Key & Compass presents:
Piece of Mind
by Giles Boutel

• Map
• Walkthrough
• Extras
  • Characters
  • Inventory
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Map

Walkthrough

Lost in the Fog.

It doesn't matter much what you do here. In three turns, the PC will wake on his bed in the bedroom.

> x me. listen. z.

Bedroom

> stand. i. x bottle. take it. x wine. smell it. taste it.

> x bed. look under it. g.

> x posters. x lump. ne.

The Music Corner

Strictly speaking, you don't need the guitar or do anything with the window. But the guitar, when played, gives a song lyric that sometimes hints what you're supposed to do in the current location.

CAUTION: Opening the window is fatal.

> x guitar. take it. x curtains. open curtains.

> x eclipse. play guitar. s.

Doorway

> x desk. x printout. take it. read it.

>> yes

>> no

>> yes

> x pc. x screen. e.

Endless Corridor

> e. w. nw.

By the Wardrobe

Of course, the wardrobe is a blatant reference to The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C. S. Lewis.

> x wardrobe. open it. n.

Inside the Wardrobe.

> x suit. take it. wear it. x fur. n.

The Copyright Office

You'll probably want to let the man have a few turns to say what he wants to say.

> x man. x desk. x papers. x doors. open doors. ask man about copyright.

> show printout to man. take papers. z. z. z.

> x artifact. x symbol. touch symbol.

> s. s. s. se.

By the television

CAUTION: It's fatal to enter the crawlway unless the TV is on and tuned to the second channel. The remote control still affects the TV's settings even after the TV is smashed. Entering the crawlway when the TV is off leads to a grey void. Entering the crawlway when the TV is tuned to the first channel leads to death by violent commercial.

> x tv. x remote. take it.

> push button. (TV turns on.)

> x tv. g. g. g. (Note that the first channel is all violent ads.)

> push button. (TV changes to a second channel.)

> x tv. g. g. g. (The second channel is a show, sometimes broken by ads.)

> play guitar. hit tv. look. x tv.

> enter crawlway.

A Laboratory

> x alien. give bottle to alien. x bench.

> put bottle in drain. pour wine.

> open cupboard. x wirecutter.

> z. (Continue waiting until the show breaks for commercial. You'll be automatically returned to "By the television".)

By the television

> w.

Beside the bookcase

> x books. x book. take it. read it. n.

Bedroom

> get on bed. open book.

At one end of a million mile spaceship

You'll probably want to let Jeff have a few turns to say what he wants to say.

> x Jeff. x mesh. x lever. pull lever.

> give papers to Jeff. cut mesh. take mesh.

> look. enter tunnel.

Machine Room

> x panel. x lcd. push button two. u.

At one end of a million mile spaceship

> pull lever. close book.

Bedroom

> stand. e.

Doorway

> x screen. touch screen.

Lost in the Electronic Kaleidoscope.

> x box. hit box. x code. take code. put mesh in code. out.

Bedroom

> stand. e.

Doorway

Note that you have to "enter" the password; you can't "type" it. The e-mail only appears after you've helped Jeff. It's Jeff who disables the Endless Corridor. Note also that you can only refer to the e-mail as "mail", not "e-mail" or "email".

> enter password. x mail. read mail. e.

Endless Corridor

> e.

Entranceway

Don't waste too much time here, otherwise the knight kills you.

> x knight. push button. kill knight. x knight. e.

Chamber of the Meko-mind

> x web. x cat. cut web. look. x face. look behind eyes.

> x Stinky. x slab. x knife.

> quit. (Win! The "quit" command isn't meta in the context of this puzzle.)

***We have won! Yeeeeeeeeeeeha!! ***

Extras

Characters

In order of appearance in this walkthrough:

• The protagonist who isn't you, but someone who likes science fiction and has a cat. The protagonist acts as your puppet within the game and does whatever you tell them to do.
• A man in The Copyright Office. Show him your original poem and take his papers and get a stone.
• An alien enzyme is in A Laboratory. Get it drunk with altered wine so you can get a wirecutter.
• Jeff Steele, Intergalactic Investiger without peer, is At one end of a million mile spaceship. Give him the papers and fix the teleporter; he'll help you later by disabling the endless corridor.
• A Knight is in the Entranceway, blocking the way to the Chamber of the Meko-mind. It's an android, and you must kill it with your tv remote before it kills you.
• Stinky is the protagonist's cat, trapped in a web in the Chamber of the Meko-mind. Cut the web with the wirecutter to free her (and advance the plot).
• And the Meko-mind, a malevolent artificial intelligence who set up all these scenarios hoping to learn from your actions and thus gain a toehold into the real world.

Inventory

In order of appearance in this walkthrough:

• A bottle containing leftover wine is in the Bedroom. In "A Laboratory", put the bottle into the drain, then pour the wine. The alien enyzme will get drunk by investigating the puddle.
• A guitar is in The Music Corner. Playing the guitar in some locations gives you a hint what you're supposed to do there.
• A printout of a poem is on the desk at the Doorway. Show it to the man in The Copyright Office and you then you can grab the set of papers and later get a stone.
• A Black Linen Suit is Inside the Wardrobe. Wear it.
• A set of papers is on the desk in The Copyright Office. You can take them after you've distracted the man there by showing the printout to him. Give the papers to Jeff Steele who's At one end of a million mile spaceship; the papers are the secret plans of The Meko-mind.
• A stone aka an artifact is given to you by the man in The Copyright Office several turns after you've shown him the printout. Touch the symbol on it to gain +5 copy protection.
• A remote is By the television. Push the button on it to turn the tv on and off and to change its channel; in other words, you're cycling through off, channel 1, and channel 2. You want the tv set to channel 2. The remote is also used later as a lightsabre to kill the Knight in the Entranceway.
• A wirecutter is in the cupboard in A Laboratory; you probably need to deal withthe alien enzyme first; see bottle. Use the wirecutter to cut the mesh At one end of a million mile spaceship. Take the mesh. Later, use the wirecutter to cut the web in the Chamber of the Meko-mind to free Stinky, your cat.
• A book called "The Googleplex Man" is Beside the bookcase. To read it, you'll need to be on the bed in the Bedroom. Reading it will transport you to At one end of a million mile spaceship. Close the book to return to the Bedroom.
• A mesh is At one end of a million mile spaceship; cut it with the wirecutter and take it. Put the mesh in the spaghetti code that's inside the box at Lost in the Electronic Kaleidoscope to learn the password.
• A wicked knife appears in the Chamber of the Meko-mind. It's best to ignore it and not kill Stinky with it as the Meko-mind wants you to.

Thank You to my Patreon supporters

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