I got to 170 points (got to a temple) but then I couldn’t figure out how to proceed. A walkthrough then got released, so I’ve now gone back in with that. I was originally stuck in the temple, and with the walkthrough’s help I can now get back out of the temple with an extra item in hand, but… walkthrough seems to indicate that something else should be happening after that but I’m not sure what, so I could use some help!
Update: the game’s been updated so that shouldn’t be a problem anymore, I’ll keep updating this post with hints as I keep playing.
here’s a few mini-hints for other players trying this that maybe don’t want to go to the walkthrough yet. Exclamation marks are just the parts I took longer to figure out, so other players might have trouble in those spots as well.
hints
1st section (village)
Flour mill
your goal here is to distract dusty so you can steal a sack.
church
what might you do you do in churches? this is a very magical sort of fantasy game.
your yort
a couple things here as i recall, you need to solve another puzzle to get the ashes from here
longhouse (!)
i missed entering this the first time sweeping the map, but as always, thoroughly search all objects. obviously the huge pot in the kitchen is conspicuous. But also, there’s another item in the building which is a bit hidden in text, but would be easily spotted if there were graphics.
2nd section (past village)
chapel
search and pull
yort
the pallets. i wanted to use the thing I picked up from here immediately, couldn’t find the right verb. once i went to the right place to use it though, the game tells you the right verb once you try opening it there.
garden (!)
So weeds are hiding TWO things, and i think lots of ppl are going to miss searching twice here. So make sure you leave with two new items.
3rd section (forest)
trees (!)
originally, I hesitantly moved forward after making a save because I couldn’t get the thing from the hole, the game does seem to allow you to proceed without it. There’s two items in this area, one of which I never really found a use for, but you do need a “ball of string.” After I got stuck at the temple, I went back for this. Took a bit of messing around for the sequence of commands, but got that thing. I also missed the other object in the nest, but I have it now that I looked at the walkthrough
oak tree
Did you get two items from the garden in the section before the dogs? You should have some idea what to do from that.
4th timed section (dock)
make sure to pick up some repair tools before entering the boat!
after the crossing
ran into a guess-the-verb here. COMMANDS will help.
5th section (temple)
darkness
if you’re stuck in the dark with no way out, you need to do something prepare before going inside.
inside temple
I think this all seems straightforward, with enough guidance to get through this part from the game… need a disguise, and the game tells you you need to get something before it lets you leave the area.
next town
socialize, help people out! I ended up helping 3 people, but you also can’t leave on foot, it says. to find a ride, that’s where the socializing comes in, you’ll get info that way.
bare tree (!)
I did spend some time here. my first instinct was right, the tree is supposed to be a vantage point. Once you see something interesting from up there, figure out how to get there. there’s a command that you might’ve been told you don’t need to use here, but it’ll be allowed after you spot something. Muffin is fine where they are, don’t need them for any of this part. make sure, the day after, you don’t leave anything behind! like a light source.
waterfall
cliffs (!)
okay… this took me a while. inventory management comes into play in the cliffs, use your holdall bag. also? do you still have your lamp, because you put it down when you slept. i’m gonna be straight up with the algae: if you keep seeing that you can’t find a suitable container, you need the bottle for that. the other thing you have to do in this section is around the bridge. besides the ingredient, you need to get one more item in order to reach the out of reach object.
caves
there’s info you hopefully should’ve found from the starting village which you should have in your inventory that will let you defeat the spiders. make sure to look around as well.
past caves
keep area
look around and explore. you should’ve saved someone back in the caves. and you won’t be able to enter the apothecary until after you find out what you need from there. the scrap of vellum will finally be followable here.
entering the keep (!)
you should have a disguise now, right? From the brothel? Now you might be able to get into the keep. The guards won’t let you past if you have the cloak in your inventory. Not fully sure about the intended solution (I tried following the walkthrough but it didn’t seem to work), but I looked at the transcript provided earlier in this thread, and that person put the cloak in something and dropped that before entering the keep (NOT the bag, something else).
inside keep
the next parts have some randomization/luck, patrolling guards which are hard to fully avoid. I used a lot of undo. Part of the keep should look a bit hidden, and you should be able to reveal a hidden path. you should have most of your inventory here. Down the stairs for the plate , you should have something in your inventory it reminds you of. Go inside, and talk to the sorcerer. make sure to pull the lever before going back up.
there’s a combat encounter, no real puzzle I don’t think, combat just has randomized outcomes so just undo and try fighting again if you die, i beat them on the 2nd try. You’ll need to use CLIMB next somewhere in the keep. did you pull a lever after speaking to the sorcerer? Use a few items in the below area. get the item the sorcerer wanted, return to the sorcerer.
final confrontation and afterwards
follow the sorcerer. you should eventually end up on the shore, triumphant. repair the boat; might take some construction work! Hopefully you have a hammer and nails; if you don’t have those then it might be unwinnable because those were before you crossed in the boat… But then you also need a mast, right, and a yardarm? That’s what you need to finish the boat, that you can still obtain nearby. Then sail back home