Key & Compass presents:
TWO
by Chris Ainsley

In this example Adventuron game, the gimmick is that all room names, object names, player commands, and game responses are limited to one-or-two words each. There's no story. Explore the town and caves and find the treasures. Drop all ten in the Treasure Room to win.

This solution is by David Welbourn, and is based on Version 0.3.4 of the game.

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Map

Walkthrough

NOTE: This early Adventuron game does not support the transcription commands TSTART and TSTOP.

Hill Top

> n. n. n.

Village Square

> x fountain. take pen.

> x villagers.

> w.

Town Hall

> x leader. talk leader. take ladder.

> e. n.

Lakeside

> x trees. x log. x lake. x island.

> climb ladder.

Treetop

> x nest. (apple and eggs found)

> x apple. (sacred)

> x eggs. (rare)

> take eggs. (Huge magpie arrives.)

CAUTION: The magpie attacks if you take more from the nest. The magpie likes it when its nest is full.

> d. s. e.

General Store

> x shopkeeper. x products. (found axe and spoon)

> sell eggs. take coin.

> buy axe. (using the coin)

> w. n.

Lakeside

> chop log. (It's now a boat.)

> s. e.

General Store

> sell axe. take coin.

> w. n. u.

Treetop

> drop coin. (The magpie leaves.)

> take apple. (The magpie returns.)

> d.

Lakeside

> go boat.

On Island

> take ring. wear ring.

> x altar. offer apple. (A statue appears.)

> x statue. x hand. x wand. take wand.

> go boat.

Lakeside

> e.

Clearing

> x man. ("regal prize")

> x stone. x sword.

> pull sword. (can't)

> e.

Barn

> x wheel. x cart. take painting.

> x clutter. take banana. x banana.

> w. w. n.

Forest Path

> x trees. x vines.

> e.

Cabin

> x dog. give banana. (It's now friendly.)

> x table. x knife. take knife.

> w. n.

Outside Cave

> x boulder.

> sharpen knife. (It's now a sharp knife.)

> wave wand. (The boulder is now smashed.)

> n.

Treasure Room

CAUTION: Retreat from the cat monster!

> s. s. e.

Cabin

To convince the dog to follow you, pet it in every location. When it stops following you, it returns here.

> pet dog. w.

Forest Path

> pet dog. n.

Outside Cave

> pet dog. n.

Treasure Room

Cat monster flees from the dog, and an east exit is revealed. Drop treasures here to get the points from them.

> drop pen. (+1)

> drop painting. (+1)

> s. s.

Forest Path

If the Riddle Man isn't here, leave and return until he is here.

Assuming that the Riddle Man is here:

> x man. talk man. ("vampire weakness?")

> say garlic. (The man drops garlic and leaves.)

> take garlic.

> cut vines. (with sharp knife)

> x fibre. take fibre.

> s. u.

Treetop

The magpie doesn't care which items are here as long as there's something. You could drop the knife here instead of the garlic, for example.

> drop garlic. take coin.

> d. n. n. n.

Treasure Room

> drop coin. (+1)

> drop knife.

> e. s. w.

Echo Chamber

CAUTION: Shouting makes the ceiling collapse.

I think SAY ECHO was the solution to a similar room in Zork II, but that was so long ago, I had quite forgotten it.

> say echo. (wizard appears)

> x wizard. talk wizard. (needs something)

> give wand. (The wizard takes it, drops a brass lamp, then vanishes.)

> take lamp.

> e. e.

Puzzle Room

> 30. (diamond and east appear)

> take diamond.

> e.

Armoury

> x sign. ("1838 !")

> x button. push button ("3000")

> x chainmail. take it. ("prove thyself")

The number shown by the button is partly controlled by the number of treasures in the Treasure Room. Each treasure in that room adds 1000 to the total. Go back and move two of the three treasures to an adjacent room.

> w. w. n. w.

Treasure Room

> take pen. (−1)

> take coin. (−1)

> e.

Dungeon

> drop pen. drop coin. drop diamond.

> s. e. e.

Armoury

> push button. ("1000")

> e.

Red Room1000/1838

The rooms east of the armoury are dark, but the lamp lets you see the signs in them. Note that the accumulated total is displayed in the far right of the status line.

> x sign. (number 0)

> 4. (The second digit in the accumulatated total becomes an 8.)

> s.

Green Room1800/1838

> 6. (The third digit becomes a 3.)

> n. n.

