Key & Compass presents:
Ghost Hunt
by Dee Cooke

Ghost Hunt is an online web browser interactive fiction game written with Adventuron and is © 2024 by Dee Cooke. It was an entry in the La Petite Mort (English) division of Ectocomp 2024 where it took 13th place. It was also an participant in the Short Games Showcase 2024, placement to be determined.

In this very short game, you play as a kid who regrets bringing the coffin up from the basement into the living room as a Halloween decoration. You accidentally released the ghosts that were inside and now you have to capture them before your parents find out.

This solution is by David Welbourn, and is based on Version 0.1.0 of the game.

SPOILERS AHEAD. Reading a walkthrough prematurely can sometimes diminish one's enjoyment of an interactive fiction game. Please make an honest effort to play the game before reading this walkthrough.

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Walkthrough
Extras
- Characters, Credits, Endings, Inventory, Score
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Walkthrough

Living Room

> talk ghost. (open box to capture a ghost)

> i. x box.

> w.

Kitchen

Once you walk in here, you have a limited number of turns to close the blinds before your mum notices the ghost.

> x window. close blinds.

> x ghost.

> open box. (+1. Angus captured)

> x food.

> e. s. u. w.

Bedroom

> x Effie. x Flora.

> x hat.

> talk Effie. talk Flora.

> take hat. x ghost.

> open box. (+1. Morag captured)

> e. d. n.

Living Room

> talk ghost.

> give box.

*** You win! ***

Extras

Characters

Your mum is out in the garden, setting up the Hallowe'en party.
Your sister Effie is in the bedroom, wearing a witch's hat.
Your other sister Flora is telling jokes to Effie.
Your dad might knock on the window when you're in the living room.

Found dead:

The ghost of Great-Grandad McSween is in the living room, waiting for you to recapture the ghosts you accidentally freed.
The ghost of Great-Uncle Angus is eating the party food in the kitchen.
The ghost of Great-Aunty Morag is hiding in Effie's hat.

Credits

This is the response to CREDITS:

Game: Ghost Hunt Game version: 0.1.0 Adventuron version: 1.0.0 Beta 83 [PERSONAL USE ONLY] Written by Dee Cooke Copyright © Dee Cooke 2024 Adventuron system created by Chris Ainsley (https://adventuron.io) In-game font: 'Hourglass' by Damien Guard Cover font: 'Elephant Italic' Cover image by Dee Cooke, with a little help from GIMP Playtesting by Daniel Stelzer and Tabitha

Endings

You lose...

if your mum sees the ghost in the kitchen.

You win!

if you recapture all the ghosts before your parents find out they were let loose.

Inventory

the darkwood box. You're carrying it.

In the kitchen, after closing the blinds, open the box to capture Angus.
In the bedroom, after successfully taking the hat, open the box to capture Morag.
In the living room, give the filled box to McSween to win the game.

Honorable mention: Effie's hat. Effie's wearing it in the bedroom.

First, examine the hat to note its spectral glow. Now you can try to take the hat. When you do, Morag is revealed, and you drop the hat. Effie immediately puts the hat back on her head.

Score

This is the response to SCORE:

You've captured 0 of 2 ghosts.

Points are awarded as follows:

1 point for capturing Angus.
1 point for capturing Morag.

Thank You to my Patreon supporters

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Key & Compass presents: Ghost Hunt by Dee Cooke

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