You play as Alex, a young gay man attending a New Year's Eve party at your boyfriend Paul's. Paul would just love to host a perfect party, but he keeps running into unexpected problems, like this mouse in the bowl of eggnog. Fortunately for Paul, you're good at solving problems.
This solution is by David Welbourn, and is based on Release 2 of the game.
This game is task-driven. You will complete four tasks in order.
Task 1: Get the mouse out of the bowl of eggnog.
> verbose. i. x eggnog.
> x mouse. take mouse.(It evades you.)
> x carpet. x drawers. open drawers. x thing.
> move drawers. x hole.
> drop bowl.(The mouse in the hole takes the swimming mouse away.)
> u.(No one's allowed upstairs.)
> z. z.
Three turns after the mouse leaves, Paul returns and takes you to the kitchen.
Kitchen
Task 2: Find some paper for Paul's printer.
> x food. x counter. x people. x laptop. x speakers.
> s.
Garden Area
> x people.
> x pool.(There's a lava-lamp in there.)
> enter pool.
In the Swimming Pool (swimming [obviously])
> x lamp. take lamp.(Too far down.)
> down —or— dive.(Not enough air.)
> take breath.
> down —or— dive.(You get lamp.)
> out.
Garden Area
> x lamp. n. n.
Living Room
> x people. x couches. x heap.
> search heap.(The people protest.)
> turn on lamp. search heap.
> x papers. z. z.
Three turns after finding the papers, Paul takes them and you go to the garden.
Garden Area
Task 3: Deal with Hubert.
> n. n.
Living Room
> x Hubert. talk to Hubert.
> look under couches. x mag.
> e. in.
The Potter Room
Note: When you have both the Uzi and its mag, you'll automatically put them together.
> x tools. search tools. x uzi.
> out. w.
Living Room
> shoot Hubert.(Corpse and gun disappear.)
> z. z. z.
Three turns after Hubert dies, Paul appears. You head to the garden.
Garden Area
Task 4: Find the noodles and cook them.
> drop lamp. search undergrowth.
By the heater
> x switch. turn on switch.
> out.
Garden Area
Note: You can't carry anything when climbing the wall.
> x wall. climb wall.
Golf course
The glue is conveniently edible.
> x glue. x nozzle. x sticker. take glue.
> e.
Hilltop
> x cart. x plank. take it.
> ne.
Entrance Gate
> x gate. open gate.(locked)x arc.
> x noodles. take it.
> sw. w.
Golf course
> drop plank.(It's now a ramp.)
> e.
Hilltop
> spray cart. put noodles on cart.
> enter cart. w.
*** You have won ***
Extras
Characters
Paul is your boyfriend and host for the party. He always finds you when he has a problem, but you never find him.
Two mice are in the house: one mouse is in the eggnog, another is in a hole hidden behind the chest of drawers in the hallway.
Hubert is a German exchange student dressed as Hitler. Also an ex-boyfriend of Paul's.
Several people are at the party, mostly college friends of Paul's.
Mentioned:
Paul's parents own the house.
Toby43 is an online friend mentioned in the prologue's blogpost.
Paul's grandfather originally owned the Uzi.
Joseph Beuys, a German artist, is refered to when you glue the uncooked noodles to the golf cart.
Endings
You're dead if you deliberately go swimming in the pool when it's boiling; force the ending with: swim. yes. no.
You have won if you succeed in cooking noodles for the party.
Inventory
a bowl of eggnog. You're carrying it at the beginning of the game. Stay in the hallway and move the chest of drawers, exposing a mouse hole. Then drop the bowl to reunite the mice. Paul will take the mouse-free bowl three turns later.
Bug: If the mouse hole has been seen, dropping the bowl in any location acts as if you're in the hallway.
a battery-powered lava-lamp. It's in the swimming pool. To get it, drop everything, swim, hold your breath, then dive. Of course, the pool should be cold for this, not boiling hot. Take the lamp to the living room and turn it on there. While the guests are entranced, search the heap of purses and backpacks to find some papers.
Papers. Find them in the living room by first turning on the lava lamp there, then searching the heap of purses and backpacks. Three turns after you obtain the papers, Paul will take them from you.
an Uzi mag. Acquire it by looking under the couches in the living room.
an Uzi. Acquire it by searching the tools in the Potter Room. When you have both the Uzi and the Uzi mag, you'll automatically combine them. Shoot Hubert with the loaded Uzi. You'll throw the Uzi away immediately afterwards.
a barrel of glue. It on the golf course. Examine its nozzle and read its sticker. Spray the golf cart with the glue.
a plank. It's in the golf cart at Hilltop. Drop the plank at "golf course", creating a ramp for the golf cart.
a package of noodles. It's at the entrance gate after Paul tells you that the noodles were delivered to the golf course. After spraying the golf cart with glue, put the noodles on the golf cart.
Honorable mention:
a golf cart. It's at Hilltop. Take the plank from it and drop the plank at "Golf course". Spray the cart with glue and put the noodles on the cart, covering it. Drive the cart west and up the ramp, flying into the swimming pool when it's boiling hot. This cooks the noodles, gives you extensive burns, and saves Paul's party.
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