Key & Compass presents:
Help! My Vacuum Cleaner Is Broken!
by Admiral Jota

• Walkthrough
• Extras
  • Characters, Endings, Inventory, Score
• Thank You to my Patreon supporters
• External links:
  • This game at IFDB, IFWiki, and ifwizz.
  • Tweet about this walkthrough on Twitter.

Walkthrough

Long Road (1)

Your time is limited, so I didn't include in this walkthru all of the fun things you can try, eg: going south at any stage of the trip.

> i. x cleaner. x set. x passing houses. n.

Long Road (2)

> x mailbox. open it. look in it. read letter. n.

Long Road (3)

> x screwdriver. fix cleaner with screwdriver. n.

TV Studio

> x table. x cleaner. put cleaner on table. z. (+1. Continue to wait for the host to get to you.)

*** You have won ***

Extras

Characters

• The host of Antiques Roadshow greets the presenters and examines their antiques.
• Miss Mary Donnesbin from New Lugen is the first guest on the show.
• An unnamed second guest presents a fake antique.
• The janitor is mistaken for the third guest.
• Spike is the janitor's dog.
• Mr. John Cater is the fourth guest.

Mentioned:

• Mary mentions her grandmother.
• The second guest mentions their great-grandfather, but they're fibbing.
• John has a cardboard cut-out of Graham Nelson.

Endings

• You have lost!
• if you aren't in the studio when the host looks for you,
• or if you left the cleaner behind,
• or if the cleaner is still broken.
• You have won if you and your vacuum cleaner are in the studio when the host looks for you. Putting the cleaner on the table is optional.

Inventory

• a portable television set. You're carrying it.
• a vacuum cleaner. You're carrying it. Fix it with the screwdriver. Put the cleaner on the table in the TV Studio.
• a letter. It's in the mailbox at Long Road (2). Read it to learn how to fix a vacuum cleaner!
• a screwdriver. It's at Long Road (3). Fix your vacuum cleaner with it. It won't work unless you read the letter first, though.

Score

In that game you scored your-score out of a possible 1, in few turns.

• 1 point for impressing the host of the Antiques Roadshow with your repaired vacuum cleaner!

Thank You to my Patreon supporters

This walkthrough is provided free of charge since I wrote this walkthrough prior to January 2015 when I began my Patreon account, and also because the work it's based on has less than fifteen locations (so I wouldn't have charged for it anyway). I've since reformatted this walkthrough to use my currently preferred style. I hope you enjoy it!

I'm still creating new walkthroughs! Larger ones too! Please visit my Patreon account if you're interested in helping me create more interactive fiction walkthroughs. I appreciate all the help I can get! Thanks again.