Key & Compass presents:
Flotsam and Driftwood
by Peter Orme

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

Walkthrough

Hard Place

> notify on.

> x walls. i. x jeans. x t-shirt. x logo.

> pull logo. (+1. You also get a string.)

> pray. (+1. You are transported.)

Beach

> x figures. hello.

> sit on logs.

> tell them about myself. (+1. You remember Jay.)

> tell them about Jay. (+1. Jay likes beer. There's a splash.)

> x water. (You see a beer can and a stick.)

> take all from water. x can. x stick.

> tell them about party. (You mention your wife.)

> tell them about wife. (Jenny.)

> x fire. x pine. x cliff. x house.

> x stone. take stone. x worm.

> open can. drink beer. (+1)

> x tab.

> get off logs.

> x crate. open crate. (You must eat first.)

> ask figures about food. ("Go fish")

> tie string to stick. (It's now a hookless fishing pole.)

> hit tab with stone. (+1. The tab is now a hook.)

> tie hook to pole. (+1)

> put worm on hook.

> fish. (+1. You catch a fish.)

> x fish. (cold and raw)

> cook fish. (+1)

> eat fish. (+1. This upsets the figures.)

> open crate. x saw. take it.

> cut pine. (+1. The tree falls against the cliff.)

> climb tree. (+1)

Top of the cliff.

> x hut. n.

Hut

> x table. x stick figure. (You remember your son, Sam.)

> x safe. x dial. (Turn it clockwise, counterclockwise, or push it.)

> s. d.

Beach

> tell figures about Sam. (Another splash.)

> x water. take toy. (+1)

> x it. (A stethoscope.)

> u. n.

Hut

> wear toy. (No need.)

> turn dial left. (CLUNK)

> turn dial right. g. g. (CLICK)

> turn dial left. g. g. g. g. (CLICK)

> turn dial right. g. g. g. g. (CLICK. +1. The safe opens.)

> look in safe. take wallet.

> x wallet. open it. x license. (+1)

You remember who you are. You wake up in a hospital bed. Your wife and son are nearby.

*** You have won. ***

It's never explained why you're in the hospital or who was hunting you. Possibly you were already dreaming when the game began.

Extras

Characters

• Things that hunted you are lurking north from the Hard Place.
• A voice of darkness transports you to the beach when you pray in the Hard Place.
• Some shadow figures sit on the logs by the fire on the beach.
• A worm is hiding underneath the stone on the beach.
• A fish can be caught from the water at the beach.
• Your wife, Jenny, and your son, Sam, are near you when you wake up in the hospital bed.

Mentioned:

• Your best friend, Jay, likes to drink cold beer on a beach.

Credits

This is the response to ABOUT:

Flotsam and Driftwood (release 7)
© 2014 Conrad Elton

Inspired by (rather than based on) the song Home by the Sea by Genesis. Flotsam and Driftwood was first published for the 2014 Shufflecomp.

The following extensions are used:

• Standard Rules version 2/090402 by Graham Nelson
• Postures by Emily Short
• Conversation Package version 2 by Eric Eve
• Basic Screen Effects version 7 by Emily Short
• Plurality version 9 by Emily Short
• Conversation Nodes version 6 by Eric Eve
• Conversation Suggestions version 5 by Eric Eve
• Conversation Responses version 6 by Eric Eve
• Conversational Defaults version 2 by Eric Eve
• Conversation Framework version 10 by Eric Eve
• Epistemology version 6 by Eric Eve

Thank you for testing the game: Carolyn VanEseltine, Jason Lautzenheiser, Hanon Ondricek, Andrew Schultz, Mæja Stefánsson.

The author can be contacted at email redacted.

Type "commands" to list all commands you need or hint if you get stuck.

This game should also have been released with a walkthrough in the form of a markdown file called walkthru.md (which you should be able to open in any text editor).

