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ClubFloyd Transcript:
The Bright Blue Ball by Clary C
As played on ifMUD on April 17, 2022

The idea behind ClubFloyd is that each week at a pre-arranged time, a group of people meet online to cooperatively play a game of interactive fiction.

Below is a transcript of The Bright Blue Ball written by Clary C. The Bright Blue Ball was released as part of the 2022 Spring Thing. You can learn more about the game, including how to download it, by visiting IFDB.

WARNING! Below you will find a transcript of people playing this game, and it goes without saying that the transcript is full of spoilers. So, if you've never played this game, and think you might like to at some point, I do not recommend reading any further. Instead, you might want to return to the interactive fiction page.

ToyShop & Floyditorium
#ClubFloyd Discussion

DavidW asks, "May I suggest The Bright Blue Ball next?"
Knight_Otu says, "Sure."
DavidW | You are Max, a beloved golden retriever, and you have to find your bright blue ball with only your sense of smell and your wits amidst danger and peril. Aimed at beginners. Kid friendly.
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "load sleepmask brightblueball"
CF ]
CF |
CF | The Bright Blue Ball
CF | by Clary C
CF |
CF |
CF |
CF |
CF |
CF |
CF | Press SPACE to begin.
DavidW pushes the green 'space' button.
CF ]
CF | Prologue
CF | You are being carried by your mom; she is running away from something
CF | on a street filled with people, all running. You clench your favorite
CF | blue ball in your jaws, looking around in fear. You can't see anything
CF | but whirling faces filled with panic.
CF |
CF |
CF | > Roger says, "I'll resist the easy double-entendre"
Jacqueline says (to Roger), "Thank you"
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "x mom"
CF | > ## w
DavidW presses the yellow enter button.
CF | > ## w## a
DavidW pushes the green 'space' button.
CF | > ## w## a## i
DavidW pushes the green 'space' button.
CF | > ## w## a## i## t
DavidW pushes the green 'space' button.
CF | > ## w## a## i## t
CF | You can do nothing but freeze, motionless...
CF |
CF | Over the din, you hear an alarm - a loud wail even among the screaming
CF | people. Your mom is yelling to your dad - something about a "bomb"?
CF | What is a bomb alarm? She hoists you higher on her shoulder and your
CF | jaws unclench just the slightest, and your bright blue ball falls,
CF | falls, down to the street, and you soon lose sight of it. But you
CF | might have seen a little girl's face, bending to pick the blue ball
CF | up...
CF |
CF | >
DavidW pushes the green 'space' button.
CF | > ## w
DavidW pushes the green 'space' button.
CF | > ## w## a
DavidW pushes the green 'space' button.
CF | > ## w## a## i Knight_Otu says, "Oh dear."
DavidW pushes the green 'space' button.
CF | > ## w## a## i## t
DavidW pushes the green 'space' button.
CF | > ## w## a## i## t
CF | You cannot do anything to stop this.
CF |
CF | You turn into a small street, bare walls on both sides. Your mom
CF | hastily unlocks a steel door, cleverly concealed, and shoves you
CF | inside the small room waiting...
DavidW pushes the green 'space' button.
CF ] The Bright Blue Ball Small room 1 turn
CF | Remember, you can always ask for HELP or a
CF | HINT.
CF |
CF | The Bright Blue Ball
CF | An Interactive Fiction by Clary C
CF | Release 1 / Serial number 220330 / Inform 7 build 6M62 (I6/v6.33 lib
CF | 6/12N)
CF |
CF |
CF | Small room
CF | A dark small room - not the bright yellow room that smells like home.
CF | This room smells of dust, like nobody has lived in it for a long time.
CF | A steel door is set into the north wall. But there's your dog bed
CF | here. And your family, your mom and your dad, are here sleeping on the
CF | human bed!
CF |
CF | You can also smell your family's human bed and a small table with a
CF | drawer crammed into the space between the bed and the wall.
CF |
CF | > Roger says, "Teaching beginner kids that parser IF is really annoying"
Jacqueline says, "heh"
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "x me"
CF ] The Bright Blue Ball Small room 2 turns
CF | >
CF | > X ME
CF |
CF | Woof, woof! You have a splendid golden coat and four powerful legs.
CF | You are Max the golden retriever!
CF |
CF | You wonder where could that blue ball possibly be?
CF |
CF | >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "x human bed"
CF ] The Bright Blue Ball Small room 3 turns
CF | >
CF | > X HUMAN BED
CF |
CF | It's a big king-sized bed that your family sleep in.
CF |
CF | It smells of soft jasmine perfume.
CF |
CF | >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "x table"
CF ] The Bright Blue Ball Small room 4 turns
CF | >
CF | > X TABLE
CF |
CF | It's a flimsy table made out of cheap wood. There's a drawer in the
CF | side.
CF |
CF | It smells of cheap wood.
CF |
CF | >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "x drawer"
CF ] The Bright Blue Ball Small room 5 turns
CF | >
CF | > X DRAWER
CF |
CF | You've seen your family take important things and keys out of it.The
CF | drawer is closed right now.
CF |
CF | It smells of cheap wood.
CF |
CF | >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "open drawer"
CF ] The Bright Blue Ball Small room 6 turns
CF | >
CF | > OPEN DRAWER
CF |
CF | You open the drawer, revealing a pile of books. Instantly the smell of
CF | warm metal and new books rushes out at you from the drawer.
CF |
CF | You're missing something...your blue ball.
CF |
CF | >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "smell metal"
CF ] The Bright Blue Ball Small room 7 turns
CF | >
CF | > SMELL METAL
CF |
CF | It's the smell of warm metal! It's probably coming off of a small warm
CF | thing. The scent seems similar to the steel door, like it's made of
CF | the same metal, but it's coming from a different source.
CF |
CF | You suddenly think of your lost blue ball.
CF |
CF | >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "look in drawer"
CF ] The Bright Blue Ball Small room 8 turns
CF | >
CF | > LOOK IN DRAWER
CF |
CF | In the drawer are a steel key and a pile of books.
CF |
CF | >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "take key"
CF ] The Bright Blue Ball Small room 9 turns
CF | >
CF | > TAKE KEY
CF |
CF | You carefully clamp the steel key between your jaws. Now you have
CF | that!
CF |
CF | >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "x books"
CF ] The Bright Blue Ball Small room 10 turns
CF | >
CF | > X BOOKS
CF |
CF | (the pile of books)
CF | The title of one is Zork. But you don't know what that means!
CF |
CF | It smells of new books.
CF |
CF | >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "x books"
CF ] The Bright Blue Ball Small room 11 turns
CF | >
CF | > X BOOKS
CF |
CF | (the pile of books)
CF | The title of one is the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. But you
CF | don't know what that means!
CF |
CF | It smells of new books.
CF |
CF | >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "g"
CF ] The Bright Blue Ball Small room 12 turns
CF | >
CF | > G
CF |
CF | (the pile of books)
CF | The title of one is Galatea. But you don't know what that means!
CF |
CF | It smells of new books.
CF |
CF | >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "close drawer"
CF ] The Bright Blue Ball Small room 13 turns
CF | >
CF | > CLOSE DRAWER
CF |
CF | You close the drawer.
CF |
CF | >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "l"
CF ] The Bright Blue Ball Small room 14 turns
CF | >
CF | > L
CF |
CF | Small room
CF | A dark small room - not the bright yellow room that smells like home.
CF | This room smells of dust, like nobody has lived in it for a long time.
CF | A steel door is set into the north wall. But there's your dog bed
CF | here. And your family, your mom and your dad, are here sleeping on the
CF | human bed!
CF |
CF | You can also smell your family's human bed and a small table with a
CF | drawer crammed into the space between the bed and the wall.
CF |
CF | >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "x dog bed"
CF ] The Bright Blue Ball Small room 15 turns
CF | >
CF | > X DOG BED
CF |
CF | Your familiar dog bed! You sleep in this every night, and it's soft
CF | and comfy.
CF |
CF | It smells of your fur.
CF |
CF | > Knight_Otu says, "We sure are well trained."
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "x door"
CF ] The Bright Blue Ball Small room 16 turns
CF | >
CF | > X DOOR
CF |
CF | It's a door made of steel. It's the only way out of and into the small
CF | room.
CF |
CF | It smells of cold steel.
CF |
CF | You're missing something...your blue ball.
CF |
CF | >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "open door"
CF ] The Bright Blue Ball Small room 17 turns
CF | >
CF | > OPEN DOOR
CF |
CF | It seems to be locked.
CF |
CF | >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "unlock door with key"
CF ] The Bright Blue Ball Small room 18 turns
CF | >
CF | > UNLOCK DOOR WITH KEY
CF |
CF | You've been practicing this trick when your owners aren't home - now
CF | it's finally come in use!
