Key & Compass presents:
Reddex
by Phlegethon

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

Walkthrough

Dark forest

Advance warning: Nothing in this game makes much sense. It's an adventure for the sake of being an adventure.

> about. x sign.

> x me. i. x wallet. x ID.

> x lamp. take it. (+1)

> n.

Don't take the black rock immediately.

> x rock. d.

Low end of forest

> x coins. take coins. (+5)

> u.

Forest

For some reason, you only get points for taking this rock when you already have the coins.

> take rock. (+5)

> d.

Low end of forest

CAUTION: Going northeast from here without a lit lamp is fatal.

> turn on lamp. ne.

Woods

> x oak. climb tree. (can't)

> e.

Spring in the woods

CAUTION: Sleeping here is fatal.

> x grass. listen to grass.

> x spring. drink spring.

> x platform. x bottle. take it.

> fill bottle with spring.

> n.

top of hill

> ne.

Gravel path

Because you can lose the battle to the dragon by dumb luck, I recommend saving first before taking the dagger.

> x blue rock. take it. (+5)

> x dagger.

> save. take dagger. (A dragon arrives!)

The dragon is attacking. You both have 32 HP to begin with.

> kill dragon with dagger. (Repeat until you win: +5)

> diagnose me. (This shows you your current HP.)

I don't see any obvious way to heal yourself. Drinking water doesn't do it. Nor does waiting. There's no dragon corpse.

There's also nothing to tell you which direction (if any) the path goes. Return to the woods:

> sw. s. w.

Woods

There's now a white rock here.

> x white rock. take it. (+5)

> e.

Spring in the woods

There's no motivation for doing any of this, but you're expected to do it anyway.

> put black rock on platform.

> put blue rock on platform.

> put white rock on platform. (+6)

*** You have won! ***

Extras

Characters

• A dragon attacks you when you pick up the dagger. Oddly, the dagger gives you a good chance of killing it. Remember when dragons used to be top-tier fearsome beasts?
• Someone texts you to visit Reddex in the first place but you never learn who.

Credits

This is the response to ABOUT:

A simple adventure game in which you have to find your way back to the real world. Your name is jimothy. indicated by the ID card in your wallet. It started off as a joke with a friend. A bit later, I decided to write this IF for a sort of EasterEgg for the site. So reddex.app is a real and working site.

Another IF is coming soon. It's currently in the works. Filled with Fighting table-top role playing scenes, some horror, and fantasy. Restless Nights should be out soon.

Endings

• You have died!
• if you go northeast from the low end of forest without carrying a lit lamp.
• if the dragon kills you.
• you have died!
• if you sleep at the spring in the woods. The grass is just too soothing.
• You have won!
• if you place the white rock on the platform. (The game assumes the other two were placed first.)

Inventory

• a Wallet. You're carrying it.
• The wallet is unimportant except that it contains your ID.
• an ID. It's in your wallet.
• Examine the ID to learn your name is Jimothy.
• a Lamp. It's in the Dark forest.
• Turn it on. You must have the lamp lit when entering the woods from the low end of the forest.
• a black rock. It's in the Forest.
• Take it after taking the coins to earn 5 points.
• At the spring, put the black rock on the platform.
• some coins. They're in the Low end of forest.
• Take them for 5 points.
• For some unknown reason, you get points for taking the black rock or the blue rock only if you also have the coins.
• an empty bottle. It's at the Spring in the woods.
• Fill the bottle with the spring. It's now a bottle of water. You can now drink the bottle.
• a blue rock. It's on the Gravel path.
• At the spring, put the blue rock on the platform.
• a dagger. It's on the Gravel path.
• You should save the game before taking the dagger since a dragon starts a battle with you when you take it.
• Attack the dragon with the dragon repeatedly until it is dead. Damage is dealt randomly in the battle, and you can lose by poor luck. If this happens, restore your game and try again until you succeed.
• a white rock. It appears in the woods when you kill the dragon.
• Take the white rock while carrying the bottle to earn 5 points.
• At the spring, put the white rock on the platform to win the game.

Score

The response to SCORE is:

You have so far scored your-score out of a possible 32, in several turns.

Points are awarded as follows:

• 1 point for taking the lamp.
• 5 points for taking the coins.
• 5 points for taking the black rock while carrying the coins.
• 5 points for taking the blue rock while carrying the coins.
• 5 points for killing the dragon.
• 5 points for taking the white rock while carrying the bottle.
• 6 points for putting the white rock on the platform.

Points are deducted as follows:

• −3 points for entering the dark woods without any lamp at all.
• −2 points for entering the dark woods with an unlit lamp.
• −16 points for sleeping at the spring in the woods.
• −3 points for losing the battle with the dragon.

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