.

Machine Room

> x tanks. x boxes. u.

On the Roof

> x turbine. x buttons. (Red and black.)

> x collectors.

> push black button. (The turbine starts spinning.)

> d.

Machine Room

> x boxes. (Needles are now at midpoints of their scales.)

> d.

Cold Corridor

> turn on switch. d.

Basement

> x holes. x arches. (East is open.)

> e.

Dark Tunnel

> listen. e. x door.

> unlock door with key. e.

Boiler Room

> x pipes. x lump. (Mattress.)

> s. (Clothes snag.)

> s.

Basement Hallway

> x walls. x furniture. smell.

> x door. pry door with bar. s.

Basement Apartment

> smell. x furniture. x bookshelves. x table. x armchairs.

> x kitchenette. search books. search table.

> x floor. search floor. search armchairs.

After searching four different things here, you find what you were looking for.

*** The End ***

Extras

Characters

This is very much a solo adventure, but there are some mentions:

• Your love, who you abandoned, lives or lived here. You find many things that are his, but not the man himself.
• Pigeons are heard in the nameless alley.
• Other people are never seen, but if you listen in the backyard, you are reassured that the city is not the wasteland that it appears to be.

Credits

From the response to ABOUT:

City of Dead Leaves is a story told to me by a place that I saw in a dream. As such it's a very personal thing; hopefully you'll find it worth your time. It's not a puzzle game, though it has puzzles; it's not a story game either, though it has a story. It's about cities, and futures, and feelings. About us.

If you're new to interactive fiction, type HELP for a primer.

Beta testers: Adri Mills and Jonathan Blask. Thank you!

Made with Alan 3.

Inventory

• maple leaf. Find it by searching the leaves in Nameless Square.
• This seems to be an optional item in the game.
• postcard. Find it by looking behind the corkboard at the top of the stairs in the apartment building across from the house.
• Fold the postcard, then put it into the gap of door in the nameless alley to lift the door's latch.
• big heavy iron key. It's in the Cozy Bedroom.
• In the Dark Tunnel, unlock the steel door with the key.
• flat steel bar. It's in the Empty Backyard.
• In the Basement Hallway, pry the oak door with the bar.

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, Marius Müller, and Edward Hatfield;
• 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!