IF HELP

DREAMHOLD AND INTERACTIVE FICTION HELP AND HINTS

This tutorial has lots of built-in help on how to play text adventures. To read more, type "help" followed by whatever it is you want to get help on, and then hit enter.

Topics you can get help on:

"help basics": The most important IF commands

"help commands": Some more common commands

"help talking": Commands for talking to other characters

"help system": Saving and loading games, quitting, and other system commands

"help special": Useful odds and ends (which may work differently in different games)

"help strategy": Figuring out what to do, when you're stuck

All of these topics are general information on playing IF. If you are stuck on a particular puzzle in THE DREAMHOLD, type "help hint" for a single hint on what to try next.

>help basics

These are the commands you will use most often.

"look" or "l": Look around the room -- repeat the description of everything you see.

"examine thing" or "x thing": Look more closely at something -- learn more about it.

"inventory" or "i": List everything you're carrying.

"north", "south", "east", "west", etc., or "n", "s", "e", "w", etc.: Walk in some direction.

For more about these commands -- or any command used in this game -- type "help" followed by the command word. For example, "help look".

>help commands

These are the most common ways of interacting with the game's world. It's usually worth trying these, in almost any situation. You never know what might happen -- or what you might learn.

These commands do what they say. Common sense applies. There are many more possibilities -- every game has its own variations, depending on what actions make sense in a particular situation. For more information, type "help" followed by any command word.

"get thing", "drop thing"

"put this in that", "put this on that", "throw this at that"

"push thing", "pull thing", "turn thing"

"open thing", "close thing"

"lock this with that", "unlock this with that"

"touch thing", "smell thing", "listen to thing"

"eat thing", "drink thing"

"wear thing", "remove thing"

"search thing", "look in thing", "look under thing", "look behind thing"

"enter thing", "sit on thing", "climb thing"

"get in thing", "get off thing", "get out of thing"

"break thing", "cut thing", "crush thing"

"wait"