Key & Compass presents:
Dusk, Airy, Does Carry
by Andrew Schultz

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

Walkthrough

Raw Cold Rock, Old

> about. verbs. credits.

> x me. i. x tats.

> glow bold. (+1)

> u.

Wight Reigns/White Rains

> x wight. x chair.

> why trains. (not yet: need energy)

> w.

The "Scamp, Thus" Camp

> scam pill. (not yet: need verbal facility)

> n.

Comp-Lots-Com Plots

> x code.

> broke ode. (+1)

Now you need to neutralize the re-coder.

> reek odor. (+1)

The re-coder drops Dumb-Pale-Dump Ale, which you auto-take.

> x ale.

> s. w.

Dune/Ice / Dew (Nice)

> dew nice. (+1)

You fill the Dumb-Pale-Dump Ale with dew.

> e. e. e.

A Drought / Aid Route

> aid route. (+1; using the dew)

The 'Stable Oaks, Stay' Blokes cheer you on.

> x blokes.

> n.

Wheeze-Ooze / Whee! Zoos!

> wee zoos. (+1)

You now need to neutralize a "blur, blasting".

> blurb lasting. (+1; also gain speaking confidence)

> s. e.

Car Parts

> carp arts. (+1; also gain conversational tricks)

> w. w. w.

The "Scamp, Thus" Camp

> scam pill. (+1)

You also get a "coy nickel coin, ickle", which the scamp wants results from.

> x coin.

> e. n. n.

Cave Room

> x tool.

> K vroom. (+1; using the coin)

You now have the tool, even though it's not in your inventory.

> s. s.

Wight Reigns/White Rains

> why trains. (+1)

Using the tool, you disassemble the chair, and the wight flees.

> n.

Fail-and-Fey Land

> wake up. (+1)

You do, and you get an explanation of what the point of that was.

Then it's suggested that you play some of the other Ectocomp games.

Then the game restarts.

Extras

Artwork

This game includes banner artwork for each location and for some events, like winning the game. Here are two screenshots, reduced in size, of the artwork for the first two locations. Please play the game to view the artwork in their intended sizes and contexts.

Characters

• A poet is performing at a coffee house's open mic poetry reading at the start of the prologue. You meet him again during the epilogue.
• A wight reigns with the aid of a scorch-ere-score chair, a throne which is literally providing him with high voltage power.
• A scamp, ill is at the "Scamp Thus" camp.
• A re-coder starts to rebuild the Bro Code after you transform it into horrible music.
• The 'Stable Oaks Stay' Blokes cheer you on after you rehydrate their route. In the epilogue, it's revealed they were the coffee house crowd in the prologue.
• A hippopotamus, a panda bear, a lion, a giraffe, an elephant, and a seal are the featured animals at the zoo.

Credits

This is the response to CREDITS:

Thanks to Allyson Gray for testing.

Thanks to the administrators Ruber Eaglenest and Alyshkalia for holding EctoComp, as well as former administrators like JJ Guest and Duncan Bowsman.

Thanks to Chris Ainsley for creating Adventuron.

Inventory

• Fey Stats Phase Tats. Acquire these tattoos by examining yourself. This is entirely optional.
• When you look at the tats, it shows you either 0 or a two-digit number.
• If the number is 0, you don't need to do anything in the current location.
• Otherwise, the number is a hint on the command you need. The tens-digit tells you how many letters are in the first word, and the ones-digit tells you how many letters are in the second word.
• For example, the tats show a 44 in first location where GLOW BOLD is the needed command.
• Dumb-Pale-Dump-Ale. You acquire this empty bottle at Comp-Lots-Com Plots when you successfully REEK ODOR.
• At Dune/Ice, fill the bottle with DEW NICE.
• At A Drought, put that moisture to use with AID ROUTE.
• coy nickle coin, ickle. You acquire this coin at the "Scamp, Thus" camp when you successfully SCAM PILL, bolstered by successes elsewhere.
• In the Cave Room, buy the tool with this coin with the command K VROOM.
• Tool O' "Too-Low". It's not listed in your inventory explicitly, but you acquire this tool in the Cave Room when you successfully K VROOM, using the coin as payment.
• At White Rains, WHY TRAINS with the tool and the Stay' Blokes' help: you disassemble the wight's chair and the wight is gone.

Score

This is the response to SCORE:

You've currently scored N of 12 total points. There are no bonus points.

[if first time, add the following line:]
ONE-TIME NOTE: This is tracked in the upper left.

It's tracked in the upper right, actually.

Points are awarded as follows:

• 1 point for GLOW BOLD (from "globe old")
• 1 point for BROKE ODE (from "bro code")
• 1 point for REEK ODOR (from "re-coder")
• 1 point for DEW NICE (from "dune ice")
• 1 point for AID ROUTE (from "a drought")
• 1 point for WEE ZOOS (from "wheeze ooze")
• 1 point for BLURB LASTING (from "blur blasting").
• 1 point for CARP ARTS (from "car parts")
• 1 point for SCAM PILL (from "scamp ill")
• 1 point for K VROOM (from "cave room")
• 1 point for WHY TRAINS (from "wight reigns")
• 1 point for WAKE UP (from "whey cup")

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