Key & Compass presents:
Niney
by Daniel Spitz

• Map
• Walkthrough
• Extras
  • Characters, Credits, Inventory
• Thank You to my Patreon supporters
• External links:
  • This story at IFDB, IFWiki, and Spring Thing.
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Map

Walkthrough

Sleeping Quarters

> x me. i. (These two commands appear to act identically.)

> x John. x book.

> x my bed. x John's bed. x window.

> e.

You have gained a new possible you: the One Who Gazes Ahead.

Aft Aisle

> i. x gazes. x Agathe. n.

Lounge Car

> x Carl. x Emily. x notebook. n.

Fore Aisle

> x Katherine. x paper. e. (locked)

> n.

Dining Car

> x Jane. (New possible you: the One Who Is Weak.)

> x weak. x puzzle. x Lydia. x candies. x tables.

> s. s. s. w.

Sleeping Quarters

> be weak for John. (You dream...)

Dream (first time)

In these dream locations, you are Niney, a squirrel.

> x mass. do the right thing.

Sleeping Quarters

Ben has replaced John. Also, you might be the One Whose Palms Are Open.

> x palms. x Ben.

> e. n. n. n.

Dining Car

> be open for Lydia.

Dream (second time)

> x garden. do the right thing.

Sleeping Quarters

> e. n.

Lounge Car

> be ahead for Carl.

Dream (third time)

> x statue. do the right thing.

Sleeping Quarters

Today you may be the One Who Gazes Down.

> x gazes down. e. n.

Lounge Car

> be gazes down for Emily.

Dream (fourth time)

> x wretch. do the right thing.

Sleeping Quarters

You can now MORPH your interactions.

> i. morph weak. (New: the One Who Is Strong)

> morph open. (New: the One Whose Palms Are Closed)

> morph down. (New: the One Who Gazes Up)

> morph ahead. (New: the One Who Gazes Back)

> x strong. x closed. x gazes up. x gazes back.

> e.

Aft Aisle

> be gazes up for Agathe.

Dream (fifth time)

> x prism. do the right thing.

Sleeping Quarters

> be strong for Ben.

Dream (sixth time)

> x ruins. do the right thing.

Sleeping Quarters

> e. n. n. n.

Dining Car

> be closed for Jane.

Dream (seventh time)

> x starving. do the right thing.

Sleeping Quarters

> be back for me.

Dream (eighth time)

> x periscope. do the right thing.

Sleeping Quarters

New: You may be the One Who Is Seduced.

> x seduced. e. n. n.

Fore Aisle

> be seduced for Katherine.

Dream (ninth time)

> x child. do the right thing.

Sleeping Quarters

You feel you must leave the train this time.

> e. s.

Engine Car

> x redacted. x engine.

> morph seduced. x seduces. be seduces for redacted.

<REDACTED> tells you to reliquish your inventory:

> morph back. relinquish ahead.

> relinquish strong. relinquish closed.

> relinquish up. relinquish seduces.

You leave the train and lie down on the ground...

Dream (tenth time)

> x nothing. do the right thing.

> do the wrong thing. (You can't do that either.)

It really doesn't matter what you try. None of your actions will succeed.

> take nothing. enter nothing. search nothing.

*** It goes on and on, like this. It does not end. ***

As far as I know, that's the only ending, but feel free to prove me wrong.

Also, I'm sorry I can't really explain what this game's about. Statements in the game suggest that the train is some sort of artificial reality, but then you're told there's nothing real outside that artificial setting and I really don't know what to make of that.

Extras

Characters

On the train:

• John is reading a book in the Sleeping Quarters.
• Agathe is pacing and looking upwards in the Aft Aisle.
• Carl is a balding untalkative man sitting in the Lounge Car.
• Emily is a sorrowful woman with a notebook in the Lounge Car. She's looking downwards.
• Katherine is scribbling on a stack of paper in the Fore Aisle.
• Jane is working on a puzzle and sipping coffee in the Dining Car.
• Lydia is a woman eating candies in the Dining Car. She seems tired.
• Ben is a muscular man in the Sleeping Quarters, but only after the first dream. He's either sleeping or in deep thought.
• <REDACTED> waits for you in the Engine Car.

In the Dream:

• You are Niney, the beloved squirrel who, nine times out of ten, does the right thing.
• A Living Statue is in your dream after you have been the One Who Gazes Ahead for Carl.
• A Blind Wretch is in your dream after you have been the One Who Gazes Down for Emily.
• A Lonely Child is in your dream after you have been the One Who Is Seduced for Katherine.

Also:

• A talking tree, a bird, and a hiker are in Katherine's comic strip story.

Credits

Written by Daniel Spitz. (Contact: @bageldaughter on twitter, spitz.dan.L@gmail.com)

Testing and feedback by @apathydad, @drewlooksround, John, @lumenphosphor, Mako Yass, @meltpixel, and @Strange_Bundle.

Thanks to Spring Thing 2017 for providing an excellent community venue.

Thanks to the People's Republic of Interactive Fiction in Boston for being a great community and resource for all things IF.

Thanks to Andrew Plotkin and Emily Short for setting stellar examples with all their work.

Special thanks to @meltpixel for providing inspiration, an ear, and bottomless feedback.

Inventory

You might be:

• the One Who Gazes Ahead. You gain this when you enter the Aft Aisle for the first time. It is outwardly curious. Be ahead for Carl.
• the One Who Is Weak. You gain this when you first examine Jane. It is impressionable. Be weak for John.
• the One Whose Palms Are Open. You gain this when you wake up after your first dream. It is receptive. Be open for Lydia.
• the One Who Gazes Down. You gain this when you wake up after your third dream. It is sorrowful. Be down for Emily.
• the One Who Is Strong. Create this by morphing the One Who Is Weak. It is confident. Be strong for Ben.
• the One Whose Palms Are Closed. Create this by morphing the One Whose Palms Are Open. It is adversarial. Be closed for Jane.
• the One Who Gazes Up. Create this by morphing the One Who Gazes Down. It is transcendent. Be up for Agathe.
• the One Who Gazes Back. Create this by morphing the One Who Gazes Ahead. It is introspective. Be back for yourself.
• the One Who Is Seduced. You gain this when you wake up after your eighth dream. It is vulnerable. Be seduced for Katherine.
• the One Who Seduces. Create this by morphing the One Who Is Seduced. It is predatory. Be seduces for <REDACTED>.

Note: In this game, x me and inventory act identically.

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