Key & Compass presents:
Cramming
by Chuck Bartholomew

• Map
• Walkthrough
• Extras
  • Characters, Endings, Inventory, Score
• Thank You to my Patreon supporters
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Map

• The quad locations become "Outdoors, somewhere..." if you're not wearing the pair of sunglasses.
• The only way to reach the Parking Lot is by wandering blindly outside without the sunglasses.
• Leaving "The Stacks" can be awkward. Sometimes going north from the stacks returns you to the library lobby, but sometimes you just stay lost in the stacks.

Walkthrough

Computer Lab

The commands WORK ON PROJECT and WRITE PROJECT aren't clued very well.

> x workstation. turn it on.

> x project. x disk. x disk drive. x floppy disk.

> work on project. (You don't know what to write about, really.)

> x bag. take bag. open it. x shades. wear shades.

You'll need to wear the shades for navigating the bright outdoors. As far as I know, there's no penalty for wearing them indoors, so you might as well wear them right away and leave them on.

> stand. e. n. e. n. e. e. n.

Reference Room

The books are unimplemented. The command RESEARCH isn't clued at all.

> research.

Now head back to the lab.

> s. w. s. s. w. s. w.

Computer Lab

> work on project.

> take floppy disk.

> e. n. e. s. w.

West Corridor

> x door. put disk in slot.

*** Congratulations! You're sure to pass the course now. Now go back to your room and get some rest. ***

Extras

Characters

There are no characters in this game besides yourself, but your professor is at least mentioned as having an office.

Endings

• Well, you turned in your final. That's the important thing. You'll probably pass the course anyway. Cross your fingers! if you submit your project when your GPA is low; for example, 2.20 or lower.
• Congratulations! You're sure to pass the course now. Now go back to your room and get some rest. if you submit your project when your GPA is high; for example, 3.0 or higher.

Inventory

• a messenger bag. It's in the computer lab. It's closed and contains the sunglasses.
• a pair of sunglasses. They're in the messenger bag. Wear them outside in order to navigate properly. If you're not wearing shades, the sun is too bright to see where you're going.
• a floppy disk. It's in the disk drive of the workstation in the computer lab, and it has your project on it.
• First, you should research in a researchable location (Reference Room or The Stacks). You don't need the disk for this step, but it's a prerequisite for step two.
• Second, you need to write project or work on project. You must be in the lab, the floppy disk must be in the drive, and the workstation must be turned on for this command to have any effect.
• Third, when you've completed your project, take the floppy disk and put it in the slot of your prof's office door at West Corridor. This action ends the game.
• Note that you can deliver the disk at any time.

Score

Inform's normal score mechanics have been ignored in this game and instead, you're trying to get a high GPA. You can see your current GPA in the right-hand side of the status line, and it is also reported at game's end. GPA is short for "grade point average".

Your initial GPA is 0.0. Some actions and events raise, lower, or reset this value, but it's really really unclear how to manage this optimally. I've seen the GPA drop just by walking with the disk from the lab to the office door which makes no sense to me. I assume this is buggy behaviour and makes me very unconcerned whether I get a high GPA or not, and even less concerned about trying to figure out how it currently works.

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