Blue Room1830/1838

> 8. (The last digit in the accumultated total becomes an 8.)

> s. w.

Armoury

> push button. ("1838")

> take chainmail. (It's yours.)

> wear chainmail.

> w. w. n. n.

North Dungeon

> x guard. (sad)

> tell joke. (The guard is now happy, and a way up appears.)

> u.

Throne Room

> x sign. ("save here !")

> take crown. wear crown.

> x throne. sit.

Don't go west from here just yet. The chainmail will protect you, but you need that sword too.

> d. s. w.

Treasure Room

> drop lamp.

> remove ring. drop ring. (+1)

> s. s. s. e.

Clearing

While wearing the crown:

> take sword. (The King!)

A Kingsword is now here.

> take sword.

> w. n. n. n.

Treasure Room

> e. n. u,

Throne Room

> save.

>> 1

> w.

Jester's Den

The chainmail protects you from his attack.

> kill jester. (He runs!)

> take sceptre.

> n.

Loom Room

> x loom.

If you have fibre:

> make rope. x rope. take rope.

> s. e. d. s. s. s.

Small Room

You don't need the flour.

> tie rope. (It turns into a Down exit.)

> d.

Bottom Well

> take ruby.

> u. n. n. w.

Treasure Room

> drop ruby. (+1)

> drop sceptre. (+1)

> drop sword. (+1)

> remove crown. drop it. (+1)

> remove chainmail. drop it. (+1)

> e.

Dungeon

> take pen. take coin. take diamond.

> w.

Treasure Room

> drop pen. (+1)

> drop coin. (+1)

> drop diamond. (+1)

*** YOU WIN! ***

Extras

Characters

Villagers are in the village square.
Village Leader is in the town hall.
Shopkeeper is in the general store.
Old Man is in the clearing.
Riddle Man is sometimes on the forest path; he comes and goes.
Huge Magpie arrives at treetop when you take something from its nest. The magpie flies away when there are two (or more) items in its nest. It attacks if you take anything from its nest when it's right there to watch you.
Dog is in the cabin. It's hungry.
Cat Monster is in the treasure room. Very dangerous!
Guard is in the North Dungeon. They are sad. You may tell them a joke to make them a happy guard or throw the flour for a disconbobulated guard.
Wizard appears in the Echo Chamber when you SAY ECHO there.
Evil Jester is in the Jester's Den. They always try to stab you when you enter their den.

Credits

This is the response to CREDITS:

------- CREDITS ------- Game : TWO Game Version : 0.3.4 Adventuron Version: 1.0.0 Beta 16b [PERSONAL USE ONLY] Written by : Chris Ainsley ------------ SYSTEM FONTS ------------ - Delta10 - based on Delta 4 font, released into public domain by Fergus McNeill. Mod by CA (10 pixel height + extended accent support). - Clairsys / Clairsys 10 by Paul Van Der Laan, SIL Font License. - DAAD by Adventuras AD. Released into the public domain by Andrés Samudio. Minor adaptations applied (by CA). - Bamburgh - Adventuron Font Created by Chris Ainsley. All Rights Reserved. - Plotter Bold Extended by Damien Guard. Licensed free to use and redistribute (with games). Credit appreciated if used.

More information can be found on the game's homepage.

Endings

You can lose the game if you're killed by the huge magpie (at Treetop), the cat monster (in the Treasure Room), or the evil jester (in the Jester's Den), but the loss can be undone by answering Y or YES to the "Rollback?" prompt. If you answer N or NO, the game restarts.

You win the game by dropping all ten treasures in the Treasure Room. After the customary YOU WIN!, the game restarts.

The game is Polite under the Zarfian Cruelty Scale, and can never be put into an unwinnable situation.

Inventory

Treasures

After you no longer need a treasure, drop it in the Treasure Room to gain a point. When all ten treasures are deposited there, you win the game.

fountain pen. Find it by examining the fountain in the Village Square
gold coin. In the General Store, the shopkeeper drops it for you when you sell the eggs.

Buy the axe with the coin, then go to Lakeside and chop the log to make a boat.
Return to the store and sell the axe and take the coin back.

ring. It's at On Island. You may wear it.
oil painting. Find it in the Barn by examining the cart.
diamond. It appears in the Puzzle Room, when you say 30 to complete the numeric sequence.
crown. It's in the Throne Room.

