Walkthrough for the tads 3 text adventure game "Diabolical" by Cleo Kraft.
There may be other ways to win the game. This is one of them.
get lamp
x dock
x planks
x cracks
x fractures
x splinters
light lantern
n
n
get shovel
n
w
open door
enter door
get note
read note
x game master
n
n
use controls
in
out
get cube
use controls
abysmal
in
out
n
n
wear outfit
brush hair
use makeup
open drawer
get purse
put cube in purse
close purse
s
u
e
yes
Kate
yes
in
sleep
wear outfit
get purse
out
w
remove outfit
drop all
in
take bath
out
get all
wear outfit
e
e
order food
yes
n
e
get costume
in
remove outfit
drop all
wear costume
out
n
s
inventory [note - should have re-clothed you automatically here - just checking]
n
n
remove outfit
drop all
wear swimsuit
s
in
down
get key
up
n
unlock locker
open locker
get costume
remove swimsuit
drop key
drop swimsuit
wear costume
get all
s
sw
se
sit in chair
use controls
5 [five is the works!]
nw
nw
enter booth
yes
ask for help
yes
s
x zombies
look [waste a turn]
look [waste another turn - score goes up from zombie "immunity"]
e
in
w
open door
enter door
up
down
use controls
enter booth
out
up
s
e
yes ["yes" to finish him off]
stand on chair
open drawer
get key
out
drag corpse
drop all
unlock chest with gold key
open chest
get idol
drag corpse
drop all
drag corpse
drag corpse
drag corpse
drag corpse
out [corpse should now be in zombification booth]
use controls
up
s
e
get idol
w
n
down
up [the Master zombie should now follow you with the idol]
s
attack door with zombie [this explains why the painting in the parlor referred to him as Curly]
w
get form cube
e
e
e [Master zombie kills werewolf - various endings from here. save game and try them all]
[********** Player as little girl ending *******]
put cube in slot
use controls
enter booth
out
get book
get wand
give book to girl
give wand to girl
ask about being a girl
n [game won]
[********** "restore" game from above and try this instead *******]
put cube in slot
use controls
enter booth
out
n [game won]
[*********** "restore" game from above and try this one too ******]
enter booth
look ["The master zombie enters the booth".... ]
drop idol
out
use controls [bad ending]
==================== END of Walkthrough =============================
Hopefully this helps. - Cleo Kraft
Spoilers below..........
You can go back and try other things. like digging in the
garden multiple times with the shovel.
If you restart the game three times you'll discover something
new in the mansion basement (the first one near the garden).
This leads to what was supposed to be more of a dungeon version
of the game but it never got past the few few rooms.
If you get a winning game ending there will be an "Amusing" option.
This can take you to the "bonus game" but that's not been completed
either at this time.
Using the "betatester" command can show you some of the cheat commands
to get to other areas of the game faster.
