I beat it!!! “What did she beat?” you may be asking yourself. Remember when I blogged about the “Awesome Text Adventure Game” in the Pi Store called “The Abandoned Farmhouse Adventure” here? I completed the game! I saved my grandson! OK, I don’t have a grandson, but that’s the point of the game, to save your imaginary grandson Matthew.
After long, difficult hours of exploring the woods, the house, and the farm, I was on the brink of giving up. I couldn’t figure out how to kill the rats in the tunnel before they killed me. I also died of thirst several times before I found a source of water. So, I decided to stop picking things up and just explore and draw a map of all of the moves that I made. The map helped sooooo much as I learned more and more about the strategy and had to start over again and again (don’t tell my mom that it was way past my bedtime). I would highly recommend that you draw a map too (or scroll down and see the one that I made). Once I knew where everything is, I started to figure out which items I needed to pick up and which items I’d just leave alone. Every time I got a little farther, it would help me figure out which items are important. Then I could use the map to easily go back and get them or start over and get back to this spot quickly.
When I finally saved Matthew, I literally screamed with joy! Then, I went back and saved him a couple of more times while I wrote down step-by-step directions for how I did it. I don’t want to ruin the adventure for you, so if you scroll down a little bit, I’ll give you some hints and the map that I used. Or, if you get really frustrated, scroll down even farther to get the step-by-step directions.
Have a great adventure!!!
Hints:
You’re going to need a weapon, something to pick up water, a way to open the door, a food source and a way to get the boy out of the tree.
You don’t need the flashlight.
There’s no need to go in the garage.
You don’t have to kill the rats, I tried for hours.
You can only hold a few things, so after you use something, drop it so you can pick up something else.
To go a direction, you don’ have to type “go north,” you can just type “n” and it does the same thing. You can type n, e, s, w, u, d for go north, east, south, west, up, or down.
If you don’t know what a cistern is, look it up.
Step-by-Step Walkthrough
Spoiler Alert!!!!!!!!!!!
Take key
Go North
Take bottle
go north
go north
go up
take pitchfork
d
s
s
w
w
take candybar
use candybar
drop candybar
s
w
u
e
take toy car
w
d
e
n
d
w
n
w
use bottle
e
use key
n
n
n
n
w
use pitchfork
use toy car
That’s it! You saved the boy!
Tags: abandoned farmhouse adventure, map, pi store, raspberry pi, text games, walkthrough, zork