Key & Compass presents:
Unity!
by G. C. Ewing

• Maps
  • Map 1: Cathedral Square
  • Map 2: Hamburgerworld
  • Map 3: The Desert
• Walkthrough
• Extras
  • Characters, Inventory
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Maps

Map 1: Cathedral Square

Map 2: Hamburgerworld

Returning from a scene reached by entering a hamburger building varies:

• An unsuccessful return from the Crowd scene happens when the gunman is taken away after the speaker is killed.
• A successful return from the Crowd scene happens when the speaker thanks you for saving his life.
• A successful return from the Laboratory scene happens when you pick up the cardex card.
• A successful return from the Tarmac scene happens when you are carrying the bomb and the plane has disappeared in the sky.

Map 3: The Desert

Walkthrough

Note that UNDO is not supported in this game.

South Side of Square

The first part of the game takes place in Cathedral Square, ChristChurch, New Zealand. Feel free to explore, but you'll find little to do except notice a chicken who, over the course of several turns, makes its way here if you try to chase it. Then it wants you to get inside the phone booth. Feel free to explore, but your first goal is to approach the chicken until it's at this location.

(In the analogous opening scene of Trinity, there's no phone booth, you're in Kensington Square, London, England, and the bird in question is a roadrunner.)

> x booth.

> n.

Outside the Cathredral

> x cathedral. x centre. enter centre. (Too dull.)

> n. (You're not a fan of the music.)

> ne.

Northeast Corner of Square

> x chicken. w.

Northwest Corner of Square

> s.

Southwest Corner of Square

By this time, the chicken has reached Centre of Square.

> ne.

Centre of Square

> x chicken. (It's gone to the phone booth you started at.)

> s.

South Side of Square

> z. (The chicken gestures at the booth.)

> enter booth.

Inside the Phone Booth

> x graffiti. ("3874623")

> x book. x phone. x display. x chicken. i.

About this time, the chicken gives you a PhoneCard.

> x phonecard. put card in slot.

> dial 3874623. (You learn that foom and kratz are hyper-directions.)

You go kratz to...

On a Grassy Plain

> foom. kratz. w.

Outside a Cottage

This cottage and everything in it is an optional puzzle that seems to have nothing to do with the rest of the game.

> x cottage. enter cottage.

Inside the Cottage

> x cauldron. x piece of paper. read note.

> x rod. ("Frobozz Dip-It-Yourself Wand Blank")

> take paper. take rod.

> x floorboard. take sachet. x it.

> put sachet in cauldron. x cauldron.

> dip rod in cauldron. x rod.

> n. w.

Behind the Cottage

> x toad. wave rod at toad. (The toad is now normal-sized.)

> x toad.

And that's all the rod is good for. There's no score in this game, but pretend you earned a Last Lousy Point for shrinking the toad.

> e. e. e.

Base of Tower

The yellow double archway suggests the Golden Arches of a McDonald's restaurant.

> x archway. x shed. s.

Inside the Shed

> x tool. take screwdriver. n. n.

Inside Lift

> x attendant. x display. (0 metres)

> u. x display. (350 metres)

> s.

Restaurant

> x diners. x counter. x menu.

> u.

Top of the Tower

> x mirror. pull lever. (Locked in place with a left handed screw.)

> x hand. x lever.

> enter mirror.

Top of the Tower (reversed)

Here, the mirror is to the north.

> d. (You can't seem to navigate the stairs here.)

> pull lever. unscrew screw.

> enter mirror.

Top of the Tower

You can now use this lever normally. To stop the mirror's rotation, pull the lever. To restart it, push the lever.

> z. (Repeat waiting until the hand is at the east position.)

> pull lever. x disc.

> d. n. d. s. e.

Up a Valley

> x building. x roof. x sheets.

Are those sheets lettuce and cheese? Is this a huge hamburger?

By the way, the only way to open the doors for these hamburger buildings is to have the mirror's beam point at them.

> x hamburger. (Yes, that's a synonym for the building.)

> x door. enter building.

East End of Corridor

You are now in the "Laboratory" section of the game where you need to obtain a card.

> s.

Laboratory

> x man. n. w.

West End of Corridor

> x box. tighten screws. e. s.

Laboratory

> z. (The lock opens, but an alarm rings.)

> z. (Two guards enter. Guns fire. The intruder falls.)

> x intruder. (The guards take him away.)

> look. take folder. take card.

You return to the valley.

Up a Valley

> read file. (Blueprint for a MegaMac Device.)

> x card.

Return to the tower mirror:

> w. n. u. s. u.

Top of the Tower

> push lever.

> z. (Repeat waiting until the hand is at the south position.)

> pull lever. x disc.

> d. n. d. s. w. s.

Forest Clearing

Another hamburger building is here. Its door is open when the mirror is facing south.

> enter building.

On the Tarmac

You are now in the "Tarmac" section of the game where you need to obtain a bomb.

> e.

Store Room

> take earmuffs. take spanner. x earmuffs. x spanner.

A vehicle arrives carrying a cargo container bearing the Colonel's face.

> w.

On the Tarmac

You need to wear the earmuffs to enter the plane.

> wear earmuffs. w.

Plane Berth

> open trapdoor. (using the spanner)

> x object. (Looks like a bomb to me.)

> x display. x wires. x switch.

> turn off switch. take bomb.

> e.

On the Tarmac

Just continue to wait several turns until the plane is well and gone.

Note: There's some bugginess where the plane never takes off under some circumstances. I recommend waiting here, on the tarmac, instead of in the store room. If nothing seems to be happening no matter how long you wait, turn on the switch and wait for the bomb to explode instead. You'll return to the forest clearing, alive, but without the bomb and you can try again.

