Ralph is a Z-machine work of interactive fiction written with Inform 6 and is © 1996 by Miron Schmidt. It was entered in IF Comp 1996 where it took 12th place. At the 1996 XYZZY Awards, it was a finalist in the Best Individual NPC category.
In this game, you play as a dog, trying to find a bone you buried somewhere. The neighbor's annoying cat, a young boy named Christopher Robin, and a bigger human named Carl will unwittingly help you in this task.
This solution is by David Welbourn, and is based on Release 2 of the work.
Your Hut
> x me. x Teddy. x planks. wag tail.
> e.
Lawn (northern)
> x boy. smell boy. lick boy. jump. dig.
> x fence. x bushes.
> e.
Front of House
> x entrance door. x smaller door.
> scratch smaller door. (Carl, a human, drops something.)
> look. x pipe. smell pipe. take pipe.
> w. w.
Your Hut
Carl won't find his pipe here.
> drop pipe.
> e. s.
Lawn (southern)
> x cat. growl. (Cat flees north.)
> e.
Ruined Shed
> x sheet. take sheet.
> n. nw.
Under a Tree
> x hollow. enter hollow. (can't)
> x gate. x tree. x ball.
Unfortunately, PUT SHEET IN, ON, or OVER THE HOLLOW isn't accepted.
> block hollow with sheet.
> s.
Lawn (northern)
> growl. (Cat flees north.)
> n.
Under a Tree
> growl. (+10. Cat dislodges the ball.)
> take ball. s.
Lawn (northern)
Start a game of 'go fetch' with the boy.
> drop ball. (The boy throws it north.)
> n.
Under a Tree
Note: Throwing the ball over the gate won't work.
> take ball. throw ball over fence.
> z. z. z. z.
Eventually, Christopher Robin arrives, looking for the ball. A few turns later, he opens the gate! Yes!
> w. (+10)
Herb Garden
> dig hole.
> e. se.
Front of House
When you scratch the door this time, make sure that Carl can't see where his pipe is and also that you've dug a hole in the garden.
> scratch smaller door. (+10)
Carl thinks you've buried his pipe, digs into the garden himself, and you get your bone!
*** You have won ***
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Note that if Carl ever finds the pipe, because you scratched at a door while the pipe was still there, the game is now unwinnable.
Not listed:
You have so far scored your-score out of a possible 30, in several turns, which makes you ranking.
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