CF |
CF | >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "drop key"
CF ] The Bright Blue Ball Small room 19 turns
CF | >
CF | > DROP KEY
CF |
CF | Dropped.
CF |
CF | >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "open door"
CF ] The Bright Blue Ball Small room 20 turns
CF | >
CF | > OPEN DOOR
CF |
CF | You push open the door with your paw.
CF |
CF | >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "out"
CF ] The Bright Blue Ball Small room 21 turns
CF | >
CF | > OUT
CF |
CF | But you aren't in anything at the moment.
CF |
CF | >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "look"
CF ] The Bright Blue Ball Small room 22 turns
CF | >
CF | > LOOK
CF |
CF | Small room
CF | A dark small room - not the bright yellow room that smells like home.
CF | This room smells of dust, like nobody has lived in it for a long time.
CF | A steel door is set into the north wall. But there's your dog bed
CF | here. And your family, your mom and your dad, are here sleeping on the
CF | human bed!
CF |
CF | You can also smell your family's human bed and a small table with a
CF | drawer crammed into the space between the bed and the wall.
CF |
CF | >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "n"
CF ] The Bright Blue Ball Small street 23 turns
CF | >
CF | > N
CF |
CF | The door swings closed behind you.
CF |
CF | You faintly hear your mom yelling, "How did Max learn how to unlock
CF | the door??" to your dad, but you decide to keep going. Your parents
CF | have always overreacted when you went out by yourself.
CF |
CF | Small street
CF | It's the end of a small street. There's a brick wall south and west,
CF | and north is the back door of a shop. Wait - there's an outline in the
CF | brick wall south that looks like the outline of a door! That's
CF | probably the steel door that leads back into the small room. East
CF | leads back to the Main Street.
CF |
CF | You can see the steel door here.
CF |
CF | You can smell a faint sweetness, sun-warmed brick, and cold steel.
CF |
CF | Now you have a better chance of finding your lovely blue ball!
CF |
CF | >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "smell sweetness"
CF ] The Bright Blue Ball Small street 24 turns
CF | >
CF | > SMELL SWEETNESS
CF |
CF | It's just the smell of faint sweetness!
CF |
CF | >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "smell brick"
CF ] The Bright Blue Ball Small street 25 turns
CF | >
CF | > SMELL BRICK
CF |
CF | (the brick wall)
CF | You smell sun-warmed brick.
CF |
CF | Your parents must be really worried right now.
CF |
CF | >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "x parents"
CF ] The Bright Blue Ball Small street 25 turns
CF | >
CF | > X PARENTS
CF |
CF | You can't see any such thing.
CF |
CF | >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "n"
CF ] The Bright Blue Ball Small street 26 turns
CF | >
CF | > N
CF |
CF | From here, you can go south and east.
CF |
CF | > Jacqueline says, "Our parents are asleep"
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "look"
CF ] The Bright Blue Ball Small street 27 turns
CF | >
CF | > LOOK
CF |
CF | Small street
CF | It's the end of a small street. There's a brick wall south and west,
CF | and north is the back door of a shop. Wait - there's an outline in the
CF | brick wall south that looks like the outline of a door! That's
CF | probably the steel door that leads back into the small room. East
CF | leads back to the Main Street.
CF |
CF | You can see the steel door here.
CF |
CF | You can smell a faint sweetness, sun-warmed brick, and cold steel.
CF |
CF | You hear calls of your name from far away... that sounds like your
CF | family!
CF |
CF | >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "x back door"
CF ] The Bright Blue Ball Small street 27 turns
CF | >
CF | > X BACK DOOR
CF |
CF | You can't see any such thing.
CF |
CF | >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "e"
CF ] The Bright Blue Ball T-Junction 28 turns
CF | >
CF | > E
CF |
CF |
CF | T-Junction
CF | The main road is north from here, while the end of the main road is
CF | south. West leads back to the small street. This road seems
CF | familiar... but you remember that there were more humans! Where have
CF | they all gone?
CF |
CF | > Jacqueline says, "And we left the door open. And now if there's another bombing, we may all perish simply because we really wanted that blue ball."
Jacqueline says, "#ThingsGotDark"
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "s"
CF ] The Bright Blue Ball End of the main road 29 turns
CF | >
CF | > S
CF |
CF |
CF | End of the main road
CF | It's a wide road, leading up north to the T-Junction.
CF |
CF | You hear "Max! Max!" from far away. It's probably your family
CF | searching for you!
CF |
CF | You have to find your blue ball!
CF |
CF | >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "n"
CF ] The Bright Blue Ball T-Junction 30 turns
CF | >
CF | > N
CF |
CF |
CF | T-Junction
CF | The main road is north from here, while the end of the main road is
CF | south. West leads back to the small street. This road seems
CF | familiar... but you remember that there were more humans! Where have
CF | they all gone?
CF |
CF | You hear calls of your name from far away... that sounds like your
CF | family!
CF |
CF | >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "n"
CF ] The Bright Blue Ball Main road 31 turns
CF | >
CF | > N
CF |
CF |
CF | Main road
CF | This is the busy, bustling main road of the town! Or well - not so
CF | busy or bustling right now. East leads to the small newsstand, and
CF | west leads to the Sweet Shoppe. But both are abandoned.
CF |
CF | You can smell a faint sweetness and printed pages.
CF |
CF | >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "smell sweetness"
CF ] The Bright Blue Ball Main road 32 turns
CF | >
CF | > SMELL SWEETNESS
CF |
CF | It's just the smell of faint sweetness!
CF |
CF | >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "x pages"
CF ] The Bright Blue Ball Main road 33 turns
CF | >
CF | > X PAGES
CF |
CF | You look east and west for the smell of the printed pages, but you
CF | can't see it! You can only smell it.
CF |
CF | >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "smell pages"
CF ] The Bright Blue Ball Main road 34 turns
CF | >
CF | > SMELL PAGES
CF |
CF | It's the smell of printed pages! It's probably coming off of the dad
CF | and the well-thumbed newspaper.
CF |
CF | >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "x dad"
CF ] The Bright Blue Ball Main road 34 turns
CF | >
CF | > X DAD
CF |
CF | You can't see any such thing.
CF |
CF | >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "e"
CF ] The Bright Blue Ball Newsstand 35 turns
CF | >
CF | > E
CF |
CF |
CF | Newsstand
CF | A little newsstand where your dad buys newspapers. There's a long
CF | table here.
CF |
CF | On the long table are some magazines, stacks of newspapers, and a
CF | radio.
CF |
CF | You can smell cheap ink and glossy pages.
CF |
CF | >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "x magazines"
CF ] The Bright Blue Ball Newsstand 36 turns
CF | >
CF | > X MAGAZINES
CF |
CF | Pictures of people who look prettier than humans can be. You don't
CF | understand why humans read these.
CF |
CF | It smells of glossy pages.
CF |
CF | >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "x newspapers"
CF ] The Bright Blue Ball Newsstand 37 turns
CF | >
CF | > X NEWSPAPERS
CF |
CF | One of the newspapers say "Conspiracy theories swirl that COVID-19 was
CF | made by U.S.-linked labs in Ukraine". But you can't read human writing
CF | anyway.
CF |
CF | > Jacqueline says, "..."
DavidW says, "That's a tortured sentence."
Knight_Otu says, "Well."
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "x radio"
CF ] The Bright Blue Ball Newsstand 38 turns
CF | >
CF | > X RADIO
CF |
CF | It's a metal box with a small button, probably to turn it on and off.
CF | It's switched off right now.
CF |
CF | >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "turn on radio"
CF ] The Bright Blue Ball Newsstand 39 turns
CF | >
CF | > TURN ON RADIO
CF |
CF | You push a little button on the radio with your paw. The talking in
CF | the radio starts.
CF |
CF | The radio says, "The bomb siren that went out at sunset yesterday is
CF | still in place. Citizens please do not leave their bomb shelters. We
CF | repeat..."
CF |
CF | >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "smell ink"
CF ] The Bright Blue Ball Newsstand 40 turns
CF | >
CF | > SMELL INK
CF |
CF | It's the smell of cheap ink! It's probably coming off of stacks of
CF | newspapers.
CF |
CF | The radio says, "The bomb siren that went out at sunset yesterday is
CF | still in place. Citizens please do not leave their bomb shelters. We
CF | repeat..."
CF |
CF | >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "turn off radio"
CF ] The Bright Blue Ball Newsstand 41 turns
CF | >
CF | > TURN OFF RADIO
CF |
CF | You push a little button on the radio with your paw. The talking in
CF | the radio stops.
CF |
CF | >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "x table"
CF ] The Bright Blue Ball Newsstand 42 turns
CF | >
CF | > X TABLE
CF |
CF |
CF |
CF | You wonder where could that blue ball possibly be?
