{"id":231,"date":"2007-10-21T08:53:50","date_gmt":"2007-10-21T13:53:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wurb.com\/stack\/archives\/231"},"modified":"2016-07-12T11:51:17","modified_gmt":"2016-07-12T18:51:17","slug":"ifcomp-2007-in-the-mind-of-the-master","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wurb.com\/stack\/archives\/231","title":{"rendered":"IFComp 2007: In the Mind of the Master"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Next we have a work by the prolific Adrift author David Whyld.<br \/>\nSpoilers follow the break.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s another for the &#8220;interesting concept, flawed execution&#8221; category.  The concept is that you&#8217;re a master of disguise, and the options available to you at any given moment depend on how you&#8217;re dressed.  The game even continually reminds you of this by using the third person and referring to you as &#8220;The Master&#8221; or &#8220;The police sergeant&#8221; or &#8220;The gentleman&#8221; or whatever <span class=\"footnote_referrer\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToReference_231_1('footnote_plugin_reference_231_1_1');\" onkeypress=\"footnote_moveToReference_231_1('footnote_plugin_reference_231_1_1');\" ><sup id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_231_1_1\" class=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text\">1<\/sup><\/a><span id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_231_1_1\" class=\"footnote_tooltip\"> Except when it hits a bug and starts calling you things like &#8220;3%char&#8221;.  I don&#8217;t know what causes that.  I haven&#8217;t had much success at reproducing it. <\/span><\/span><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_231_1_1').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_231_1_1', tipClass: 'footnote_tooltip', effect: 'fade', predelay: 0, fadeInSpeed: 200, delay: 400, fadeOutSpeed: 200, position: 'top right', relative: true, offset: [10, 10], });<\/script>.<\/p>\n<p>The story seems like an imitation of <a href=\"http:\/\/ifwiki.org\/index.php\/All_Roads\"><em>All Roads<\/em><\/a> from the 2001 comp.  You&#8217;ve got the identity-hopping, and the confusion about what&#8217;s going on, and some kind of conspiracy that expects you to assassinate someone &#8212; in this game, a cardinal who practices sorcery.  The story funnels you toward a confrontation with that cardinal regardless of what you do, but I never figured out what to do about it.  The built-in hints indicate that things can go differently depending on what disguise you&#8217;re wearing, but actually keeping a disguise on up to that point seems unduly hard.  It&#8217;s a shame, because the author clearly wants us to notice the variations in the story, but at the same time has gone to some lengths to prevent us from seeing them.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Rating: 3<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"speaker-mute footnotes_reference_container\"> <div class=\"footnote_container_prepare\"><p><span role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" class=\"footnote_reference_container_label pointer\" onclick=\"footnote_expand_collapse_reference_container_231_1();\">&#x202F;<\/span><span role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" class=\"footnote_reference_container_collapse_button\" style=\"display: none;\" onclick=\"footnote_expand_collapse_reference_container_231_1();\">[<a id=\"footnote_reference_container_collapse_button_231_1\">+<\/a>]<\/span><\/p><\/div> <div id=\"footnote_references_container_231_1\" style=\"\"><table class=\"footnotes_table footnote-reference-container\"><caption class=\"accessibility\">References<\/caption> <tbody> \r\n\r\n<tr class=\"footnotes_plugin_reference_row\"> <th scope=\"row\" class=\"footnote_plugin_index_combi pointer\"  onclick=\"footnote_moveToAnchor_231_1('footnote_plugin_tooltip_231_1_1');\"><a id=\"footnote_plugin_reference_231_1_1\" class=\"footnote_backlink\"><span class=\"footnote_index_arrow\">&#8593;<\/span>1<\/a><\/th> <td class=\"footnote_plugin_text\"> Except when it hits a bug and starts calling you things like &#8220;3%char&#8221;.  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