Menu Artifice_Hint_Menu "Artifice Hints"
	has general;	!overrides intial hints message

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! How to Play
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Menu -> "How to Play";
HintTopic -> -> "How do I play an Interactive Fiction game?";
Hint -> -> -> with description[; howtoplay.description();];

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! The Lab
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Menu -> "The Lab";
HintTopic -> -> "What's going on?";
Hint -> -> -> with description "Did you read the introductory text?";
Hint -> -> -> with description "Have you asked Watson about the Apparatus?";
Hint -> -> -> with description "The time machine was accidentally activated and is about to go off.";
Hint -> -> -> with description "You need to stop it before it does.";

HintTopic -> -> "There was a hum and a flash, and then what happened?";
Hint -> -> -> with description "Did you read the previous clue?";
Hint -> -> -> with description "The time machine went off, and you were transported back in time.";
Hint -> -> -> with description "You only have five moves before everything resets.  You'll have to figure
	out how to stop the time machine within those five moves.";
	
HintTopic -> -> "Who is Watson?";
Hint -> -> -> with description "He's your loyal assistant!";
Hint -> -> -> with description "You can ask him about things.  Type ASK WATSON ABOUT APPARATUS, for example.";
Hint -> -> -> with description "You can also ask him to do things.  Try WATSON, TAKE THE WRENCH.";
Hint -> -> -> with description "You'll need his help to stop the time machine.";

HintTopic -> -> "Why can't I open the hatch?";
Hint -> -> -> with description "It's locked.";
Hint -> -> -> with description "The hatch was a safety mechanism, meant to lock when the time machine activated.";
Hint -> -> -> with description "Unfortunately, you were in the room when the time machine activated.";
Hint -> -> -> with description "So now you're trapped in here until you can stop the time machine.";

HintTopic -> -> "Is there any place else to go?";
Hint -> -> -> with description "This is what is known as a ~One Room Game.~";
Hint -> -> -> with description "Everything you need to solve the puzzle is in the lab.";
Hint -> -> -> with description "Everything is also in reach.  You don't need to go anywhere, just interact with the
	items around you.";
Hint -> -> -> with description "What did you expect for one week of coding?";

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! Objects
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Menu -> "Items and Objects";
HintTopic -> -> "What can I interact with?";
Hint -> -> -> with description "There are a variety of things around.  Have you tried typing LOOK?";
Hint -> -> -> with description "Directly, you can interact with the desk, the cabinet, the apparatus,
	the cage, the hatch, and items in your possession.";
Hint -> -> -> with description "You'll need to look at each of these items individually, and sometimes in them,
	to find more things you can interact with.";
	
HintTopic -> -> "How do I get into the Faraday Cage?";
Hint -> -> -> with description "Perhaps if you were very thin, you could squeeze between the bars.";
Hint -> -> -> with description "Have you tried opening the portcullis?";
Hint -> -> -> with description "You can't open it directly, but there is a way to open it up.";
Hint -> -> -> with description "Have you looked at the desk?";
Hint -> -> -> with description "PULL THE HANDLE.";
Hint -> -> -> with description "You can't get inside, but Watson can.";

HintTopic -> -> "How else can I do with the Faraday Cage?";
Hint -> -> -> with description "Have you looked inside of it?";
Hint -> -> -> with description "Perhaps you could pull one of those levers?";
Hint -> -> -> with description "Or perhaps someone else could pull those levers?";
Hint -> -> -> with description "Each lever does something different. It's up to you to figure out
	which one will be most useful.";

HintTopic -> -> "What is a Faraday Cage?";
Hint -> -> -> with description "Have you examined it?";
Hint -> -> -> with description "Have you asked Watson about it?";
Hint -> -> -> with description "A Faraday cage is a metal enclosure that isolates anything within from electrical
	charges outside of the cage.  There's a really fabulous one at the Boston Museum of Science.";
Hint -> -> -> with description "There's no real electrical danger, but it seemed like a quaint bit of
	furniture for this game.";

HintTopic -> -> "What can I do with the crystal shard?";
Hint -> -> -> with description "Have you examined it or showed it to Watson?";
Hint -> -> -> with description "Have you asked Watson about it?";
Hint -> -> -> with description "I would definitely not drop it.";

HintTopic -> -> "What is the metal cabinet for?";
Hint -> -> -> with description "Have you opened it up?";
Hint -> -> -> with description "Have you examined anything inside of it?";
Hint -> -> -> with description "Did you notice the emblems on the tools?";
Hint -> -> -> with description "Crimson is bright, deep Red color.";
Hint -> -> -> with description "A Herring is a kind of fish.";
Hint -> -> -> with description "The cabinet, and the tools within, are totally useless in this game.";

