THE FOREST OF SHADOWS
by Mario Nogueira 1987
NOTES
This adventure does not have a 'real' solution due to some bugs.
The most serious one is the missing of the flare gun (object 16) you have to use
at the end to get the final message. Since the data doesn't contain any clues as
to where to find it, it is not possible to fix the problem.
Other bugs are:
* you can THROW ROPE and UP ROPE to get to the top of the mountain without
carrying the rope
* there are at least four location descriptions that indicate a direction that
you cannot go because it is not present in the location connections table
* vice versa there are seven holes in the catacombs that you can fall into and
then have to restart the adventure; this is not correct because three of the
holes have normal exits to proceed according to the location connections table
* the maximum score you can achieve is 60%; there are only five actions, each
earning you 12%: GIVE RABBIT to poison the dog
THROW BOOK in the library
WEAR BLANKET to put the man inside the tomb to flight
GIVE CRUCIFIX to the vampire
DROP LAMP to frighten the snake
SOLUTION
W, GET RABBIT, E, N, N, N, N, N, GIVE RABBIT, N, N, E, E, E, EXAM FIREPLACE,
PRESS T, N, W, W, GET BLANKET, WEAR BLANKET, N, LOCKER, GET AXE, W, S, E, E, S,
W, W, W, W, W, GET BOX, E, E, N, DROP AXE, GET BOOK, N, THROW BOOK, S, GET AXE,
N, N, EXAM CASE, PULL BOOK, N, E, BREAK DOOR, DROP AXE, LIGHT LAMP, DROP BOX, E,
E, GET CRUCIFIX, E, S, S, S, E, S, GIVE CRUCIFIX, S, GET COIN, N, N, W, S, S,
EXAM TOMB, S, W, S, E, EXAM MACHINE, S, DIAL, DROP COIN, DROP BLANKET, N, E, N,
N, W, GET ROPE, E, E, E, N, GET BOOTS, WEAR BOOTS, S, S, E, E, DROP LAMP, N, E,
S, S, W, S, DROP BOOTS, E, S, U, E, S, S, S, EXAM TREE, GET UMBRELLA, E, E, E,
N, N, E, THROW ROPE, U ROPE, E, W, D, W, S, S, W, W, W, N, E, E, N, N, E, E, E,
S, E (this is the final location - here you should fire the flare gun [which you
unfortunately don't have!] to receive the success message: CONGRATULATIONS. You
solved this adventure. You have scored 60%)
solution by boldir, May 2023