CF |
CF | >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "l"
CF ] The Bright Blue Ball Newsstand 43 turns
CF | >
CF | > L
CF |
CF | Newsstand
CF | A little newsstand where your dad buys newspapers. There's a long
CF | table here.
CF |
CF | On the long table are some magazines, stacks of newspapers, and a
CF | radio.
CF |
CF | You can smell cheap ink and glossy pages.
CF |
CF | >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "w"
CF ] The Bright Blue Ball Main road 44 turns
CF | >
CF | > W
CF |
CF |
CF | Main road
CF | This is the busy, bustling main road of the town! Or well - not so
CF | busy or bustling right now. East leads to the small newsstand, and
CF | west leads to the Sweet Shoppe. But both are abandoned.
CF |
CF | You can smell a faint sweetness and printed pages.
CF |
CF | >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "w"
CF ] The Bright Blue Ball Sweet Shoppe 45 turns
CF | >
CF | > W
CF |
CF | The bell above the door jangles as you push open the glass door with
CF | your paw. You don't think you're allowed inside though...
CF |
CF | Sweet Shoppe
CF | Many, many candies and sweet treats! The walls are decorated with
CF | paintings of candy and everything has been made to look like candy.
CF | This makes you want to try candy! The main road is east through the
CF | glass doors and the Sweet Storeroom is west, hidden behind a painted
CF | door.
CF |
CF | On the candy-shaped shelves are a white jar (in which are some milk
CF | candies), a pink jar (in which are some marshmallows), and a brown jar
CF | (in which are some chocolates).
CF |
CF | You can smell sugar, milk, cocoa, and sweetness.
CF |
CF | > Jacqueline says, "I can't tell if this is so sparse because the author is cleverly trying to write like how a dog might think, or if it's sparse because the author is new to IF, or something else. (No offence, Clary - if you read this - it just feels a little too succint, a little too repetitive.)"
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "x white jar"
CF ] The Bright Blue Ball Sweet Shoppe 46 turns
CF | >
CF | > X WHITE JAR
CF |
CF |
CF |
CF | You hear "Max! Max!" from far away. It's probably your family
CF | searching for you!
CF |
CF | >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "x candies"
CF ] The Bright Blue Ball Sweet Shoppe 46 turns
CF | >
CF | > X CANDIES
CF |
CF | You can't use multiple objects with that verb.
CF |
CF | >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "x candy"
CF ] The Bright Blue Ball Sweet Shoppe 47 turns
CF | >
CF | > X CANDY
CF |
CF | (paintings of candy)
CF | There's a gingerbread man playing with an icing snowman in the bottom,
CF | and a little chocolate rabbit riding around in the painted sky on a
CF | candy cane.
CF |
CF | >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "l"
CF ] The Bright Blue Ball Sweet Shoppe 48 turns
CF | >
CF | > L
CF |
CF | Sweet Shoppe
CF | Many, many candies and sweet treats! The walls are decorated with
CF | paintings of candy and everything has been made to look like candy.
CF | This makes you want to try candy! The main road is east through the
CF | glass doors and the Sweet Storeroom is west, hidden behind a painted
CF | door.
CF |
CF | On the candy-shaped shelves are a white jar (in which are some milk
CF | candies), a pink jar (in which are some marshmallows), and a brown jar
CF | (in which are some chocolates).
CF |
CF | You can smell sugar, milk, cocoa, and sweetness.
CF |
CF | >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "smell sweetness"
CF ] The Bright Blue Ball Sweet Shoppe 49 turns
CF | >
CF | > SMELL SWEETNESS
CF |
CF | It's just the smell of sweetness!
CF |
CF | >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "smell sugar"
CF ] The Bright Blue Ball Sweet Shoppe 50 turns
CF | >
CF | > SMELL SUGAR
CF |
CF | It's the smell of sugar! It's probably coming off of the marshmallows
CF | and the marshmallow jar.
CF |
CF | You hear calls of your name from far away... that sounds like your
CF | family!
CF |
CF | >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "smell milk"
CF ] The Bright Blue Ball Sweet Shoppe 51 turns
CF | >
CF | > SMELL MILK
CF |
CF | (the milk candies)
CF | You smell milk.
CF |
CF | >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "x smell cocoa"
CF ] The Bright Blue Ball Sweet Shoppe 51 turns
CF | >
CF | > X SMELL COCOA
CF |
CF | You can't see any such thing.
CF |
CF | >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "w"
CF ] The Bright Blue Ball Sweet Storeroom 52 turns
CF | >
CF | > W
CF |
CF | (first opening the door to the Sweet Storeroom)
CF | You push open the door with your paw.
CF |
CF | Sweet Storeroom
CF | A place with many many boxes stacked on top of each other, but there's
CF | only one box (in which are peppermint candies) you can reach on the
CF | floor. This is probably where the Sweet Shoppe keeps extra candies.
CF | There's a door east back out to the Sweet Shoppe.
CF |
CF | You can smell pepperminty sugar and sweetness.
CF |
CF | You hear "Max! Max!" from far away. It's probably your family
CF | searching for you!
CF |
CF | >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "smell sugar"
CF ] The Bright Blue Ball Sweet Storeroom 53 turns
CF | >
CF | > SMELL SUGAR
CF |
CF | It's the smell of pepperminty sugar! It's probably coming off of the
CF | box and the peppermint candies.
CF |
CF | You hear calls of your name from far away... that sounds like your
CF | family!
CF |
CF | >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "x box"
CF ] The Bright Blue Ball Sweet Storeroom 54 turns
CF | >
CF | > X BOX
CF |
CF | Just a box for shipping. The box has peppermint candies in it.
CF |
CF | It smells of pepperminty sugar.
CF |
CF | >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "open box"
CF ] The Bright Blue Ball Sweet Storeroom 55 turns
CF | >
CF | > OPEN BOX
CF |
CF | You open the drawer, revealing a peppermint candies. Instantly the
CF | smell of pepperminty sugar rushes out at you from the box.
CF |
CF | >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "eat candies"
CF ] The Bright Blue Ball Sweet Storeroom 56 turns
CF | >
CF | > EAT CANDIES
CF |
CF | Even though you've seen many humans eat these, especially the small
CF | humans, you know that dogs can't eat candy. That's what your mom told
CF | you one time when you wanted to eat her chocolate!
CF |
CF | Oh dear, where is your blue ball...
CF |
CF | >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "search candies"
CF ] The Bright Blue Ball Sweet Storeroom 57 turns
CF | >
CF | > SEARCH CANDIES
CF |
CF | You find nothing of interest.
CF |
CF | Your parents must be really worried right now.
CF |
CF | >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "smell candies"
CF ] The Bright Blue Ball Sweet Storeroom 58 turns
CF | >
CF | > SMELL CANDIES
CF |
CF | You smell pepperminty sugar.
CF |
CF | >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "l"
CF ] The Bright Blue Ball Sweet Storeroom 59 turns
CF | >
CF | > L
CF |
CF | Sweet Storeroom
CF | A place with many many boxes stacked on top of each other, but there's
CF | only one box (in which are peppermint candies) you can reach on the
CF | floor. This is probably where the Sweet Shoppe keeps extra candies.
CF | There's a door east back out to the Sweet Shoppe.
CF |
CF | You can smell pepperminty sugar and sweetness.
CF |
CF | >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "x door"
CF ] The Bright Blue Ball Sweet Storeroom 60 turns
CF | >
CF | > X DOOR
CF |
CF | It's a plain door set in the east wall. It leads to the Sweet Shoppe.
CF |
CF | You hear "Max! Max!" from far away. It's probably your family
CF | searching for you!
CF |
CF | >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "move box"
CF ] The Bright Blue Ball Sweet Storeroom 61 turns
CF | >
CF | > MOVE BOX
CF |
CF | It is fixed in place.
CF |
CF | > DavidW asks, "What did I miss?"
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "take candies"
CF ] The Bright Blue Ball Sweet Storeroom 62 turns
CF | >
CF | > TAKE CANDIES
CF |
CF | You can't take all of them, so you only put one peppermint candy
CF | between your jaws. You're careful not to accidentally eat it. Now you
CF | have that!
CF |
CF | >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "i"
CF ] The Bright Blue Ball Sweet Storeroom 63 turns
CF | >
CF | > I
CF |
CF | You are carrying:
CF | a peppermint candy
CF |
CF | >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "e"
CF ] The Bright Blue Ball Sweet Shoppe 64 turns
CF | >
CF | > E
CF |
CF |
CF | Sweet Shoppe
CF | Many, many candies and sweet treats! The walls are decorated with
CF | paintings of candy and everything has been made to look like candy.
CF | This makes you want to try candy! The main road is east through the
CF | glass doors and the Sweet Storeroom is west, hidden behind a painted
CF | door.
