Key & Compass presents:
Djinn on the Rocks
by Joshua Wilson

• Map
• Walkthroughs
  • Verbose walkthrough for high score
  • Mini-walkthrough 1: Entrap James
  • Mini-walkthrough 2: Entrap the boy
  • Mini-walkthrough 3: Give cheque to James
  • Mini-walkthrough 4: Change James's name
  • Mini-walkthrough 5: Deal with Spirit of Good
  • Mini-walkthrough 6: Deal with Spirit of Evil
• Extras
  • Amusing, Appraisals, Characters, Credits, Endings, Inventory, Score
• Thank You to my Patreon supporters
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Map

Walkthroughs

Verbose walkthrough for high score

Broom Closet

> read note. (can't: you're inside a bottle)

> x me. i. x shell.

> listen to shell. (+1)

> talk to shell. (+2. A crustacean replies, says he'll fetch the list.)

> SPACE SPACE SPACE SPACE

> x bottle. x cork.

> ask Enz about appraise. (Appraise tells you the size and material of something. You can only swap cursed objects if they're similar in size and material.)

> ask Enz about curse. (You can curse almost anything, and UNCURSE them too. You may SWAP two cursed items.)

> ask Enz about swap. (You can swap two objects from anywhere as long as you cursed both and if they are similar.)

> ask Enz about karma. ("They" are always watching.)

> ask Enz about freedom.

> ask Enz about bottle.

> ask Enz about James.

> push cork. (+1)

> leave bottle. (+1)

> look.

> x note. (+1. James wants to be rich or else.)

> ask Enz about seal.

> x knife. take knife. take note. take cork.

> take bottle. (+1)

> appraise me. (+1)

> x appliances. x fabric. ask Enz about cat.

> x door. appraise door. (+1)

> curse closet door. (+1)

> open door. e.

Decrepit Pub

> ask Enz about wish. ask James about wish.

> x James. x drunkard. x herring.

> appraise herring.

> x bottles. x floorboards. x bar.

> appraise James. (+1)

> appraise drunkard.

> ask Enz about drunkard. ask James about drunkard.

> ask James about cat.

> e.

Outside The Red Anchor

> x puppy. pet puppy. (+1, +25 Karma)

> appraise Enzo. (+1)

> e.

Main Street

> e. (You can't go further east.)

> appraise door. (+1)

> curse door. (+1)

> swap closet door with office door. (+1)

> s.

Records Office

The computer lets you change people's names!

> x computer.

...use the computer?= Y

Enter Original Name >> ENTER

SURE? Y (+1)

> n. w. n.

Jekyll Park

> x boy. ask boy about puppy.

> s.

Outside The Red Anchor

> take puppy. (He's too fast!)

> curse puppy. (+1)

> curse Enzo. (+1)

> swap Enzo with puppy. (+1)

> n.

Jekyll Park

> give puppy to boy. (+1; +25 Karma)

> s.

Outside The Red Anchor

> uncurse Enzo. take Enzo.

> n. n.

Alliteration Alley

> x Malicia. appraise Malicia. (can't: already cursed)

> x can. x rats.

> ask Malicia about puppy. ask Malicia about cheque.

> s. s. w.

Decrepit Pub

> curse me. (+1)

> curse James. (+1)

> drop bottle. enter bottle.

> swap me with James. (+1)

> put cork in bottle. (The bottle vanishes.)

You are free, without any magical powers.

> x me. take self.

*** You have won. ***

> amusing

Mini-walkthrough 1: Entrap James

Broom Closet

> push cork. (+1) leave bottle. (+1)

> take cork. take bottle. (+1)

> open door. e.

Decrepit Pub

> curse me. (+1) curse James. (+1)

> drop bottle. enter bottle.

> swap me with James. (+1)

> put cork in bottle. take self.

*** You have won. ***

Mini-walkthrough 2: Entrap the boy

Broom Closet

> push cork. (+1) leave bottle. (+1)

> take cork. take bottle. (+1)

> open door. e. e. n.

Jekyll Park

> curse me. (+1) curse boy. (+1)

> drop bottle. enter bottle.

