Key & Compass presents:
Toonesia
by Jacob Weinstein

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

• You must be wearing the blindfold to walk in midair.

Walkthrough

Bare Cell

> verbose.

> x me. i. x cap. remove cap.

> take all. x note. read it.

> x blindfold. x crayon.

In many cartoons, drawing something makes that thing exist for real.

> draw door on wall. (+1)

> out —or— s.

The Middle of the Woods

> x sign. (it's duck season)

> x tower. x trees.

> w.

The Edge of the Woods

You can refer to the Tazmanian Devil by his nickname, Taz.

> x Taz. x cage. x pipe. x desert.

> w.

The Edge of A Cliff / Blindfolded

> x mesa. x canyon. x cliff.

> wear blindfold. w. w. (You fall!)

> remove blindfold.

Atop a Narrow Mesa / Blindfolded

> x gun. take it. (+1)

> wear blindfold. e. e. e.

> remove blindfold.

Inside Bud's Warren

> x sofa. x wardrobe. open it.

> x shirt. x baseball cap. x bottle.

> take all from wardrobe.

> x pictures. x stove. x table.

> x fridge. open it. x sandwich. x steak.

> take all from fridge. close fridge.

> put steak on stove. turn on stove. (+1)

The Tazmanian Devil is here, eating steak, but blocking the hole. He loves to eat meat but hates vegetables. Feel free to wear the carrot cologne sooner rather than later.

> z. z. z. z. z. (Taz turns his eyes to you.)

> wear cologne. (+1; he leaves!)

> u.

Inside a Cage

You don't need a key for the cage. Just unlock it.

> unlock cage. out. n.

Outside the Mine

> x Dizzy. x wheelbarrow. x jewels. x cave.

> in. (Dizzy won't let you.)

> shoot Dizzy. (He stops you; claims it's rabbit season.)

> s. e.

The Middle of the Woods

> x sign. (It's duck season.)

> take sign. w. n.

Outside the Mine

> show sign to Dizzy. (+1; he leaves with the jewels)

> in —or— east.

Inside the Mine

A ridge forms in the ground, east to west, as you enter.

> x lamp. x ridge. x jewels.

> take jewels. (Can't because of your tax bracket!)

> take lamp. rub lamp. g. (+1)

A genie gives you a magic helmet and new commands: "west winds, blow" and "east winds, blow".

Now follow the ridge:

> w. s. e. s.

In the Woods

> x Bud. show sign to Bud. (+1. He leaves!)

> z. z. (A vision of loveliness emerges from the hole!)

> x woman. x hair. x dress.

> wear helmet.

> east winds, blow.

> west winds, blow. (+1; Bud's wig blows away!)

Incidentally, you can return all of Bud's stuff to him, if you wish:

> give shirt to Bud. give baseball cap to Bud.

> give sandwich to Bud. give bottle to Bud.

But enough delays! Shoot that rabbit!

> shoot Bud. g. g. g. (+2)

It's now roadrunner season. Bud lives for another year.

*** Thanks for visiting Toonesia. Th-th-th-that's all, folks! ***

Extras

Characters

• Elmo Fuld, millionaire, is the player-character. You own a mansion and a yacht and you love hunting.
• The Tazmanian Devil a.k.a. Taz is a slavering beast in a cage. He loves to eat meat!
• Dizzy Duck is outside the cave and wants to be rich! He has a wheelbarrow of jewels!
• A genie will grant you a wish but only once. And he gets to choose your wish, okay?
• Bud Bunny is your main antagonist. He's a rascally rabbit!
• A heartbreakingly beautiful woman emerges from the hole that Bud dives into. She has buck teeth, big floppy ears, and beautiful blond hair. Her hair is her best feature.
• A game warden stops you from shooting Bud at the very last moment.

Mentioned:

• Uncle Chuck (Chuck Jones, maybe?) gifted you your hunting cap in 1935.
• Bruce Babbit is the Secretary of the Interior.
• Chuck Jones, Fritz Freleng, Tex Avery, and Mel Blanc are in one of Bud's photos. They're all famous cartoonists.
• Dick Cavett, the talk show host, is the subject of another of Bud's photos.
• Your accountant is quoted when you try to take the jewels in the cave.
• Bud claims to have a wife and fifteen little ones, but he could be lying.

Credits

From version 1.0's opening:

Toonesia
A Mini Text-Adventure Game
by C. J. T. Spaulding
  (not his real name)
Developed with TADS: The Text Adventure Development System.

Version 1.0
Copyright (c) 1995 by the author. All Rights Reserved.

This game is meant as an entry into the Great IF Contest of 1995. Please do not distribute it. After the contest, I'll release a version with my real name attached. Until then, bug reports, comments, etc may be sent to me via my anonymous e-mail address, email redacted. Note that I may be away from e-mail access for a while, so I may not be able to respond quickly.

This game uses David Allen's hint system, which is (c) 1994 by David Allen.

Thanks to my beta-testers Lauren Sager, Mike Sager, and Michael Kinyon, and to Whizzard for some last-minute lifesaving.

