Speed-IF 2

solutions

The Hand That Rocks The Pumpkin (Christopher Huang; 1998; Z-code 5).
Kids, don't eat your Halloween candy without having your parents inspect it first because there are SICKOS out there who will put RAZOR BLADES in it and you will CUT YOUR MOUTH and GET A POISONED INFECTION and DIE, all from eating your candy early. So don't do that. (Dan Shiovitz; 1998; TADS 2).
The Pumpkin (Andrew Schepler; 1998; Z-code 5).
SpeedIF #2 (J. Robinson Wheeler; 1998; Z-code 5).

The solutions below are by David Welbourn.

Date

October 29, 1998

Organizer

David Cornelson

Premise

BACKGROUND: You're in New York searching for Neil DeMause's apartment even though you've never been there. Someone put a Jack O'Lantern on your doorstep with a half-burned note inside. The note says something about your significant other that scares you to death. It's foggy.

MISCELLANEOUS: You can include the ghost of christmas past, a severed hand, greed, and the idea of being late into the story.

TIME: The game begins at: 8:45pm CST. Go!!

See also

IFWiki: Speed-IF 2

Your
Apartment

Porch

Washington
Square

The Hand That Rocks The Pumpkin

by Christopher Huang

>i. x glass. x mess. search mess. x earring. x stone. take stone. s.

>x jack. open it. x note. x fog. s.

>drop glass. take hand. x hand. x signet. put stone in signet. s.

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Outside Neil deMause's House	w ←	Somewhere else in New York	← ← ←	A Fourth Room in New York
↓knock on door				n↑
Inside Neil deMause's House/Apartment		Someplace Else in New York	—	A Third Place in New York
↓↓↓		\|
Closet		Someplace in New York
↓push another wall THE END

Kids, don't eat your Halloween candy […]

by Dan Shiovitz

Alas, I only managed a score of 4 out of 5. And are there really two ways to get to Neil's place in this game?

>x jack. take note. n. e. n. z. z. z. n. w.

>x door. knock on door. x Neil. ask Neil about pumpkin.

>x cookies. eat cookies. x coatrack.

>x another wall. push it.

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Pumpkin
Patch

↑wave broom

Neil's
Apartment

In Front of
the Apartment

The Pumpkin

by Andrew Schepler

>open door. x pumpkin. x paper.

>i. x wallet. open wallet. drop wallet. n.

>x Sue. x Neil. x broom. take broom. z. wave broom.

>listen. s.

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2nd floor landing	—	Inside the apartment
u↑↓d				x
In the foyer	—	Outside the apartment door	—	On the Street	x
				\|
				In the narrow alleyway
				\|
				Dead End

SpeedIF #2

by J. Robinson Wheeler

>i. x note. x jack. x bulb.

>open jack. look in jack. x tarantula. close jack.

>s. x dumpster. look in dumpster. x object. n. x object.

>w. x panel. push button. open door. w.

>x bulb. u. x door. open door. e.

>x table. x postcard. look.

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