1 Impersonating mild mannered John Covarth, assistant help boy at an
2 insignificant drugstore, you suddenly STOP when your acute hearing
3 deciphers a stray radio call from the POLICE. There's some MADMAN
4 attacking the population in Granary Park! You must change into your
5 Captain FATE costume fast...!
8 A simple Inform example
9 by Roger Firth and Sonja Kesserich.
10 Release 3 / Serial number 040804 / Inform v6.30 Library 6/11 SD
13 On one side -- which your HEIGHTENED sense of direction indicates is NORTH --
14 there's an open cafe now serving lunch. To the south, you can see a phone booth.
17 In your secret identity's outfit, you manage most efficaciously to look like a
18 two-cent loser, a good-for-nothing wimp.
22 your clothes (being worn)
26 STATE OF THE ART manufacture, from chemically reinforced 100% COTTON-lastic(tm).
29 In the middle of the street? That would be a PUBLIC SCANDAL, to say nothing of
30 revealing your secret identity.
33 It's one of the old picturesque models, a red cabin with room for one caller.
36 With implausible celerity, you dive inside the phone booth.
39 Lacking Superman's super-speed, you realise that it would be awkward to change
40 in plain view of the passing pedestrians.
43 You get out of the phone booth.
46 On one side -- which your HEIGHTENED sense of direction indicates is NORTH --
47 there's an open cafe now serving lunch. To the south, you can see a phone booth.
50 The town's favourite for a quick snack, Benny's cafe has a 50's ROCKETSHIP look.
53 With an impressive mixture of hurry and nonchalance you step into the open cafe.
56 Benny's offers the FINEST selection of pastries and sandwiches. Customers clog
57 the counter, where Benny himself manages to serve, cook and charge without
58 missing a step. At the north side of the cafe you can see a red door connecting
62 It seems to be locked.
65 A red door with the unequivocal black man-woman silhouettes marking the entrance
66 to hygienic facilities. There is a scribbled note stuck on its surface.
69 You apply your ENHANCED ULTRAFREQUENCY vision to the note and squint in
70 concentration, giving up only when you see the borders of the note begin to
71 blacken under the incredible intensity of your burning stare. You reflect once
72 more how helpful it would've been if you'd ever learnt to read.
74 A kind old lady passes by and explains: "You have to ask Benny for the key, at
77 You turn quickly and begin, "Oh, I KNOW that, but..."
79 "My pleasure, son," says the lady, as she exits the cafe.
82 A deceptively FAT man of uncanny agility, Benny entertains his customers
83 crushing coconuts against his forehead when the mood strikes him.
85 >ASK BENNY FOR THE KEY
86 "Toilet is only fer customers," he grumbles, looking pointedly at a menu board
90 The menu board lists Benny's food and drinks, along with their prices. Too bad
91 you've never learnt how to read, but luckily there is a picture of a big
92 cup of coffee among the incomprehensible writing.
94 >BENNY,GIVE ME A COFFEE
95 With two gracious steps, Benny places his world-famous Cappuccino in front of
98 >BENNY,GIVE ME THE KEY
99 Benny tosses the key to the rest rooms on the counter, where you grab it with a
100 dextrous and precise movement of your HYPER-AGILE hand.
102 >UNLOCK DOOR WITH KEY
103 You unlock the door to the toilet and open it.
108 A surprisingly CLEAN square room covered with glazed-ceramic tiles, featuring
109 little more than a lavatory and a light switch. The only exit is south, through
110 the door and into the cafe.
112 [Your score has just gone up by one point.]
115 You turn on the light in the toilet.
118 You close the door to the cafe.
121 You lock the door to the cafe.
124 The latest user CIVILLY flushed it after use, but failed to pick up the VALUABLE
125 coin that fell from his pants.
128 You crouch into the SLEEPING DRAGON position and deftly, with PARAMOUNT STEALTH,
129 you pocket the lost coin.
131 [Your score has just gone up by one point.]
134 You quickly remove your street clothes and bundle them up together into an INFRA
135 MINUSCULE pack ready for easy transportation. Then you unfold your
136 INVULNERABLE-COTTON costume and turn into Captain FATE, defender of free will,
137 adversary of tyranny!
139 >UNLOCK DOOR WITH KEY
140 You unlock the door to the cafe and open it.
145 Benny's offers the FINEST selection of pastries and sandwiches. Customers clog
146 the counter, where Benny himself manages to serve, cook and charge without
147 missing a step. At the north side of the cafe you can see a red door connecting
150 On the counter is a cup of coffee.
152 Nearby customers glance at your costume with open curiosity.
154 "Didn't know there was a circus in town," comments one customer to another.
155 "Seems like the clowns have the day off."
158 You pick up the cup and swallow a mouthful. Benny's WORLDWIDE REPUTATION is well
159 deserved. Just as you finish, Benny takes away the empty cup. "That will be one
163 With marvellous ILLUSIONIST gestures, you produce the coin from the depths of
164 your BULLET-PROOF costume as if it had dropped on the counter from Benny's ear!
165 People around you clap politely. Benny takes the coin and gives it a SUSPICIOUS
166 bite. "Thank you, sir. Come back anytime," he says.
168 "These fashion designers don't know what to do to show off," snorts a fat
169 gentleman, looking your way. Those within earshot try to conceal their smiles.
172 Benny nods as you ADMIRABLY return his key.
174 "Must be carnival again," says a man to his wife, who giggles, stealing a peek
175 at you. "Time sure flies."
178 You step onto the sidewalk, where the passing pedestrians recognise the rainbow
179 EXTRAVAGANZA of Captain FATE's costume and cry your name in awe as you JUMP with
180 sensational momentum into the BLUE morning skies!
182 *** You fly away to SAVE the DAY ***
184 In that game you scored 2 out of a possible 2, in 32 turns.
186 Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game or QUIT?