Visitor From Space
by Steve Lucas
Solution by David Lodge
This is a short text adventure with mainly use object x to give y type puzzles.
It has a few annoyances, mainly that only 3 items can be carried and there are a
lot of red herrings. We'll require some tight object management, especially as
we need to transport 11 items back to the ending location. The required objects
are:
* A Zirconium Nugget
* A Silver Bar
* A Gold Pen
* A Roman Coin
* Rocket Fuel
* A Camera
* A Diamond Ring
* A Platinum Bar
* A Pheasant
* Some Egyptian Pottery
* Radio Transmitter
We start off by a tiny stream, start by going E and GET SHOVEL, while we're here
EXAMINE PEBBLES to find a zirconium nugget. GET ZIRCONIUM and carry on E, E to
the quarry and head S, S to get to the wooden hut. GET PARACHUTE (we're not
going to use it yet, but we may as well pick it up for now) and head back to the
start (N, N, W, W, W). Head W once more and we're in a field with soft ground.
DIG to find a silver bar. We can now DROP SHOVEL and GET SILVER.
Now head E and S to the Overgrown footpath. DROP PARACHUTE, DROP ZIRCONIUM and
DROP SILVER (to make space). Head E and GET ROPE, then go E, S, S, E to the
classroom, if we EXAMINE HEADMISTRESS it'll tell us that she likes singing, so
SING and GET PEN. Head S and GET BOOK.
Now, head back to the overgrown footpath (W, N, N, N, W, W) and DROP ROPE and
carry on W, W to the wooden hut and GET BOAT. Go E and ROW BOAT to get to the
Wide Footpath.
Before we continue; a couple of notes about here. First, do NOT go west from
here, we get lost in a gloomy forest and cannot get out. Second, we cannot row
back over from here, and to get all objects back over we will need to carry the
boat back to "By a Deep Blue Lake" (or we'll get stuck).
So, go E, E, S, S, E, S and OPEN DOOR, then go S and E. DROP BOAT and GET KEY.
Now, go W, W, W, W, W, W, S, E, S, S, W and GIVE BOOK. The farmer will bring out
a trolley, which we don't need yet, so ignore it. Instead, DROP PEN (as this is
quite close to the section with the spaceship in).
Head back to Outside Tesco's [sic] (E, N, N, W, N, E, E, E), go N and GET
LOTION. Go back S, and return to the traffic light [sic] (E, E, E). Contrary to
the above note, we're not going to use the boat to get back, as we can use an
alternate route and this'll allow us to carry an extra object.
Go N, N, E to get to the bus queue and WAIT for the bus. Once on the bus, GET
COIN and WAIT to be transported to outside the school.
Head back to the wooden hut (W, W, W, W) and unlock hut. DROP KEY and get FUEL.
Head back E, E to the overgrown footpath and DROP FUEL, DROP COIN, GET PARACHUTE
and GET ROPE. We should now be carrying the suntan lotion, parachute and rope.
Head W to the lake and SWIM.
We are on a beach with sunbathers, GIVE LOTION and GET CAMERA. Now, head E, E
and JUMP to get to the bottom of the cliff. We can now DROP PARACHUTE (as we've
used it). Head S and GET DRIFTWOOD, to find a diamond ring underneath. DROP
DRIFTWOOD and GET RING. Now head W and W to a narrow ledge, finally CLIMB to go
to the wide footpath. We can now DROP ROPE as we don't need it again.
Head back to the small car park (E, E, S, S, E, S, S) and DROP RING, DROP
CAMERA. Head E and GET BOAT, then N, N, N to the taxi rank and GO TAXI to get
transported back to the school.
Now for a boring bit: return to the overgrown footpath (W, W) and GET SILVER,
GET COIN, head W and ROW BOAT, go E, E, S, S, E, S, S and DROP SILVER, DROP
COIN, E, N, N, N, GO TAXI. Go W, W, GET ZIRCONIUM, GET FUEL, W, ROW BOAT. As we
have just left the above section for the last time, we can DROP BOAT. Head to
the car park (E, E, S, S, E, S, S).
Finally we can leave some items for scoring, GET SILVER and go back to the farm
(W, W, W, W, W, S, E, S, S, W). Carry on S and GO IN to the pigsty. Believe it
or not, the pig is blocking our way to the spaceship, so PUSH PIG.
Now to drop some of the treasures. Head S, S, W, S, E, E, N, N, E, S, S, S, S, S
and DROP SILVER, DROP ZIRCONIUM and DROP FUEL. A quick SCORE tells us that we
now have 4 points!
Just to close off a whole section of the adventure, we're going to collect the
three treasures at the car park and return them here, so, go back to the car
park: N, N, N, N, N, W, S, S, W, W, N, E, N, N, N, N, E, N, N, W, N, E, E, E, E,
E. GET COIN, GET CAMERA and GET RING. Head back to the spaceship: W, W, W, W, W,
S, E, S, S, W, S, GO IN, S, S, W, S, E, E, N, N, E, S, S, S, S, S and DROP COIN,
DROP CAMERA, DROP RING.
We need to make one more trip to the farmyard, so go N, N, N, N, N, W, S, S, W,
W, N, E, N, N, N, N and GET PEN, GET TROLLEY. Head back to outside the rundown
mansion (S, GO IN, S, S, W, S, E) and GET SWORD.
Go E, N, N, N and DROP TROLLEY (we need the trolley to carry the bar, but we're
going to do this later). Go N, E and OPEN CASKET (using the sword), DROP SWORD
and GET POTTERY. Head N and GET MUSHROMS (note, the spelling - this is a bit of
a bug!), then go S, S and GIVE MUSHROMS and GET PHEASANT [sic]. Now head back to
the spaceship (W, S, E, S, S, S, S, S) and DROP PHEASANT, DROP PEN and DROP
POTTERY.
Just two more items needed; go back to the Woodlands: N, N, N, N, N, W, N and
GET TROLLEY, GET PLATINUM. Head back to the large monument: S, E, S, S, S, S. GO
IN and GET TRANSMITTER. Finally, OUT, S, DROP PLATINUM, DROP TRANSMITTER and
we've won!
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