One-Off Items
Posted: Mon Mar 10, 2014 3:33 amI know this game is abandoned by now, but I did want to at least mention how reusable items are for the puzzles. Taking the pear as an example and going by [url="http://emshort.com/counterfeit_monkey/MonkeyPuzzles.pdf"]this[/url] guide, the pear can be used as the sole, or part of a, solution in 7 separate puzzles. Pear->ear solves both the weight puzzle and the backpacker puzzle. The guide suggests it can be used to solve the pub game, though I'm not entirely sure I understand that example. Pearl->peal solves the sound-making puzzle involving Professor Brown; Pea+Cock solves the vulgar word puzzle with Professor Waterstone, pearl->pa,pal,earl can be used in a bureau puzzle to create a distraction, and pea->pie can be used in one of the last puzzles involving opening a door in the bureau.
Not to say that there aren't one-off items, I'm sure there are, but it seems like with the openness in problem solving most of the items have multiple uses and it's something I'm very fond of.
Not to say that there aren't one-off items, I'm sure there are, but it seems like with the openness in problem solving most of the items have multiple uses and it's something I'm very fond of.