Key & Compass presents:
Yesternight
by Robert Szacki

In this very small and very primitive game, you play as someone with a gold coin and no obvious goals entering a small town. To win the game, get past the bear guarding the forest entrance north of the town.

This solution is by David Welbourn.

SPOILERS AHEAD. Reading a walkthrough prematurely can sometimes diminish one's enjoyment of an interactive fiction game. Please make an honest effort to play the game before reading this walkthrough.

Map
Walkthrough
Extras
- Characters, Inventory
Thank You to my Patreon supporters
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External links:
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Map

Walkthrough

This game is so primitive, it only accepts one-word or two-word commands. Many standard verbs like HIT, DOWN, EAT, OPEN, READ, and SEARCH aren't understood by this game.

I strongly suggest adding a pause command to the end of your Play.bat file so you can read the game's end-text when you win. Otherwise, the command window closes before you can read it!

Road to the town

> i. x coin. x flower. x nest.

> n.

A town rotunda

> x well.

> w.

A local library

> x book. take book.

> e. e.

A small grocery

Neither the bottles nor the grocer are implemented as game-objects.

> give coin. x bottle.

> w.

A town rotunda

You cannot refer to the water itself.

> fill bottle. x bottle.

> s.

Road to the town

It's quite difficult to guess the syntax using for the bottle here. "Pour flower" is very unnatural.

> pour flower. take honey. x honey.

> n. n.

A dense forest entrance

> x bear. give honey.

You gave the honey to the bear. He is very pleased with your present. He lets you pass! Congratulations! You have completed the game!

Extras

Characters

Some bees are in their hive on the road to town..
A grocer awaits your custom in his grocery.
A bear stops you from entering the deep forest.

Inventory

A gold coin. You're carrying it.

In the grocery, give the coin to receive the bottle in exchange.

A medicine book. It's in the library.

You have no use for it.

A bottle. Acquire it by giving the coin (to the grocer) in the grocery.

At the rotunda, fill the bottle (with water). Note that you cannot refer to the water directly.
On the road to town, POUR FLOWER to water the flower from the bottle. The bottle disappears from your inventory, and the nearby bees create some honey.

A tasty honey. On the road to town, the bees create honey when you POUR FLOWER (using the bottle when filled with water).

At the forest entrance, give the honey to the bear to end the game.

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