There was a storm…
A ship was lost…
You washed ashore…
Washed Ashore – A desert Island Adventure
A classic minimalist island survival adventure game.
The game can be played with mouse or keyboard, or both.Please allow your browser to play audio for this website.
Save your progress regularly by clicking the ‘save’ button.Images generated with A.I.
Music generated with A.I. (Udio.com)
Click the link below to play the web version:
https://textadventures.co.uk/games/view/dgq2uwpxcu6iuqi-72jzcw/washed-ashore
You are supposed to spend at least several hours to to finish the game. For those who give up easily, here is the complete walkthrough:
SPOILER ALERT!
Washed Ashore (v1.1) Walkthrough
- The game starts by reminding you to enable the audio for the soundtrack and to regularly save your game while playing.
- There is a short introduction story: your ship was lost in a storm, and you washed ashore on the beach of an island. All you have left are the pants you are wearing.
- Look in the pockets of your pants to find a note with a poem. The poem is actually a helpful list of commands and verbs.
- On the beach, you will find a sharp shell in the sand.
- On the rocky slope, there are some rocks. You will find a flintstone between the rocks.
- On the windy cliff, there are some birds. One of them is a hungry seagull that says “Keee-ar!”
- In the oasis, there is a pond with drinkable water. Drinking the water increases your constantly deteriorating health.
- In the pond, you will see a fish, but you cannot take it yet.
- At the overgrown ridge, your passage is blocked by ferns, deadwood, and vines. Use the sharp shell to cut the ferns and deadwood.
- Pull the vines a couple of times to move them aside, revealing a cave entrance.
- In the cave, there is a bed of leaves which can be used to sleep. Sleeping increases your health drastically.
- On the grassy knoll, you will find a plant. Looking at the plant reveals some peanuts, which you can take. Eating the peanuts increases your health somewhat. Fresh peanuts will always grow from the plant.
- On the mountain top, there are some heavy wooden logs. It looks like a fireplace. The mountain top has a wide view over the island and the sea.
- In the swamp, there are bamboo bushes. You will find a stick among them.
- In the jungle, you see some birds, including a parrot. If you give your peanuts to the parrot, it refuses them. The parrot says “Keee-ar!” just like the seagull.
- You can make a spear by using the sharp shell on the stick. This is the only way to get the fish.
- You cannot eat the fish, but you can give it to the seagull or the parrot or the fish in the pond.
- The useless seagull eats peanuts and fish until it is no longer hungry.
- Catch another fish and give it to the parrot. It will eat it and fly away.
- You will find the parrot again at the mountain top. Give it another fish, and it will fly away again.
- At the sandbank, you will find an old boat and some planks. Both seem broken and useless.
- Under the gravel, there is a rusty steel anchor.
- Using the flintstone on the anchor creates a spark, but nothing happens.
- In the forest, you see trees where you can find dry twigs.
- Using the flintstone on the anchor sets the twigs on fire. The twigs set the boat and the planks on fire, leaving only hot, glowing coals.
- You cannot take the coals with your hands.
- At the quicksand, you see a skeleton stuck in the mud and a bag. The skeleton wears a hat with a name on it: Flint.
- You can try to take the hat with the stick or the spear, but you can’t get a grip on it.
- Using the spear on the bag will lift the bag from the quicksand.
- The sand next to the mud contains a spyglass.
- Use the spyglass to search for a ship on the horizon. Currently, there is none.
- Use the bag to take the coals safely.
- Try to use the coals on the logs. You are warned that there is no ship to signal.
- Use the bed again. The parrot will wake you up after a long sleep, saying, “Ship ahoy!” It flies away again, but you will find it at the mountain top.
- Using the spyglass, you will see a ship.
- Now you can use the coals on the logs to create a large fire.
- Use the spyglass again to see that the ship is gone.
- Look at the parrot. It says, “Beach!”
- Go to the beach to find the parrot again. When you look at it, it just looks at you strangely and flies away.
- Clueless, you should use your spyglass again.
- You will see something washing ashore. It appears to be a closed bottle with a paper in it.
- You can read one side of the paper. It contains a message from Flint Flagpants, a cry for help in the form of a poem.
- Opening the bottle will break it, revealing a drawing on the back of the paper. It is a complete map of the island.
- On the map, you can see a boat on the sandbank with a flag that looks a bit like blue pants (or the capital “F”).
- It also shows a red arrow pointing at the beach. Flint says he will WAIT there. The word “WAVE” is also capitalized.
- If you pick up on the clues, you may consider using your pants as a flag to wave for attention.
- You remove your pants and wave, but no one seems to notice.
- When you decide to WAIT on the beach, a ship arrives.
- A lovely lady sailor lets you know you cannot board the ship because of the dress code. This seems to end the game: please try again.
- You restart at the beach. However, it seems that you still have all your belongings.
- While using the bed, you occasionally have a dream. You can only look at the dream or remember it in the cave. The dream is a poem about your shipwreck story but also contains a hint.
- You cannot embark without your pants.
- Wearing your pants again, you wait until the ship arrives again.
- This time, the lady has a positive message. She says the parrot helped them find you, and you can board.
- She also shows some interest in your spyglass.
- The game ends with a poem about your story and a finale soundtrack. The lyrics consist of Flint’s poem, the dream poem, and the finale poem.
