Cave Escape - a text adventure

The first game I coded, stuck in my local Java console no longer. I set up a similar console in Unity in order to release this game over three years after its creation.

In this game, the player character has fallen into a cave and cannot remember why. They must locate their map and the cave's exit while encountering strange phenomena. The gameplay can be described as a cycle of entering rooms and triggering new events to happen inside by interacting with your surroundings and using items collected in other rooms. Whether this was always well-designed is up for discussion--not everything you can do in this game is obvious, though it's never completely uncommunicated--but the end can be reached. Leave a comment if you're stumped about where an item can be used; none of them are useless.

The game features (small) incentives for thorough exploration, including a challenge room requiring the use of many odd items and an alternate ending unlocked by collecting all six hidden gemstones.