Vampire Gold is a Glulx work of interactive fiction written with Inform 7 and is © 2023 by Olaf Nowacki. It was an entry in the La Petite Mort (English) division of Ectocomp 2023 where it took 11th place.
In this small generic RPG, you play as an adventurer in search of treasure. Defeat monsters, improve your armor and weapons, then kill the vampire to win the game.
This solution is by David Welbourn, and is based on Release 1 of the work.
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Although your HP is displayed in the upper right of the status line, it may display incorrectly as your gold total goes up to double-digits or more, pushing the display of your HP off the edge, as it were. Unfortunately, there's no alternate way to check your HP.
There's also no way to regain HP in this game. There are no healing potions, shrines, holy water, prayer, etc. Good luck and save often.
Entrance to the Lair of the Vampire
> x me. i. x stick. x shirt. x rucksack.
> d.
Crossing Tunnels
> a rat. (Repeat until the rat is dead.)
> x dagger. take it. (You leave the stick here.)
> e.
Large Cave
> a bat. (Repeat until the bat is dead.)
> x gloves. wear gloves.
> n.
Northern Cave
> shout. (You acquire a tiny key.)
> s. se.
Spider Cave
> a spider. (Repeat until the spider is dead.)
> x spear. take it. (You leave the dagger here.)
> nw. w. w.
Corridor
> a zombie. (Repeat until the zombie is dead.)
> take silver key. unlock door with it.
> e. n.
Small Chamber
Yes, I'm contemptuous enough to ignore the "ork" while I fiddle with the trapdoor. It's not like he's stopping me.
> unlock trapdoor with tiny key.
> open trapdoor. take sword. (You leave the spear here.)
> a ork. (Repeat until the ork is dead.)
> x chainmail. wear it.
> s. w. w.
Staircase
> a skeleton. (Repeat until the skeleton is dead.)
> x buckler. wear it.
> d.
Lair of the Vampire
> a vampire. (Repeat until the vampire is dead.)
*** The End ***
Some final stats are really wanted at the end here, in my humble opinion.
Sorry, but I don't know any way of determining a creature's stats in this game. Also, the amount of gold that a dead creature drops is randomized, snd since there's nothing to spend gold on in this game, I didn't bother to try to track it.
All endings end with The End.
The bad ending is if you you're killed by any creature.
The good ending is if you kill the vampire.
Armor only counts if you're wearing it. Wear all the armor you can to reduce the damage you take in battles.
You can only hold one weapon at a time. I'm listing them from worst to best.
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