At the Clearing, wear the crown. Now you can pull the sword from the stone there.

kingsword. In the clearing, a sword is embedded in the stone. If you're wearing the crown, you can pull the sword out of the stone, and the sword becomes a kingsword.

In the Jester's Den, attack the jester (with the sword). They flee and are never seen again.

chainmail. It's in the Armoury, but you can only take it if, after you push the button, it displays 1838, the same number as on the sign.

The number displayed by the button is determined by this formula: (1000 × T) + (200 × R) + (5 × G) + B, where T is the number of treasures in the Treasure Room, R is the Red Room's value, G is the Green Room's value, and B is the Blue Room's value. You can set those room values to any integer from 0 to 9 by saying the desired number in the rooms. You can determine that formula by trial and error. What fun!
So, leave only 1 treasure in the Treasure Room, say 4 in the Red Room, say 6 in the Green Room, say 8 in the Blue Room, push the button in the Armoury, then take and wear the chainmail.
The chainmail protects you from instant death when you walk into the Jester's Den and they try to stab you. See kingsword on how to deal with the jester afterwards.

sceptre. It's in the Jester's Den.

To get rid of the jester, see chainmail and kingsword.

ruby. It's at Bottom Well.

To reach there, tie the rope in the small room, then go down.

Other stuff

village ladder. Find it in the Town Hall via TALK LEADER.

Drop the ladder at Lakeside. Now you can climb the ladder or go up to the Treetop.

knife. Find this butter knife in the Cabin via EXAMINE TABLE.

At either Outside Cave or at Clearing (where there are large rocks), SHARPEN KNIFE. The knife is now a sharp knife.
On the Forest Path, cut the vines with the sharp knife. The vines are now strong fibre.

banana. Find this "barn nana" in the Barn via EXAMINE CLUTTER.

In the Cabin, give the banana (to the dog). The dog is now friendly, and you may now pet the dog to get the dog to follow you. You must pet the dog in every location you want it to follow you from.

strong fibre. On the Forest Path, cut the vines with the sharp knife to turn the vines into fibre.

In the Loom Room, MAKE ROPE to turn the fibre into rope.

axe. Find it in the General Store by examining the products. Buy it with the gold coin.

At the Lakeside, chop the log (with the axe) to create a boat.
Return to the store and sell the axe to get the coin back.

spoon. Find it in the General Store by examining the products.

You have no need to buy the spoon.

apple. Find it at Treetop by examining the nest. If the magpie isn't there, you can just take it. If the magpie is there, drop something else there to appease the magpie.

On the island, OFFER APPLE to put the apple onto the altar. The apple vanishes, and a statue appears.

eggs. Find it at Treetop by examining the nest. If the magpie isn't there, you can take it. If the magpie is there, drop something else there to appease the magpie.

In the General Store, SELL EGGS. The shopkeeper drops a gold coin for you to take.

wand. To find it at "On Island": offer apple, examine statue, then examine hand.

Outside the cave, wave the wand to shatter the boulder blocking access to the cave.
Note that the wand has no effect on the stone holding the sword in the clearing.
In the Echo Chamber, SAY ECHO to summon the wizard, then give the wand to him. He drops a brass lamp in exchange.

garlic. On the forest path, when the riddle man is there, SAY GARLIC in response to his riddle. He drops the garlic, then he's gone.

You have no need for the garlic. Feel free to drop it in the treetop to appease the magpie.

flour. It's in the small room.

You have no real need for the flour. Feel free to drop it in the treetop to appease the magpie. You can also throw the flour at the guard in the dungeon's north end, but I prefer them to be happy, not discombobulated.

brass lamp. In the Echo Chamber, summon the wizard with SAY ECHO, then give the wand to him. He drops the lamp here in exchange.

The lamp is already lit. Carry it into the dark rooms east of the armoury to see everything that's in there.

rope. In the Loom Room, while carrying the fibre, MAKE ROPE to make the rope from the fibre.

In the Small Room, TIE ROPE. Now you can go down into the well.

Score

There is no SCORE command, but your score is displayed in the upper right on the status line.

One point is awarded for every treasure you drop in the Treasure Room. If you take a treasure from the Treasure Room back into your inventory, you lose the point associated with that treasure.

You can earn a maximum of 10 points. When you have 10 points, you win the game.

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Key & Compass presents: TWO by Chris Ainsley

Map

Walkthrough

Extras

Characters

Credits

Endings

Inventory

Score

Thank You to my Patreon supporters

Key & Compass presents:
TWO
by Chris Ainsley