Key & Compass presents:
Danny Dipstick
by Garry Francis

• Map
• Walkthrough
• Extras
  • Characters, Credits, Inventory, Score, Status
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Map

Walkthrough

Outside Feel the Beat Nightclub

> x me. i. x suit. x note. read it.

> x nightclub. x sign. read it. x vendor.

> talk to vendor. (A rose costs two dollars.)

> n.

Front Lobby

> listen. e.

Dance Floor

> x green. talk to green. (She hates your clothes.)

> x red. talk to red. (She hates your bad breath.)

> w. w.

Bar

> x collector. talk to collector. (Donate $5 for mints.)

> x table. x ashtray. x butt.

> take butt. (It falls under the table.)

> look under table. (You find a lottery ticket.)

> take ticket. read ticket. scratch ticket. (It's worth $100!)

> x bar. x bartender. x taps. x bottles. x people. x stools.

> e. s. e.

Convenience Store

> read sign. x machine. x clerk.

> give ticket to clerk. x money.

> x counter. x register.

> x rack. x gap. look under rack. (You find a credit card.)

> take card. x card. read card.

> x magazines. look under rack. x cockroach.

> w.

Outside Feel the Beat Nightclub

> buy rose. x rose.

> n. w.

Bar

> donate money to collector.

> x mints. eat mints. (+1)

> e. e.

Dance Floor

> talk to red. (Amelia lost her credit card.)

> give card to Amelia. (+1; You get a new suit!)

Outside Acacia Fashions

> x store. x light.

> e. s.

Outside High Roller Nightclub

> x club. x bouncer.

> talk to bouncer. (Because you're in a nice suit, he lets you in.)

Lounge

> x shiny. take ring.

> n. n. n. e.

Dance Floor

> talk to girl. (Janine lost her diamond ring.)

> give ring to Janine. (+1)

Janine's fiance, Robbie, thanks you and teachs you some social skills at the bar.

Bar

There's now a woman in white here.

> x woman. talk to woman.

> give rose to Kathleen. (+1)

You and Kathleen exchange phone numbers. Congratulations!

*** You have won ***

Extras

Characters

• A rose vendor outside the club is selling a rose.
• Amelia Dickinson, the girl in a red dress, has lost her credit card.
• Janine Sullivan, the girl in a green dress, has lost her diamond ring.
• A bartender is busy serving drinks in the bar.
• A charity collector wants donations for his charity.
• A clerk is working behind the counter in the convenience store.
• A bouncer is guarding the entrance to the High Roller nightclub.
• Robbie is Janine's fiance. He teaches you some social skills.
• Kathleen, the beautiful woman in a white dress, is at the bar when you have three points. She's upset because she got dumped.
• Some people are enjoying themselves at the bar and on the dance floor.

Mentioned:

• Your neighbour wrote a note for you with his advice on picking up chicks.
• Amelia's boyfriend had to work tonight.
• Kathleen's date dumped her for another woman.

Credits

The response to ABOUT is:

This game was written for ParserComp 2021. It was inspired by an unpublished Inform 6 game written by Michael Marchetti as an assignment for CIS 487/587 at the University of Michigan-Dearborn in Spring 1999. The game has been rewritten from scratch and considerably expanded, but the concept and some of the puzzles are basically the same.

Concept by Michael Marchetti.
Game design and coding by Garry Francis.
Play testing by Andrew Schultz, Dee Cooke, Edo Rajh and Tristin Grizel Dean.

Inventory

• a suit. You're wearing it.
• Your original suit is dorky. After giving the credit card to Amelia, you'll be wearing a new stylish suit.
• The new suit lets you enter the High Roller nightclub.
• The new suit lets you talk to the girl in green, Janine.
• You may not remove either suit.
• a hand-written note. You're carrying it.
• Read it to learn how to improve yourself.
• a cigarette butt. It's in the ashtray on the table in the bar.
• You don't need the butt at all, but when you first try to take it, it falls under the table where the ticket is.
• an instant lottery ticket. It's under the table in the bar.
• Read it, scratch it, then give it to the convenience store clerk to get some money.
• some money. Acquire it in the convenience store by giving the scratched ticket to the clerk.
• Outside the Feel the Beat club, buy the rose for two dollars.
• In the bar, donate some money (five dollars) to the charity collector to obtain the mints.
• a credit card. Find it by looking under the magazine rack in the convenience store.
• Read it; it's Amelia's.
• On the dance floor, give the card to Amelia. She'll give you a new suit as a reward.
• a long-stemmed rose. Buy it from the rose vendor outside the Feel the Beat club. You'll need money.
• In the bar, give the rose to Kathleen.
• a box of mints. Acquire it by donating some money to the charity collector in the bar.
• Eat the mints to improve your breath. Now you can talk to the girl in red on the dance floor.
• a diamond ring. It's the shiny object in the lounge.
• On the dance floor, give the ring to Janine. Her fiance, Robbie, will reward you by teaching you some social skills.

Score

The response to SCORE is:

You have so far scored your-score out of a possible 4, in some turns.

Points are awarded as follows:

• 1 point for freshening your breath.
• 1 point for getting some nice clothes.
• 1 point for learning some social skills.
• 1 point for getting a girl's phone number.

Status

The response to STATUS when your score is 0 is:

Problem: You have very bad breath.
Problem: Your clothes are outdated and dorky.
Problem: Your social skills are worse than that of a brain-dead donkey.

The response to STATUS when your score is 3 is:

Solved: Your breath is minty fresh.
Solved: Your new clothing is very classy.
Solved: You conduct yourself with grace, elegance and class.

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