Key & Compass presents:
Vortex 2305
by Jacqueline A. Lott

In this very short game, you play as an attendee at PAX East wearing a Wizard of Frobozz costume. You're hoping to see the panel on Storytelling in Interactive Fiction, but the line to get in is so long!

This solution is by David Welbourn, and is based on Release 3 of the game.

Walkthrough
Extras
- Characters, Inventory
Thank You to my Patreon supporters
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Walkthrough

The Handheld Lounge

> x me. x hat. i. x beard. x cloak.

> x line. get in queue.

The Handheld Lounge (in the great big line)

> x geeks. z.

After two turns in line, a mysterious woman gives you a slip of paper.

> x paper. (You learn about XYZZY.)

> xyzzy.

*** You have changed history! ***

Extras

Characters

Geeks, some of whom are in a long line, are in the Lounge.

Cameos:

A volunteer in an ENFORCER t-shirt tells you what the line is for.
A mysterious woman appears after two turns in line.
The speakers in the panel. A random name (one of Andrew Plotkin, Aaron Reed, Robb Sherwin, Emily Short, or J. Robinson Wheeler) is mentioned every time you examine the line or geeks while you're not in the line.

Mentioned:

The people of Ireland are mentioned by the mysterious woman.
The Wizard of Frobozz is whom your costume is based on. He's the main antagonist of Zork II by Infocom.

Inventory

a wizardhat. You're wearing it.
a fakebeard. You're wearing it.
a cloak. You're wearing it. You can't remove any part of your wizard costume.
a paper. A mysterious woman gives it to you after two turns in the queue. Read it.

Thank You to my Patreon supporters

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