In this somewhat dull and minimalist game, you play as someone who was hiking through a forest. North of the forest, you find a dirt road leading to an abandoned underground facility. Explore the facility. Perhaps the experience will make you richer.
This solution is by David Welbourn, and is based on Release 1 of the game.
SPOILERS AHEAD. Reading a walkthrough prematurely can sometimes diminish one's enjoyment of an interactive fiction game. Please make an honest effort to play the game before reading this walkthrough.
This is a dead end. Circle back and try going around the east side:
> se. e. e. ne.
Eastern Hillside
> x debris. w.
Top of Debris Pile
> turn on flashlight. w.(You fall to...)
Eastern End of Tunnel
You can't go back up or east to where you were.
> x leaves. take leaves.
> w. s.
Staff Room
> e.(locked)
> s.
Bathroom
> x toilet. x gunk. take gunk.(You get a paperclip.)
> n.
Staff Room
> unlock door with paperclip. e.
Office
> x safe. open safe. x coin. take it.
> x desk. open it. x lighter. take it.
> w. n. w.
Four-Way Junction
A sign to the north says "Richard I".
> s. w.
Collapsed Passage
> x gloves. take gloves.
> e. n. n.
Engine Works
> x engines. n.
Repair Stations
> x wrench. take it.
> x benches.(nothing)
> s. s. w. w.
Flooded Tunnel
> x water. e. n.
Machinery Space
The text on the metal box means "fuse box" in German.
> open box. x round recess.
I suspect you should insert the coin while wearing gloves. Tsk. Don't do this at home, kids.
> wear gloves.
> put coin in recess.(You hear pumps hum.)
> s. w.
Formerly Flooded Tunnel
The water is gone. A sign to the southwest says "Richard II".
> sw.
Radio Works
The German text on the crate translates to "Contents: Treasure. Do not drop."
> x crate. open crate.(nailed shut)
> take crate.
> ne. nw.
Base of Air Shaft
You hear buzzing above you.
> u.
On Ladder
> x bees. u.(no, they block you.)
> d.
Base of Air Shaft
> burn leaves.(leaves become smoke and the buzzing stops)
> u. u.
Top of Shaft
> unbolt cupola.(with wrench)
> drop crate. d. d.
Base of Air Shaft
> x gold bar. take it. x wood.
> u. u. u.
Hilltop
You see Litomerice and the Elbe river to the south.
*** The End ***
Extras
Characters
A swarm of bees blocks your escape route inside an air shaft.
You never really learn who worked in the underground facility or why. All you really know for sure is that they spoke German and worked on engines and radios. A blurb released with the game tells you that you're exploring a WWII factory in Czechoslovakia, but that's not really made explicit in the game itself at all.
Credits
This is the response to CREDITS:
The Richard Mines was written by Evan Wright. Special thanks to Jenna Grogan and Tyler Hone for play testing.
Inventory
a discarded flashlight. It's inside the dilapidated guard hut.
At the top of the debris pile, before entering the tunnels, turn the flashlight on and leave it on. You'll need the flashlight's light to see for the rest of the game.
a pile of leaves. It's in the eastern end of the tunnel.
At the base of the air shaft, burn the leaves with the lighter. The smoke will get rid of the bees up in the shaft.
a paperclip. Acquire it by taking the pile of gunk from the bathroom's toilet.
In the staff room, unlock the door with the paperclip.
a small Czech coin. It's inside the office's safe.
In the machinery space while wearing the gloves, put the coin into the metal box's recess. This restores power to some pumps, and the flooded tunnel will no longer be flooded.
a cigarette lighter. It's inside the office's desk.
At the base of the air shaft, burn the leaves with the lighter. The smoke will get rid of the bees up in the shaft.
a pair of gloves. They're in the collapsed passage west of the south tunnel.
Wear them. In the machinery space, you'll now be able to put the coin into the fuse box's recess without getting zapped by electricity.
a wrench. It's in the repair stations.
At the top of the air shaft, unbolt the cupola with the wrench.
a wooden crate. It's in the radio works.
There's a gold bar inside. To open the crate, take it up the air shaft and drop it. The crate will be reduced to splintered wood and you can retrieve the gold bar at the base of the air shaft.
a gold bar. It's inside the crate.
To open the crate, take it up the air shaft and drop it. The crate will be reduced to splintered wood and you can retrieve the gold bar at the base of the air shaft.
You need to be holding the gold bar on the hilltop to win the game.
