I once managed to make it through the maze. Up to this point, the game
was, indeed, a litany of What Not To Do: grotesque underimplementation,
random death, a maze.
But then you get to the goal, where there's the scarabaeus of whatever.
The game--in addition to all the "classic" ways it's managed to suck up
to this point--then finds a brand new Inform 7 New Millenium way to
suck.
"Scarabaeus" doesn't work! You have to somehow type the funny ae
ligature, or cut-n-paste it from the item description. I thought that
was very clever, if it was intentional.
Adam
Huh. That was possible? I remember wandering around and getting
a seemingly-random "***YOU HAVE WON***" message, but I don't remember
seeing an item.
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David Goldfarb |
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Yes it was possible.
Here is a walkthrough (if die or win then UNDO):
east. east. west. up. sw. e. s. ne.
And then if you try and "take scarabaeus", it doesn't work. But you
can do "get all", though.
The game has random death and random *victory*, but it also has a way
to complete the maze properly.
e. e. w. up. sw. e. s. ne. get scarabæus.