Nowheresville — 6 of 60
Morpheus Kitami & Cody Gaisser
Release 1
Chapter 4 - Help & Hints
[HELP]
A thing can be examined or unexamined. A thing is usually unexamined. Carry out examining something: now the noun is examined.
Taking inventory is acting confused. Looking is acting confused. Examining an examined thing is acting confused.
After acting confused for the sixth turn:
say "If you need help, type HELP for assistance."
When play begins:
choose row 1 in Table of Basic Help Options;
now description entry is "[i]Nowheresville[/i] is a weird fiction text adventure.[paragraph break]You are stuck in an oddly perfect town that might be Hell. Are you going to try to escape again?[paragraph break]Implemented by Morpheus Kitami & Cody Gaisser.[line break]Tested by Robinson Nox.[line break]Thanks to everyone at INTFICTION.ORG for the invaluable advice."
Table of Basic Help Options (continued)
| title | subtable | description |
| "Hints" | Table of Hints | -- |
| ["Settings" | Table of Setting Options | -- ] |
Table of Hints
| title | subtable | description | toggle |
| "What's going on here?" | Table of Basic Hints | "" | hint toggle rule |
| "What do I do with this toy gun?" | Table of Gun Hints | "" | hint toggle rule |
| "What do I do in the junkyard?" | Table of Junk Hints | "" | hint toggle rule |
| "What do I do with the hammer?" | Table of Hammer Hints | "" | hint toggle rule |
| "What are these numbers on this card?" | Table of Combo Hints | "" | hint toggle rule |
| "How do I get into the mysterious house?" | Table of Mystery Hints | "" | hint toggle rule |
| "How do I get into the nice house?" | Table of Nice Hints | "" | hint toggle rule |
| "I've found a bullet, what do I do with it?" | Table of Bullet Hints | "" | hint toggle rule |
Table of Basic Hints
| hint | used |
| "You've found yourself trapped in an oddly perfect town that might be Hell. Will you try to escape again?" | a number |
| "You'll need to explore the town and examine your surroundings carefully if you're going to find a way out." | |
| "You may need to find some tools to help you access hard-to-reach places." |
Table of Gun Hints
| hint | used |
| "What do you usually do with a gun?" | a number |
| "You shoot things with it." | |
| "It looks like the gun isn't loaded." | |
| "You're going to need some ammunition." | |
| "Surely there's some ammo hidden somewhere." |
Table of Junk Hints
| hint | used |
| "If you're going to accomplish much in the junkyard, you're going to need to get past that pesky guard dog." | a number |
| "Do you have anything the dog might want?" | |
| "Take a trip to the butcher." | |
| "Try feeding the beef to the dog." | |
| "If the dog eats the raw beef, maybe you can still get more?" | |
| "Maybe there's a way to incapacitate the dog?" | |
| "Try drugging the beef." | |
| "Is there anything in the junkyard you can take?" | |
| "Is there anything else in the junkyard you can examine?" | |
| "The old fridge looks suspicious." | |
| "Can you open the old fridge?" | |
| "The latch on the old fridge looks rusty." | |
| "Maybe you can clean or lubricate it somehow?" | |
| "Have you found a rag anywhere?" | |
| "There's a clean rag in the garage." | |
| "Does the clean rag work on the fridge?" | |
| "Maybe you need some lubricant?" | |
| "Have you seen any oil anywhere?" | |
| "Does anything seem out of place on Main Street?" | |
| "You're going to need what's inside that balloon." | |
| "How to get the balloon?" | |
| "You can't seem to reach the balloon..." | |
| "Maybe you can pop the balloon without actually reaching it." | |
| "Does poking it achieve anything?" | |
| "Maybe there's another way to pop the balloon?" | |
| "Have you found anything sharp and pointy that might pop the balloon?" | |
| "There should be a pin lying around somewhere..." | |
| "The pin is in the dressmaker's." | |
| "Is there a way to reach the balloon with the pin?" | |
| "Try throwing the pin at the balloon." | |
| "Now there's a puddle of oil on Main Street." | |
| "Can you get the oil somehow?" | |
| "Have you found a rag somewhere?" | |
| "The rag is in the garage." | |
| "Try getting the rag oily." | |
| "Does the oily rag work on the fridge?" | |
| "After lubricating the latch with the oily rag, you should be able to open the old fridge." | |
| "What's in the fridge? Could this be useful somehow?" |
Table of Hammer Hints
