Key & Compass presents:
Monkeys and Car Keys
by Jim Fisher

• Map
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• Extras
  • Characters, Credits, Endings, Inventory, Score
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Map

Walkthrough

South of Rock Wall

> talk to monkeys. (+2)

You cry out, "Where are my car keys?", and a monkey replies "Jajoo jajoo baha hatze."

> x me. i. x clothes. x hair.

> x foliage. x trees. x canopy.

> x wall. (+1; etchings found)

> x etchings. x mouth. x eye. x ear.

> look in eye. (You see the yellow monkeys with your car keys inside an inner cave.)

> push ear. (not a button)

> ne.

East of Rock Wall

> x foliage. (+1; found a no-speaking statue)

> x statue. x paws. x mouth. x eyes. x ears.

> x wall. x ivy. climb ivy. (no)

> nw.

North of Rock Wall

> x foliage. (+1; found a no-hearing statue)

> x statue. x paws. x ears. x eyes. x mouth.

> x eyeglasses. take eyeglasses.

> x wall. x vines. x vine. climb it. (snap!)

> take vine.

> sw.

West of Rock Wall

> x foliage. (+1; found a no-seeing statue)

> x statue. x paws. x eyes. x ears. x mouth.

> x droppings. take wrapper. x it.

> x wall. x ivy.

The western statue translates English to Monkey and vice-versa. You can usually abbreviate any monkey phrase to its first word.

> say jajoo to statue. ("We don't understand what you're trying to say. We don't talk Man. Come back when you talk Monkey.")

> ask statue about car keys. ("Jeezee otch, jay jay jar jowel.")

> say jeezee to statue. ("Where are my car keys?")

> ask statue about monkey. ("Sparow fuptak jork nar.")

> say sparow to statue. ("Where is the yellow monkey?")

> ask statue about rock. ("Floorp juret nooxta jeeju.")

> say floorp to statue. (BUG: The game thinks you said the Sparow line.)

> se.

South of Rock Wall

> say jeezee to monkeys. (One monkey says "Jera jera morkta limoth." Another points to the cliff, saying "Jo martah zerlo tedet haz.")

> say sparow to monkeys. (One just points at the wall.)

> say floorp to monkeys. (One just points at the wall.)

> nw.

West of Rock Wall

> say jera to statue.

The statue replies: "Car keys...? You mean the shinys? Grok took them because he likes shinys. He keeps them in the nest of the ancients. You'll need Blind Mama Ciedue's flat banana and secret monkey words if you want your shinys back."

You ask the statue, "Where is the flat banana and what are the secret monkey words?" It replies, "Hua chichi bine hua oca muwato."

> se.

South of Rock Wall

> say hua to monkeys. ("Soopah yaho jheje. Fatha moortha sinjas.")

> nw.

West of Rock Wall

> say soopah to statue. ("You're getting pretty good at talking Monkey, Man. But I can't say the secret words because they're SECRET. The flat banana knows them, if you can find it. Mama Ciedue can help.")

> ask statue about Mama Ciedue. ("Bojo toodas.")

> se.

South of Rock Wall

> say bojo to monkeys. ("Cho co da.")

> nw.

West of Rock Wall

> say cho to statue. ("Dunno. She's around.")

> se. ne.

East of Rock Wall

> say bojo to statue. (+3. The statue rotates east, and a beam of light from its eyes shows you a hidden path.)

> look. x eyes. x beam.

Pointing out this hidden path appears to be the eastern statue's only function.

> e.

Cliff Edge

> x butte. x ring. x flat stone. x ladder.

> d.

Ledge

> x barrels. (Both are open and each has a hook, but the hook in the near barrel is broken.)

> x rocks. x baby.

> x adult. (She's nearsighted, not blind.)

> look down. (It's still a huge drop.)

> tie vine to barrels. (no: not with a broken hook)

> x ring. (You can't see it from here.)

> u.

Cliff Edge

You now think the ladder is actually a bridge and can be attached to the far column somehow.

> w. sw. nw.

West of Rock Wall

> ask statue about baby monkeys. ("Filep jace shatop lope.")

> se.

