Key & Compass presents:
Mite
by Sara Dee

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

Walkthrough

At a Fork in the Path

> x me. i. x sling. x gem. x grass.

> n.

By the Rose Thicket

> listen. x roses. x thorns.

> take thorn. x it.

> n.

By the Lilac Bush

Note: Conversation in this game is ASK/TELL. You must talk to the nymph to learn about the northwest path.

> x nymph. x basket.

> ask nymph about crying. (A spider captured her pet, Bugg!)

> ask Hespa about Bugg. ask Hespa about spider. ask Hespa about web.

> x flowers. x cottage. ask Hespa about cottage. (It's hers.)

> nw.

In the Small Clearing

> x spider. x web. x Bugg.

> kill spider with thorn. g. (The spider is dead.)

> cut web with sword. (Bugg is free.)

> se.

By the Lilac Bush

Hespa thanks you and gives you a purple sack.

> x sack.

> ask Hespa about Bugg. ask Hespa about herself.

> ask Hespa about prince.

> s. s. e.

By a Cluster of Tulips

> x butterfly. x tulip. climb tulip. (too slippery)

> ne.

At the Base of a Dandelion

> x dandelion. x sedge.

> climb dandelion.

On Top of the Dandelion

> x pond. x tulip.

> take seed. x wind.

> z. (Repeat waiting until the wind is southwest.)

> jump. (You and the seed fly to...)

In the Tulip Turret

The seed is gone. The butterfly leaves. The view isn't any better.

> take pollen. (filling the pouch)

> x pollen. (golden, powdery, and sticky)

> d. ne. ne.

On the Shore of the Pond

> x shell. x grass. x pond. x stones.

> look in shell. (Opening is facing the ground.)

> knock on shell. (Snail emerges. His name is Snoll)

> ask Snoll about pond. (A tile marks the beginning of an invisible bridge.)

> ask Snoll about bridge. ask Snoll about prince.

> ask Snoll about magic. ask Snoll about Hespa.

> tell Snoll about thief. thank Snoll.

> n.

At the End of the Path

You must have learned about the invisible bridge from Snoll before you can interact with it.

> x pipe. x tile. touch bridge.

> put pollen on bridge. (Now you can see it. You cross.)

On the Beach

> x cattails. e.

You trip and lose the jewel! Then you hear a snicker.

By the Giant Gnome Statue

> x goblin. x statue. s.

A Bend in the Path

> x caterpillars. x tall mushroom. x squat mushroom.

> take squat. (Too unwieldy, but it's now on its edge, like a wheel.)

> push squat north.

By the Giant Gnome Statue

> get on squat. jump.

You retrieve the jewel and head south.

A Bend in the Path

You will no longer be willing to backtrack your steps.

> x jewel. e.

Outside the Palace

> x chipmunk. x palace.

> tell chipmunk about jewel.

She lets you enter and guides you up and into the throne room.

Inside the Palace

CAUTION: There seems to be a bug where you sometimes can't give the jewel, prefering to keep it in the sling. I don't know how to reproduce this error, so I can't tell you which action is problematic.

> save.

> x prince. x throne. x rainbows.

> give jewel to prince.

The prince reveals that he was the "thief" and he was testing you. He needs good folk to guard the people against a coming darkness.

*** You have won ***

Extras

Characters

• The thief of the jewel, featured in the prologue, will be revealed to be one of the main characters below.
• Your father and mother are featured in the prologue.
• Hespa, a nymph, is crying by the lilac bush.
• Bugg is Hespa's pet ladybug and is trapped in the spider's web.
• A giant spider is busy wrapping up Bugg in a cocoon.
• A butterfly is circling the orange tulip. It's a black swallowtail.
• Snoll, a snail, has his shell on the cobblestone path near the pond.
• A hobgoblin mocks you and plays with the jewel on top of the gnome statue.
• Two chubby caterpillars are taking a nap on top of a tall mushroom.
• A chipmunk in silver armor guards the door to the Gazing Ball Palace. Her name is Hazel.
• The Fairy Prince awaits the return of the jewel inside the palace.

Mentioned:

• Your Auntie is mentioned (via x me) as having a modest but serviceable library.
• Linnea is a girl that you almost asked to the Spring Equinox carnival. You think of her when near the roses.
• Trolls have invaded the Garden in the past, but not for years now, thanks to the Prince.
• The Fairy Prince's courier crosses the bridge often, according to Snoll.
• A statue depicts a gnome. You guess it was a gift from the gnomes to the Prince.

Inventory

• a sling. You're wearing it. You'll automatically carry the jewel in it. Otherwise, you can ignore the sling.
• a jewel. It's in the sling for most of the game. You'll lose the jewel when you arrive at the giant gnome statue. Get it back by first pushing the squat mushroom from a bend in the path to the statue, then getting on the mushroom and jumping. The mushroom acts as a trampoline, letting you reach the goblin. Tell the chipmunk guard about the jewel to get into the palace. Finally give the jewel to the prince.
• a thorn. Take a thorn from the rose thicket. Use it as a sword to kill the spider in the small clearing; you'll need to attack it twice. Finally, cut the web with the thorn, freeing Bugg.
• a pouch. Hespa gives the pouch to you after you've freed Bugg from the spider's web. When in the tulip turret, take the pollen, filling the pouch.
• a seed. Take a seed at the top of the dandelion. You'll be using it like an umbrella-like parachute. Wait until the wind is blowing southwest, then jump. The wind will blow the seed (and you) into the tulip turret.
• some grains of pollen. Take the pollen in the tulip turret; you'll fill the pouch with it. Put the pollen on the invisible bridge at the end of the path. Now you can see the bridge and cross it safely.

Thank You to my Patreon supporters

This walkthrough was funded via Patreon with

• the support of Robin Johnson, Ville Lavonius, Andrew Schultz, Kenneth Hon, Jason McIntosh, Carl Muckenhoupt, Mark Musante, and Phil Tatro;
• the generous support of Janice M Eisen, Amelia, and Matthew Foxley;
• the very generous support of Karl Ove Hufthammer;
• the extremely generous support of Emily Short, Allen Garvin, Jesse McGrew, Jacqueline Ashwell, Marius Müller, and Jennifer Rexrode;
• and the invisible support of several anonymous patrons.