great game! i'm looking to 100% the game. things i'm still stuck on: getting past the gate, seeing the lake monster. got any hints?
Thanks so much for investing so much time into the game! If you want to complete it 100% you should also try different combinations of mushrooms: they trigger different lines of ending text which describe different aspects of the story.
In the expected run of the game it's not possible to go beyond the gate. There's a room for the path, but it's empty. The exit is just there to make the world seem larger.
People who get out early can see the lake monster.
Did you also remember the holidaymakers? Have you seen the mural? Did you remember your parents? Have you had any of the halucination endings?
Also useful to know: You can use a SAVE command to save the game's state once you have all the mushrooms. However, getting scratches/stings may also effect the endings - as well as remembering (or not remembering) certain events.