Key & Compass presents:
Roofed
by Jim Munroe

• Map
• Walkthrough
• Extras
  • Characters, Credits, Inventory
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Map

Walkthrough

Rooftop, halfway up the chimney

IMPORTANT: Anton wanders. To talk to Anton or do anything else with him, you must first CALL ANTON to get him into your location. He can talk to you from anywhere on the roof, but you can't talk to him unless you're right next to him.

> credits. x me. x Anton. x chimney. x tag. x door.

> x shirt. x pants. x boots.

> u. (Can't go any higher.)

> d. w.

Rooftop, by the exit

> x door. open door. (You're locked out.)

> ask Anton for claw. ask Anton for unit.

> x claw. x unit. wear unit.

> call Anton. ask Anton about silk.

> ask Anton about claw. ask Anton about unit.

> ask Anton about Harry. ask Anton about parents.

> ask Anton about Bad Seeds.

> ask Anton about chimney. ask Anton about bag.

> ask Anton about garden. ask Anton about plan.

> x building. x billboard.

> x city. ask Anton about spiders. ask Anton about Tower.

> n.

Rooftop, garden patch

> x plants. x vegetables.

> take cucumber. x cucumber.

> take plank.

> call Anton. Anton, take plank. (He could if he were angry enough.)

> throw cucumber at Anton. Anton, take plank. (Success!)

> take cucumber.

> e.

Rooftop, northeast corner

> x street. x Pachenko. ask Anton about Pachenko. (This gets him mad.)

> s.

Rooftop, at the base of the chimney

> throw cucumber at chimney. (It's now covered in vines.)

> u. u.

Rooftop, top of the chimney

> x silk. take silk with claw. (You put the silk into the unit.)

> x rooftop.

> d. (Wait. You see something.)

> x bulge. (There's more silk on top of the access cube.)

> d. d.

Rooftop, at the base of the chimney

> call Anton. tell Anton about silk.

> w.

Rooftop, by the exit

> call Anton. climb Anton. u.

Rooftop, on top of the exit cube

> take lump with claw. d.

Rooftop, by the exit

> call Anton. Anton, give plank to me.

> put plank on gap. w.

The plank cracks and you backstep fast!

> hug Anton. z. z. (Anton pulls the plank back.)

> x plank. put small silk on plank.

> x plank. take plank. put plank on gap.

> w.

Anton won't let you cross first again, but he's too nervous himself right now.

> ask Anton about Pachenko. (He's mad, then anxious again.)

> show large silk to Anton. (He's no longer anxious.)

> w. (Anton pushes you aside and strides out.)

> z. z. (Anton finally crosses.)

> w.

*** You have won ***

Extras

Characters

• Anton is your older brother. He's a bit dim, but he's got more experience, more chest hair, and he gets stronger when he's angry.
• The Pachenko Brothers stole the backpack Anton was using to keep the access door open. You see them on the street below the rooftop's northeast corner.

Mentioned:

• This rooftop is in Bad Seeds territory. Their graffiti tag is a circle with a cross inside it.
• Your parents were silk collectors, but they died in a fall.
• Harry became your guardian and boss after your parents died.
• Rudi is a pal of Harry's. Rudi made the containment unit.
• Two-Fingers Nancy once touched some silk.
• The giant mutant spiders all died out years ago, but the silk they left in high areas is incredibly valuable.
• Your mom's grandparents were famous trapeze artists in Europe.

Credits

Roofed was written and coded by Jim Munroe in December and January 2010 for the jayisgames competition, where it placed fifth out of thirty entries. Check out his other work or get in touch via www.nomediakings.org. Beta testing by Susan Bustos, Rowan Lipkovits, Kevin Jackson-Mead, Jeffrey Joy, Raigan Burns, Jacqueline A. Lott, Sean Lerner, Filipe Salgado, Mare Sheppard, Leif Conti-Groome, and Jennifer Fell. svoight pointed out an implementation flaw that was corrected in this version. Thanks to Peter Marshall for designing the cover, Josh Henderson and Erica Bella for the photography, and Ray Larabie for the font. Thanks to the Inform 7 team and Mikael Segercrantz and Emily Short for their extensions. Thanks especially to Jonah "Anton" Hundert and Taylor "Toph" Katz for bringing their characters to life so irresistibly.

Anton and Toph's adventures continue in the lo-fi sci-fi movie Ghosts With Shit Jobs (www.ghostswithshitjobs.com) being released later this year.

Inventory

• the striped sleeveless top. You're wearing it.
• Examine it but leave it on.
• Toph's pants and Toph's boots are coded as part of the shirt. Perhaps it's better to think of the shirt as representing all of Toph's clothes by being the most interesting part?
• the Claw. Anton is carrying it.
• Ask Anton for it. Now you can take the small silk and large silk safely.
• the containment unit. Anton is carrying it.
• Ask Anton for it. Wear it. Put the small silk and large silk into it.
• a vegetable. Find several vegetables in the garden by examining the plants there. (The veggies not acually cucumbers.)
• Throw a veggie at Anton to get him angry, then order him to take the plank. His temporary rage gives him enough temporary rage to succeed.
• Throw another vegetable at the base of the chimney. As it did with your brother, the burst veggie spews a mass of vines that encircle your target. The vines now give you enough handholds to easily climb to the top of the chimney.
• the plank. Find it in the garden by examining the plants there.
• You cannot pull the plank out of the ground by yourself. Ask Anton to take the plank, but first get him angry by throwing a vegetable at him. His anger makes him stronger.
• By the exit door, put the plank on the gap then try to walk west across it. Unfortunately, the plank cracks under your weight. Fortunately, you get back to the relative safety of the roof without losing your life or the plank. Wait a couple turns. Anton pulls the cracked plank back onto the roof.
• Put the small silk on the plank to repair it and make the plank stronger than it was originally.
• Put the repaired plank on the gap and try to go west again. Anton won't let you risk yourself and insists he will go first, but he's afraid.
• Motivate Anton by showing him the large silk. His anxieties vanish.
• Try to cross the gap yet again. This time, Anton does make the attempt. Wait a couple turns for him to succeed. Now you cross to join him on the other side and win the game!
• a small amount of spider silk. It's inside the top of the chimney.
• Don't touch the silk directly; it burns!
• Using the claw, put the silk into the containment unit.
• After the plank cracks and Anton pulls it back onto the roof, put the small silk on the plank. The silk fills the crack and strengthens the plank as well, making it safe to use as a bridge.
• a large amount of spider silk. It's the lump on top of the exit cube.
• Don't touch the silk directly; it burns!
• Using the claw, put the lump into the containment unit. This is the main "treasure" of this game.
• After repairing the plank and putting it back on the gap, show the large silk to Anton. This motivates him into crossing the gap.

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