A Change in the Weather

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Wilderness IF Comp 1995 1st of 6 (Inform division)

A Change in the Weather
Author(s)	Andrew Plotkin
Publisher(s)	n/a
Release date(s)	1995
Authoring system	Inform 5
Platform(s)	Z-code 5
Language(s)	English
License(s)	Freeware
Multimedia
Color	none
Graphics	none
Sound/Music	none
Ratings
Cruelty scale	Cruel

Contents 1 How It Begins 2 Versions 2.1 Release 4 (Competition release) 2.2 Release 6 (Post-comp release) 3 Links 3.1 General info 3.2 Reviews 3.3 Spoilers

How It Begins

The work begins with a quote, either by Eric Bogle (version 4) or unattributed —presumably by Andrew Plotkin himself— (version 6).

You were in a picnic with your new mates during a very late summer afternoon. As the atmosphere was not peaceful enough to have a rest, you made up your mind to spend some time exploring the surroundings; however nobody noticed your departure. Now you are at the edge of a meadow, near a battered bridge over a stream. The noise from the picnic is less annoying here. You are carrying nothing.

Versions

Release 4 (Competition release)

• A Change in the Weather (Andrew Plotkin; 1995; Z-code 5).
  • Release 4 / Serial number 950819 / Inform v1405 Library 5/8
  • IFID: ZCODE-4-950819-FC88
    Babel: metadata, download. (Babel services at IF Archive are not yet available.)
  • Beta-testing by Chad Anderson, Richard Barnett, Laurel Halbany, Galen Hazelwood, Walker Andrew John, Michael Kinyon, Gareth Rees and Markku Yli-Pentila.
  • IF Comp 1995: 1st place of 6 entries in the Inform division.
  • Download weather.z5 ( ftp, random) from the IF Archive - The story file.
  • Play it online at ifiction.org.

Release 6 (Post-comp release)

• A Change in the Weather (Andrew Plotkin; 1995; Z-code 5).
  • IFID wanted. (Please replace this line with a babel template.)
  • Download weather.z5 ( ftp, random) from the IF Archive - The story file.
  • Play it online at ifiction.org.

Links

General info

• A Change in the Weather - at Baf's Guide.
• A Change in the Weather - at Home of the Underdogs.

Reviews

• A Change in the Weather - at SPAG.
• A Change in the Weather - at IF Ratings.
• Review - by Duncan Stevens.

Spoilers

• Download Weather.zip ( ftp, random) from the IF Archive - Solution and map in GUEmap format.
• Download weather.sol ( ftp, random) from the IF Archive - Walkthrough.
• ClubFloyd transcript.