Speed-IF O

solutions

Armario de Auga (Nick Montfort; 2001; Z-code 5).
Eschew as if you were She (W M Wellman; 2001; Z-code 5).
Getting to Know the General (Jake Wildstrom; 2001; Z-code 5).
Practical Astrology (Admiral Jota; 2001; Z-code 5).
A SpeedIF O Entry (David Welbourn; 2001; Z-code 5).

The solutions below are by David Welbourn.

Date: June 18, 2001
Organizer: Admiral Jota
Premise: Write a game which features either a cold shower in a girls' locker room in Buenos Aires or an astrology convention in Alaska. Attending one event or the other will be Alexander the Great and Neil Gaiman; some sort of conflict will arise over the use of nutra-sweet in okra. Bonus points for involving elastic bands, kinder eggs, Admiral Jota, hamburg, fear, or the larch. As always, be creative and freely ignore anything written herein. You have until 6:30 MUDtime -- go!
See also: IFWiki: Speed-IF O

Water
Closet

Armario de Auga

by Nick Montfort

>x toilet. x mirror. x door. open door.

>break mirror. flush toilet. yell.

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Eschew as if you were She

by W M Wellman

Spring

←w

Winter

—

Autumn

—

Summer

—

Spring

e→

Autumn

This is closer to poetry than a game. As far as I can tell, there are no goals to complete. No new objects can be created, nor can any existing objects be changed or destroyed.

What you can do is visit the four locations representing the four seasons, pick up a few seasonal props, examine them, and try to give them to a woman referred to only as "She", to see her somewhat brief responses to the same item in different seasons. There's not much more to it than that.

NOTE: You can only get to Winter by going west. Going east from Spring ought to also go to Winter, but it doesn't; it goes to Autumn instead.

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		Casa Oro	—	Hilton Buenos Aires		Inside a Remington suitcase
			/	\|		↓wait×10
		Swimming pool		A drab corridor	←w	Alexander's Hotel Room
	/		\
(win)				(die)

Getting to Know the General

by Jake Wildstrom

Try not to let Alexander kill you. Impersonate Neil Gaiman. Twice!

>z.z.z. z.z.z. z.z.z. z. (suitcase opens; opening credits)

>out. x bellboy. x alexander. take suitcase. w.

>x suitcase. x me. n. x list. w.

>x family. boy, hi. take towel. x towel. e. sw. sw.

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Control
Room

Practical Astrology

by Admiral Jota

>i. x textbook.

>x shovotronic. x dials. x mercury. x venus. x mars.

>x monitor. x alpha. x beta. x gamma. x delta.

>turn mercury to 3. x gamma.

>turn venus to 3. x beta.

>turn mars to 1. x alpha. x delta.

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Convention
Floor

A SpeedIF O Entry

by David Welbourn

Get Neil Gaiman's signature. Can you find where Alexander the Great is hiding?

>i. x comics. x Neil. give comics to Neil.

>x luncheon. x salad. x wine. x box. x egg. take egg.

>open chest. x Alexander.

>give egg to Neil. give comics to Neil.

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