Key & Compass presents:
Seeker of Magic
by Garry Francis

• Map
• Walkthrough
• Extras
  • Artwork, Characters, Credits, Inventory, Score
• Thank You to my Patreon supporters
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Map

Walkthrough

Shore of Lake

> x me. i. x knife.

> x lake. x boat. x water. x shore.

> drink water.

> w.

Forest Path

> x branch. x trees. x tree. x apples.

> drop all. climb tree.

Top of Apple Tree

> x branches. x apples.

> take apple. x apple. drop apple.

> d.

Forest Path

> take all. n.

Outside Cave

> x troll. x pouch. x cave. x entrance.

> talk to troll. (He's hungry.)

> give apple to troll. (He wants meat!)

> take apple. cut apple. (You find a worm.)

> x worm. give worm. (+5. You can enter now.)

> n.

Inside Cave

> x rock. take rock. throw rock. (The troll falls.)

> s.

Outside Cave

> x troll. take pouch. open pouch.

> take flint. drop pouch. take rock.

> hit rock with flint. (+5. You now have a torch!)

> drop rock. drop flint. x torch.

> n. n.

Deep Inside Cave

> x fire. x ashes. search ashes.

> x box. open box. x key. take key.

> read parchment. say nothing.

> x door. push door. (+5)

> n.

Treasure Room

> x chest. unlock chest with key. drop key.

> open chest. x scrolls. read them. take them.

> s. s. s. s. e.

Shore of Lake

> enter boat. (+5)

Extras

Artwork

The game has artwork for every location in the game. Here are thumbnails of two of them. Please play the game to see the artwork in its intended sizes.

Characters

• A troll is guarding the entrance to the cave.
• A giant worm is hiding inside the apple.

Mentioned:

• A wizard hired the troll to protect the magic scrolls from thieves like you.

Credits

The response to ABOUT is:

This game was written for the Adventuron CaveJam which ran from 31 August to 23 September 2019. The rules were defined at https://itch.io/jam/cavejam.

Adventuron and the game skeleton were written by Chris Ainsley. The font was designed by Fergus McNeill. Game design, coding and graphics were done by Garry Francis. Play testing were done by Chris Ainsley, Gareth Pitchford and Omid Haghgoo (alias Pixelman). Thanks to all of you.

Inventory

Items are listed in the order you encounter them in this walkthrough. You have a carrying capacity limit of 5 items.

• a sharp knife. You're carrying it.
• Cut the apple with your knife to find a giant worm.
• a dry branch. It's on the forest path.
• While directly holding the branch, rock, and flint, hit the rock with the flint. This lights the branch, turning it into a burning torch.
• an apple. The apple tree in the forest path has many apples.
• First, drop everything. You must have both hands free when climbing, which means you have to drop everything first.
• Climb the tree, take an apple, then drop it. Climb back down and take everything, including the apple.
• If you try to give the apple to the hungry troll, he'll throw it away. Pick it up again.
• Cut the apple with your knife to find a giant worm. You'll automatically discard the rest of the apple.
• a giant worm. Cut the apple with the knife to find the worm.
• Outside the cave, give the worm to the troll. Now he'll let you enter.
• a pouch. The troll outside the cave has it.
• You can't take the pouch until the troll is sleeping; see rock.
• Open the pouch; a flint is inside.
• a rock. It's at inside cave.
• While still inside the cave, throw the rock at the troll. This knocks him out, and he's now sleeping.
• The rock is now at outside cave. Take it.
• While directly holding the branch, rock, and flint, hit the rock with the flint. This lights the branch, turning it into a burning torch.
• a flint. It's inside the pouch.
• While directly holding the branch, rock, and flint, hit the rock with the flint. This lights the branch, turning it into a burning torch.
• a burning torch. Make it by lighting the branch. Do that by hitting the rock with the flint while holding all three items directly.
• The torch's light lets you see deeper in the cave.
• a tin box. Find it by searching the ashes at deep inside cave.
• Open the box. The silver key and the parchment are inside.
• a silver key. It's in the tin box.
• The key unlocks the treasure chest in the treasure room.
• a parchment. It's in the tin box.
• Read the parchment, then answer its riddle by saying the answer out loud: SAY NOTHING. This makes the outline of a secret door appear.
• the magic scrolls. It's in the treasure chest in the treasure room. The key unlocks the chest.
• Take the scrolls to the shore of the lake and enter the rowing boat to win the game.

Score

The response to SCORE is:

You have scored your-score points in several turns.

The maximum score is 20. Points are awarded as follows:

• 5 points for giving the giant worm to the troll.
• 5 points for turning the dry branch into a burning torch.
• 5 points for pushing the secret door open.
• 5 points for entering the rowing boat with the magic scrolls.

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