HintTopic -> -> "What can I do with the desk?";
Hint -> -> -> with description "Have you looked at it?";
Hint -> -> -> with description "Have you opened it up?";
Hint -> -> -> with description "There are some important things on the desk.";
Hint -> -> -> with description "There is also something important in the desk drawer.";
Hint -> -> -> with description "You'll need to utilize all of these things is some way to stop
	the time machine.";
	
HintTopic -> -> "How do I read the parchment?";
Hint -> -> -> with description "It's an overhead map, with angles to various items in the lab.";
Hint -> -> -> with description "Have you pulled the wooden handle yet?";
Hint -> -> -> with description "Has the correct lever been pulled yet?";
Hint -> -> -> with description "Have you noticed anything new on the desk?";
Hint -> -> -> with description "The map is a guide to properly using the dial.";
Hint -> -> -> with description "You can't read the map and usefully get at the dial before the time machine
	goes off, however.  Luckily, the map doesn't change from leap to leap, so you can just memorize or
	write down the important information.";
	
HintTopic -> -> "What is the handle for?";
Hint -> -> -> with description "Have examined it?";
Hint -> -> -> with description "Have you examined the Faraday Cage?";
Hint -> -> -> with description "PULL THE WOODEN HANDLE";

HintTopic -> -> "How do I use the capacitor?";
Hint -> -> -> with description "A capacitor is like a battery, except that it discharges all of its energy
	in one short burst.";
Hint -> -> -> with description "You'll need to charge it up first.  Have you looked at the controls on it?";
Hint -> -> -> with description "To charge it up, PRIME THE LEVER";
Hint -> -> -> with description "Once it's fully charged, PRESS THE RED BUTTON";
Hint -> -> -> with description "It will need to be used with something else in order to be fully useful, however.";
Hint -> -> -> with description "It also takes a while to charge, so priming it should be your first
	order of business.";

HintTopic -> -> "What can I do with the golden ring?";
Hint -> -> -> with description "Have you tried wearing it?";
Hint -> -> -> with description "How about dropping it?";
Hint -> -> -> with description "When you drop it, time slows down in the locale of the ring.";
Hint -> -> -> with description "This will allow you to jump to some higher platforms, and complete some
	otherwise impossible puzzles.";
Hint -> -> -> with description "I'm sorry, there is no golden ring in this game.  But there is one in
	~Braid~, an excellent game by Jonathan Blow that also deals with time manipulation, available on
	XBox Live Arcade.";
	
HintTopic -> -> "How do I use the dial?";
Hint -> -> -> with description "What dial?  I don't see any dial!";
Hint -> -> -> with description "Oh, that dial!  Have you examined it?";
Hint -> -> -> with description "It can be turned to any value from 0 to 180.  Try TURN DIAL TO 50.";
Hint -> -> -> with description "Interesting, when the dial turns, something else turns as well.";
Hint -> -> -> with description "What else have you seen with numbers in that range?";
Hint -> -> -> with description "Look at the parchment, and use that as a guide for the correct angle.";
	

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! The Time Machine
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Menu -> "The Time Machine";
HintTopic -> -> "How do I stop the time machine?";
Hint -> -> -> with description "Have you examined it?";
Hint -> -> -> with description "Have you noticed the metal rod?";
Hint -> -> -> with description "It's too bad you can't reach that rod.";
Hint -> -> -> with description "But it is iron, and iron is magnetic.";
Hint -> -> -> with description "If you could hit it with a magnetic pulse, you could probably dislodge it.";

HintTopic -> -> "Is the Plasma Sphere dangerous?";
Hint -> -> -> with description "Quite.";
Hint -> -> -> with description "If only you could extinguish it.";
Hint -> -> -> with description "Do you have any water?";
Hint -> -> -> with description "How about antimatter?";
Hint -> -> -> with description "It's quite out of reach.  You'll have to find another way to
	deactivate the time machine.";
	
HintTopic -> -> "Okay, I give up.  How do I solve this thing?";
Hint -> -> -> with description "You really want to know?  Are you sure you don't want
	to give it one more try?";
Hint -> -> -> with description "First, you'll need to open the desk and look at the parchment.";
Hint -> -> -> with description "The number you want is determined by the line for the Apparatus.";
Hint -> -> -> with description "Then wait around until the time machine kicks off.";
Hint -> -> -> with description "After this, it's very important that you do everything in exactly the right order.";
Hint -> -> -> with description "First, prime the capacitor.";
Hint -> -> -> with description "Then get Watson into the Faraday cage.";
Hint -> -> -> with description "Tell Watson to pull the lever that brings out the magnet.";
Hint -> -> -> with description "Using the number from the parchment, turn the dial to the correct angle.";
Hint -> -> -> with description "Finally, PRESS THE RED BUTTON to activate the capacitor.";
Hint -> -> -> with description "Don't you wish you'd figured that out on your own?";