Face your fears
By Shawn Sijnstra
For Z-code interpreters
Solution by Garry Francis
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This is a minimal solution to a very hard game. You'll need to EXAMINE lots of things for this
solution to make sense. Even then there is a lot of guesswork bordering on guess-the-noun. After
disassembling the game and consulting the author, I still had trouble working out the exact sequence
and which topics to use when asking the barman about things.
Scores are shown in parentheses as +A=B, where A is points earned and B is cumulative points earned.
Some optional (but significant) commands are shown in parentheses. These can be omitted once you
know what to do.
Note: The maximum score is 13 points. You cannot return to the grassy field after you've scored
the points there, so leave this until near the end as shown in the solution, or the game will become
unwinnable. It appears that you need 7 points before you can ask the barman about the faux beer. The
game ends when you drink the faux beer, so leave that until last.
Your fears:
triskaidekaphobia = fear of the number thirteen
acrophobia = fear of heights
claustrophobia = fear of confined spaces
mysophobia = fear of dirt or contamination
eremophobia = fear of isolation
halophobia = fear of salt or salty food
entonophobia = fear of ticks
agoraphobia = fear of leaving a safe environment or entering an unfamiliar environment
ailurophobia = fear of cats
SCORE (this triggers your triskaidekaphobia) (+1=1)
S
W
CLIMB LADDER
G
G (this triggers your acrophobia) (+2=3)
S
ENTER SHED
(L) (you find a box)
ENTER BOX (this triggers your claustrophobia) (+1=4)
EXIT
EXIT
N
N
S
(W)
(X SINK) (it's less than clean)
(TOUCH SINK) (not without cleaning supplies)
(E)
ASK BARMAN ABOUT SINK (no luck getting people to keep it tidy)
ASK HIM ABOUT SUPPLIES (he gives you some cleaning supplies)
W
CLEAN SINK (this triggers your mysophobia) (+1=5)
E
(ASK BARMAN ABOUT BARMAN) (he talks about solitary existence and being lonely)
ASK BARMAN ABOUT LONELINESS (this triggers your eremophobia) (+1=6)
E
(X TABLE) (you find cutlery and condiments)
(X CONDIMENTS) (you find tomato sauce, mustard, brown sauce, salt & pepper)
GET SALT (this triggers your halophobia) (+1=7)
S
OPEN FRIDGE (you find some meat)
GET MEAT
(X SHELVING) (it's for dry goods)
(X DRY GOODS) (you find flour, spices, coffee, tea, sugar & biscuits)
(X BISCUITS) (they've got insects in them)
GET BISCUITS (this triggers your entonophobia) (+1=8)
N
W
ASK BARMAN ABOUT BEER (perhaps you need a taste of one)
(ASK BARMAN ABOUT TASTE) (he recommends buying a pint)
(ASK BARMAN ABOUT PINT) (costs money, except promotional beer which is not real)
(ASK BARMAN ABOUT REAL) (try to buy a faux beer)
ASK BARMAN ABOUT FAUX (he gives you faux beer, but don't drink it yet) (+1=9)
N
N
L
L
L (this triggers your agoraphobia) (+2=11)
E
(X SHRUB) (you hear a noise)
(LISTEN) (sounds like a cat)
THROW MEAT AT SHRUB (cat pops out, this triggers your ailurophobia) (+1=12)
DRINK BEER (you feel better for facing all your fears) (+1=13)
***THE END***
