Key & Compass presents: Little Green Robbing Hood by Jake Wildstrom
Little Green Robbing Hood is a Z-machine 2 interactive fiction game written with Inform 6 and is © 2006 by Jake Wildstrom. It was a participant in the Speed-IF Gruff event.
In this short game that blends Little Red Riding Hood with the legend of Robin Hood, you of course are playing as Little Green Robbing Hood. Your grandmother's fields were torched by Sir Guy of Gisbourne, so you're taking a loaf of bread to her so she doesn't starve.
This solution is by David Welbourn, and is based on Release 1 of the game.
SPOILERS AHEAD. Reading a walkthrough prematurely can sometimes diminish one's enjoyment of an interactive fiction game. Please make an honest effort to play the game before reading this walkthrough.
Map
Forest'sEdge
Path nearforest's edge
Side pathdeep in forest
Path deepin the forest
Completelylost
ForestClearing
(any)
(to grand-mother's cottage)
(die!)
Walkthrough
Note: UNDO means OPEN in this game.
Forest's Edge
> x me. i.
> x basket. open it. x loaf. close basket.
> x cloak. x quiver. x arrows. x bow.
> w. (no, that would be bad)
> s.
Path (near the forest's edge)
> take coin. x it.
> se.
Path (deep in the forest)
CAUTION: Don't go south from here. The Sheriff's men are there and they will kill you.
> x silver. take it. (+10)
> nw. sw.
Side path (deep in the forest)
> take coin. (+50)
> x electrum.
> sw.
Completely lost
> take yellow. (+100)
> x it. (It's gold.)
> se.
Forest clearing
> x white coin. take it. (+500)
> x fox. e. (The fox blocks you.)
> shoot fox. (You miss.)
> kill fox. (Your arrow pierces him, then you fall, shot in the chest.)
*** I should really apologize here, I guess ***
This perplexing ending seems to be the best one? Well, drat.
Characters
An anthropomorphic fox dressed in green blocks your way to grandmother's cottage.
A regiment of the Sheriff's men will kill you if you walk into their presence.
Mentioned:
Your grandmother is in danger of starving. You're taking a loaf of bread to her.
Sir Guy of Gisbourne torched your grandmother's fields.The regiment has horses .
Your mama warned you not to go on side paths in the forest.
The fox may ask if you want to play the wolf this time.
Endings
he sticks an arrow in your side you die
if you go south from the path deep in the forest and find a regiment of the Sheriff's men.
I should really apologize here, I guess
if you try to kill the fox.
Inventory
Initial items | Coins
Initial items
a basket . You're carrying it.
Open it to find a loaf of bread inside.
a loaf of bread . It's inside your basket.
It's meant for your grandmother, but you can eat it inatead.
a hooded green cloak . You're wearing it.
You can remove it if you take the quiver off first. Be naked if you want to be.
a quiver containing many arrows . You're wearing it.
Leave it on unless you want to remove your cloak. You can wear the quiver again without the cloak.
It's assumed you never discard the bow, quiver, or arrows.
a longbow . You're carrying it.
If you shoot anything, you miss. But if you try to kill the fox, your arrow hits him. But somehow, you've hit yourself?
It's assumed you never discard the bow, quiver, or arrows.
Coins Just take the coins to earn points. You can't spend or otherwise use them anywhere.
a copper coin . It's on the path near the forest's edge.
a silver coin . It's on the path deep in the forest.
Take it to earn 10 points.
an electrum coin . It's on the side path deep in the forest.
Take it to earn 50 points.
a gold coin . It's the yellow disc you see when you're completely lost.
Take it to earn 100 points.
a platinum coin . It's in the forest clearing just west of your grandmother's cottage.
Take it (or try to) to earn 500 points. You don't actually get this coin, but I think you're supposed to get it.
Score
This is the response to SCORE :
You have so far scored your-score out of a possible 651, in several turns.
Points are awarded as follows:
1 point for taking the copper coin.
10 points for taking the silver coin.
50 points for taking the electrum coin.
100 points fof taking the gold coin.
500 points for taking the platinum coin. (BUG: Repeatable.)
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Last updated: 26 Jan 2022 2022-01-26: Walkthrough and map first published. davidwelbourn(a)hotmail*com