CF |
CF | On the candy-shaped shelves are a white jar (in which are some milk
CF | candies), a pink jar (in which are some marshmallows), and a brown jar
CF | (in which are some chocolates).
CF |
CF | You can smell sweetness, sugar, milk, and cocoa.
CF |
CF | >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "open pink jar"
CF ] The Bright Blue Ball Sweet Shoppe 65 turns
CF | >
CF | > OPEN PINK JAR
CF |
CF | You open the drawer, revealing some marshmallows. Instantly the smell
CF | of sugar rushes out at you from the pink jar.
CF |
CF | >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "open brown jar"
CF ] The Bright Blue Ball Sweet Shoppe 66 turns
CF | >
CF | > OPEN BROWN JAR
CF |
CF | You open the drawer, revealing some chocolates. Instantly the smell of
CF | cocoa rushes out at you from the brown jar.
CF |
CF | >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "open white jar"
CF ] The Bright Blue Ball Sweet Shoppe 67 turns
CF | >
CF | > OPEN WHITE JAR
CF |
CF | You open the drawer, revealing some milk candies. Instantly the smell
CF | of milk rushes out at you from the white jar.
CF |
CF | >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "smell cocoa"
CF ] The Bright Blue Ball Sweet Shoppe 68 turns
CF | >
CF | > SMELL COCOA
CF |
CF | It's the smell of cocoa! It's probably coming off of the chocolates
CF | and the chocolate jar.
CF |
CF | >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "l"
CF ] The Bright Blue Ball Sweet Shoppe 69 turns
CF | >
CF | > L
CF |
CF | Sweet Shoppe
CF | Many, many candies and sweet treats! The walls are decorated with
CF | paintings of candy and everything has been made to look like candy.
CF | This makes you want to try candy! The main road is east through the
CF | glass doors and the Sweet Storeroom is west, hidden behind a painted
CF | door.
CF |
CF | On the candy-shaped shelves are a white jar (in which are some milk
CF | candies), a pink jar (in which are some marshmallows), and a brown jar
CF | (in which are some chocolates).
CF |
CF | You can smell sweetness, sugar, milk, and cocoa.
CF |
CF | >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "i"
CF ] The Bright Blue Ball Sweet Shoppe 70 turns
CF | >
CF | > I
CF |
CF | You are carrying:
CF | a peppermint candy
CF |
CF | You're missing something...your blue ball.
CF |
CF | >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "x shelves"
CF ] The Bright Blue Ball Sweet Shoppe 71 turns
CF | >
CF | > X SHELVES
CF |
CF |
CF |
CF | >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "smell milk"
CF ] The Bright Blue Ball Sweet Shoppe 72 turns
CF | >
CF | > SMELL MILK
CF |
CF | (the milk candies)
CF | You smell milk.
CF |
CF | >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "smell sugar"
CF ] The Bright Blue Ball Sweet Shoppe 73 turns
CF | >
CF | > SMELL SUGAR
CF |
CF | It's the smell of sugar! It's probably coming off of the marshmallows
CF | and the marshmallow jar.
CF |
CF | >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "smell"
CF ] The Bright Blue Ball Sweet Shoppe 74 turns
CF | >
CF | > SMELL
CF |
CF | You smell sweetness, sugar, milk, and cocoa.
CF |
CF | You suddenly think of your lost blue ball.
CF |
CF | >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "e"
CF ] The Bright Blue Ball Main road 75 turns
CF | >
CF | > E
CF |
CF | The bell above the door jangles as you push open the glass door with
CF | your paw.
CF |
CF | Main road
CF | This is the busy, bustling main road of the town! Or well - not so
CF | busy or bustling right now. East leads to the small newsstand, and
CF | west leads to the Sweet Shoppe. But both are abandoned.
CF |
CF | You can smell a faint sweetness and printed pages.
CF |
CF | >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "n"
CF ] The Bright Blue Ball Main road bend 76 turns
CF | >
CF | > N
CF |
CF |
CF | Main road bend
CF | It's a bend to the east. South is the main road and west is a small
CF | alleyway, almost invisible. There are normally lots of people hurrying
CF | to the east to catch a train, but now there's nobody.
CF |
CF | You hear calls of your name from far away... that sounds like your
CF | family!
CF |
CF | You're missing something...your blue ball.
CF |
CF | >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "w"
CF ] The Bright Blue Ball Alleyway 77 turns
CF | >
CF | > W
CF |
CF | You smell the scent of your blue ball here!
CF |
CF | Alleyway
CF | A dirty alleyway. Half of it is covered by a part of the neighbour's
CF | roof, though.
CF |
CF | You can see a sobbing girl here.
CF |
CF | You can smell a familiar blue plastic and a faint scent of rotting
CF | food.
CF |
CF | The girl raises her head and says, "Who are you? My name is Millie."
CF | Millie hugs a blue ball to her chest - wait, that's your
CF | bright blue ball!
CF |
CF | You hear "Max! Max!" from far away. It's probably your family
CF | searching for you!
CF |
CF | "Doggie!" Millie shouts happily. "You have a peppermint candy! Where
CF | did you find it?" Millie takes the candy, unwraps it, and stuffs it
CF | into her mouth. "Tank you, dawggie!" she says, sucking on the
CF | peppermint.
CF |
CF | Millie says, "I wish I knew whether it was safe outside... If it was
CF | safe maybe I could try going out to find my mother. Little doggie, do
CF | you have a radio or a TV that has the latest news?"
CF |
CF | >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "e"
CF ] The Bright Blue Ball Main road bend 78 turns
CF | >
CF | > E
CF |
CF | "Hey, where are you going?" Millie calls after you.
CF |
CF | Main road bend
CF | It's a bend to the east. South is the main road and west is a small
CF | alleyway, almost invisible. There are normally lots of people hurrying
CF | to the east to catch a train, but now there's nobody.
CF |
CF | You hear calls of your name from far away... that sounds like your
CF | family!
CF |
CF | > Knight_Otu says, "Well, we know where one is."
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "s"
CF ] The Bright Blue Ball Main road 79 turns
CF | >
CF | > S
CF |
CF |
CF | Main road
CF | This is the busy, bustling main road of the town! Or well - not so
CF | busy or bustling right now. East leads to the small newsstand, and
CF | west leads to the Sweet Shoppe. But both are abandoned.
CF |
CF | You can smell a faint sweetness and printed pages.
CF |
CF | You hear "Max! Max!" from far away. It's probably your family
CF | searching for you!
CF |
CF | >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "e"
CF ] The Bright Blue Ball Newsstand 80 turns
CF | >
CF | > E
CF |
CF |
CF | Newsstand
CF | A little newsstand where your dad buys newspapers. There's a long
CF | table here.
CF |
CF | On the long table are some magazines, stacks of newspapers, and a
CF | radio.
CF |
CF | You can smell cheap ink and glossy pages.
CF |
CF | >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "take radio"
CF ] The Bright Blue Ball Newsstand 81 turns
CF | >
CF | > TAKE RADIO
CF |
CF | You carefully clamp the radio between your jaws. Now you have that!
CF |
CF | >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "w"
CF ] The Bright Blue Ball Main road 82 turns
CF | >
CF | > W
CF |
CF |
CF | Main road
CF | This is the busy, bustling main road of the town! Or well - not so
CF | busy or bustling right now. East leads to the small newsstand, and
CF | west leads to the Sweet Shoppe. But both are abandoned.
CF |
CF | You can smell a faint sweetness and printed pages.
CF |
CF | >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "n"
CF ] The Bright Blue Ball Main road bend 83 turns
CF | >
CF | > N
CF |
CF |
CF | Main road bend
CF | It's a bend to the east. South is the main road and west is a small
CF | alleyway, almost invisible. There are normally lots of people hurrying
CF | to the east to catch a train, but now there's nobody.
CF |
CF | Your parents must be really worried right now.
CF |
CF | >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "w"
CF ] The Bright Blue Ball Alleyway 84 turns
CF | >
CF | > W
CF |
CF |
CF | Alleyway
CF | A dirty alleyway. Half of it is covered by a part of the neighbour's
CF | roof, though.
CF |
CF | You can see a peppermint candy wrapper and Millie here.
CF |
CF | You can smell a familiar blue plastic and a faint scent of rotting
CF | food.
CF |
CF | >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "turn on radio"
CF ] The Bright Blue Ball Alleyway 85 turns
CF | >
CF | > TURN ON RADIO
CF |
CF | But you're holding it in your jaws, you can't turn it on in this
CF | position. Maybe try dropping it first?
CF |
CF | Millie tells you, "My mother had a radio that she would listen to so
CF | that we would know when we could leave the bomb shelter."
