Frustration

solution

Frustration was originally written in AGT and is copyright 1990 by Jim MacBrayne. This solution is by David Welbourn, and is based on the TADS port of game, specifically version 1.02 released in 1996.

Map 1: Main Map
u↑↓d
Disconcert-
ing Cubical
Room		 Top of
Turret
|u↑↓d
Top of
Stairs		— Centre
Corridor
At Door		— Bend in
Corridor		 Cramped
Attic
|u↑↓d| u↑↓d
Morning
Room		 End of
Passage
- At Stairs		 End of
Corridor		— Broom
Cupboard
||
Bottom of
Stairway		←d Entrance
Hallway		u→
←d		 First
Floor
Landing		— Room With
Opening
in Floor
d↓↑u
Music
Room		—— —— Tiny
Scullery
|
At Door of
Mansion
/|\
West End
of Garden		—— Centre
of Garden		—— East End
of Garden
\|/\
Bend in
Path		 Inside
Garden Hut
 
—— On Winding
Path		— On Narrow
Path		— On Twisty
Path		— Eastern
End of Path
|
At Exit
From Pipe
u↑↓d|
Tiny Cham-
ber With
Opening		—— High-
vaulted
Chamber		—— In Branch
Pipe		— Inside
Pipe		— In Branch
Pipe		— Tall
Vertical
Chamber
|
Bottom of
Manhole
|
Narrowing
Pipe [6']
|
Narrowing
Pipe [4']
|
Tight
Pipe
|
In Pipe
|
Confined
Chamber
Disconcerting
Cubical Room
Map 2: Ramshackle Village
Eastern
End of Path		← Almost A
Shrubbery
↑
Scorched
Room		— Centre of
Square		— Waxwing's
Workshop
|
Outside
Finebone's		 Winifred's
Retreat
/\/
Finebone's
Office		 Outside
Winifred's
Retreat
|\
Stationary
Cupboard		 Outside
Wine
Emporium		— Wine
Emporium
/
Inside
Small
Cottage		— Outside
Lock-
smith's		— Lock-
smith's
Workshop
/|
Broom
Cupboard		 Dilapidated
Shop
↑

Rough Notes

The game understands CULTIVATE GARDEN, but a bare CULTIVATE command throws up a TADS-1026 error.

Apple: found at Almost A Shrubbery

Bottle: found at Wine Emporium

Glowing key: found at Finebone's Office. Doesn't unlock door at Morning Room; it does unlock the First Floor Landing door.

Hammer: found on table at Locksmith's Workshop.

Horseshoe: found at Scorched Room.

Piece of wire: found by "look under table" at Locksmith's Workshop.

Wobbly pumpkin: found at Broom Cupboard (in Mansion's 2nd floor)

Skylight in Cramped Attic: opens without problem, but too narrow to take anything with you. Whatever you drop in the attic tumbles down the stairs. It's too narrow to carry the potion back with you.

Potion: found at Top of Turret. It's labelled "W. T. W." Drinking the potion has an effect that only lasts four turns. DROP POTION: "Whoops - over the edge of the turret."; it lands at At Door of Mansion. Drink it at Winifred's Retreat, then TAKE WAND.

Magic wand: in cauldron at Winifred's Retreat. You'll need the potion from Top of Turret first. It's described as a "short-cut wand". The game doesn't understand "point wand at object". WAVE WAND at Eastern End of Path: you teleport to Centre Corridor At Door.

Flagpole: at Top of Turret is too greasy to climb.

X PUDDLE at High-vaulted Chamber: it's by the Acme Small Puddle Company?!

Tight Pipe: can't carry anything here; drop all including the lit lamp at Narrowing Pipe.

Ingot: at In Pipe (south of Tight Pipe). Very heavy.

Iron key: at Confined Chamber. Also a circular opening high above.