South of Rock Wall

> say filep to monkeys. ("Thray cha loo tars jhen dayt sootchach.")

> nw.

West of Rock Wall

> say thray to statue. ("They are a fine group. When Mama Ciedue is done teaching them, they will join us here in the canopy.")

> se. ne. e.

Cliff Edge

> x vine. (One end is knobby.)

> put vine in ring. (success)

> d.

Ledge

One end of the vine dangles here; the other end hangs over the far ledge.

> throw glasses at mama. (+4; Mama wears the glasses and is now prepared to mimic you.)

> tie vine to bridge. (Mama ties her end to the far barrel.)

> take rock. (She takes a baby monkey.)

> put rock in barrel. (She puts the baby in the far barrel.)

> g. g. g. g.

Mama laughs and says "Zachoo zaidsho nomi nomi!"

> u. w. sw. nw.

West of Rock Wall

> say zachoo to statue. ("What's more fun than that?")

> se. ne. e. d.

Ledge

> push barrel. (+2)

The ladder is pulled upwards and is now a bridge. The baby monkeys from the far barrel climb up the vine back to Mama.

> u. e.

Top of Butte

> x city. x reflection.

A baby monkey named Murk has the flat banana.

> say Murk to baby. (It's too young to understand.)

> x Murk. x stone. x monolith. x bridge.

> give pack to Murk. (Murk drops the stone, takes the package, and leaves.)

> take stone. (+1)

> x stone. (has symbols on it)

Murk reappears, smiling, and holds his arms up to you.

> take Murk. (He climbs up onto your shoulders.)

> w. w.

East of Rock Wall

Murk points up at the eastern cliff wall.

> put Murk on ivy. (+2. Murk climbs up. Eventually, a long heavy bar falls at your feet, then Murk returns.)

> take Murk.

> x bar. (It's your tire iron. Use as a weapon?)

> take bar.

> nw.

North of Rock Wall

The north statue's function is to read the symbols on the flat banana.

> show stone to statue. (+1. "Ayee ayee nuka bawh.")

> sw.

West of Rock Wall

> say ayee to statue. ("Open sesame.")

> se.

South of Rock Wall

CAUTION: If you wait too long after inserting the banana to say the secret monkey words, the mouth spits the banana out, the ear closes, and the eye re-opens.

> put banana in mouth. (The eye closes; the ear opens.)

> say ayee to ear. (+2)

The wall opens like a garage door and Grok comes out like a boxer. He hits you!

Don't hesitate to fight back. If you try to do anything else, you lose the fight and the game. And you must have Murk with you to distract Grok during one round.

> hit Grok with iron. g. g. (+4)

You get your keys, but the watching monkeys are now upset. "Arck arck eek jarg jarg!" You run back to your Jeep.

*** You have won! ***

Oh, in case you're curious, if you restart the game and return to the western statue:

> say arck to statue
I'm pretty sure I already will have had this conversation with you, but you don't need a translator to know this is bad. Congratulations on your previous win, though.

Extras

Characters

• Several small brown monkeys are first seen ransacking your Jeep, but for most of the game, they're hidden in the canopy of the treetops. From the south side of the rock wall, you can talk to them and occasionally see them.
• Grok is a large, yellow primate who stole your car keys because they're shiny. For most of the game, he's in a cave inside the rock wall. Eventually, you must fight him to get your keys back.
• Mama Ciedue is a nearsighted adult monkey on the far ledge.
• Several baby monkeys are under Mama Ciedue's care. After she's finished teaching them, they'll join the other monkeys in the canopy.
• Murk is a baby monkey you meet on top of the butte. You should make friends with him.

Credits

To read the in-game credits, type ABOUT or CREDITS, then select and open the Credits menu-item:

 BETA TESTERS
    
   I want to recognize, and extend my appreciation to, the beta
   testers of this game. They were diligent in their efforts and
   found an embarassingly inordinate number of both functional
   and logical bugs in the early drafts.
       
   Individually, each tester provided unique insights and
   suggestions. Collectively, the groups's feedback effected a
   polish to this game beyond anything I could have accomplished
   alone. Of course, the remaining defects, which I am confident
   exist, are mine.
       
