Key & Compass presents:
The Legend of the Missing Hat
by Adri

• Map
• Walkthrough
• Extras
  • Amusing, Characters, Credits, Inventory, Score
• Thank You to my Patreon supporters
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Map

Walkthrough

Under the Bed

> x me. i. x shuriken.

> e.

Far Corner of the Bed

> x web. x glint. take it.

> throw shuriken at web. take all. x spider.

> x pearl. sw.

Bedroom

> x bed. x wardrobe.

> x bookshelf. x mouse hole.

> x food. x ramen. x desk. x door.

> s.

On the Bookshelf

> x books. x green. x nunchaku.

> talk to green. (has notebook, but friend has sparkly rock)

> x notebook.

> ask green about rock. (He wants one too.)

> give pearl to green. (+25; you get the notebook.)

> read notebook. (blank inside)

> ask green about hat. (He thinks blue borrowed it.)

> n. w.

Behind the Mini Fridge

> x red. x sai. x cookie.

> ask red about red.

> give notebook to red. (+25. You get the cookie.)

> x pencil. ask red about hat.

> e. se.

Inside the Mouse Hole

> x mouse. x nest.

> x treasures. search treasures. (Not with mouse there.)

> give cookie to mouse.

> search treasures. (You get a length of yarn.)

> x yarn.

> nw. nw.

Below the Desk

> x sunlight. u. (can't reach the window that way)

> tie yarn to shuriken. x hook.

> throw hook at window. (You climb up to...)

On the Desk

> x pot. x flowers. take flower. x bouquet.

> d. (also taking the hook back.)

Below the Desk

> untie hook.

> se. e.

Outside the Wardrobe

> x blue. x kama. (blade with wooden handle)

> talk to blue. (He's very depressed.)

> ask blue about kama. ("useless weapon")

> ask blue about hat. ("somewhere in this mess")

> give flowers to blue. (+25. He lets you inside and finds your hat and a bow tie.)

Inside the Wardrobe

> x hat. search hat. wear hat. show hat to blue.

> x bow. wear bow. (+25)

*** You are jaunty and stylish! ***

> amusing

Extras

Amusing

The response to AMUSING (after you've won the game) is:

Have you tried...

• destroying the web after getting the earring?
• passing the milk?
• listening?
• juggling?
• searching the hat?
• eating the ramen?
• petting the mouse?
• showing off your newly found hat?

Characters

• The tiny black ninja is the player-character. He wants to find his hat.
• The tiny blue ninja is in front of the wardrobe. He's depressed.
• The tiny green ninja is pacing back and forth on the bookshelf. He's anxious.
• The tiny red ninja is nibbling on a cookie behind the mini fridge. He's angry.
• A mouse is in its nest inside the mouse hole.
• A spider repairs its web when you take the pearl.

Credits

The response to CREDITS is:

"The Legend of the Missing Hat" was written for Cover Stories, a minicomp organized by Sam Kabo Ashwell. The cover art was supplied by Justin de Vesine, and I offer my deepest apologies if the resulting game isn't what he hoped for. Thanks so much to my beta testers: Andrew Plotkin, Andrew Schultz, Ed Blair, Felix Pleşoianu, Jacques Frechet, Kevin Jackson-Mead, Marius Müller and Matthew Miller.

Inventory

In the order you acquire them:

• your shuriken. You're carrying it.
• Throw your shuriken at the web to dislodge the pearl.
• Tie the yarn to your shuriken to create a grappling hook.
• a pearl. It's the glint in the spider web at the far corner of the bed.
• Throw your shuriken at the web to dislodge the pearl.
• Give the pearl to the green ninja. He gives you his notebook in exchange.
• a notebook. The green ninja on the bookshelf has it.
• Give the pearl to the green ninja. He gives you his notebook in exchange.
• Give the notebook to the red ninja. He gives you his cookie in exchange.
• a cookie. The red ninja behind the mini fridge has it.
• Give the notebook to the red ninja. He gives you his cookie in exchange.
• Give the cookie to the mouse in its hole. While it's distracted, search its treasures to obtain the yarn.
• a length of yarn. Find it by searching the treasures in the mouse's nest, after giving a cookie to the mouse.
• Tie the yarn to your shuriken to create a grappling hook.
• a grappling hook. Create it by tying the yarn to your shuriken.
• When below the desk, throw the hook at the window. You'll automatically climb up it to the desk.
• When you go down from the desk, you automatically take the hook.
• After you're done with the hook, you may untie the hook, so you have both yarn and shuriken back.
• a bouquet of flowers. Take the flowers from the pot on the desk.
• Give the flowers to the blue ninja. He lets you inside his wardrobe and finds your hat and a bow tie for you.
• a hat and a bow tie. The blue ninja gives these to you when you give him the bouquet of flowers.
• Wear both the hat and bow tie to win the game.

Score

The response to SCORE is:

You have so far scored your-score out of a possible 100, in several turns.

Points are awarded as follows:

• 25 points for obtaining the notebook.
• 25 points for obtaining the cookie.
• 25 points for obtaining the hat and bow tie.
• 25 points for wearing both the hat and bow tie.

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