solutions
The solutions below are by David Welbourn.
Write a game that consists of the following: One of the locations is an iceburg. Mr. Potato Head is an important subject, a magical Top Hat is found somewhere and you also need to involve a roller coaster. Extra points for including a reporter, slinky, barbie, bedknob, sunglasses, a beach, or hiking in the woods. Finally, you need to include, somehow, the following poem:
Sandra's seen a leprechaun,
Eddie touched a troll,
Laurie danced with witches once,
Charlie found some goblins' gold.
Donald heard a mermaid sing,
Susy spied an elf,
But all the magic I have known
I've had to make myself. - Shel Silverstein
| Woods |
| any dir↓ |
| Beach |
by Marnie Parker
>i. x slinky. x barbie. pull cord. s. (or any other direction)
>x iceberg. x potato. x nose. x hat. take nose. take hat.
>ask potato about iceberg. ask potato about meteor.
>put slinky in hat. take slinky.
| Iceberg |
| d↓↑u |
| Ledge |
by Christopher Huang
>x potato. take it. eat it. x shadow. x iceberg. x ocean. d.
>x suitcase. take it. open it. x soil. x note. take note. u.
>pour soil. put potato in soil. x hat. take hat.
>wear hat. enter hat. wave hat. x car. enter car.
| The Beach | ||||
| wear hat↑ | ||||
| The Roller Coaster | ||||
| n↑ | ||||
| The North Pole | The Sky | — | The Sky | |
| | | d↓ | u↑↓d | ||
| The Iceberg | The Sea | |||
by Volker Lanz
A satisfying conclusion. Caution: If you stay in the sea for seven turns, you'll die from the cold.
>w. d. u. u. x potato. w. d.
>x sign. x hat. take hat. n.
>x Leo. give potato to Leo. x paper. n.
>wear hat.
>x sunglasses. take sunglasses. x reporter.
>give paper to reporter. wear sunglasses.
| o– | Roller Coaster Platform | — | Abandoned Amusement Park |
| | | |||
| Nova Scotia | ←w | Iceburg | |
| | | |||
| Beach (south of landing) | |||
| / | |||
| Tall Dune | |||
by David A. Cornelson
note: I never found the lost eye or mouth, but then, it's not clear that they can be found. The two ears can be referred to as "first ear" and "second ear", if you need to answer a "which ear do you mean" question.
>i. who am i. w. s. sw.
>x sand. look. take ear. wear it. d. n. n. w. w. z. z. z. z. z.
| (end) any dir↑ |
| In The Woods |
| look↑ |
| Iceburg |
| until snowblind ... u↑ |
| Iceburg |
| u↑ |
| Iceburg |
by Neil deMause
Eeeagh!! Okay, okay. It's only a speedIF. It's only a speedIF...
>x me. i. x slinky. x iceberg. x iceburg.
>d. u. u. u. u. u. u. u. u. (Potato and Hat appear)
>x potato. x hat.
>ask potato about roller coaster. (say what!?! Roller coaster!?! Did this game even mention a roller coaster? No, no it didn't. But it was one of the items in the SpeedIF 6 premise. Eeeagh!)
>u. (Keep going up a whole bunch of times, I'm not counting how many (like I care anymore, after the roller coaster), until you go snowblind.)
>look. x sand. n. (You're dead! You've won!)
| The remote iceberg | ||||
| enter train↑ | ||||
| Ready to board the Cork Nut Comet | ||||
| n↑ | ||||
| Outside the Cork Nut Comet roller coaster | ||||
| | | ||||
| Seaside Amusement Park Pier | — | Seaside Amusement Park | — | Seaside Amusement Park Midway |
| | | ||||
| Outside the Barrel of Monkeys Funhouse | ||||
by R. Noyes
>x glasses. take glasses. n.
>x Sam. n. x rock. take it. s. e.
>x machine. x clown. x button. push button.
>take chunk. x it. eat it. x pipe. w. s.
>x monkey. throw rock at monkey. take hat. x it.
>wear hat. remove hat. n. w.
>x can. search it. x potato. x binoculars. g.
>put pipe in potato. put glasses on potato.
>put hat on potato. x potato. e. n.
>show potato to Sam. n. x train. enter train.
>x lights.
You now have a choice:
>take Titanic. (and die) —or— hit Titanic. (and win)