CF |
CF | >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "drop radio"
CF ] The Bright Blue Ball Alleyway 86 turns
CF | >
CF | > DROP RADIO
CF |
CF | Dropped.
CF |
CF | Millie whispers to herself about her mother.
CF |
CF | >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "turn on radio"
CF ] The Bright Blue Ball Alleyway 87 turns
CF | >
CF | > TURN ON RADIO
CF |
CF | You push a little button on the radio with your paw. The talking in
CF | the radio starts.
CF |
CF | The radio says, "The bomb siren that went out at sunset yesterday is
CF | still in place. Citizens please do not leave their bomb shelters. We
CF | repeat..."
CF |
CF | Millie seems to be more scared. She wraps her arms around the ball
CF | more tightly and whispers to you, "The radio said there still might be
CF | bombs, little doggie. My mother used to give me a peppermint candy
CF | every time there was an alarm. It made me less scared. I wish I knew
CF | where my mother was."
CF |
CF | > DavidW asks, "I guess I need another peppermint now?"
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "e"
CF ] The Bright Blue Ball Main road bend 88 turns
CF | >
CF | > E
CF |
CF | "Hey, where are you going?" Millie calls after you.
CF |
CF | Main road bend
CF | It's a bend to the east. South is the main road and west is a small
CF | alleyway, almost invisible. There are normally lots of people hurrying
CF | to the east to catch a train, but now there's nobody.
CF |
CF | >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "s"
CF ] The Bright Blue Ball Main road 89 turns
CF | >
CF | > S
CF |
CF |
CF | Main road
CF | This is the busy, bustling main road of the town! Or well - not so
CF | busy or bustling right now. East leads to the small newsstand, and
CF | west leads to the Sweet Shoppe. But both are abandoned.
CF |
CF | You can smell a faint sweetness and printed pages.
CF |
CF | You hear calls of your name from far away... that sounds like your
CF | family!
CF |
CF | >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "w"
CF ] The Bright Blue Ball Sweet Shoppe 90 turns
CF | >
CF | > W
CF |
CF | The bell above the door jangles as you push open the glass door with
CF | your paw. You don't think you're allowed inside though...
CF |
CF | Sweet Shoppe
CF | Many, many candies and sweet treats! The walls are decorated with
CF | paintings of candy and everything has been made to look like candy.
CF | This makes you want to try candy! The main road is east through the
CF | glass doors and the Sweet Storeroom is west, hidden behind a painted
CF | door.
CF |
CF | On the candy-shaped shelves are a white jar (in which are some milk
CF | candies), a pink jar (in which are some marshmallows), and a brown jar
CF | (in which are some chocolates).
CF |
CF | You can smell sweetness, sugar, milk, and cocoa.
CF |
CF | > Knight_Otu says, "Seems so."
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "w"
CF ] The Bright Blue Ball Sweet Storeroom 91 turns
CF | >
CF | > W
CF |
CF |
CF | Sweet Storeroom
CF | A place with many many boxes stacked on top of each other, but there's
CF | only one box (in which are peppermint candies) you can reach on the
CF | floor. This is probably where the Sweet Shoppe keeps extra candies.
CF | There's a door east back out to the Sweet Shoppe.
CF |
CF | You can smell sweetness and pepperminty sugar.
CF |
CF | >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "take mint"
CF ] The Bright Blue Ball Sweet Storeroom 91 turns
CF | >
CF | > TAKE MINT
CF |
CF | You can't see any such thing.
CF |
CF | >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "take candy"
CF ] The Bright Blue Ball Sweet Storeroom 92 turns
CF | >
CF | > TAKE CANDY
CF |
CF | You can't take all of them, so you only put one peppermint candy
CF | between your jaws. You're careful not to accidentally eat it. Now you
CF | have that!
CF |
CF | You hear "Max! Max!" from far away. It's probably your family
CF | searching for you!
CF |
CF | >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "e"
CF ] The Bright Blue Ball Sweet Shoppe 93 turns
CF | >
CF | > E
CF |
CF |
CF | Sweet Shoppe
CF | Many, many candies and sweet treats! The walls are decorated with
CF | paintings of candy and everything has been made to look like candy.
CF | This makes you want to try candy! The main road is east through the
CF | glass doors and the Sweet Storeroom is west, hidden behind a painted
CF | door.
CF |
CF | On the candy-shaped shelves are a white jar (in which are some milk
CF | candies), a pink jar (in which are some marshmallows), and a brown jar
CF | (in which are some chocolates).
CF |
CF | You can smell sweetness, sugar, milk, and cocoa.
CF |
CF | Your parents must be really worried right now.
CF |
CF | >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "e"
CF ] The Bright Blue Ball Main road 94 turns
CF | >
CF | > E
CF |
CF | The bell above the door jangles as you push open the glass door with
CF | your paw.
CF |
CF | Main road
CF | This is the busy, bustling main road of the town! Or well - not so
CF | busy or bustling right now. East leads to the small newsstand, and
CF | west leads to the Sweet Shoppe. But both are abandoned.
CF |
CF | You can smell a faint sweetness and printed pages.
CF |
CF | >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "n"
CF ] The Bright Blue Ball Main road bend 95 turns
CF | >
CF | > N
CF |
CF |
CF | Main road bend
CF | It's a bend to the east. South is the main road and west is a small
CF | alleyway, almost invisible. There are normally lots of people hurrying
CF | to the east to catch a train, but now there's nobody.
CF |
CF | >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "w"
CF ] The Bright Blue Ball Alleyway 96 turns
CF | >
CF | > W
CF |
CF |
CF | Alleyway
CF | A dirty alleyway. Half of it is covered by a part of the neighbour's
CF | roof, though.
CF |
CF | You can see a radio, a peppermint candy wrapper, and Millie here.
CF |
CF | You can smell a familiar blue plastic and a faint scent of rotting
CF | food.
CF |
CF | You hear calls of your name from far away... that sounds like your
CF | family!
CF |
CF | The radio says, "In other news, the famous singer-songwriter who got a
CF | Grammy just broke up with her long-time boyfriend! Tune in in 5
CF | minutes to hear more about the shocking scandal..."
CF |
CF | >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "give candy to millie"
CF ] The Bright Blue Ball Alleyway 97 turns
CF | >
CF | > GIVE CANDY TO MILLIE
CF |
CF | (the peppermint candy to Millie)
CF | Millie doesn't seem interested.
CF |
CF | Your parents must be really worried right now.
CF |
CF | The radio says, "The weather today will be cloudy with a chance of
CF | hamburgers."
CF |
CF | > Knight_Otu says, "Hm."
DavidW asks, "Is it possible I screwed things up by having the mint first before the radio?"
Knight_Otu exclaims, "Er, chance of hamburgers?!"
Knight_Otu asks, "I guess it is possible?"
DavidW says, "Cloudy with a chance of meatballs is a movie title, I think."
DavidW says, "I think I need to restart"
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "take ball"
CF ] The Bright Blue Ball Alleyway 98 turns
CF | >
CF | > TAKE BALL
CF |
CF | Millie holds tight to the ball.
CF |
CF | Millie rocks back and forth on her heels.
CF |
CF | The radio says, "Let's hear a few songs... playing 'Never Gonna Give
CF | You Up' by Rick Astley."
CF |
CF | > Knight_Otu says, "Huh. Shows how many movies I watch."
DavidW asks, "Can I restart?"
Knight_Otu says, "Fine by me."
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "restart"
CF ] The Bright Blue Ball Alleyway 98 turns
CF | >
CF | > RESTART
CF |
CF | Are you sure you want to restart?
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "yes"
CF ]
CF |
CF | The Bright Blue Ball
CF | by Clary C
CF |
CF |
CF |
CF |
CF |
CF |
CF | Press SPACE to begin.
DavidW pushes the green 'space' button.
CF ]
CF | Prologue
CF | You are being carried by your mom; she is running away from something
CF | on a street filled with people, all running. You clench your favorite
CF | blue ball in your jaws, looking around in fear. You can't see anything
CF | but whirling faces filled with panic.
CF |
CF |
CF | >
DavidW pushes the green 'space' button.
CF | > ## w
DavidW pushes the green 'space' button.
CF | > ## w## a
DavidW pushes the green 'space' button.
CF | > ## w## a## i
DavidW pushes the green 'space' button.
CF | > ## w## a## i## t
DavidW pushes the green 'space' button.
CF | > ## w## a## i## t
CF | You can do nothing but freeze, motionless...
CF |
CF | Over the din, you hear an alarm - a loud wail even among the screaming
CF | people. Your mom is yelling to your dad - something about a "bomb"?
CF | What is a bomb alarm? She hoists you higher on her shoulder and your
CF | jaws unclench just the slightest, and your bright blue ball falls,
CF | falls, down to the street, and you soon lose sight of it. But you
CF | might have seen a little girl's face, bending to pick the blue ball
CF | up...
