Islands Far Away is a Z-machine interactive fiction game written with Inform 7 and is © 2010 by Shanon Fernald. It was an entry in the Ludum Dare Game Competition #17.
In this small juvenile game, you play as someone struggling to write a computer game with an islands theme. If only you could get rid of your distractions and focus, maybe, just maybe you can write a game so awesome, it'll be your ticket to fame, fortune, and your own island far far away.
Content warning: masturbation and dog excrement.
This solution is by David Welbourn, and is based on Release 1 of the game.
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den
> x monitor. (You're supposed to write a game with an islands theme.)
> x monitor. (Get going on your game.)
> x iphone. x mini. x crap. x chair.
> stand. s.
bedroom
> x bed. x dog. x box.
> e.
bathroom
> x mirror. x sink. x toilet.
> ne.
kitchen
> x table. x sink.
> x fridge. open it. x sandwich. close fridge.
> x poster. take it.
> sw. w.
bedroom
So, um, while you're here with a tissue-substitute:
> get on bed. masterbate. (+1; using the poster)
> stand. n.
den
Weirdly, "write game" isn't understood.
> make game. (+1)
You stop because of a smell.
> stand. s.
bedroom
> make bed. (+1; Corky left you a present.)
> look. take shit. (+1; using the poster)
> e.
bathroom
> open toilet. put poster in toilet.
> flush toilet. (+1)
> w. n.
den
> make game. (+1)
Now Corky is barking and you notice the iphone.
> stand. (You can't be on the chair to earn the next point.)
> x iphone. (+1; You remember why you broke it.)
Return to the kitchen:
> s. e. ne.
kitchen
You can't just "give sandwich to Corky"; you must feed him.
> open fridge. take sandwich.
If Corky isn't here, wait for him to arrive.
> feed Corky. (+1; with the double down sandwich.)
> sw. w. n.
den
Again, if Corky isn't here, wait for him to arrive.
> x Corky. (Now you think he wants a toy to play with.)
> x crap. (You find a toy hamburger.)
> x toy. give toy to Corky. (He runs off with it.)
> make game. (+1)
You notice Steve Jobs sent you an email. One year later...
Island
> x iphone. x Corky.
> x mai tai. drink it.
> x Nina. kiss Nina.
> x sunset. (+1)
*** You have won ***
Mentioned:
The response to SCORE is:
You have so far scored your-score out of a possible 10, in several turns.
Points are awarded as follows:
* BUG: Some points can be earned more than once just by repeating the associated action.
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