Speed-IF Pi-Theta-Aleph-Parallax

solutions

The solutions below are by David Welbourn.


Date
July 21, 2001
Organizer
Adam Biltcliffe
Premise
You have two hours to write a game whose title features one or more of the words 'pi', 'theta', 'aleph' and 'parallax'. It must include clunky expository dialogue and make reference to Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft (the latter possibly in connection with mamster). The cast of heroes and villains should feature at least one of Alvin the Chipmunk, Jarb the Inventor, Asterix, and June, the stinky lady from down the hall. Locations may include the moon, a giant gas pipe or the interior of a computer, and the plot should invlove either cell division or a weather-related disaster. Bonus points for references to tetherball, froot loops, the Jewish Bankers' Conspiracy, hypercubes, eating paste and/or play-doh, china hutches or Snorks. Bonus prize for anyone who includes graphics or artistic justification for not doing so. Deadline is 21:15 mudtime. Go!
See also
IFWiki: Speed-IF Pi-Theta-Aleph-Parallax


The
Classroom

The Grade 3 Parallax

by Christopher Shelton

Do anything you like for six turns. Then answer with the word suggested at the very very beginning of the game.

>x king. x lunchbox. x students. x window. x desk. z.

>FraunhoferGesellschaft

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Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft St,
in the Rain
out↑
Lobby
n↑
(cafe-
teria)
3rd Floor
Hallway
Your
Office
|
June's
Office

A Parallax Dream

by Andrew MacKinnon

>x fixture. take it. x desk. x computer. turn it off.

>x tetherball. take it. w.

>x dispenser. push button. x loops. eat loops. w. n. s.

>x June. x desk. x plaques. n. e. n. out. z.

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Moon
Bar
Back
Room
|
Machine
Room

The Parallax Moon Bar Conspiracy

by Adam Biltcliffe

>i. x key. x bar. x towel. take towel. x stage.

>x door. unlock door with key. open door. e.

>x basket. s.

>x machine. x funnel. x button. push button.

>put towel in funnel. push button.

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The
Moon
←u
d→
Gas
Tube
|
Down the
Hall
|
Your
Apartment
—— Hall
|d↓
Holodeck (die)

Peter Theta Fixes The Holodeck

by Duncan Cross

>i. x doh. eat doh. x key. s.

>x Asterix. x Alvin. n. e. n.

>x door. unlock door with key. open door. n. u.

>x box. take box. d. s. w. s. give box to Alvin.

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Blinkenlights
|
An unfamiliar
motherboard
In a huge
gas pipe
| break X↑
Among the
PCI cards
Oubliette
s↓↑↑↑
Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft
Welcome Chamber

Pick Up the IF-Archive and Pi

by Jake Wildstrom

>n. x lights. x ball. take ball. s. s.

>x amoeba. give ball to amoeba. s.

>x Asterix. x chair. z.

>x skeleton. search it. x spike.

>push skeleton. x X. break X.

>hit floor. (or light spike.)

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On Aleph V's
largest moon

Captain Speedo, Episode 112

by Gilles Duchesne

The second speedIF with graphics (for the episode title).

You have one turn to repel the meteor shower, but you missed hearing what Jarb's next instruction was. So plan on typing "u" for "undo" a lot. The logical path to the winning ending is:

>i. undo. x remote control. undo. push remote button.

Other steps you might try between the undoes:

>x poem. x pack. x Jarb. x equipment.

>x generator. x lever. x dial.

>x invertor. x invert button.

>x synchronizer. x X. x Y. x Z.

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Inside the Evil
Giant Stinky Computer
in↑
North End
of Hallway
June's
Apartment
|
South End
of Hallway
Chipmunks'
Apartment

Squeaky on the Moon

by David Welbourn

Help Alvin the Chipmunk rescue a cat.

>w. n. e. x computer. in.

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Moonbase Blümchen
Theta, high security
laboratory
Nondescript
Hallway
Airlock

The Theta Point

by A O Muñiz

Timing is critical once you get nine or more points.

>x bench. x dough. take dough. i. x ax. x scope.

>e. e. take suit. wear suit. xyzzy. push button.

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