Totally a platforming game — 6 of 9

Part 5 - House

There is a room called the inside of the house. Instead of going outside when the player is in the house, try going north.

Instead of going south when the player is in the cave exit, say "You try to walk up the steps, but you hit your foot on one of the steps and can't continue further. You do not seem to be injured, however. It seems simply walking will not let you go upstairs. Perhaps there's something else you can try?". Instead of going inside when the player is in the cave exit, try going south.

Instead of jumping south when the player is in the cave exit:

say "You jump up onto the porch, open the door, and walk in. The door is unlocked, and no one seems surprised at you going into the house of a random stranger.";

now the player is in the inside of the house.

The house is south of the cave exit. "It looks like an ordinary house, except that you can't see any doors to any other rooms. There is a table and two chairs here."

Eevee is a woman. Eevee is here. "You see a long-eared fox-like creature, which you recognize as the Pokémon Eevee sitting on one of the chairs." The description of Eevee is "She has long ears and brown fur." Understand "long-eared fox-like creature", "fox-like creature", "fox", or "Flareon" as Eevee. Instead of attacking Eevee, say "Sorry, you are out of useable Pokémon."

The Pokémon trainer is a person. The Pokémon trainer is here. "A person who looks like a Pokémon trainer is also sitting at the table." The description of the trainer is "They have a red hat with a picture of a Pokéball on it, and they look a lot like Ash from the Pokémon anime, except you can't tell if they're a boy or a girl." Understand "Ash" as the trainer.

The birthday cake is a thing. The birthday cake is here. "On the table is a birthday cake with 32 candles on it." The candles are part of the cake. Understand "candle" as candles. The piece of cake is part of the birthday cake.

After taking the cake the first time, say "You take the whole cake. Eevee and the trainer look upset. You feel as if you are 1/40 as evil as Lex Luthor, which is still pretty evil."

Instead of burning the cake, try burning the candles.

Instead of burning the candles, say "You seem to be out of matches."

Instead of burning the candles when the player has the fire flower:

say "You light all the candles again, and Eevee blows them all out again."

Instead of burning the candles when the player has the fire flower the first time:

say "You light all the candles with your fire flower. As you do so, you hear a faint Zelda chime from outside. No one else seems to notice it, though.";

say "The trainer sings Happy Birthday, and Eevee blows out the candles. The Pokémon level-up chime plays.";

now the gun is in the cave exit.

Instead of burning the candles when the player has the fire flower and the player is not in the house (this is the crash rule):

say "You light all the candles with your fire flower. The game freezes and you feel a cutscene starting, but nothing happens. You hear the song 'Happy Birthday', but then it stops and you just hear silence. You can't do anything, not even pausing.";

end the story saying "The game crashed."

The crash rule is listed first in the instead rules.

Instead of taking the piece of cake, say "I think you've had enough. Eevee might not like it if you ate all of her birthday cake."

Instead of taking the piece of cake the first time, say "You take a slice of cake and eat it. It is delicious."

Instead of eating the birthday cake, try taking the piece of cake.

Instead of eating the piece of cake, try taking the piece of cake.

The gun is a thing. "There is a gun here that looks vaguely familiar." The description of the gun is "It looks like it came from one of those early first-person shooters. Maybe Doom?" Instead of shooting the gun, say "What do you want to shoot with the gun?"