Keystone Power - GeoQuest, Chapter 5 Mystery Cache

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So long, and thanks for all the fish.

After 15 years, it is time to archive the GeoQuest series. Thank you all for playing my game.

However, it is still possible to play that game or read the source code. Follow these instructions if you want to play.

The source code is located at https://github.com/DanMonroe/geocache-geoquest
* Human readable file: geoquest_web.inform/Source/story.ni
* Playable file: geoquest_web.inform/Build/output.gblorb

If you want to play, grab the output.gblorb file. Then go to https://iplayif.com/. Upload the gblorb file and you can play.

Be sure to switch to game mode so you can play without the physical caches.
>switch mode

Switching to "Game Mode"

In "Cache Mode", finding the hidden caches in the game will reveal the physical coordinates of a real life cache.

In "Game Mode", finding the hidden caches in the game will not reveal any coordinates, however, it will tell you a clue that you need to solve the last puzzle in the game. The clues are similar (but not the same) as the clues a person would find at the physical cache sites from previous puzzles.

Interactive Help
Geo Quest Help
If you are new to Interactive Fiction, there is an excellent web site that will explain in more detail how to play. The web site is called Brass Lantern at http://www.brasslantern.org/players/howto

Saving the Game:
From time to time, you will need to be able to save your progress and return later to continue your journey. Here are some commands that you'll need for this:

SAVE Saves the game.
RESTORE Loads your previously saved game.
QUIT Quits the game.
Shortcuts
Note: Often, there are shortcuts to commands that you use often. You will see the shortcuts listed here as well. The commands listed will be in the format:

Shortcut Command Description
I Inventory Lists what you are currently carrying.
Take something Tries to pick up the targeted object.
Drop something Drops the targeted object.
L Look Look at the room description again.
X something Examine something Gets a better description of the thing you are looking at. For example, X tree will tell you more about the tree mentioned in the room description. It is a good idea to examine most of the items listed in the room descriptions.
Search something Searches the target object for anything extraordinary or hidden (like the caches).
Moving around:
There are ten different directions that you can go.

Shortcut Command
n north
ne northeast
e east
se southeast
s south
sw southwest
w west
nw northwest
u up
d down
In addition, other commands may move you in a direction as well. For example, 'climb the tree' may move you up into the tree.

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Hidden : 9/18/2009
Difficulty:
5 out of 5
Terrain:
2.5 out of 5

Size: Size: regular (regular)

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Welcome to Geo Quest!

Chapter 5: Keystone Power

It all started a little more than a year ago during a summer picnic. A friend of yours told you about a new outdoor activity he was involved in called Geocaching. He told you all about his recent trips around the area trying to find these things called caches. Intrigued, you joined him on a hunt for a new cache in the area. He gave you his GPS device and taught you how to follow your 'Geo-Sense' while looking for the cache. You still remember the great feeling you had when you pulled the hidden magnetic key holder from the bottom of the park bench. You were elated when you discovered that you were the first one to find the new cache! Your friend showed you the log inside where you signed your name and date. You suddenly had a new hobby!

That seemed so long ago. Now, hundreds of cache finds later and with much more experience, you still get excited when you go out Geocaching; ready to see what's around that next bend

Today, you are more excited than usual. You have just discovered that five new caches have been placed near your house. It is unusual in that your house is fairly remote; only a small martial arts school is nearby. Today is also the day your brand new GPS receiver will be arriving in the mail. The reviews for it are all out of this world. Not a day too late either since you dropped your old unit off a cliff nearby and it is lost forever. All you have left is the recharger for the batteries.

You wait patiently seated on the bench on your front porch eager to begin the day's cache hunt.

Now where IS that mail?!

Geo Quest is intended to combine caching and solving puzzles together in an new (or rather, old) medium called Interactive Fiction.

If you remember the old text game called Zork, than you already know what Interactive Fiction, or IF, is all about. Interactive fiction tells you the beginning of a story. Then it puts you in charge and lets you decide what your character should do. You type commands for the main character to carry out, and the story replies by telling you what happens next. Think of the rooms as your setting, and the objects you find as the props. Your role is to help the main character overcome obstacles to his progress: solving problems, working out what is going on in the story, discovering ways to reach new locations and tools. That aspect of interactive fiction is like a game.

Geo Quest is a series of geocache puzzles all rolled up into one "game". There are five different physical "caches" in the series, each listed below. You will need to solve four major puzzles in the game. When you do, you will be given the real life GPS coordinates to the cache locations. At each of the four locations, you will receive a clue that you will take back to the IF game to try to solve the fifth and final puzzle. When you finally solve the last game puzzle, you will get the coordinates to go out and find the last physical cache.

With the exception of Keystone Power, it is not necessary to solve every puzzle. You can do any of the puzzles/caches individually.

If you are not in the central Ohio region, you can still play the game without having to find the physical caches. You can do this by entering the command switch mode inside the game. This will put GeoQuest into "game" mode and will allow you to play the entire game.

Geo Quest Series:



Chapter GC Code First to find
Zany Squirrel - Geo Quest,Chapter 1 GC1XBVY Chief_Osceola
Xtreme Arts - Geo Quest, Chapter 2 GC1XBXF Chief_Osceola
Quest for Perseverence - Geo Quest, Chapter 3 GC1XC1F Team_JNLE4
Fishing Buddy - Geo Quest, Chapter 4 GC1XC1W Team_JNLE4
Keystone Power - Geo Quest, Chapter 5 GC1XBT6 Team_JNLE4

FTF gets a meal at one of the local Coffee and Cache events.

Geo Quest Instructions

There are no downloads required to play Geo Quest. Simply click the link below to begin playing. The Help link at the top of the game page will provide some helpful instructions.

Alert: You are about to leave the geocaching.com site in order to obtain further details needed to find this geocache. As the cache owner, I represent that this action is safe although the activities needed to complete this geocache have not been checked by Groundspeak or by the Geocache Reviewer for possible malicious content. The destination site may gather information about your visit and their privacy policy is unknown. As a result, you are leaving the geocaching.com site at your own risk.

Have Fun!

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Nfx gur Znfgre. rknzvar gur cvyynef gb svther bhg juvpu bar vf juvpu. Gur tnzr ehaf naq fnirf snfgre vs lbh cynl gur bssyvar irefvba. Frr gur uryc cntr sbe vasb.

Decryption Key

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
-------------------------
N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)


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