All Things Devours

All Things Devours
Game
Main links	Play online IFDB
Published	1 October 2004
Credits
Author	half sick of shadows
Reception
Events	IFComp 2004 3rd of 36 XYZZY Awards 2004 Winner: Best Individual Puzzle XYZZY Awards 2004 Finalist: Best Puzzles, Best Use of Medium
IFDB rating	4.5 out of 5 (96 ratings)
Gameplay
Interaction style	Parser
Literary genres	Espionage Science fiction Time
Location	Building
Language	English
Cruelty scale	Cruel
IFDB play time	1 hour 50 minutes
Accessibility	Colour: none. Graphics: none. Sound: none.
Technical details
Authoring system	Inform 6
Format	Z-code 5
License	Public domain
IFID	ZCODE-1-040930-70E3, ZCODE-3-050325-6D3F
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How it begins

You're in.

The plan now is simple: go to your lab, plant the bomb, and run. The prototype will be destroyed. The military will have no way to continue the experiment. No-one will die.

The guard is out securing the grounds. The building is empty. You have six minutes.

Notable features

• Time travel.

Versions

Competition version

Date: 1 October 2004

• All Things Devours (half sick of shadows; 01-Oct-2004; Z-code 5).
  • Beta-testing by Stephen Bond.
  • Release 1 / Serial number 040930 / Inform v6.30 Library 6/11
  • IFID: ZCODE-1-040930-70E3
    IFID links: IFDB
  • IF Comp 2004: 3rd place of 36 entries.
  • XYZZY Awards 2004: Winner of Best Individual Puzzle (time travel puzzle). Finalist for Best Puzzles, Best Use of Medium.

Post-competition release

Date: 2005

• All Things Devours (half sick of shadows; 2005; Z-code 5).
  • Release 3 / Serial number 050325 / Inform v6.30 Library 6/11
  • IFID: ZCODE-3-050325-6D3F
    IFID links: IFDB

Links

N.B. Many IF Archive games are temporarily unavailable in the UK.

General info

• All Things Devours - at IFDB.
• All Things Devours (archived) - at Baf's Guide.
• All Things Devours - at Home of the Underdogs.

Reviews

• All Things Devours - at SPAG.
• All Things Devours - at IF Ratings.
• Review - by Paul O'Brian.
• Review - by Dan Shiovitz.

Author Comments

• All Things Devours wrap-up post to RAIF, with responses to review comments.

Spoilers

• Transcript by ClubFloyd.

Note: To refer to this game from another page, you can type {{game citation|All Things Devours}}. This will display as All Things Devours (half sick of shadows; 2004; Inform 6; Z-code).

Date: 1 October 2004

Date: 2005