Douglas N. Adams Tribute Speed-IF

solutions

The solutions below are by David Welbourn.


Date
May 12, 2001
Organizer
Gunther Schmidl
Premise
Create your own tribute to Douglas Adams in no more than two hours. Sign the location below when you've finished the game. Deadline: Sunday May 13 midnight MUDtime (EST)
Note
This Speed-IF was also announced on rec.arts.int-fiction and several newsgroup people submitted games. In the spirit of Douglas Adams, the deadline was quickly extended to "whenever no new games come in."
See also
IFWiki: DNA Tribute Speed-IF


Deadline, or, Being Douglas Adams

by Gunther Schmidl

Bath

No puzzles. Enjoy your bath for eight turns.

>x ducky. take ducky. squeeze ducky. x phone. out. z. z. z.

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Foot of the
Mountain Range
↑take Marvin
More Desert
↑n
Desert
↑n
...
↑n
Desert

The Death of Two Great Minds

by Alex Watson

>x Fenchurch. ask Fenchurch about god. ask Fenchurch about message.

>x Ford. ask Ford about message. don't panic. n. n. n. n. n.

>x Marvin. ask Marvin about Marvin. ask Marvin about left side.

>take Marvin. notes.

(my notes: This game also knows the verb "enjoy", but there's no obvious thing to enjoy. If you don't pick up Marvin yourself, Fenchurch and Ford will pick him up after five or so turns after seeing him.)

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How Many Roads Must A Man Walk Down?

by Tom Waddington

Outside
|
Asylum

>about. x me. x sand. x sea. x fish. take fish.

>x bowl. take bowl. x bowl. x design. wear bowl.

>x house. x door. open door. n.

>x brickwork. x man. x card. give bowl to man.

>take card. s. read card.

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Into That Good Night

by Iain Merrick

(ending #3)
n↑
(ending
#1)
←wCorridor e→(ending
#2)

give ticket
to clerk
Waiting
Room
|
Anteroom

>x me. i. x coat. x hat. x cigarettes.

>search coat. x phone. x anchovy. x ticket.

>turn on phone. eat anchovy. x door. n.

>x clerk. talk to clerk. x Antrobus. talk to Antrobus.

>remove hat. n. x Whaley. talk to Antrobus.

>answer phone. n. talk to Antrobus. z.

>save. (because you might want to replay the game from this point)

>give ticket to clerk. (oh, let her wait a bit first)

>4 (or any number, really)

>1 (feel free to choose another number)

>w. (or e.)

>w. (or e. or n. for different endings)

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Jeenin Tonn-nx

by Peter Berman

/
pub
|

>about. x me. x tv. g. (repeat a few times to see variations)

>x bartender. talk to bartender. g. (repeat until his chat is exhausted)

>x drunk. talk to drunk. g. z. (repeat until his chat is also exhausted)

>x cube. eat cube. look. ne. x aglet. x opener.

>kill aglet with opener. g. (repeat until beast is dead)

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(win)
n↑
Third Class
Area
Second Class
Area
|
Waiting
Area
x

A Night at Milliways

by Graeme Pletscher

>i. x card. x Marvin. x blur. listen. n. z.

>ask Marvin about babel fish. n. waiter, abrty. n. e.

>x Zaphod. z pin. ask Zaphod about pin. n.

>buy blaster. x it. give it to Zaphod. x Zaphod. take pin. n.

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Ante
Chamber
out↓↑in
Bar
d↓↑u
Transport
Tube
d↓↑u
Bay
View
in↓↑out
Feeblekater-
brop's Zoo

The Relentless Adventures of Captain Speedo, Episode 42

by Gilles Duchesne

Your mission: find the gold-threaded blankie!

>i. x poem. x pack. x tables. x machines. x throne. x lord. out.

>x bartender. x counter. ask bartender about drinks. x drinks. take drinks. d. d.

>x ship. x door. x button. push button. in.

>x cage. x monster. x drapes. take drapes.

Everything is now... different.

>x blankie. x monster. out.

>x ship. u. u.

>x android. x drinks. in.

>x lord. give blanket to lord.

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HallwayOffice
d↓↑u
Stairwell

The Sofa at the End of the Universe

by Sean Barrett

>x me. x desk. x sep. take sep. w.

>x door. knock on door. g. g. d.

>x sofa. x south wall. s. push sofa. g. turn sofa.

>put sep on sofa. turn on sep. u. e. w. d.

>take sep. put sep on south wall. toggle sep.

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