CF |
CF | >
DavidW pushes the green 'space' button.
CF | > ## w
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "push space"
CF | > ## w## a
DavidW pushes the green 'space' button.
CF | > ## w## a## i
DavidW pushes the green 'space' button.
CF | > ## w## a## i## t
DavidW pushes the green 'space' button.
CF | > ## w## a## i## t
CF | You cannot do anything to stop this.
CF |
CF | You turn into a small street, bare walls on both sides. Your mom
CF | hastily unlocks a steel door, cleverly concealed, and shoves you
CF | inside the small room waiting...
DavidW pushes the green 'space' button.
CF ] The Bright Blue Ball Small room 1 turn
CF | Remember, you can always ask for HELP or a
CF | HINT.
CF |
CF | The Bright Blue Ball
CF | An Interactive Fiction by Clary C
CF | Release 1 / Serial number 220330 / Inform 7 build 6M62 (I6/v6.33 lib
CF | 6/12N)
CF |
CF |
CF | Small room
CF | A dark small room - not the bright yellow room that smells like home.
CF | This room smells of dust, like nobody has lived in it for a long time.
CF | A steel door is set into the north wall. But there's your dog bed
CF | here. And your family, your mom and your dad, are here sleeping on the
CF | human bed!
CF |
CF | You can also smell your family's human bed and a small table with a
CF | drawer crammed into the space between the bed and the wall.
CF |
CF | >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "open drawer"
CF ] The Bright Blue Ball Small room 2 turns
CF | >
CF | > OPEN DRAWER
CF |
CF | You open the drawer, revealing a pile of books. Instantly the smell of
CF | warm metal and new books rushes out at you from the drawer.
CF |
CF | >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "take key"
CF ] The Bright Blue Ball Small room 3 turns
CF | >
CF | > TAKE KEY
CF |
CF | You carefully clamp the steel key between your jaws. Now you have
CF | that!
CF |
CF | You wonder where could that blue ball possibly be?
CF |
CF | >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "unlcok door with key"
CF ] The Bright Blue Ball Small room 3 turns
CF | >
CF | > UNLCOK DOOR WITH KEY
CF |
CF | That's not a verb I recognise.
CF |
CF | >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "unlock door with key"
CF ] The Bright Blue Ball Small room 4 turns
CF | >
CF | > UNLOCK DOOR WITH KEY
CF |
CF | You've been practicing this trick when your owners aren't home - now
CF | it's finally come in use!
CF |
CF | >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "open door"
CF ] The Bright Blue Ball Small room 5 turns
CF | >
CF | > OPEN DOOR
CF |
CF | You push open the door with your paw.
CF |
CF | You suddenly think of your lost blue ball.
CF |
CF | >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "n"
CF ] The Bright Blue Ball Small street 6 turns
CF | >
CF | > N
CF |
CF | The door swings closed behind you.
CF |
CF | You faintly hear your mom yelling, "How did Max learn how to unlock
CF | the door??" to your dad, but you decide to keep going. Your parents
CF | have always overreacted when you went out by yourself.
CF |
CF | Small street
CF | It's the end of a small street. There's a brick wall south and west,
CF | and north is the back door of a shop. Wait - there's an outline in the
CF | brick wall south that looks like the outline of a door! That's
CF | probably the steel door that leads back into the small room. East
CF | leads back to the Main Street.
CF |
CF | You can see the steel door here.
CF |
CF | You can smell a faint sweetness, sun-warmed brick, and cold steel.
CF |
CF | Now you have a better chance of finding your lovely blue ball!
CF |
CF | You wonder where could that blue ball possibly be?
CF |
CF | >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "drop key"
CF ] The Bright Blue Ball Small street 7 turns
CF | >
CF | > DROP KEY
CF |
CF | Dropped.
CF |
CF | >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "e"
CF ] The Bright Blue Ball T-Junction 8 turns
CF | >
CF | > E
CF |
CF |
CF | T-Junction
CF | The main road is north from here, while the end of the main road is
CF | south. West leads back to the small street. This road seems
CF | familiar... but you remember that there were more humans! Where have
CF | they all gone?
CF |
CF | You hear calls of your name from far away... that sounds like your
CF | family!
CF |
CF | > Jacqueline says, "Hrm. This is feeling like it was written as a response to the war in Ukraine, an intntionally child/animal like innocent view of something horrible, coded in the time since the invasion began and thus perhaps not as fully fleshed out. I do understand the desire to write something like this, but ..."
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "e"
CF ] The Bright Blue Ball T-Junction 9 turns
CF | >
CF | > E
CF |
CF | From here, you can go north, south, and west.
CF |
CF | You have to find your blue ball!
CF |
CF | >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "n"
CF ] The Bright Blue Ball Main road 10 turns
CF | >
CF | > N
CF |
CF |
CF | Main road
CF | This is the busy, bustling main road of the town! Or well - not so
CF | busy or bustling right now. East leads to the small newsstand, and
CF | west leads to the Sweet Shoppe. But both are abandoned.
CF |
CF | You can smell a faint sweetness and printed pages.
CF |
CF | Your parents must be really worried right now.
CF |
CF | >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "e"
CF ] The Bright Blue Ball Newsstand 11 turns
CF | >
CF | > E
CF |
CF |
CF | Newsstand
CF | A little newsstand where your dad buys newspapers. There's a long
CF | table here.
CF |
CF | On the long table are some magazines, stacks of newspapers, and a
CF | radio.
CF |
CF | You can smell cheap ink and glossy pages.
CF |
CF | >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "take radio"
CF ] The Bright Blue Ball Newsstand 12 turns
CF | >
CF | > TAKE RADIO
CF |
CF | You carefully clamp the radio between your jaws. Now you have that!
CF |
CF | You hear calls of your name from far away... that sounds like your
CF | family!
CF |
CF | >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "w"
CF ] The Bright Blue Ball Main road 13 turns
CF | >
CF | > W
CF |
CF |
CF | Main road
CF | This is the busy, bustling main road of the town! Or well - not so
CF | busy or bustling right now. East leads to the small newsstand, and
CF | west leads to the Sweet Shoppe. But both are abandoned.
CF |
CF | You can smell a faint sweetness and printed pages.
CF |
CF | Oh dear, where is your blue ball...
CF |
CF | >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "n"
CF ] The Bright Blue Ball Main road bend 14 turns
CF | >
CF | > N
CF |
CF |
CF | Main road bend
CF | It's a bend to the east. South is the main road and west is a small
CF | alleyway, almost invisible. There are normally lots of people hurrying
CF | to the east to catch a train, but now there's nobody.
CF |
CF | You have to find your blue ball!
CF |
CF | >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "SAVE"
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "cf12"
CF | >
CF | > SAVE
CF | %% Enter a save filename to write:
CF ] The Bright Blue Ball Main road bend 14 turns
CF | > SAVEOk.
CF |
CF | >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "w"
CF ] The Bright Blue Ball Alleyway 15 turns
CF | >
CF | > W
CF |
CF | You smell the scent of your blue ball here!
CF |
CF | Alleyway
CF | A dirty alleyway. Half of it is covered by a part of the neighbour's
CF | roof, though.
CF |
CF | You can see a sobbing girl here.
CF |
CF | You can smell a familiar blue plastic and a faint scent of rotting
CF | food.
CF |
CF | The girl raises her head and says, "Who are you? My name is Millie."
CF | Millie hugs a blue ball to her chest - wait, that's your
CF | bright blue ball!
CF |
CF | > Jacqueline says, "'intentionnally,' even"
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "drop radio"
CF ] The Bright Blue Ball Alleyway 16 turns
CF | >
CF | > DROP RADIO
CF |
CF | Dropped.
CF |
CF | >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "take ball"
CF ] The Bright Blue Ball Alleyway 17 turns
CF | >
CF | > TAKE BALL
CF |
CF | Millie pats your head and transfers the ball to her other hand.
CF |
CF | > Knight_Otu says, "Yeah, that's the feeling I get as well."
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "smell millie"
CF ] The Bright Blue Ball Alleyway 18 turns
CF | >
CF | > SMELL MILLIE
CF |
CF | You sniff and sniff and sniff, but you can't smell anything!
CF |
CF | Your parents must be really worried right now.
CF |
CF | >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "ask millie for ball"
CF ] The Bright Blue Ball Alleyway 19 turns
CF | >
CF | > ASK MILLIE FOR BALL
CF |
CF | Millie has better things to do.
CF |
CF | >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "x millie"
CF ] The Bright Blue Ball Alleyway 20 turns
CF | >
CF | > X MILLIE
CF |
CF | The girl is wearing a pink dress, but she seems to be so sad she's
CF | crying!
