Key & Compass presents:
The Lake
by John Cater

In this one-room game, you play as a stressed museum employee taking a break. You're hoping some time at the lake reading and relaxing will help.

This solution is by David Welbourn, and is based on Release 1 of the game.

Walkthrough
Extras
- Characters, Inventory, Score
Thank You to my Patreon supporters
External links:
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Walkthrough

By the lake

Note: you must pee on the meteor twice to get the full score.

> i. x book. read book. pee on book.

> z. (Repeat waiting until there's a loud crash.)

> look. x meteor. take meteor. (It's red hot.)

> pee on meteor. x meteor. (It's brown.)

> pee on meteor. x meteor. (It's blue.)

> take meteor. (+10)

*** You have won ***

Extras

Characters

The meteor, when blue, is alive.

Mentioned:

Your boss is mentioned in the prologue; you failed to impress them today.
Regis Philbin is named as the author of the self-help book.
You fetch a TV news crew in the epilogue.

Inventory

a self-help book. You're carrying it. Read it.

Score

In that game you scored your-score out of a possible 10, in some turns, earning you the rank of ranking.

9 points for taking the brown meteor.
10 points for taking the blue meteor.

Rankings:

(undefined) (0 points)
Flunky. (9 points)
Curator of the Smithsonian. (10 points)

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.