🧭 THE ARCHIVES

Quote of the day

As the door swings open you are blinded by intense light and incredible pain. Just before everything overloads and you fade from existence, you can make out a shape outside, holding onto the door of the cylinder, and then everything goes dark.

-- Suspended

Factoid of the day

For most Infocom games, the packaging and "feelies" were designed to complement the story. For Wishbringer, though, the packaging was conceptualized before the game. Brian Moriarty reasoned that a magic ring or a glowing stone would make a great "feelie" to include in a game box. His peers thought it was a great idea, too, so he began developing Wishbringer, a story about a glowing magical stone.

Link of the day

Zarf Updates

IF author Andrew Plotkin's blog about all things IF.

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Invisiclues

The Lurking Horror

How the Points Are Scored

(Click or tap on any clue to reveal the clue.)

5 points are scored for each of the following 20 actions, resulting in a total of 100.

Getting the stone.
Entering Ancient Storage.
Entering the steam tunnels.
Climbing the rope.
Defeating the maintenance man.
Finding the hand.
Reanimating the hand.
Defeating the missing urchins.
Destroying the brick wall.
Destroying the mass.
Getting the master key from the hacker.
Entering the brick tunnel.
Killing the rats.
Getting the note.
Defeating the professor.
Defeating the flier.
Getting the boltcutter.
Entering the concrete box.
Destroying the slime curtain.
Destroying the dark creature at the end.