> swap me with boy. (+1; -25 Karma)

> put cork in bottle. take self.

*** You have won. ***

Mini-walkthrough 3: Give cheque to James

Broom Closet

> push cork. (+1) leave bottle. (+1)

> take bottle. (+1)

> open door. e. e.

Outside The Red Anchor

> appraise puppy. appraise shell. (+1)

> curse puppy. (+1) curse shell. (+1)

> swap puppy with shell. (+1)

> n. n.

Alliteration Alley

> give puppy to Malicia. (+1; -25 Karma)

> x cheque.

> s. s. w.

Decrepit Pub

> give cheque to James. (+1) take self.

*** You have won. ***

Mini-walkthrough 4: Change James's name

Broom Closet

> push cork. (+1) leave bottle. (+1)

> take bottle. (+1)

> appraise door. (+1) curse door. (+1)

> open door. e. e. e.

Main Street

> appraise door. (+1) curse door. (+1)

> swap closet door with office door. (+1)

> s.

Records Office

When you rename James, make sure his new name is just the one word, Rich.

> x computer.

use the computer? Y

Original Name >> James Merl III

New Name >> Rich

Original Name >> ENTER

EXIT THE SYSTEM? Y

> SPACE (+2. Your bottle vanishes.)

> n. w. w.

Decrepit Pub

> x Rich. take self.

*** You have won. ***

Mini-walkthrough 5: Deal with Spirit of Good

Broom Closet

For this ending, you need to do good deads until you have 100 Karma.

> push cork. (+1) leave bottle. (+1)

> take knife. take bottle. (+1)

> open door. e.

Decrepit Pub

> x herring. appraise herring. appraise knife.

> curse herring. curse knife.

> swap knife with herring. (+1)

> e.

Outside The Red Anchor

> pet puppy. (+1; +25 Karma)

> curse puppy. (+1) curse shell. (+1)

> swap puppy with shell. (+1) take shell.

> n. n.

Alliteration Alley

> put herring in can. (+25 Karma)

> give puppy to Malicia. (+1; -25 Karma)

> s.

Jekyll Park

> swap puppy with shell.

> give puppy to boy. (+25 Karma)

> give cheque to boy. (+50 Karma)

On reaching 100 Karma, you are swept away to...

The Far Side of the Universe

The Spirit of Good offers you a yes-or-no deal.

> yes

*** You have won. ***

Mini-walkthrough 6: Deal with Spirit of Evil

Broom Closet

For this ending, you need to do evil deads until you have negative 100 Karma.

> push cork. (+1) leave bottle. (+1)

> take cork. take bottle. (+1)

> open door. e. e.

Outside The Red Anchor

> hit puppy. (+1; -25 Karma)

> curse puppy. (+1) curse shell. (+1)

> swap puppy with shell. (+1) take shell.

> n.

Jekyll Park

> give puppy to boy. (+1; +25 Karma)

> swap puppy with shell. (-50 Karma)

> n.

Alliteration Park

> give puppy to Malicia. (-25 Karma)

> s.

Jekyll Park

> curse me. (+1) curse boy. (+1)

> drop bottle. enter bottle.

> swap me with boy. (+1; -25 Karma)

On reaching negative 100 Karma, you are swept away to...

The Far Side of the Universe

The Spirit of Evil offers you a yes-or-no deal.

> yes

*** You have won. ***

Extras

Amusing

This is the response to AMUSING, after you've won the game:

There are six ways to win the game! Can you find them all?

• Karma Victory at +100 or -100! Hint - you can swap the puppy back after giving it away...
• Perhaps it's time for someone else to take their turn in the bottle
• There's more than one way to make a man 'rich'

Good luck, enjoy, and thank you for playing!

Appraisals

One of your powers as a Djinn is the ability to APPRAISE something. Here is a summary of the appraisals.

