Invisiclues

What's my goal in this story?

1. You'll get a better idea once you've met Trent/Tiffany.
2. A few dozen turns after meeting him/her, Trent/Tiffany will give you something.
3. This matchbook contains a parts list for the items that Trent/Tiffany needs to build a machine that will defeat the Leather Goddesses.
4. Therefore, your goal is to find these eight items, and then get to a location where Trent/Tiffany can build the machine.

How can I change the gender of my character in the story?

1. You determine the sex of your character by entering either the Men's Room or the Ladies' Room in the bar. Once you've established your gender, you can't change it without restarting.

The scoring seems pretty cockamamie. How does it work?

1. You always get points at given places in the story, but there are elements of randomness.
2. For one thing, you don't always get the same number of points each time you reach the same point in the story. For example, for reaching the prison cell on Phobos, you will get somewhere between 1 and 8 points.
3. Another element of randomness: when you use the STATUS command, you are told the total points that your score is "out of." This number starts at 9309, but decreases randomly each time you get points.
4. Your points increase and your "out of" number decreases, until they finally meet on the final turn of the story.
5. This is all designed to confuse you, of course.

Shucks! It won't let me into LEWD mode.

1. You must be at least 18 years old.
2. If you are, just type 18 (or whatever) when prompted to input your age. If you're not, you simply can't play in LEWD mode!

I'm not really picking up the 3-D in the comic. Can you give me some tips?

1. Sure. For one thing, make sure you have the blue "lens" over your right eye, and the red "lens" over your left eye.
2. It takes a few seconds for your eyes to adjust. The 3-D effect should improve noticeably within twenty seconds or so.
3. Hold the comic directly in front of you and move it slowly toward and away from your face until the 3-D effect is maximized.
4. Where else but here could you develop invisible ink to learn how to read 3-D? What a wild and crazy bunch we are, eh?

What exactly are the seven scratch 'n' sniff odors, and where do they appear in the story? (Don't develop the answers until you've finished the story, or you might see things you don't want to see!)

1. 1. Pizza (in the bathroom after urinating)
2. 2. Chocolate (whenever the hunk of chocolate is present)
3. 3. Mothballs (in the Closet)
4. 4. Perfume (in the Harem)
5. 5. Garlic (In Space, when Thorbast/Thorbala speaks)
6. 6. Leather (in the Boudoir -- this scent is admittedly weaker than the others)
7. 7. Banana (on the last turn before winning)
8. Some other odors we were considering: Skunk, Peanut Butter, Grapefruit, Bubble Gum, Whipped Cream, Mushroom, New Car, Anchovy, Martini, Fried Chicken...

Is a marsmid anything like a zorkmid?

1. They're both coins...

I have this friend who would like to know where all the sex scenes are in Leather Goddesses of Phobos. Would you please tell me? Uh, I mean, him? That is, tell me, and I'll pass the info along to him.

1. A. Reading the next hint will give things away. Don't go any further until you finish the story.
2. B. There are five opportunities for some "foolin' around": 1. Solving the frog puzzle. 2. Your hour in the Inner Harem. 3. When you're a gorilla in the cage. 4. Following Elysia/Elysium into his/her private cabin after he/she gives you the photo. 5. On the divan in the Boudoir.
3. Don't forget to experience these "episodes" in all three naughtiness levels. (Unless you're underage, of course. Or unless you're a personal friend of Ed Meese. If you're a personal friend of Ed Meese, we're just joking and there really aren't any sex scenes at all.)