The Edifice

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Science Fiction Wilderness Crazy quilt IF Comp 1997 1st of 34 XYZZY Awards 1997 Best Puzzles, Best Individual Puzzle XYZZY Awards 1997 Finalist - Best Game, Best Individual NPC

The Edifice
Author(s)	Lucian P. Smith
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 (Competition release) 3.2 Release 2 (Post-comp release) 4 Links 4.1 General info 4.2 Reviews 4.3 Spoilers

How It Begins

Notable Features

Versions

Release 1 (Competition release)

• The Edifice (Lucian P. Smith; 1997; Z-code 5).
  • IFID: ZCODE-1-970930-7E1C
    Babel: metadata, download. (Babel services at IF Archive are not yet available.)
  • IF Comp 1997: 1st place of 34 entries.
  • XYZZY Awards 1997: Winner of Best Puzzles and Best Individual Puzzle (the language puzzle). Finalist for Best Game and Best Individual NPC (the Stranger).
  • Download edifice.z5 ( ftp, random) from the IF Archive - The story file.

Release 2 (Post-comp release)

• The Edifice (Lucian P. Smith; 1998; Z-code 5).
  • IFID: ZCODE-2-980206-07C1
    Babel: metadata, download. (Babel services at IF Archive are not yet available.)
  • Download edifice.z5 ( ftp, random) from the IF Archive - The story file.

Links

General info

• The Edifice - at Baf's Guide.
• The Edifice - at IFDB

Reviews

• The Edifice - at SPAG.
• The Edifice - at IF Ratings .
• Review - by Paul O'Brian.
• Review - by Duncan Stevens.

Spoilers

• Download edifice.rec ( ftp, random) from the IF Archive - Walkthrough by the author (with lots of extraneous commands).