What do I do here?
Many of the things you need to get are relatively short words, so maybe you can figure it out by accident.
Click to show next hintInterjections are what work here.
Poor lamb! What can I do?
You can, however, make a scary noise.
How to get over the hump?
UMPH.
The maze is gone now. Why can't I go north?
PUT DART IN POPGUN.
What's in the dumpster?
Or say DRAT.
How do I get the star?
Again, you'll probably get it as soon as you give up. But you can't just give up on purpose. You must be legitimately frustrated.
Click to show next hintSay RATS.
Can I budge the yak? Or the yoke?
If you've got the skid, you can put the leaf on the skid, then push the skid south to the brunt. The yak will walk on it.
The yak's moveable now, but how to get rid of the yoke?
Second, if you flipped the escaroles, they become good food for Leo and Rand. You can go south and give them a workout!
Click to show next hintThird, you can take the bad book from the shack and give it to the yak, who gets indigestion.
Click to show next hintYou may or may not know what to do with the drab yoke. The exciting conclusion is in the Shack section.
There's a lot to do here! What's my ultimate goal?
Note that you can change stuff to stuff since it is out of the scope of SHATTER-THREATS.
What's the CLOCK SAP for?
Once you have a keyboard, you can PUT CAPS LOCK IN KEYBOARD.
The gum?
...a MUG.
The flea?
Make it a LEAF.
The pile of coal?
Once you've got the bottle, POUR COLA IN MUG for an endless supply.
The disk?
However, once you've gotten rid of the yak, the game will let you flip the skid to the disk without a lot of trouble.
The slab?
The screen, the keyboard.
The fount?
FUTON.
The trim socks?
ROM STICKS.
The escaroles?
There is too much for you to eat. Maybe a friend or friends can.
The scratch paper?
It will teach you how to COMPILE, later.
The textbook?
It's mostly for amusement.
The horrible book? (Note: there are five possible titles)
...you can GIVE BOOK TO YAK, and the yak reacts with indigestion and runs away. Click ahead for all four names of the books.
Click to show next hintDay Broke by Rob Adkey, eBay Dork by Kary Bode, Bred Okay by Bad Korey, Dear Koby by Yoda Berk, and Yo, Be Dark by Dr. Bo Kaye.
How do I work the hard drive?
Once the disk is in, and the keyboard's attached, REBOOT or PUSH REBOOT.
How do I get a keyboard?
See the Burnt Brunt section.
Great. I have the drab yoke. What to do with it?
It can become a KEYBOARD.
What do I do with (what the yoke became)?
You still have more to do, but this is a start.
What's the TBA key?
It's a TAB key. It helps with programming and formatting, but it's not critical.
Help! I can't work the polemic!
First, you need to COMPILE, but you're too tired to get it to work. You're annoyed by the Speel, slipping on peels.
Click to show next hintOr SLEEP.
The program still won't budge!
Now you're awake, you've got the energy to DEBUG.
What do I need to do with the USB?
You can take a SUB or BUS out.