Key & Compass presents:
Tower
by Vivienne Dunstan

• Map
• Walkthrough
• Extras
  • Characters, Credits, Inventory, Score
• Thank You to my Patreon supporters
• Support me on Ko-Fi
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Map

Walkthrough

You are unexpected transported by unknown means to...

Corner of the Garden

> x garden. x mist. x tower.

> s. (can't: mist is too disorientating)

> n. (no: door)

> open door. (locked)

> x door. g. (You acquire a key!)

> unlock door with key.

> open door. n.

Tower Entrance

> x staircase. x door. u.

Tower Room

> x windows.

> x desk. open drawer. take glass. x it.

> x chair.

> x cupboard. open it. take all from it.

> x globe. (Figure inside!)

> x mirror. look in mirror.

> break crystal. (+5. It shatters...)

>> SPACE

Wood

> x trees. x leaves. (Autumn?)

> search leaves. look. x box. take it.

> turn handle. (+5. You sleep and wake in...)

>> SPACE

Tower Room

> i. (You've lost the music box.)

> take book. x it. ("oidhche mhath")

> say oidhche mhath. (+5)

You wake up with your grandchildren nearby.

*** It was all a dream! ***

Extras

Characters

• A figure can be seen inside the crystal globe.
• Your grandchildren are near you in the epilogue.

Credits

There are no formal credits, but there is an about file that contains this line:

The game is written in Inform 7 on a Mac. Copy and paste the source from a text editor into Inform to compile it and play with it.

And near the top of the source code is this comment:

[This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 2.5 UK: Scotland License]

Inventory

• an old iron key. Acquire it by examining the wooden door to the tower twice.
• The key unlocks the wooden door.
• a magnifying glass. It's inside the desk drawer in the tower room.
• You need to be holding the glass in order to read the book.
• a crystal globe. It's inside the cupboard in the tower room.
• Examine the globe to notice the figure trapped inside it.
• Break the globe; you're transported to the wood.
• a small mirror. It's inside the cupboard in the tower room.
• Look into the mirror to learn that the player-character is old.
• a music box. Find it by searching the leaves in the wood.
• Examine the box to notice its grille and handle. Turn the handle to play the music box. You sleep and are transported back to the tower room.
• a book. It's in the tower room when you return from the wood.
• While holding the magnifying glass, read the book to learn the words you need to say to return home.

Score

This is the response to SCORE:

You have so far scored your-score out of a possible 15, in several turns.

Points are awarded as follows:

• 5 points for breaking the crystal globe.
• 5 points for playing the music box.
• 5 points for saying the magic words that take you home.

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