THE RESCUE CodeWriter, 1983 ================ Solution by Exemptus - September 2022 Overview and general hints: --------------------------- The demonstration game for AdventureWriter, which is the US version of The Quill. This is, of course, a very short game, with the only goal of presenting a sample of a finished game that can be easily programmed with the system. Given the nature of the game, it is a bit strange that the author decided to include it as a separate executable instead of a game database that can be loaded into the authorring system in order to learn, which was the case with the Quill demo game. The goal of the game is to find the princess and bring her back to the throne room, where we begin. Since this is a demo game, it is easy and short, but a bit more involved than the corresponding Quill game. The solution is pretty direct, since there is not much to do. Walkthrough: ------------ [We begin in the throne room, empty-handed.] S GET PISTOL W N [A walk-in freezer] [Here we have a steak, which we need. There is also an ice cube, but it's just for decoration.] GET STEAK S GET CAN [A spray can] S [There is an extremely hungry dog here] FEED DOG [The dog is harmless now] [The dog would have killed us in a few moves unless we fed it.] E [There is a fearsome ogre here] SHOOT OGRE [The ogre is dead; another lethal obstacle] DROP PISTOL N [The library, and there is a swarm of hornets here] SPRAY HORNETS [We scare them all away] DROP CAN [The hornets were the last dangerous obstacle. With them out of the way, we can take the book on the shelf.] GET BOOK [This opens a secret passage to the throne room] READ BOOK ["Magic words will revive the princess"] DROP BOOK [Due to a bug, the book can't be taken again, but we won't need it.] SE [There is a piece of paper and a mirror here; we can ignore the latter] GET PAPER READ PAPER [Too faint to read] NW W GET SUNGLASSES W S W [A room filled with a violet glow - typical of UV lighting] WEAR SUNGLASSES READ PAPER [The words "Hubba Hubba" are revealed; no doubt, the magic words] DROP PAPER [We may keep the sunglasses on. Actually, due to another bug, it is impossible to remove them, or I should say, if we remove them, they vanish into thin air. This sure is buggy for a short demostration game. Don't get me started on the typos.] E N GET KNIFE [We'll need it in a moment] S E [The ogre room] S [This is a maze. It is simple, as each room is described with a different colour, but connections are all tangly.] W S S N [We are in a prison cell, and there is a statue here tied with a rope] CUT ROPE HUBBA HUBBA [The enchantment is broken and the statue reverts to the Princess] GET PRINCESS N E N E N N E [Back to the throne room] [End of game.]