CASK

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Building IF Comp 1997 31st of 34

CASK
Author(s)	Harry M. Hardjono
Publisher(s)	n/a
Release date(s)	1997
Authoring system	Inform 6
Platform(s)	Z-code 5
Language(s)	English
License(s)	Freeware
Multimedia
Color	none
Graphics	none
Sound/Music	none
Ratings
Cruelty scale	Cruelty to be determined

Contents 1 How It Begins 2 Notable Features 3 Versions 3.1 Release 1 4 Links 4.1 General info 4.2 Reviews 4.3 Spoilers

How It Begins

You might be anyone, carrying nothing. You applied for a winemaking job, but instead, you were suckerpunched and locked into this bare room. Looking around, you see a locked steel door to the west, another room to the east, a switch on the wall, a wire dangling from the ceiling, and a wooden chair. You want to escape.

Notable Features

• The author's command of English isn't the best, and some objects are inadequately described or don't give adequate feedback when used.
• Some items are listed as blank lines in the inventory. This is a clumsy way to hide objects from the player when the PC shouldn't have access to them.
• At least three ways to die in this game.
• Score and rank. The score goes from 0 to 31. The rank goes from "Trapped like a rat!" to "Master of the Game".

Versions

Release 1

• CASK (Harry M. Hardjono; 1997; Z-code 5).
  • Release 1 / Serial number 970917 / Inform v6.11 Library 6/4 D
  • IFID: ZCODE-1-970917-ED96
    Babel: metadata, download. (Babel services at IF Archive are not yet available.)
  • Room count: 4.
  • IF Comp 1997: 31st of 34 entries.
  • Download cask.z5 ( ftp, random) from the IF Archive - The story file.
  • Play it online - at ifiction.org.

Links

General info

• CASK - at Baf's Guide.
• CASK - at IFDB.

Reviews

• CASK - at IF Ratings.
• Review - by Paul O'Brian.
• Review - by Duncan Stevens.

Spoilers

• Download cask.inf ( ftp, random) from the IF Archive - The Inform source code.
• Download cask.txt ( ftp, random) from the IF Archive - Note from author; contains walkthrough.