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- Monkeys_and_Car_Keys.zip
Contains mack.z5
Or download Monkeys_and_Car_Keys.zip, unzip it, and run the game in a Z-Code interpreter. (The file is compressed with ZIP.)
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Estimated play time: 1 hour (based on 3 votes)
Members voted for the following times for this game:
- 54 minutes: "made liberal use of hints" — HereticMole
- 1 hour — Zape
- 3 hours — o0pyromancer0o
About the Story
That could have been bad.
A whole day lost in the jungle! You’re bruised, dirty, and thirsty. But now you’re out. Finally! You’ve found your Jeep and you’re ready to leave this whole experience behind you. Except… Are those monkeys climbing through your car?
And where are your car keys?
An old-school, parser-based puzzler, set deep in the jungle. Here, you explore the overgrown edges of a lost, ancient city while trying to recover your keys from a troop of mischievous primates. Includes intermediate level puzzles with a built-in hint system for beginners.
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Ratings and Reviews
| Average Rating: Number of Reviews Written by IFDB Members: 1 |
I beta tested this game so I saved it for last.
This is a puzzle-filled comedic parser game about recovering your car keys from a bunch of monkeys in the jungle.
Notably, this is one of many games in this competition that involve translating a language. In this case, the language is: monkey language!
By searching around the compact starting area, you can find ways to understand that language better. Once you do, you can get involved with some shenanigans in order to get back your stuff.
I'd say this is one of the harder games in the competition. Even having tested it a couple of times I couldn't remember how to solve one especially complex puzzle. Examining everything and exploring everywhere are important, and it's good to save if you think you're near the end, as the endgame has a few 'bad' endings.
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Game Details
First Publication Date: September 1, 2025
Current Version: Unknown
Development System: Inform 6
IFID: ZCODE-1-250825-9686
TUID: 79uvdhn2e0r77y7v
Monkeys and Car Keys on IFDB
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