| hint | used | |
| "You can hit or pry things with the clawhammer." | a number | |
| "The hammer has several uses, some more crucial to your escape than others." | ||
| "Is anything stuck shut that might become openable with some hitting or prying?" | ||
| "Is your attention drawn to anything in the apartment building?" | ||
| "Try using the hammer to open the mailboxes." |
Table of Combo Hints
| hint | used | |
| "Maybe these numbers are some kind of clue." | a number | |
| "Maybe they're some sort of address or password?" | ||
| "Or a combination?" | ||
| "Have you seen anything that needs a combination to open?" | ||
| "Try the lockers in the school." | ||
| "The cobination to locker 5151 is 666." |
Table of Bullet Hints
| hint | used |
| "What do you usually do with a bullet?" | a number |
| "Bullets go in guns." | |
| "Put the bullet in the toy gun." | |
| "Will the gun fire?" | |
| "Did you lose your bullet?" | |
| "Be careful what you shoot." | |
| "What sorts of things might you need to shoot?" | |
| "People?!" | |
| "Do you always lose your bullet after shooting the gun?" | |
| "The bullet is only expended when you shoot the 'wrong' things." | |
| "What are the 'right' things to shoot?!" | |
| "Does anything in town look like it has been shot before?" | |
| "Does any place in town stand out from the rest?" | |
| "Have you explored the houses in town?" | |
| "Have you explored the mysterious house?" | |
| "Have you been to the basement?" | |
| "Have you examined the wall in the basement?" | |
| "The wall in the basement has cracks emanating from a hole that looks like it was put there by a bullet." | |
| "Shoot the hole in the basement in the mysterious house." |
Table of Mystery Hints
| hint | used |
| "Have you tried the door?" | a number |
| "The door seems to be locked, so you might need a key." | |
| "Have you explored the other house in town?" | |
| "Focus on the nice house first." | |
| "Does anything unusual grab your attention inside the nice house?" | |
| "Try examining the display cases." | |
| "Try examining the figurine cabinet." | |
| "Why is there a figurine that looks like you inside the cabinet?" | |
| "Can you get the figurine?" | |
| "Try opening the cabinet." | |
| "It looks like the cabinet is locked. You'll have to find a way to open it." | |
| "What are the cabinet doors made of?" | |
| "Break the cabinet." | |
| "Now you can take the figurine of yourself." | |
| "Have you examined the figurine?" | |
| "Have you examined the figurine while holding it?" | |
| "It sounds like there's something rattling around inside the figurine." | |
| "Break the figurine." | |
| "There's an ornate key inside." | |
| "The ornate key unlocks the mysterious house." |
Table of Nice Hints
| hint | used |
| "Have you tried the door?" | a number |
| "The door seems to be locked, so you might need a key." | |
| "Have you examined the door?" | |
| "Do you notice anything unusual about the door?" | |
| "The door has a keyhole, maybe you can examine that?" | |
| "There's a gap under ths door, maybe you can examine that?" | |
| "The key is in the keyhole, but you're on the wrong side of the door." | |
| "There are a couple of ways to go about this." | |
| "You can probably knock the key out of the hole somehow, but you'll still need a way to retrieve it." | |
| "What could possibly fit through the keyhole?" | |
| "Have you found any sort of stiff wire in town?" | |
| "There's a coathanger at the clothing store." | |
| "Will the coathanger fit in the keyhole?" | |
| "Maybe if you bent the coathanger?" | |
| "Put the straightened hanger in the keyhole." | |
| "The straightened hanger will knock the key to the floor. Did you have a plan for retrieving it?" | |
| "Do you have anything that will fit under the gap in the door?" | |
| "Paper or the straightened coathanger should fit under the door." | |
| "There's paper in the office block if you know where to look." | |
| "If you put the paper in the gap before putting the hanger in the keyhole, the paper will catch the key when it falls." | |
| "You can then take the paper and get the key, unless you already knocked the key to the floor." | |
| "If you already knocked the key on the floor, you can still fish it out." | |
| "Try using the straightened hanger to fish the key from under the door." | |
| "The brass key unlocks the nice house." |