   It's hard to overstate how valuable I found their
   contributions:
       
                           Robert Eggleston (aerobert)
                            Brian Rushton (mathbrush)
                                 AM Ruf (amruf)
                          Deborah Sherwood (dsherwood)
                               Javier Garze (jade)
                                 Sterling Fisher
    
 ABOUT THE AUTHOR
    
   My name is Jim Fisher; you might know me as OnyxRing. I've
   written a few how-to articles and contributed a collection of
   extensions for the procedural version of Inform ("Inform6").
   I'm also the author of a handful of other Interactive Fiction
   titles, including my debut work "Wade Wars: Book III" which I
   produced in 1993.
       
   The ebb and flow of my love for IF has spanned several
   decades.
       
   If you have questions or items of feedback, I welcome them.
   You can contact me directly using the IF community's forums
   at www.IntFiction.org. My username is OnyxRing.
       
   I hope you enjoy "Monkeys and Car Keys."

Endings

• You have FAILED to get your keys.
• if Grok wins the fight.
• You have won!
• if you win the fight and get your keys back.

Inventory

• a pair of glasses. The monkey statue at the north of the rock wall is wearing them.
• At the ledge, throw the glasses to Mama. She wears them, sees you, and now mimics your actions. Monkey see, monkey do!
• a vine. It's hanging down north of the rock wall. Try to climb it; the upper end snaps free.
• At the cliff edge, put the vine into the ring.
• At the ledge, after throwing the glasses to Mama, tie your end of the vine to the ladder. Mama ties her end of the vine to the far barrel.
• a pack of dehydrated bananas. It's the wrapper you see amongst the monkey droppings west of the rock wall.
• On the top of the butte, give the pack to the baby monkey. He drops the carved banana and leaves for a couple turns to eat the snack.
• a medium-sized rock. There's a pile of such rocks on the ledge.
• After you and Mama have tied the ends of the vine to the ladder and far barrel respectively, put five rocks into the near barrel. Mama mimics you and puts five baby monkeys into the far barrel. Now push your barrel. Mama pushes hers, and the ladder becomes a bridge. No baby monkeys are harmed.
• a carved banana. You first see it from the cliff edge: it's on top of the butte.
• When you get to the top of the butte, a baby monkey named Murk has the banana. Give the pack of dehydrated bananas to Murk; he drops the stone banana and runs off to eat his snack. Take the banana.
• Show the banana to the north statue to learn the secret monkey words: "Ayee ayee nuka bawh."
• South of the rock wall, put the banana into the mouth engraving, then say ayee to the ear engraving to open the rock wall and start the fight with Grok.
• a baby monkey (on your back). You first see this baby monkey named Murk on the top of the butte holding the carved banana.
• Give the pack of dehydrated bananas to the baby. Take the carved banana. A few turns later, take the baby.
• East of the rock wall, put the baby on the wall. He finds and drops your tire iron. Take the baby and tire iron.
• The baby monkey assists you during your fight with Grok.
• a tire iron. Find it by putting the Murk on the eastern rock wall.
• Treat the tire iron is a weapon. Hit Grok with the iron three times to get your car keys back.
• Honorable mention: your car keys. Grok, the large yellow primate, takes them into a cave inside the rock wall that the monkeys call the nest of the ancients. That's where they keep all their shinys.
• To get your keys back, make sure the baby monkey is on your back, open the rock wall (see banana), then hit Grok with the tire iron three times. The game ends with this victory, so you never see the keys in your inventory.

Score

This is the response to SCORE:

You have so far scored N out of a possible 25, in T turns.

Points are awarded as follows:

• 2 points for talking to the monkeys for the first time.
• 1 point for finding the engravings on the south rock wall.
• 1 point for finding the eastern statue.
• 1 point for finding the northern statue.
• 1 point for finding the western statue.
• 3 points for finding the hidden eastern path.
• 4 points for throwing the eyeglasses to Mama Ciedue.
• 2 points for raising the bridge.
• 1 point for acquiring the flat banana.
• 2 points for finding the tire iron.
• 1 point for learning the secret monkey words.
• 2 points for opening the rock wall door.
• 4 points for getting your car keys back.

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