Have Orb, Will Travel

You've spent a lifetime travelling and solving problems for others, but on this occasion have you bitten off a little bit more than you can chew? Where will you find that elusive orb?

Have Orb, Will Travel is a text-only interactive fiction fantasy game, very much in the 'old-school' style. It was written from the ground up for the PC using qBasic64, and has a comprehensive and powerful parser.  Included in the game are detailed HELP instructions, and I have also added comprehensive hints, both implicit and explicit, which can be accessed using the command HINT.

Also inbuilt into the game is  a full scripting facility using the commands SCRIPT and UNSCRIPT, with the ability to view the script file in-game via the HISTORY command. The script file can be deleted as an option with the command  DELETE.

Incidentally, there are no NPCs.

I would consider this game to be relatively easy, I have also provided a walkthrough and  maps, although they will give information which could spoil your enjoyment.

There are only a very few decorative rooms or red herring items. Several MP3 files are included in the downloaded zip file to produce sound effects, but presence of these files is not essential for the game to run. Sound effects may play either automatically in certain locations or on the occurrence of certain events. Sound functionality can be toggled off and on by using the command SOUND.

I can't over-emphasise that new players should read the HELP instructions before starting play. Although a lot of the information given therein will already be completely familiar to most players, there are some important specifics such as the method of taking items from containers and supporters, and also the ability to define function keys to implement commonly-used commands without the need to type them in full.

There are an additional two pluses to this game...

1. There is no possibility of sudden unexpected death.
2. There is essentially no inventory limit.  (well, actually 3,000 units)

An unwinnable position should not be possible, but you are advised to save your position occasionally as a safeguard.

Although written for windows on the PC it could be run on Linux using WINE and also on MacOS using a Windows emulator such as CrossOver.

Many thanks go to Christopher Merriner for help in beta testing.