Archive for October, 2010

IFComp 2010: The Warbler’s Nest

Jason McIntosh brings us a fairy tale, sort of. Spoilers follow the break.
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IFComp 2010: The Chronicler

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IFComp 2010: The Bible Retold: Following a Star

There are two separate games in this Comp, by two different authors, bearing the supertitle “The Bible Retold”. Apparently there was another in 2006, but I was taking a break from the Comp that year, and so I come to this one without expectations, apart from any prejudices I bear towards religious-themed games in general. Spoilers follow the break.
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IFComp 2010: Rogue of the Multiverse

This is the only game this year written in TADS! TADS used to be one of the major text-adventure systems, Inform’s rival and equal. Heck, the very first IF Comp, back in 1995, had a TADS division and an Inform division, and nothing else. But now, it seems to have fallen victim to the brevity of fashion. Ah well.

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IFComp 2010: One Eye Open

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IFComp 2000: R (Pron: Arrr…)

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IFComp 2010: Under, In Erebus

Brian Rapp’s a repeat participant, author of 2007’s Orevore Courier, among other things. I gave that game a middling rating at the time, but it was definitely interesting as an experiment. Let’s see what his new game is like. Spoilers follow the break.
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IFComp 2010: Mite

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IFComp 2010: Leadlight

Wade Clarke is apparently something of a fan of the Apple II, as a little googling confirms. And Wade Clarke’s Leadlight is an Apple II game.

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IFComp 2010: The Blind House

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