Wrong Way

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This is a text adventure, an old and slightly weird type of game. Especially when you haven't exactly made them before, I'm sure.

You can interact with the world by typing things like "go north" and "drop lighter" and "examine trees". If the format is entirely unfamiliar to the point that this is unplayable, The Dreamhold is a fantastic tutorial-ish introduction made by a master of the genre.

If the on-page game fails to load, try this alternate page or downloading "Wrong Way.zblorb" in this page's files list and playing on your computer with a program like Gargoyle.

The most important commands/actions to know for this particular story are:
look
look at x
go direction
get x
drop x
wear x
inventory
touch x or press x
burn x or light x
spray x with y
fill x with y
undo

Have fun!

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None of these actions are time-sensitive. You may stop to look around or examine things at any point.

The Knocking Ritual:

-> drop candles
-> light candles
-> go north

Spacesuit Repair:

-> go east
-> get anilazine sprayer
-> go west
-> go west
-> spray suit with anilazine
-> open box
-> spray suit with phosphate
-> wear suit

Dome Repair:

-> go west
-> go north
-> touch scuttling chest
-> get glucose sprayer
-> go north
-> spray tower with glucose
-> go south
-> go south
-> go east
-> open console
-> spray organs with glucose

New Candles:

-> get mug
-> touch utility box
-> go west
-> go north
-> fill mug with oil
-> light mug
-> go south
-> go south

Return Ritual:

-> spray arch with phosphate
-> drop mug
-> go south

You win!

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