Lulu and the Asteroid of 100% Guaranteed Doom
By Ben Ryan
For Glulx interpreters

Solution by Garry Francis
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This is a minimal solution. You'll need to EXAMINE a number of things for this solution to make sense.

Some optional (but significant) commands are shown in parentheses. These can be omitted once you know what to do. The game includes a tutorial. Many of the optional commands near the beginning of the game are related to the tutorial.

(LOOK) (Lulu is here, you also see a TV and the front door)
(OPEN FRONT DOOR) (you sense that someone is watching you and slam door shut)
(TURN ON TV) (the asteroid 764 Hathor has mysteriously changed its course)
E (you see a closed fridge)
OPEN FRIDGE (you find a bottle of water and a slice of pizza)
GET BOTTLE
GET PIZZA
(I)
W
(W)
(X SHELF) (you find a cat treat)
(GET TREAT)
(GIVE IT TO LULU)
(E)
N
LIE ON BED (you have a bad dream with a battle & a dark figure & awake shaken)
S
S
D (there's a fissure across floor of your basement and Lulu springs into it)
GET ACCORDION
(X IT) (it seems to be damaged)
D
D
(READ PARCHMENT) (royal decree from King Draev has banished court magician Tol)
E
GET STRING
E
(LISTEN)
(LISTEN)
(LISTEN)
E
(X ORNATE DOOR) (it's etched with 'PROXIMA CENTAURI' and has gold button)
(X TIMBER DOOR) (it's burned with 'CANOPUS' and has a silver button)
(X IRON DOOR) (it's smeared with 'SIRIUS' and has a red button)
PRESS RED BUTTON (as ghostly whispers suggest the brightest star, i.e. Sirius)
E
E
(N) (pirate won't let you pass)
GET NET
W
W
W
W
SW
GIVE PIZZA TO DOG (it stops harassing the tinker to eat the pizza)
THROW NET OVER DOG (armed guard appears, tinker bribes him & guard takes dog)
GIVE ACCORDION TO MERCHANT (he repairs it for you in gratitude)
NE
E
E
E
E
PLAY ACCORDION (pirate starts dancing and breaks his wooden leg)
N
OPEN CHEST (you find a gold coin, Beastarium & metal crown)
GET ALL
(READ BEASTARIUM) (note the info on living shadows and sea serpents)
U
U (Lulu is in the crow's nest, you need to get her out)
D
DROP STRING (Lulu leaps down and unravels the string)
U (you can now see the hefty iron key that Lulu was sitting on)
GET KEY
D
D
S
W
NW
LIGHT NORTH LANTERN (as per Beastarium)
LIGHT WEST LANTERN (as per Beastarium)
GET MIRROR
PUT IT IN NORTHEAST NOTCH (serpent moves and amulet falls from eye)
GET AMULET
(X IT) (it has symbols for sun, rain & wind, you can use it to change weather)
(USE AMULET) (use it by saying CHANGE WEATHER TO...)
SE
W
W
W
NE
(TALK TO BEGGAR) ("Can you spare some money so that I can eat today?")
PUT COIN IN BOWL (he gives you a scroll and hobbles off down the alley)
READ SCROLL (use it to work out the relative heat of the forges)
N
SET SILVER FORGE TO 1
SET GOLD FORGE TO 2
SET COPPER FORGE TO 3
SET IRON FORGE TO 4
SET STEEL FORGE TO 5 (five forges roar to life and apprentice makes you a sword)
LISTEN TO SWORD (take note of 'aqua nero', 'flame ignis' and 'electron arc')
S
SW
SW
S
(OPEN GATE) (it's locked)
UNLOCK GATE WITH KEY
OPEN IT
S
E (there's a prisoner here gripped by thick vines)
FLAME IGNIS (you free him from the vines)
GIVE WATER TO PRISONER (he tells you story of King Draev, Tol and the princess)
W
S (Kezelle begins casting a fire spell)
AQUA NERO (you counter his fire spell and he responds with ice spell)
FLAME IGNIS (you counter his ice spell and he responds with water spell)
ELECTRON ARC (he's electrocuted, Lulu gauges his eyes and both run away)
W
W
NW
(X TREE) (it has a dark hollow)
(X HOLLOW) (it's a dark hole)
CHANGE WEATHER TO RAIN
(X TREE) (hollow has filled with water and crystal floats to surface)
GET CRYSTAL
NE
(X SLAB) (it has faint worn etchings)
CHANGE WEATHER TO SUN
X SLAB (it's a map showing hidden clearing to south)
S (there is leafy ground here)
CHANGE WEATHER TO WIND
X GROUND (the wind scatters the leaves to reveal a hidden lever)
PULL LEVER (ancient circle of standing stones emerge from ground)
(X STONES) (one of the stones is missing its crystal)
PUT CRYSTAL IN STONE (portal appears)
ENTER PORTAL
(READ MAP) (note route to exit and room with star)
SE
NE (a living shadow comes after you)
SW
S
W
GET PLANK
SW
E
E
SE
PUT PLANK ACROSS CHASM
W
S
CHANGE WEATHER TO SUN (living shadow casts shadow and they fight each other)
NW
U
GET LETTER
(READ IT) (it's from Garrid to his mother)
(LOOK THROUGH TELESCOPE) (you see an asteroid hurtling towards Earth)
D
SE
N
E
NW
W
W
NE
GET PICKAXE
E
N
NE
USE PICKAXE
G
G (yellow, red and blue gems tumble to the ground)
GET ALL
SW
NW
ENTER PORTAL
N
SE
N
(KNOCK ON DOOR) ("Garrid, is that you?")
(NO)
(X DOOR) (a gentle draft of warm air comes from underneath it)
PUT LETTER UNDER DOOR (Garrid's mother reads letter and gives you his cloak)
S
NW
S
ENTER PORTAL
SE
S
W
SW
E
E
SE
W
S
SE (if you go east without cloak, you get killed)
WEAR CLOAK
E
(U) (soldier stops you)
E
N
GET CHEESE
PUT IT IN FRONT OF HOLE
Z (mouse comes out of hole, Lulu reappears and chases mouse but it escapes)
S
E
S
X TAPESTRY (Lulu paws a large red ruby)
PRESS RUBY (narrow passage opens next to tapestry)
E
E
RING BELL
D
E
S
ELECTRON ARC
U
FLAME IGNIS (Lulu is revealed to be the princess)
(SHOW CROWN TO PRINCESS) (it's he father's crown, she asks if she can have it)
GIVE CROWN TO PRINCESS (dragon frees himself from chains & princess mounts him)
CLIMB ONTO DRAGON
Z
(X MACHINE) (it's focussing beams of light into space)
(READ PLAQUE) (normal is white, blue & crimson; reverse is green, purple & pink)
HOLD RED GEM IN FRONT OF WHITE BEAM
HOLD YELLOW GEM IN FRONT OF BLUE BEAM
HOLD BLUE GEM IN FRONT OF CRIMSON BEAM
***THE END***