CF |
CF | >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "kiss millie"
CF ] The Bright Blue Ball Alleyway 21 turns
CF | >
CF | > KISS MILLIE
CF |
CF | Millie might not like that.
CF |
CF | You hear "Max! Max!" from far away. It's probably your family
CF | searching for you!
CF |
CF | >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "lick millie"
CF ] The Bright Blue Ball Alleyway 22 turns
CF | >
CF | > LICK MILLIE
CF |
CF | Millie scratches your head as you lick her face and laughs despite
CF | herself.
CF | Millie says, "You're so cute, little doggie!"
CF |
CF | Millie says, "I wish I knew whether it was safe outside... If it was
CF | safe maybe I could try going out to find my mother. Little doggie, do
CF | you have a radio or a TV that has the latest news?"
CF |
CF | >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "turn on radio"
CF ] The Bright Blue Ball Alleyway 23 turns
CF | >
CF | > TURN ON RADIO
CF |
CF | You push a little button on the radio with your paw. The talking in
CF | the radio starts.
CF |
CF | The radio says, "The bomb siren that went out at sunset yesterday is
CF | still in place. Citizens please do not leave their bomb shelters. We
CF | repeat..."
CF |
CF | Millie seems to be more scared. She wraps her arms around the ball
CF | more tightly and whispers to you, "The radio said there still might be
CF | bombs, little doggie. My mother used to give me a peppermint candy
CF | every time there was an alarm. It made me less scared. I wish I knew
CF | where my mother was."
CF |
CF | Millie says softly, "I want that peppermint candy..."
CF |
CF | >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "SAVE"
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "cf13"
CF | >
CF | > SAVE
CF | %% Enter a save filename to write:
CF ] The Bright Blue Ball Alleyway 23 turns
CF | > SAVEOk.
CF |
CF | >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "e"
CF ] The Bright Blue Ball Main road bend 24 turns
CF | >
CF | > E
CF |
CF | "Hey, where are you going?" Millie calls after you.
CF |
CF | Main road bend
CF | It's a bend to the east. South is the main road and west is a small
CF | alleyway, almost invisible. There are normally lots of people hurrying
CF | to the east to catch a train, but now there's nobody.
CF |
CF | >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "s"
CF ] The Bright Blue Ball Main road 25 turns
CF | >
CF | > S
CF |
CF |
CF | Main road
CF | This is the busy, bustling main road of the town! Or well - not so
CF | busy or bustling right now. East leads to the small newsstand, and
CF | west leads to the Sweet Shoppe. But both are abandoned.
CF |
CF | You can smell a faint sweetness and printed pages.
CF |
CF | >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "w"
CF ] The Bright Blue Ball Sweet Shoppe 26 turns
CF | >
CF | > W
CF |
CF | The bell above the door jangles as you push open the glass door with
CF | your paw. You don't think you're allowed inside though...
CF |
CF | Sweet Shoppe
CF | Many, many candies and sweet treats! The walls are decorated with
CF | paintings of candy and everything has been made to look like candy.
CF | This makes you want to try candy! The main road is east through the
CF | glass doors and the Sweet Storeroom is west, hidden behind a painted
CF | door.
CF |
CF | On the candy-shaped shelves are a white jar (in which are some milk
CF | candies), a pink jar (in which are some marshmallows), and a brown jar
CF | (in which are some chocolates).
CF |
CF | You can smell sugar, milk, cocoa, and sweetness.
CF |
CF | You hear calls of your name from far away... that sounds like your
CF | family!
CF |
CF | >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "w"
CF ] The Bright Blue Ball Sweet Storeroom 27 turns
CF | >
CF | > W
CF |
CF | (first opening the door to the Sweet Storeroom)
CF | You push open the door with your paw.
CF |
CF | Sweet Storeroom
CF | A place with many many boxes stacked on top of each other, but there's
CF | only one box (in which are peppermint candies) you can reach on the
CF | floor. This is probably where the Sweet Shoppe keeps extra candies.
CF | There's a door east back out to the Sweet Shoppe.
CF |
CF | You can smell pepperminty sugar and sweetness.
CF |
CF | >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "opne box"
CF ] The Bright Blue Ball Sweet Storeroom 27 turns
CF | >
CF | > OPNE BOX
CF |
CF | That's not a verb I recognise.
CF |
CF | >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "open box"
CF ] The Bright Blue Ball Sweet Storeroom 28 turns
CF | >
CF | > OPEN BOX
CF |
CF | You open the drawer, revealing a peppermint candies. Instantly the
CF | smell of pepperminty sugar rushes out at you from the box.
CF |
CF | >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "take candy"
CF ] The Bright Blue Ball Sweet Storeroom 29 turns
CF | >
CF | > TAKE CANDY
CF |
CF | You can't take all of them, so you only put one peppermint candy
CF | between your jaws. You're careful not to accidentally eat it. Now you
CF | have that!
CF |
CF | >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "e"
CF ] The Bright Blue Ball Sweet Shoppe 30 turns
CF | >
CF | > E
CF |
CF |
CF | Sweet Shoppe
CF | Many, many candies and sweet treats! The walls are decorated with
CF | paintings of candy and everything has been made to look like candy.
CF | This makes you want to try candy! The main road is east through the
CF | glass doors and the Sweet Storeroom is west, hidden behind a painted
CF | door.
CF |
CF | On the candy-shaped shelves are a white jar (in which are some milk
CF | candies), a pink jar (in which are some marshmallows), and a brown jar
CF | (in which are some chocolates).
CF |
CF | You can smell sweetness, sugar, milk, and cocoa.
CF |
CF | You hear "Max! Max!" from far away. It's probably your family
CF | searching for you!
CF |
CF | >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "e"
CF ] The Bright Blue Ball Main road 31 turns
CF | >
CF | > E
CF |
CF | The bell above the door jangles as you push open the glass door with
CF | your paw.
CF |
CF | Main road
CF | This is the busy, bustling main road of the town! Or well - not so
CF | busy or bustling right now. East leads to the small newsstand, and
CF | west leads to the Sweet Shoppe. But both are abandoned.
CF |
CF | You can smell a faint sweetness and printed pages.
CF |
CF | Your parents must be really worried right now.
CF |
CF | >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "n"
CF ] The Bright Blue Ball Main road bend 32 turns
CF | >
CF | > N
CF |
CF |
CF | Main road bend
CF | It's a bend to the east. South is the main road and west is a small
CF | alleyway, almost invisible. There are normally lots of people hurrying
CF | to the east to catch a train, but now there's nobody.
CF |
CF | You hear calls of your name from far away... that sounds like your
CF | family!
CF |
CF | >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "w"
CF ] The Bright Blue Ball Alleyway 33 turns
CF | >
CF | > W
CF |
CF |
CF | Alleyway
CF | A dirty alleyway. Half of it is covered by a part of the neighbour's
CF | roof, though.
CF |
CF | You can see a radio and Millie here.
CF |
CF | You can smell a familiar blue plastic and a faint scent of rotting
CF | food.
CF |
CF | You hear "Max! Max!" from far away. It's probably your family
CF | searching for you!
CF |
CF | The radio says, "In other news, the famous singer-songwriter who got a
CF | Grammy just broke up with her long-time boyfriend! Tune in in 5
CF | minutes to hear more about the shocking scandal..."
CF |
CF | "Doggie!" Millie shouts happily. "You have a peppermint candy! Where
CF | did you find it?" Millie takes the candy, unwraps it, and stuffs it
CF | into her mouth. "Tank you, dawggie!" she says, sucking on the
CF | peppermint.
CF |
CF | >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "z"
CF ] The Bright Blue Ball Alleyway 34 turns
CF | >
CF | > Z
CF |
CF | You wait patiently, but wonder what the point of waiting is.
CF |
CF | Millie says, "Doggie, I just remembered - my mother told me to wait at
CF | the place I lost her if I ever couldn't find her! Maybe I should go
CF | back to the railway station, but I'm too scared to go out alone and I
CF | don't know where the station is."
CF |
CF | The radio says, "The weather today will be cloudy with a chance of
CF | hamburgers."
CF |
CF | Millie stares off into the distance.
CF |
CF | > DavidW asks, "hm. Do *we* know where the station is?"
Knight_Otu asks, "I guess she might follow us now?"
Knight_Otu says, "I think we saw it mentioned."
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "e"
CF ] The Bright Blue Ball Main road bend 35 turns
CF | >
CF | > E
CF |
CF |
CF | Main road bend
CF | It's a bend to the east. South is the main road and west is a small
CF | alleyway, almost invisible. There are normally lots of people hurrying
CF | to the east to catch a train, but now there's nobody.
CF |
CF | Millie skips to you.
CF | .
CF |
CF | >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "e"
CF ] The Bright Blue Ball East of the bend 36 turns
CF | >
CF | > E
CF |
CF |
CF | East of the bend
CF | The road goes east to the railway station from here and west back to
CF | the main road bend.
