You've agreed to meet your husband at a hot spring, but you have to get everything ready before he shows up. The game is set in the Rocky Mountains, with lots of attention to natural detail--and a handy NPC named Bob has a response for just about everything in the game, and many things that have nothing to do with the game as well. The author clearly loves the setting and the various experiences in store for your character, and by the end of the game you may feel the same way. The game itself is simple, and the puzzles uncomplicated, but the setting and general atmosphere are so well done that it's almost more fun just to take the game in than to work toward solving it.

Rating: ****

Reviewed by Duncan Stevens (01 Jul 2000)

spring.txt (3.62 KB)

Walkthrough (there's also a hint menu in the game)

spring.z5 (250.00 KB)

Z-code 5 executable (version: Release 1, original competition release)

spring.z8 (322.50 KB)

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