Endings

• You have died
• if you go north from Hard Place. The things that hunted you kill you.
• You have won.
• if you examine your driver's license. You wake up in a hospital room with your loved ones by your side.

Inventory

• a pair of jeans. You're wearing them.
• Ignore your jeans. You refuse to take them off.
• a t-shirt. You're wearing it.
• Examine the shirt to notice its logo is loose. Pull the logo to remove the logo and also obtain a string.
• You may remove your shirt or leave it on.
• a logo. It's part of the t-shirt; pull the logo to remove it.
• You don't need the logo itself, just the string that you obtain at the same time.
• a string. Acquire it by pulling the logo from your t-shirt.
• Tie the hook to the string: you now have a hooked line. Then tie the hooked line to the stick: you now have a complete fishing pole.
• OR: First tie the string to the stick: it's now a hookless fishing pole. Then tie the hook to the hookless fishing pole: you now have a complete fishing pole.
• a beer can. It falls into the water by the beach when you tell the shadow figures about Jay.
• Open the can to get the beer tab.
• Drink some of the beer to earn a point.
• a stick. It's in the water by the beach.
• Tie the string to the stick: it's now a hookless fishing pole. Then tie the hook to the pole: you now have a complete fishing pole.
• OR: First tie the hook to the string: you now have a hooked line. Then tie the hooked line to the stick: you now have a complete fishing pole.
• Put the worm on the hook (of the complete fishing pole) to bait it.
• Fish (with the baited pole) to catch a fish.
• a beer tab. Acquire it by opening the beer can.
• Hit the tab with the stone: it's now a hook.
• Tie the hook to the string: you now have a hooked line.
• OR: Tie the hook to the hookless fishing pole: you now have a complete fishing pole.
• Put the worm on the hook (of the complete fishing pole) to bait it.
• a stone. It's on the beach.
• When you take the stone, you also find a worm underneath.
• Hit the tab with the stone: it's now a hook.
• a worm. Find it by taking the stone on the beach.
• Put the worm on the hook (of the complete fishing pole) to bait it.
• a fish. Catch it by fishing on the beach with a complete fishing pole, baited with a worm.
• Get off the logs before fishing. Stand directly on the beach.
• Cook the fish (over the fire), then eat the fish. This gives you enough strength to open the crate.
• a saw. It's in the crate on the beach. You can open the crate if you ate a cooked fish to regain your strength.
• Cut the pine tree with the saw. Now you can climb the fallen pine to reach the top of the cliff.
• a stick figure. It's on the table in the hut. Examine the table to find it.
• Examine the stick figure to remember your son, Sam.
• a toy stethoscope. It falls into the water by the beach when you tell the shadow figures about Sam.
• You don't need to explicitly wear the stethoscope. Just carry it. You'll use it automatically when turning the dial of the safe in the hut.
• a wallet. It's in the locked safe in the hut.
• To unlock the safe, first get the stethoscope. Turn the dial right until you hear a CLICK. Then turn the dial left until you hear a second CLICK. Then turn the dial right until you hear a third CLICK. The safe opens.
• Examine the wallet. It's yours.
• Open the wallet. Your driver's license is inside.
• a driver's license. It's in your wallet.
• Examine the license to learn who you are, wake up in a hospital bed, and win the game.

Score

This is the response to SCORE:

• Saying a little prayer: 1 point.
• Talking about yourself: 1 point.
• Talking about your buddy Jay: 1 point.
• Having a refreshing drink: 1 point.
• Crafting a fish hook: 1 point.
• Finding a piece of string: 1 point.
• Assembling a fishing pole: 1 point.
• Catching a fish: 1 point.
• Doing some cooking: 1 point.
• Eating something: 1 point.
• Being a lumberjack: 1 point.
• Reaching the top of the cliff: 1 point.
• Finding a stethoscope: 1 point.
• Opening the safe: 1 point.

You have scored your-score out of a possible 15 points.

The 15th point is earned by examining your driver's license. This action also ends the game in victory.

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