Dino Hunt is a Z-machine interactive fiction game written with Inform 6 and is © 2000 by Admiral Jota. It was a participant in the DinoComp event.
In this small game, you play as a kid in a playground. You want to play dinosaurs in the sand box, but you forgot to bring your toy dinosaurs with you.
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.
Sand Box
The four locations are arranged in a diamond formation. You must find all three toy dinos, then play with one of them to win.
> s. x fence.
> xyzzy.
*** You have died ***
> undo
> x sand. dig sand. (+1)
> look. take rex. x it.
> e.
Swing Set
> x ball. take it. x swing. swing swing.
> n.
Basketball Hoop
> x net. x purple. climb pole.
> throw ball at net. g. g. g. (+1)
> look. take purple. x it.
> w.
Slide
> x slide. x grass. search grass. (+1)
> look. take bronto. x it. climb slide.
> s.
Sand Box
> i. play with rex. (+1)
*** You have won ***
This is a solo adventure, but some other people are mentioned:
When you have all three toy dinosaurs, play with one of them to win the game.
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:
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