Episode A4
We returned to finish mapping the maze of twisty little passages, all different. (Taking advantage of our new magic word PLUGH to warp straight to Y2 from the building.) We quickly found our way back to the dead end with the vending machine, this time having the coins in hand to exchange for fresh batteries for the lantern.
There are 12 rooms in all, including the room with the vending machine. Most of the rooms are connected to 10 others via all the possible directions (N, E, S, W, NE, SE, SW, NW, UP, DOWN). As fate would have it, we found the exit of the maze only after exploring almost every direction from every room. It is DOWN from the “maze of twisty little passages” (the bottle room).
We recovered our belongings from the maze and resume our expedition. We found, at last, the west end of the Hall of Mists. Going through a hole to the south we stumbled into… a maze of twisty little passages, all alike!
- a4.txt game transcript
Topics mentioned:
- Colossal Cave Adventure
- graph theory
- Zork
- magic lamp
- mixed strategy
- avocado toast
- Spelunky
- Devs Play
- JP LeBreton
- John Romero