From version 1.1's opening:

Toonesia
A Mini Text-Adventure Game
by Jacob Weinstein
Developed with TADS: The Text Adventure Development System.

Version 1.1
Copyright (c) 1995 by the author. All Rights Reserved.

This game was entered in the First Annual TADS programming contest in 1995. It won second place. For more information on the contest, look at ftp.gmd.de in the directory /if-archive http://www.ifarchive.org/.

Toonesia is freeware. For information on the legal details of distributing it, please type "legal" at any command prompt.

This game uses David Allen's hint system, which is (c) 1994 by David Allen.

Thanks to my beta-testers Lauren Sager, Mike Sager, and Michael Kinyon, and to Whizzard for some last-minute lifesaving and the occasional pun.

Although this game is free, I would appreciate a postcard if you particularly enjoy it--or, at least, an e-mail note. My e-mail address is email redacted. My postal address is:

Jacob Weinstein
California address redacted

Endings

• You are out of the picture
• if you remove the blindfold when in midair, or
• if the Tazmanian Devil eats you.
• Thanks for visiting Toonesia. Th-th-th-that's all, folks!
• when you earn 10 points.

Note also that you can make the game unwinnable if you give your gun to the beautiful woman. She dives back into the hole with it, and you never see her, the gun, or Bud Bunny again.

Also, I ought to point out that in the endings that ought to kill Elmo, he doesn't die because he's a toon. Incapacitated, yes, but he's not even unconscious. Elmo is still fully aware when he's crushed inside Taz's stomach or crumpled like an accordion at the bottom of the cliff. It's unexpectedly horrific in a game based on beloved cartoon characters.

Inventory

• a hunting cap. You're wearing it and you never take it off. Other hats go on top of it.
• a purple crayon. It's in the bare cell. Draw a door on the wall with it; the crayon is used up.
• a blindfold. It's in the bare cell. It's the key to getting on and off the mesa. In toon logic, if you can't see you're standing in midair, you can't fall. Well, not far.
• When at the edge of a cliff, wear the blindfold and step west twice to reach the mesa.
• When atop a narrow mesa, wear the blindfold and step east twice to reach the ledge.
• While wearing the blindfold, all actions are prohibited except walking around and removing the blindfold.
• a note. It's in the bare cell. Read it to learn that Bud Bunny has hidden your gun somewhere.
• a gun. It's atop a narrow mesa. Take it. Don't worry about ammo. This gun is always loaded.
• If you try to shoot Taz, he swallows the bullet!
• You can try to shoot Dizzy when it's duck season.
• You can try to shoot Bud when it's rabbit season.
• You cannot shoot anything else because it's not the right season.
• a Hawaiian shirt. It's in Bud's wardrobe. Wear it or ignore it.
• a baseball cap. It's in Bud's wardrobe. Wear it or ignore it. You'll have to remove the baseball cap when you want to wear the helmet, though.
• a cologne bottle. It's in Bud's wardrobe. The cologne smells like carrots. When Taz is about to eat you, wear the cologne to repel him.
• a lettuce sandwich. It's in Bud's refrigerator. Eat it, ignore it, or try giving it to Taz to learn he hates vegetables.
• a steak. It's in Bud's refrigerator. Put it on his stove then turn on the stove to lure Taz into Bud's warren.
• a wooden sign. It's in the middle of the woods. Yes, take it. When the sign says it's duck season, show it to Dizzy. When the sign says it's rabbit season, show it to Bud.
• an ancient lamp. It's inside the mine. Rub it twice to summon a genie and gain a magic helmet. Only one wish per customer!
• a magic helmet. Acquire it by rubbing the ancient lamp twice. When you wear it, you can command both the west winds and the east winds to blow. Note: you can only wear the helmet on top of your hunting cap, not on the baseball cap as well. When near the beautiful woman, command the winds to blow twice. It doesn't matter which winds. The woman's wig will be blown off, revealing her to be Bud Bunny!

Score

• 1 point for drawing a door.
• 1 point for grabbing your gun.
• 1 point for tempting Taz with steak.
• 1 point for repelling Taz with carrot cologne.
• 1 point for showing Dizzy that it's duck season.
• 1 point for getting a wish granted.
• 1 point for showing Bud that it's rabbit season.
• 1 point for spoiling Bud's feminine disguise.
• 2 points for persistence in the pursuit of a rabbit dinner.
• −1 point for giving your gun to the beautiful woman, you love-sick fool!

Rankings:

• A Family Circus Panel. (0 points)
• Clutch Cargo. (1 point)
• An Animation Cel. (2 points)
• A Flip Book. (3 points)
• A Cheaply Produced Animated Advertisement. (4 points)
• A Shoddy Saturday Morning Cartoon. (5 points)
• Slick Computer Animation. (6 points)
• A Handsome Hand-Drawn Animated Short. (7 points)
• An Oscar-Winning Animated Short. (8 points)
• Worthy Of The Memory of Mel Blanc. (10 points)

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