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| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Story (Plot, Setting & Objective) | #12 | 2.853 | 3.538 |
| Implementation | #14 | 2.605 | 3.231 |
| Overall Rating | #14 | 2.915 | 3.615 |
| Puzzles | #14 | 2.729 | 3.385 |
| Writing (General Quality) | #15 | 2.791 | 3.462 |
| Presentation (Text, Graphics & Sound) | #16 | 2.667 | 3.308 |
| Help, Hints and/or Instructions | #16 | 2.233 | 2.769 |
Ranked from 13 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
Overview of Game
A downloadable, offline, parser-driven horror text adventure for PC Windows. (32/64bit)
Requirements to Play
No extra software or interpreter required.
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Comments
I enjoyed the atmosphere-building a lot. Events made sense, though I think it will take me more time to "get" the right mindset to solve the puzzle I'm currently on. (It feels like the sort of game where said mindset does not mean "mind-read the author", which is good).
An impressive effort.
Uploaded a newer version (v0.6) to my itch download page this afternoon at 17.40 GMT.
Fixes issues reported by Garry.
Sorry for all revisions - but needed to fix some critical issue.
Tired and time for food and - FOOTBALL!!!
Uploaded a newer version to my itch download page this morning at 10.00am GMT.
Phew! And a further update to container issues at 3.38pm GMT today Jul 11th.
The implementation isn't great. I gave up on
In the desk is: a receipt, Clark's jotter and a newspaper clipping.
>take receipt
If you want the receipt you'll have to first tell me to take it out of the container that it is in.
>take out the receipt
You asked me to take out the receipt but I'm having trouble carrying out that instruction.
>take all
There doesn't appear to be anything lying around that I can take
Hello nsmp,
Perhaps you gave up too easily? In the help instructions it clearly says:
You may be able to get objects from or put objects in a container type of object eg:
>put rope in rucksack
>get knife out box
One or two other players have mentioned about having trouble with container objects though, so I have posted another new update at 10.00am GMT this morning 11 Jul 2021.
Now when you see a description of an open container that holds object(s):
In the desk is: a receipt, Clark's jotter and a newspaper clipping.
You may now acquire an object inside the container by typing :
>get receipt
or
>get the receipt from drawer / get receipt out desk
or
>get all out desk
I've just finished this and I have to say I think it's great - very atmospheric, skilfully written in authentic Lovecraftian style, a good solid plot (I like a strong narrative in a game) and very solidly implemented throughout. I'd heard of TAB but never played anything written in it. Judging by this, it's a very capable retro-style text adventure tool; the game feels very PAW-like to me.
I spotted one or two little errors and typos - I'll DM you with those.
Well done!
Thanks for trying the game and for your comments. I fixed the issues you raised and posted a new version for download this morning. :)
I'm stuck, and hoping someone can help.
(Spoilers in rot13):
V'ir znqr vg nf sne nf gur snez, naq unir tvira gur zrgrbe gb Oebja. V'ir tbg gur jurryoneebj, tnf, naq (synzvat) orfbz. Zl vqrn, juvpu zvtug or ragveryl jebat, vf gung V jbhyq yvxr gb oybj hc gur pnir. V’ir jurryrq va gur oneery bs tnfbyvar naq bcrarq gur pnc. Nal nggrzcg gb oevat n oheavat orfbz vagb gur pnir vf zrg jvgu n qenhtug gung rkgvathvfurf vg. Fb V gubhtug gung V zvtug qebc vg vagb gur jryy vafgrnq, nf gung nccrnef gb pbaarpg jvgu gur pnir, ohg gur tnzr erwrpgf gung nf jryy.
I'm otherwise out of ideas as to how to proceed. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks.
I'm not the author but completed this lately. You are on the right track. It might just be a matter of "guessing the verb", otherwise, perhaps you need to sleep once more before doing what you are trying to.
Here are some commands I used (rot13):
>trg tnf sebz oneebj (V pna'g ubyq gur tnfbyvar, vg'f gbb urnil sbe zr. V qebc vg.)
>qebc nyy
>trg tnf (V abj unir gur tnf)
>ghea pnc (gb bcra gur tnf)
>cbhe tnf va jryy
V qba'g erzrzore vs V jnf noyr gb pneel gur yvg orfbz gbtrgure jvgu gur tnf, vs abg, whfg qb gur nobir svefg, gura yvtug gur orfbz naq:
>guebj orfbz va jryy
I hope this works :)
It did, thanks. What tripped me up was that the game said that the oneery pbhyq abg or rzcgvrq, so I had placed gur oneery va gur pnir.
Thanks for trying it guys and well done for figuring out the solution! (I will make a point to do a future code or text change to attend to the misunderstanding that Mr Patient experienced)