> z. (Repeat waiting. A lot.)

Eventually, a voice will say "Well done" and return you to the clearing.

Forest Clearing

Return to the tower mirror:

> n. e. n. u. s. u.

Top of the Tower

> push lever.

> z. (Continue to wait until the hand is at the northwest position.)

> pull lever.

> d. n. d. s. w. nw.

Northwest of Plain

The door to this building is open when the mirror's beam is pointing northwest.

> enter building.

In a Crowd

> x crowd. x stage. x ribbon. x banner. x scissors.

About now, someone who looks like Colonel Sanders gets on stage.

> x man.

> z. (Repeat waiting until you notice a shady-looking character.)

> x character. z. z. z. (He draws at gun and points it at the speaker.)

It's not necessary to actually have the scissors to throw them at this time.

> throw scissors at shady man. (He shoots but misses. He is tackled.)

> z. (The gunman is taken away.)

> z. (The speaker gives you something before the scene ends.)

Northwest of Plain

> i. x gemstone. z.

A few turns after solving all three scenes (Laboratory, Tarmac, and Crowd), the chicken visits briefly to drop a canteen.

> take canteen. x it.

> se. n.

Edge of the Desert

You need the canteen to be able to go north from here.

> n.

Stone Circle

> x stones. n.

Ruined Temple

> x altar. put gem in altar. (Red light transports you to...)

Junction of Roads

> n.

Deserted Town

> x buildings. x pen. (Filled with chickens!)

> s. e. n. n.

Bedroom

> x mongoose. x cage. take cage.

> s. e. e.

Assembly Room

> x table —or— x tray.

> n. n.

On a Road

> x snake.

> open cage. (The mongoose and the rattlesnake have a chat.)

> n. u.

Up the Ladder

> x door. put card in slot.

> open door. enter door.

Inside the Hut

> x hamburger. (This is the "MegaMac" described by the file.)

> drop bomb. turn on switch. s. d. s.

On a Road

> z. (Continue to wait until the explosion.)

A voice tells you you've saved the chicken species. You are transported one last time to...

Your Living Room

*** The End ***

Extras

Characters

• The chicken who sometimes assists you. In the epilogue, the chicken is revealed to be the Aztec god Chook-Maat. It's almost certain that the voice you hear when a mini-scene ends is Chook-Maat's voice.
• Several people are out and about all over Cathedral Square.
• The attendant operates the lift up to and down from the restaurant.
• Some diners are eating in the restaurant; some girls are working at the counter.
• A giant toad is tied to a stake behind the cottage.
• A speaker, a shady character, a security guard, the mayor, and a crowd of people are in the Crowd scene.
• An intruder and two guards appear in the Laboratory scene.
• Airport workers appear in the Tarmac scene.
• A mongoose, a rattlesnake, and several penned chickens appear in desert section of the game.

Mentioned:

• The wizard notably absent at the Wizard's Corner.
• Gertrude authored the note you find in the cottage.

Inventory

• a PhoneCard. The chicken gives it to you at an undetermined point after entering the phone booth; the chicken must be at South Side of Square, at the very least. Put the card in the slot inside the phone booth, then you can call the number indicated by the graffiti.
• a right handed screwdriver. It's inside the shed. With it, unscrew the lever in the reversed Top of the Tower where the lever is held with a right handed screw. Unscrewing that screw will also unscrew the left handed screw in the normal Top of the Tower. (BUG: Don't drop the screwdriver anywhere. It is never listed in room locations and will be effectively invisible.)
• a piece of paper. It's on the table inside the cottage. Read it, then read the note on it.
• a paper sachet. Find it by examining the floor (or floorboard) when inside the cottage. (BUG: You always find the sachet when you examine the floor.) Put the sachet in the cauldron; this creates a magic potion.
• a wooden rod. It's on the table inside the cottage. Dip the rod in the cauldron after you've put the sachet in; this puts some magic potion onto the rod. After dipping the rod, wave the rod at the toad behind the cottage to magically shrink it to normal size. This isn't helpful to you, but it seems to be all you can do with the rod.
• a file. It's the folder in the laboratory. The intruder drops it after the guard shoots him. Taking the file reveals the cardax card underneath. Read the file later.
• a cardax card. Find it in the laboratory by taking the folder. Taking the card ends the Laboratory scene and returns you to the valley. Put the card in the slot at "Up the Ladder" to unlock the hut door.
• a pair of earmuffs. It's in the store room. Wear them when on the tarmac so you can go west to the plane berth.
• a spanner. It's in the store room. You'll need it to open the trapdoor at plane berth.
• a strange object. Find it by opening the trapdoor in the plane berth. It's a bomb. When its display reaches 0, it will explode. TURN OFF SWITCH (not "push switch") to disable it. When you finally reach Inside the Hut, drop the bomb and TURN ON SWITCH to continue the countdown. Run out of there and wait on the road with the mongoose and rattlesnake until the bomb explodes, destroying the MegaMac. The explosion inside the hut also ends the game in victory, assuming you're not inside with it.
• a gemstone. The speaker from "In a Crowd" gives it to you at the successful conclusion of his scene. Put it in the depression of the altar in the ruined temple.
• a canteen. The chicken drops it at your feet a few turns after completing the third scene. Carrying it will allow you to go north into the desert from "Edge of the Desert".
• a cage. It's in the bedroom and it contains a mongoose. Open the cage at "On a Road" where the rattlesnake is. The snake will be distracted by the mongoose and will now ignore you.

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