Key & Compass presents:
Moving (On)
by quackoquack

• Map
• Walkthrough
• Extras
  • Characters, Credits, Inventory
• Thank You to my Patreon supporters
• External links:
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Map

You are returned to your bedroom when a memory ends. You can also use the command PINCH to leave a memory before it has reached its conclusion.

Walkthrough

Your Old Bedroom

Let's first fully explore what's here.

> x me. x bag. x window. x door. x switch.

> x stains. x paper.

> x bed. look under bed. x teddy bear.

> x wardrobe. open it. x hoodie. x hanger.

> x drawers. open it. x folder. x report. x folder.

> x table. x card.

Time to start exploring our memories. You'll want to want to start with your oldest memory, when you were at your youngest, and work your way forward in time.

> reminisce on teddy bear. SPACE

Darkness

You learn the command PINCH to leave a memory.

> n. n. n.

> x light. x window. x bed.

> turn on light. SPACE

You have learned Calmness. Also, you can REMEMBER CALMNESS and REMEMBER LESSONS.

Your Old Bedroom

> put bear in bag.

> reminisce on comic. SPACE

The School Yard

> x Milo. x roof. x boy. x girl. x crowd.

> i. x notebook.

> draw ladder. SPACE

Classroom

> i. x comic. x Maya. x teacher.

> talk to Maya. g. g.

You need to apply the lesson you learned in the previous memory.

> remember calmness. talk to Maya. SPACE

You have learned Confidence.

Your Old Bedroom

> put comic in bag.

> reminisce on hoodie. SPACE

The Park

Maya is now sixteen and wants beer.

> x Maya. x Alex. x license. x Isaac.

Maya wants you to use her stepsister's license to get beer.

> talk to Maya. g.

> remember confidence. talk to Maya.

> i. x money. x hoodie. (It has your name on it!)

> remove hoodie. w. SPACE

You have learned Audacity.

Your Old Bedroom

> put hoodie in bag.

> reminisce on report. SPACE

Library

> x computer. i. x phone.

> call mum. (You're panicking.)

> remember calmness.

> call mum. text mum.

> text Maya.

> remember audacity. text Maya. SPACE

You have learned Diligence.

Your Old Bedroom

> put report in bag.

> reminisce on card. SPACE

Motorway

> x car. search it. i. x phone.

> text mum. text dad. call rescue. (too nervous)

> remember calmness. call rescue. (They won't get here in time.)

> text Maya. (No, you won't make her worry.)

> text Alex. google. (too many possibilities)

> remember diligence. google. (It's most likely the battery.)

> text Isaac. (He's no help.)

> x cars. wave. (too self-conscious)

> remember confidence. wave. (doesn't work)

> remember audacity. wave. (also doesn't work)

Are you really out of options? Do you have to... give up?

> pinch. SPACE

Your Old Bedroom

You didn't fix the car. You didn't make that flight. You never saw Maya one last time.

You put everything into the bin bag and your guilt goes too. You have learned Acceptance.

*** The End ***

Extras

Characters

• Your mum and dad are moving. Your mom is mainly in the prologue. In the motorway scenario, your dad can give you some advice.
• Milo, the headteacher's cat, is stuck on the roof. At least in your comic that's true. Your headteacher doesn't really own a cat.
• A crowd of boys and girls in the school yard are worried about Milo.
• Miss Andrews is your Year 6 teacher in the classroom.
• Maya is your best friend. She's a redhead, loud, and stubborn.
• Alex is one of your friends. He's a cheerful goofball.
• Isaac is one of your friends. He lives next door to Alex and is the most straight-laced of your group of friends.
• Someone at roadside rescue tells you it'll take at least forty minutes before they can get anyone to you on the motorway.
• Other drivers on the motorway refuse to stop to help you.

Mentioned:

• Stephanie Thorpe is Maya's older stepsister. She's a grumpy blonde.
• The librarian will hate you if you make phone calls in the library. Texting is okay, though.

Credits

This is the end text after the story concludes:

Thank you so much for playing Moving (On). This was thrown together for the NarraScope 2020 Game Jam with the theme "growth" (a big thank you to the organizers too!)

I didn't leave myself enough time for polish and testing as I would have liked, so please send any typos or bugs my way. Or any thoughts in general, I'd love to hear them!

You can find me on Twitter and itch.io as @quackoquack :)

Inventory

• a bin bag. You automatically pick it up when you enter your bedroom at the game's start.
• You may ignore the bin bag. When you're done with an item, you can put it in the bag, but the game will also automatically bin everything at game's end.
• a teddy bear. It's under your bed.
• Reminisce on the teddy bear to enter the darkness scenario. After you've learned Calmness there, you're done with the bear and can bin it.
• a comic drawing. It's the paper attached to your bedroom wall.
• Reminisce on the comic to enter the school scenario. After you've learned Confidence there, you're done with the comic and can bin it.
• a magic notebook. You're carrying it in the school yard.
• Draw a ladder on it. This memory will skip forward into the classroom.
• a leavers hoodie. It's in your wardrobe.
• Reminisce on the hoodie to enter the park scenario.
• In the park, remove the hoodie before heading west with the license and money, since the hoodie has your name on it.
• After you've learned Audacity in the park, you're done with the hoodie and can bin it.
• a driving license. Maya gives it to you after a few turns in the park.
• All you need to do with the license is hold onto it, when you go west with it and the money.
• a money. In the park, Maya gives the money to you when you agree to buy some beer.
• All you need to do with the money is hold onto it, when you go west with it and the license.
• a coat hanger. It's in your wardrobe after you acquire the hoodie.
• Ignore it.
• a green paper folder. It's in your chest of drawers.
• Examine it to find your Physics report.
• a Physics report. It's in the green folder.
• Reminisce on the report to enter the library scenario. After you've learned Diligence there, you're done with the report and can bin it.
• a birthday card. It's on your bedside table.
• Reminisce on the card to enter the motorway scenario.
• a phone. You're carrying it in the library and on the motorway.
• In general, you can use your phone to call or text someone for help; these are not the same options. You may need to first remember one of your lessons, like calmness, before you can actually do it. And, of course, the person you call or text might not be able to help you.
• In the library, remember calmness then text mum.
• In the library, remember audacity then text Maya.
• On the motorway, text mum.
• On the motorway, text dad.
• On the motorway, remember calmness then call rescue.
• On the motorway, text Alex.
• After texting Alex, remember diligence then google.
• On the motorway, text Isaac.

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