The Land of Breakfast and Lunch is a Glulx interactive fiction artpiece written with Inform 7 and is © 2020 by Daniel Talsky. It was an entry in Spring Thing 2020's Main Festival. It received the audience award ribbons "Best Jokes", "Most Poetic Jokes" and "Best Parser Game".
In this surreal artpiece, you play as a slightly better version of yourself, visiting a landscape made from your dreams, memories, and aspirations. Explore and interact as you will. You have no goals and are given no direction, yet there are three optional things you can do if you're the sort of player who needs puzzles to solve.
This solution is by David Welbourn, and is based on Release 12 of the artpiece.
SPOILERS AHEAD. Reading a walkthrough prematurely can sometimes diminish one's enjoyment of an interactive fiction artpiece. Please make an honest effort to play the artpiece before reading this walkthrough.
The Path
This interactive artwork has a mostly linear geography. We won't be backtracking much. This walkthrough will try to exhaust a room of its content before moving onto the next.
> x me. i. x path. sing. pray. xyzzy.
> back. x scrub.
> f —or— n.
The Land of Breakfast and Lunch
> x table. x sun. x trees.
> x breakfast. smell it.
> x grapefruit. smell it.
> x egg. smell it.
> x Chomp. smell it.
> x milk. smell it.
> x lunch. smell it.
> x sandwich. smell it.
> x soup. smell it.
> x antipasto. smell it.
> x salad. smell it.
> x olives. smell it.
> x hearts. smell it.
> x figs. smell it.
> x slices. smell it.
> x cornichon. smell it.
Note: You cannot take or eat parts of the meals. The meals are for you, not anyone else. You must eat the breakfast first, then the lunch.
> eat breakfast. (Yum, but you want more.)
> eat lunch. (Your stomach is now full.)
> f —or— n.
Hopeful Path
> x path.
> f —or— n.
The Land of Unrealized Possibilities
> x box. x couch. x brother. smell him.
> x TV. g. g. g. g.
> ask him about TV.
> ask him about me.
> ask him about couch.
> look under couch. take penny. x it.
> open box.
> x block. take it. play with it.
> x doll. take it. play with it.
> x jack. take it. open it. (It upsets your brother.)
> x jack. x puppet. close jack.
> ask him about jack.
> x lite. take it. ask him about lite-brite.
> x book. take it. ask him about book.
> x locket. take it. wear it.
> open locket. x picture. close locket.
> x hobby horse. take it. x yarn.
> drop hobby horse. ride it.
> f —or— n.
Seaside Path
> x path. x sea. smell sea.
> f —or— n.
The Land of Unlaunched Vessels
> x bay. x wall. x ship. x ropes. x knots.
> x bollard. x masts. x tennis ball.
> x padeye. x sails. x hippie. x bands.
> ask her about ship.
> ask her about bands.
> ask her about knots.
> ask her about tennis ball. (She fetches it for you.)
> x ball.
> f —or— n.
Sequel Path
> f —or— n.
The Land of Unlaunched Vessels II: The Launchening
> x pad. x rocket. x porthole. x fins.
> x body. x nose. x antenna. x spheres.
> enter rocket. x hatch.
> open hatch. enter it.
The Inside of the Parked Rocket
> x cockpit. x chair. x panel.
> close hatch. (can't from this side)
> sit on chair. (You're now a pro at sitting.)
> look under chair. (outlet found)
NOTE: You won't be willing to travel through space on an empty stomach. You must have eaten the breakfast and lunch earlier.
> push launch.
The Deep, Dark Void of Space
> x window. x stars.
> x clusters. x galaxies. x center.
> x pulsars. x gas giants.
> push forward.
Elbow Nebula
> x window. x jellyfish.
> take page. put page in lite.
> plug lite into outlet. (achievement)
> x jellyfish. x party.
> push forward.
Kamiro Quadrant
> x window. x station.
> push forward.
Chrysocolla Cluster
> x window. x simian. x clothes.
> wave at simian. (no effect)
> open jack. (The simian gives you something.)
> x quarter. close jack.
> push forward.
The Deep, Dark Void of Space
> push return.
The Inside of the Parked Rocket
> out.
The Land of Once Launched Vessels
If you take a second rocket trip, this becomes The Land of Twice Launched Vessels.
> f —or— n.
Anticlimactic Path
> f —or— n.
The Land Behind the Liquor Store
> x boxes. x rope. x pallets. x dumpster.
> f —or— n.
The Path Around the Liquor Store
> x fence. climb fence. x store.
> f —or— n.
The Land in Front of the Liquor Store
> x store. x ads. g. g. g. g.
> x ride.
> x coin box. push button. x eyes. x outlet.
> put quarter into slot.
> ride humvee. (achievement)
> f —or— n.
Idyllic Path
> f —or— n.
The Land of Puppy Cardiovascular Health
You cannot refer to the dog as "dog".
> x Mr. x Mister. pet Mister.
> throw ball. (achievement)
> take ball. throw it. take it.
> Mister, roll over.
> f —or— n.
a white, hazy place that barely exists
> f —or— n. (don't know how)
There is no ending to this artpiece, so sooner or later, you must quit. Feel free to continue playing, if you like, but this walkthrough is ending here.
> quit
There are three optional puzzles/achievements in the game:
If you managed to do any of these, you can say you've won the game. If you completed all three, you can say you've won with honors.
This is the response to CREDITS:
The Land of Breakfast and Lunch was written by Daniel Talsky and is a [[Rabbit,Rabbit]] production.
http://rabbitrabbit.cityInspiration and 3-D modeled cover art by Hypothesis Archer
http://reptilemind.comThe game's generous and thorough beta testers include:
- Jason "Always Be Testing" Dockins
- Mike "The Pious" Tarbert
- Caleb "No Stone Unturned" Wilson
- Josh Grams
- Matthew George
- Michael "Space Swimmer" Baltes
- Daniël Worm
- Nick Gauthier
Special thanks to Mike "The Lord is His Shepherd" Tarbert for extensive testing PLUS actual code help.
Last, but not least, I'd like to thank you, the player, personally. You could be watching Better Call Saul or reading Fyodor Dostoevsky or playing pinball. Instead, you're taking the time to explore something I made and I really appreciate it. I had fun making this, but most of the fun was imagining you doing what you're doing right now. Reading the credits. No, I mean playing the game.
This is the response to SCORE:
You have huge-random-number points. You're really doing great.
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