Key & Compass presents:
That Damn Remote
by Jamie Phelan

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

Walkthrough

Living Room

> x TV. x couch.

> search couch. take flashlight. x it.

> turn it on. (needs battery)

> x detector. x battery.

> take battery. put it in flashlight.

> e.

Darkness / Kitchen

> turn on flashlight. (+5)

> take note and key.

> w.

Living Room

> read note. (+5)

> take battery. put it in detector.

> x key.

> out.

Driveway

> enter car. drive car. (+10; using the key)

Fred's Driveway

> in.

Fred's house

> x Fred. ask Fred about remote. (+5; you get it)

> x remote.

> out.

Fred's Driveway

> enter car. drive car. (+5)

Driveway

> in.

Living Room

> turn on TV. (+25)

*** You have won ***

Extras

Characters

• Fred is your brother. He keeps mooching your stuff, but secretly, you envy his free-love lifestyle.
• A bearded vagrant is seen outside your home, but you can't interact with him in any way.

Endings

• You have burnt to death.
• if you turn on the TV with the remote but never returned the battery to the smoke detector.
• You have won
• if you turn on the TV with the remote, and you did put the battery back into the smoke detector earlier.

Inventory

• a flashlight. Find it by searching your couch.
• Put the battery into the flashlight and turn it on so you can see in your kitchen.
• a 9v battery. It's in the smoke detector in your living room.
• Put the battery into the flashlight and turn it on so you can see in your kitchen.
• After you're done with the flashlight, put the battery back into the detector.
• a note. It's on your kitchen table.
• Read it to learn that your brother Fred borrowed your remote control.
• a key. It's on your kitchen table.
• You need this key to drive your car.
• a remote control. In Fred's house, ask Fred about the remote. You persuade him to give it back to you.
• Back in your living room, turn on the TV (using the remote) to win the game.

Score

This is the response to SCORE:

You have so far scored N out of a possible 50, in T turns.

Points are awarded as follows:

• 5 points for successfully turning on the flashlight.
• 5 points for reading the note.
• 10 points for driving the car to Fred's.
• 5 points for obtaining the remote from Fred.
• 5 points for driving home with the remote.
• 25 points for successfully turning on the TV.

This totals 55 points, not 50.

Also note that you get five points every time you read the note; this is an infinite point bug. Likewise, you can get ten points every time you drive the car to Fred's. I didn't bother checking if there are more infinite point bugs.

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