solution
Dwarflover: The Text Adventure was written in TADS 2, and based on the webcomic Dwarflover. I don't know the release year or the author's name yet except that his first name is Jeff. The game can be played online at http://www.noapologiespress.com/tads/. This solution is by David Welbourn.
The Room With The Elf In It | Garbage Room | Lair of the Troll | Baby Troll Nursery Daycare Jamboree | |||||
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Kitchen | Foyer | Library | ||||||
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Under- ground Pool | — | Left Cavern | Middle Cavern | Right Cavern | — | Wine Cellar | ||
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Inside Cave | ||||||||
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Cave Entrance |
Cave Entrance
There's a ten item inventory limit, so you don't want to carry around objects that you don't really need. Although you have an axe, you cannot "cut" or "chop" anything with it.
>x mailbox. open it. read leaflet.
>x puddle. search it. dig it.
>x key. take it. x me.
>i. x axe. x alky. x footprints. n.
Inside Cave
>x web. nw. w.
Underground Pool
Your hands are muddy from getting the key. If you don't wash them, your axe will fly out of your hands whenever you try to use it.
>x pool. wash hands. e. n.
Kitchen
>x bones. search bones. x card.
>x tray. x oven. open oven. x chimera.
>x glass. take it.
>x dumbwaiter. enter it. close it. lower it. open it. n.
Garbage Room
The garbage itself isn't implemented as an object.
>x flyer. take it. s. s. se. ne. n.
Library
You can examine the books repeatedly for some in-jokes.
>x librarian. show card to librarian. take magazine. read it.
>drop card. s. e.
Wine Cellar
Swapping the contents of the bottles will prove to be useful later.
>x bottles. search bottles.
>x elfin bottle. x light wine. x ale bottle. x rich ale.
>pour light wine in glass. pour rich ale in elfin bottle. pour light wine in ale bottle.
>drop glass. w. ne.
Baby Troll Nursery Daycare Jamboree
You can ask the ogre babysitter about many topics, but she doesn't have much to say, really. You can't take the shovel until the ogre is gone.
>x ogre. x baby. x sandbox. x shovel. x bucket. x crystal.
>give flyer to ogre. take shovel. dig sand with shovel.
>drop shovel. take marker. x it.