Key & Compass presents:
The Kazooist
by Charlie Marcou

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

Walkthrough

Kitchen

This game isn't big on descriptions.

> x me. i. x t-shirt. x jeans. x shoes.

> x table. x cake.

If you eat the cake right away, you'll skip over exploring your home which is half the game. However, there's nothing you need to take nor is there really that much to see if you do explore.

Ehn. You're here. Let's look at your humble abode.

> w.

Living Room

> x sofa. x lamp.

> s. (You're not interested in your bed.)

> ne.

Office

> x computer. (Gosh. An object description.)

> sw. n.

Box Room

> take box. open it. x spare key. x flashlight.

> turn on flashlight.

> u.

attic

There is no key for this chest.

> open chest. (locked)

> d. d.

Utility room

The washer, dryer, and fuse box are all undescribed and unopenable, so skip 'em.

> s.

Bathroom

> x mirror. take shower. (You're now "squeky clean".)

> i. x towel.

I assume you'll want to get dressed, but it really doesn't matter if you do.

> remove towel.

> wear t-shirt. wear jeans. wear shoes.

> n. u. s. w.

Cloakroom

The coat and jacket are both undescribed, but you may wear them if you want.

> e.

Living Room

> nw. (Not interested in going outside.)

Sez you. Here's how you get outside:

> unlock door with key. enter door.

Garden

We probably weren't supposed to ever get here. I bet the only reason this room exists is because the author couldn't figure out how to code up a one-sided door in Inform 7.

> se. e.

Kitchen

> eat cake.

You have a sugar rush. Mother takes you to bed. You wake in a new place where a bearded man in a robe tells you your destiny is to become a kazoo master.

Cave Entrance

The cake and flashlight have gone, but you kept anything else you had.

> take torch. x door. (A kazoo unlocks it.)

> n.

Cave

> x hole. take kazoo. x it.

> x wall. (passage northeast)

> ne.

Mysterious Cave (1: by Mysterious door)

> x door. e. (Dial must be spun to right combo.)

There's two ways to reach the library on the other side of this door.

If you want to just stumble through the maze of mysterious caves, you can do that:

• > n. sw. nw. (Jump to library.)

Or, if you want to unlock this door, head back to the cave entrance:

• > sw. s.

Cave Entrance

> unlock door with kazoo. open door. e.

Key Room

> take paper. read it. ("Base 3 is the coolest yo. 1020.")

1020 in base 3 is 33 in decimal. Head back to the mysterious door:

> w. n. ne.

Mysterious Cave (1)

The syntax for unlocking this door doesn't allow you to try other numbers or synonyms for "spin".

> spin dial to 33. (The mysterious door is unlocked!)

> e.

Library

Be careful! Don't look at the dusty or shiny books! Only look at the cool book!

> x cool book. (You learn three songs, but you're also in...)

BATTLEFIELD OF DOOM

There's an evil dude here, but if you look at him, you'll die. Instead, play one of the songs you just learned. The tropical island song is your best choice. Don't try to shorten the command by leaving out "the" or anything.

> play the tropical island song. (You become a lava man and win!)

*** The End ***

Extras

Characters

• Your mother puts you to bed after you eat your birthday cake.
• A bearded man in a robe tells you about your destiny at the cave entrance.
• An evil dude is going to kill you in the battlefield of doom unless you know a good song to play on your kazoo. He sometimes looks like Dr. Lucien Sanchez.

Mentioned:

• The kazoo cult is grateful to you when you save the world from the evil dude. Yes, the world was in danger from him somehow. Perhaps the cult will tell you more about him because this game sure isn't going to do that.

Endings

• You died
• if you wait in the battlefield of doom.
• You looked at him and he killed you!
• if you looked at the evil dude.
• You died, yo.
• if you play the kill song.
• You didn't die!
• if you play the buff baby song or play the fries song.
• The End
• if you play the tropical island song. This is probably the best ending.

Inventory

• a t-shirt, jeans, and tennis shoes. You're wearing all these. You can ignore them or take them off. If you take a shower, they'll all end up on the bathroom floor whether you were wearing them or not.
• a Pretty Cake. It's on your kitchen table. Eat the cake to advance the plot, transporting you to the cave entrance via a sugar rush dream.
• a cardboard box. It's in the box room. It contains your spare key and flashlight.
• a spare key. It's in the cardboard box in the box room. It unlocks your front door.
• a flashlight. It's in the cardboard box in the box room. Turn it on for light so you can see in the cloakroom, attic, and utility room. The flashlight will disappear from your inventory when you eat the cake, forcing you to use the torch for light in the caves instead.
• a towel. Acquire it by taking a shower in the bathroom; you'll be wearing it. You may ignore it.
• a coat and a jacket. They're in the cloakroom. You can wear them or ignore them.
• a computer. It's in your office. Examine it; it actually has a description. It seems you were already interested in kazoos.
• a torch. It in the cave entrance. You'll need it to see in the dark caves.
• a kazoo. It's in the hole in the cave. You'll need it for playing songs. You can also unlock the wooden door in the cave entrance with the kazoo, giving you access to the key room.
• Note: You cannot play kazoo. The game didn't define a general "play" command. Instead, the game requires exact phrases in the form play the something song.
• a slip of paper. It's in the key room. Read it for a clue. 1020 in base 3 is 33 in decimal. At the mysterious door, spin the dial to 33 to unlock it.
• three books. They're all in the library. Reading any book teleports you into the Battlefield of Doom where you'll face off against an evil dude.
• a dusty book. Ignore this one. If you read it, you only learn the kill song, which doesn't work.
• a shiny book. Ignore this one. If you read it, you only get told that the kill song doesn't work. You don't even learn any songs.
• a cool book. Read this one. You'll learn three songs: the buff baby song, the tropical island song, and the fries song. Play any of these songs to reach a winning ending, but play the tropical island song to get the best ending.

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