Adventure Game Studio

Did you go all over the place trying to make a fire, or did you listen outside each room to find the right one?

I listened to every door to discover where the leader was. I think you shouldv'e made it more clear by responding to "listen door" instead of just "listen" because that is too general and can apply to the whole room. Once I figured out that the common "listen" was related to the position you were standing, I was on my way. The painting and the newspaper (difficult to read) were my other clues.

What I didn't know was that I had to set the plant on fire. The trouble was that you actually don't set the plant on fire deliberately but it only happens by accident when standing next to it (major flaw in my opinion). So I think is should have either been --> use rag with patrol / use soaked rag with plant / use matches with plant or soaked rag or just use matches with plant or painting (but then the petrol becomes red herring).  So I have been on fire many times and have seen the fountain up close just as many (or a bit less because I died a few times for not being quick enough :-) ).

So I cheated a bit and read the source. Once I learned I had to set the plant on fire (I tried to burn just about everything else but like said, deliberately), I already knew which one because that made the most sense.

Did you listen at each door to know where to go?

There's a rag in the cupboard.

Try picking up the paper floating outside

I got all the items, rag, petrol, matches and newspaper, but I don't know what to do. lighting the portrait or the plant doesn't work.

Use the petrol with the rag. Then while standing next to the plant, use soaked rag with matches.

What's to do with the blue book?

You've just seen the cult leader escape down a secret lift, all the books are covered by dust apart from the blue book.

Use blue book