by Rob Dubbin and Adam Parrish

Played for IFComp 2009: https://www.bradleycbuchanan.com/b/ifcomp-2009/

Grade: B

I’ve got to say, this is a very impressive concept. It would take me a while to adjust my brain to this sort of lateral thinking. “Hmm, what object in this room could I add or remove a letter from to eventually turn it into something that will eventually help me solve this game?” I do think I put the game in an unwinnable situation, though, when I turned ions into lions and then the lions left and when they came back they were ions again. I will probably come back to this one and finish it at some point, walkthough-free if possible.

Emily Short later did a thorough exploration of this mechanic in Counterfeit Monkey.