CF |
CF | Millie's here.
CF | .
CF |
CF | >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "e"
CF ] The Bright Blue Ball Railway station 37 turns
CF | >
CF | > E
CF |
CF |
CF | Railway station
CF | Ooh! This is a beautiful railway station! The floor has pretty tiles
CF | that make up a painting. There's a ticket office to one side, a small
CF | bench to another, and farther east are the turnstiles and the train.
CF |
CF | You can see a tall lady here.
CF |
CF | Millie skips to you.
CF | .
CF |
CF | Millie, seeing the tall lady in the railway station, leaps towards
CF | her. "Mommy!" she cries, hugging the legs of the tall lady. Oh! She's
CF | Millie's mom!
CF |
CF | Millie's mother looks at Millie in joy. "Did you remember to go back
CF | to the place where you were lost?" she asks Millie.
CF |
CF | Millie points at you and says, "It was this brave little doggy who
CF | took me here!"
CF |
CF | Millie's mother looks at you delightedly. Millie and her mother are
CF | both happy! "Well, we really should go back to our bomb shelter,
CF | Millie. Say bye to the doggy!" Millie gives you the blue ball and
CF | says, "Here, I don't need this, doggie," and they leave.
CF |
CF | >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "x ball"
CF ] The Bright Blue Ball Railway station 38 turns
CF | >
CF | > X BALL
CF |
CF | Oh, your precious, lovely bright blue ball!
CF |
CF | It smells of a familiar blue plastic.
CF |
CF | >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "smell ball"
CF ] The Bright Blue Ball Railway station 39 turns
CF | >
CF | > SMELL BALL
CF |
CF | You smell the familiar blue plastic.
CF |
CF | >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "w"
CF ] The Bright Blue Ball East of the bend 40 turns
CF | >
CF | > W
CF |
CF |
CF | East of the bend
CF | The road goes east to the railway station from here and west back to
CF | the main road bend.
CF |
CF | >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "w"
CF ] The Bright Blue Ball Main road bend 41 turns
CF | >
CF | > W
CF |
CF |
CF | Main road bend
CF | It's a bend to the east. South is the main road and west is a small
CF | alleyway, almost invisible. There are normally lots of people hurrying
CF | to the east to catch a train, but now there's nobody.
CF |
CF | >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "s"
CF ] The Bright Blue Ball Main road 42 turns
CF | >
CF | > S
CF |
CF |
CF | Main road
CF | This is the busy, bustling main road of the town! Or well - not so
CF | busy or bustling right now. East leads to the small newsstand, and
CF | west leads to the Sweet Shoppe. But both are abandoned.
CF |
CF | You can smell a faint sweetness and printed pages.
CF |
CF | >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "s"
CF ] The Bright Blue Ball T-Junction 43 turns
CF | >
CF | > S
CF |
CF |
CF | T-Junction
CF | The main road is north from here, while the end of the main road is
CF | south. West leads back to the small street. This road seems
CF | familiar... but you remember that there were more humans! Where have
CF | they all gone?
CF |
CF | >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "w"
CF ] The Bright Blue Ball Small street 44 turns
CF | >
CF | > W
CF |
CF |
CF | Small street
CF | It's the end of a small street. There's a brick wall south and west,
CF | and north is the back door of the Sweet Shoppe. Wait - there's an
CF | outline in the brick wall south that looks like the outline of a door!
CF | That's probably the steel door that leads back into the small room.
CF | East leads back to the Main Street.
CF |
CF | You can see a steel key and the steel door here.
CF |
CF | You can smell a faint sweetness, sun-warmed brick, and cold steel.
CF |
CF | You hear muffled arguments coming from behind the steel door. Your mom
CF | says, "Should we call the police? We've searched for so long!" Your
CF | dad shushes her and says, "Don't worry, I'm sure Max'll come home
CF | eventually."
CF |
CF | >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "take key"
CF ] The Bright Blue Ball Small street 45 turns
CF | >
CF | > TAKE KEY
CF |
CF | You're already carrying the blue ball!
CF |
CF | You hear muffled arguments coming from behind the steel door. Your mom
CF | says, "Should we call the police? We've searched for so long!" Your
CF | dad shushes her and says, "Don't worry, I'm sure Max'll come home
CF | eventually."
CF |
CF | >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "s"
CF ] The Bright Blue Ball Small room 45 turns
CF | >
CF | > S
CF |
CF | (first opening the steel door)
CF | You push open the door with your paw.
CF |
CF | Small room
CF | A dark small room - not the bright yellow room that smells like home.
CF | This room smells of dust, like nobody has lived in it for a long time.
CF | A steel door is set into the north wall. But there's your dog bed
CF | here. And your family, your mom and your dad, are here sleeping on the
CF | human bed!
CF |
CF | You can also smell your family's human bed and a small table with a
CF | drawer crammed into the space between the bed and the wall.
CF |
CF | Oh, you're so glad to finally be back with your bright blue
CF | ball, back at home! Your mom looks at you and scoops you up into a
CF | hug, saying, "Thank goodness you're back, Max!"
CF |
CF | Your dad says, "We were so worried, Max. Oh, you've found your blue
CF | ball! Just in time for dinner."
CF |
CF |
CF |
CF | *** The End - you have found your blue ball, and even
CF | made it back home in time for dinner. ***
CF |
CF |
CF |
CF | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game, QUIT, or UNDO the
CF | last command?
CF | > DavidW says, "well. That was um, something."
Knight_Otu says, "It was."
Roger says, "a bit too-polished for a 'my first game', but had that kind of energy, for me"
Knight_Otu says, "I didn't exactly expect a wartime game."
DavidW says, "yeah, it's a bit odd."
DavidW asks, "But even in war, life must go on, I guess?"
Jacqueline says, "Well, sure."
Knight_Otu asks, "Needs some more testing and polish. Also not sure I'd exactly call it kid friendly?"
Jacqueline says, "But... well, yeah. This felt a little hollow, but I think that was due to the time available for making the game."
Knight_Otu says, "I mean, happy endings for everyone, but it isn't quite a light topic."
Jacqueline says, "I found it odd that during a war a person would consider calling the police because they lost their dog."
Jacqueline says, "But I suppose that people think differently during times of extreme stress."
Roger says, "That seems like an entirely non-odd thing to say to a distressed child, but that's just my experiences"
Knight_Otu says, "Everybody has different copng mechanisms."
DavidW asks, "I wonder if there's a sad ending if you return to the shelter without your ball?"
Jacqueline says (to KO), "True. Writing this game was probably born of such a need."
DavidW says, "I'm guessing the game just doesn't end unless you return with the ball."
Knight_Otu says, "Yeah, I fully understand if the author needed to write the game, and ight not have had the time of possibility to get the polish needed."
Roger says, "an earlier version, The Lumpy Green Ball With a Pin In It, didn't test well with audiences"
DavidW says (to Roger), "boo"
Knight_Otu says, "Yikes."
Roger exclaims, "see!"
Jacqueline says, "And it is because of that thought (that writing this game was born of a need to Do Something in a situation where the author can't really do much) that I feel bad for not liking it more than I do."
Jacqueline says, "Dang, Roger."
Jacqueline has removed Roger from the Club.
Roger says, "gosh, tough crowd"
DavidW says, "At least he didn't make a Blue Ball of Happiness joke."
Jacqueline says, "Ha. So, um, on those notes... I think I'm good for today."
DavidW says, "yeah, me too."
Roger says, "have a great Easter everyone, if that's your jam"
DavidW says, "oh yeah. Forgot it was Easter."
Jacqueline says (to DW), "It's Easter, Peeps."
DavidW says, "Start up Inform 7 and see the egg."
Jacqueline says, "I started it up, no egg."
DavidW says, "You have to compile something."
DavidW says, "If the compile works, the egg is whole. If there's an error, you get a broken egg."
Jacqueline says, "oh. Sadly, I can't get that far, because when I try to open a file my system hangs. Guess I know what I'm doing with part of today. Sigh."
Roger says, "minimal compiling program: 'There is room.'"
Knight_Otu says, "I got a hatched chick."
DavidW says, "oh."
DavidW says, "I guess I assumed the egg was broken"
DavidW says, "At Xmas, it is a broken ornament."
Knight_Otu says, "Maybe it's localized in some way, too."
DavidW says, "I was strongly reminded of 'It's Easter, Peeps' by the candy store, though."
DavidW says, "Sara Dee, iirc, wrote the game in ADRIFT, and I ported it to Inform 6, and someone else she found made the feelies."
DavidW says, "so weirdly, I've been involved with the creation of two Easter-themed games."
DavidW says, "anyway, thanks all. I'm heading back to the lounge."



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