• Appliances: medium-sized, complex, random-stuff.
• Bar: massive, dense, vegetable.
• Bottle: denied.
• Bottles (in pub): medium-sized, dense, glass.
• ⭐ Boy: large, complex, animal.
• Computer: unsizeable, je ne sais quoi, dream-stuff.
• Cork: small, solid, vegetable.
• Can (garbage): large, malleable, metal.
• Chain: medium-sized, complex, arcanoplasm.
• Cheque: small, malleable, vegetable.
• ⭐ Door, broom closet: large, solid, metal.
• ⭐ Door, records office: large, solid, metal.
• Doors (of pub): medium-sized, complex, vegetable.
• Drunkard: massive, complex, animal.
• ⭐ Enzo/Shell: small, complex, animal.
• Fabric: large, malleable, vegetable.
• Floorboards: massive, complex, vegetable.
• Knife: small, dense, metal.
• Herring: small, dense, metal.
• ⭐ James: large, complex, animal.
• Malicia: denied.
• ⭐ Me: large, complex, animal.
• Note: small, malleable, vegetable.
• Office: denied.
• Park: denied.
• Path: denied.
• Pub: denied.
• Puppy: small, complex, animal.

Items marked with a ⭐ gain you a point if you appraise them.

Limitations:

• You can't appraise something if you're inside the bottle.
• You can't appraise something magically more powerful than you (such as the bottle).
• You can't appraise something already cursed by another Djinn (such as Malicia).
• You can't appraise entire buildings; you're not a realtor!
• You can't appraise something if you're no longer a Djinn.

Characters

• Enzo is your crustacean familiar who lives in your conch shell. He's a friend and he's willing to answer your questions on many topics.
• The intricate glass bottle that you're chained to is described as inscrutable and hungry. It has a will powerful enough to resist all of your Djinn powers. But otherwise, it acts like a normal inanimate bottle.
• James Merl III is a tavern owner and an amateur occultist. All he wants from you is to make him RICH.
• A drunkard sits motionless in the tavern.
• An adorable spotted puppy has wandered to the outside of the tavern.
• A young boy in the park is very sad because his puppy ran off and he can't catch him.
• Malicia de Monns is a rich woman in the alley. She'll pay you quite a lot of money if you give a puppy to her.
• The Spirit of Good will offer you a deal if you have 100 Karma.
• The Spirit of Evil will offer you a deal if you have negative 100 Karma.

Mentioned:

• The gods turned you into a djinn in the first place.
• A cat belonging to James was eaten by a cat-eating bottle.

Credits

This is the response to CREDITS:

Invaluable testing support provided by:
Tiana Wilson, Spartan, Mikrokosmonaut, Dinglehopper, Dave Warner, Darchalus, Cana Wade, and Caleb Robert Wilson

Endings

• You have won.
• if you entrap James inside the bottle, then take yourself.
• if you entrap the boy inside the bottle, then take yourself.
• if you legally change James's name to Rich, then take yourself.
• if you give the cashier's cheque to James, then take yourself.
• if you say "yes" to the Spirit of Good's suggestion. This is possible when you have 100 Karma.
• if you say "yes" to the Spirit of Evil's suggestion. This is possible when you have negative 100 Karma.

