In this somewhat silly game, you play as someone in a self-imposed search for the truth. Explore this small city and expose all the lies! Can you find the truth?
This solution is by David Welbourn, and is based on Release 1 of the game.
Uhhhh, that was way too easy, and we didn't get any points. Let's explore everything else first.
> restart
> talk to man. listen to man.(+1)
> w.
State Street
> x crowd. x child. x sign.(+1)
> x candidate. listen to candidate.(+1)
> n.
City Hall Lobby
> x rack.(+1)
> s. w.
Schoolyard
> x fence. x children.(+1)
> e. s.
Reading Room
> x terminals.(+1)
> x newspaper.(+1)
> s.
Fiction Section
> x books.(+1)
> n. n. e. s.
Culture Row
> x radio. take it. turn on radio.
> x history. x art. x motto.(+1)
> w.
Natural History Museum Lobby
> x skeleton. x pedestal. x plaque.(+1)
> e. e.
Art Museum Lobby
> x painting. x plaque.(+1)
> w. n. e.
Church Street
> x change. take it.
> x church. x tent.
> n.
Fortune Teller's Tent
> x ball.(+1)
> s. e.
Church Interior
> x windows.(+1)
> x pews. x preacher. x pulpit.
> listen to preacher.(+1)
> w. w. n.
Commercial Boulevard
> x billboard.(+1)
> e.
Showroom
> x tv.(+1)
> x stand.(+1)
> x batteries. buy batteries.
> w. n.
Vacant Lot
> x fence. x handbill.(+1; mentions Radio News 42)
> put batteries in radio.
> tune radio to 42. turn on radio.(+1)
> x weeds. x sky. x saucer.(+1)
> s. s.
Crossroads
> x strange. x nose. take puss.(+1)
*** You Win ***
Extras
Characters
A suspicious-looking man at the crossroads is trying to get your attention.
A preacher is delivering a sermon in the church. No one else is in the church, though.
A crowd, including an adorable child, is at a political rally on State Street
A politician is speaking to the crowd at the rally.
Some children are playing in the schoolyard.
Inventory
a portable radio. It's on Culture Row. Put the batteries in it. Tune the radio to 42 (as per the handbill on the vacant lot fence). Turn on the radio to listen to News Radio 42 to hear an untruth.
some change. It's on Church Street. With the change, you can buy the batteries in the Showroom.
a pair of batteries. They're in the Showroom; buy them using the change. Put the batteries in the portable radio.
Score
You have so far exposed your-score untruths out of a possible 21, in some turns.
1 point for listening to the suspicious-looking man.
1 point for examining the child's placard.
1 point for listening to the politician.
1 point for examining the pamphlets in City Hall.
1 point for listening to (or examining) the childen in the schoolyard.
1 point for examining the terminals in the library's reading room.
1 point for examining the newspaper.
1 point for examining the books in the fiction section.
1 point for examining the motto on the art museum.
1 point for examining the plaque in the natural history museum lobby.
1 point for examining the plaque in the art museum lobby.
1 point for examining the crystal ball.
1 point for examining the church's windows.
1 point for listening to the preacher.
1 point for examining the billboard.
1 point for examining the television.
1 point for examining the display stand.
1 point for examining the handbill.
1 point for listening to News Radio 42 on the portable radio.
the support of Thomas Bøvith, Robin Johnson, Ville Lavonius, Andrew Schultz, Kenneth Hon, Jason McIntosh, Carl Muckenhoupt, Mark Musante, and Phil Tatro;
the generous support of Janice M Eisen and Amelia;