Inventory

• a conch shell; later, Enzo. You're carrying it/him.
• Listen to the shell and talk to the shell to discover that the shell is your familiar and friend, Enzo, a crustacean.
• Ask Enzo about many topics such as Appraise, Bottle, Boy, Cat, Curse, Drunkard, Freedom, James, Karma, Malicia, Puppy, Seal, Swap, and Wish. (Not a complete list.)
• If you curse both Enzo and the puppy, you can swap them to obtain the puppy. You might want to do this again, either after giving the puppy to the boy or Malicia.
• When you fulfil James's wish in any way, you cease to be a Djinn, and your conch shell becomes a normal conch shell. It's unclear what Enzo's fate is, but you no longer see or hear him.
• a knife. It's in the broom closet, pinning the note to the wall.
• If you curse both the knife and the red herring, you can swap them to obtain the herring.
• a note. It's in the broom closet, pinned to the wall by the knife.
• After you leave the bottle, read the note to learn that James demands that you make him rich. Technically, this is his wish that he wants you to grant.
• If you swap the cheque with the note while the boy has the cheque, you lose 50 Karma.
• a cork. It's halfway in the neck of the intricate glass bottle.
• Push the cork to open the bottle from the inside.
• If James (or the boy) is inside the bottle, you can put the cork back in the bottle to entrap James (or the boy) and free yourself.
• an intricate glass bottle. It's in the broom closet, but since you're in the bottle when the game begins, you don't see it. The bottle is invisible from the inside.
• Push the cork to open the bottle from the inside.
• Take the bottle once you're out of it. Otherwise, you won't be able to walk around; a chain connecting you to the bottle prevents you from leaving it behind.
• If you curse both yourself and James, and if you're in the bottle, you can swap yourself with James to put him into the bottle. Put the cork in the bottle to entrap him and free yourself.
• Likewise, you can trap the boy in the bottle instead of James.
• a cast iron red herring. It's in the decrepit pub, hanging over the doorway to the broom closet.
• If you curse both the knife and the red herring, you can swap them to obtain the herring.
• In Alliteration Alley, put the herring in the trash can to gain 25 Karma.
• an adorable spotted puppy. It's outside the Red Anchor.
• Pet (or kiss or scratch) the puppy to gain 25 Karma.
• Attack (or yell at) the puppy to lose 25 Karma.
• If you curse both Enzo and the puppy, you can swap them. If you were holding Enzo, you now have the puppy.
• If you give the puppy to the boy, you gain 25 Karma.
• If you give the puppy to Malicia, she gives you the cashier's cheque, but you also lose 25 Karma.
• If the boy is holding the puppy and you then swap the puppy for Enzo, you lose 50 Karma. The boy is horrified by his puppy transmorgrifying in his arms.
• a cashier's cheque. Malicia is holding it.
• Obtain the cheque by giving the puppy to Malicia, but you lose 25 Karma.
• Give the cheque either to James (to make him rich) or to the boy (to gain 50 Karma). However, the boy won't accept the cheque unless he has the puppy first.
• If you swap the cheque with the note while the boy has the cheque, you lose 50 Karma.

Score

The response to SCORE is:

You have so far scored your-score out of a possible 28, in several turns, and accumulated your-karma Karma, out of a possible minimum of -100 and maximum of 100.

The response to FULL SCORE is:

The score was made up as follows:

• 1 Listened to the conch shell? CHECK!
• 1 Woke the sleeping conch? CHECK!
• 1 Spoke to Enzo? CHECK!
• 1 Appraised your beautiful self? CHECK!
• 1 Appraised your beautiful conch shell? CHECK!
• 1 Cursed yourself? CHECK!
• 1 Cursed the conch shell? CHECK!
• 1 Escaped the bottle? CHECK!
• 1 Obtained the bottle? CHECK!
• 1 Read the impudent note? CHECK!
• 1 Appraised the beautiful closet door? CHECK!
• 1 Cursed the closet door? CHECK!
• 1 Appraised the beautiful James Merl III? CHECK!
• 1 Appraised the young boy? CHECK!
• 1 Cursed the young boy? CHECK!
• 1 Interacted with the puppy? CHECK!
• 1 Cursed the puppy? CHECK!
• 1 Obtained the puppy? CHECK!
• 1 Disposed of the puppy? CHECK!
• 1 Appraised the stately office door? CHECK!
• 1 Cursed the office door? CHECK!
• 1 Swapped the doors like a boss? CHECK!
• 1 Obtained the red herring? CHECK!
• 1 Dislodged the cork? CHECK!
• 1 Cursed James Merl III? CHECK!
• 1 Put someone else in the bottle? CHECK!
• 1 Used the computer? CHECK!
• 1 Made James RICH? CHECK!

• 28 total (out of 28)

The following actions affected your Karma:

• 25 You were kind to the puppy!
• 25 You rescued the puppy!
• 50 You gave money to the boy!
• 25 You disposed of trash properly!
• -25 You were cruel to the puppy!
• -25 you entrapped an innocent bystander!
• -25 You sold the puppy!
• -50 You transmogrified the puppy!
• -50 You stole money from the boy!

• your-karma total (out of between -100 and 100)

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