Choose Your Own Three Hour Adventure

Choose Your Own Three Hour Adventure
Game
Main links	Play online IFDB
Published	13 August 2006
Credits
Author	David Whyld
Reception
Events	ADRIFT Hourglass Comp 2006 8th of 13
Gameplay
Interaction style	Choice
Literary genre	Comedy
Location	Fort
Language	English
Accessibility	Colour: optional. Graphics: none. Sound: none.
Technical details
Authoring system	ADRIFT 4
Format	ADRIFT 4
License	Freeware
IFID	ADRIFT-400-71D971E00361393E0B719CADBEB29959
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How it begins

You might be anyone who has suddenly realized that they've been buried alive. Would you like to try 1) shouting, 2) digging, or 3) praying?

Notable features

This game is a pure CYOA. There are no named locations, and at every turn, the player has up to three options to choose from, by typing 1, 2, or 3.
Scoring is done by awarding a point when the correct option is chosen, and subtracting a point when an incorrect (or pointless) option is chosen. The maximum score of 14 can only be achieved by choosing correctly fourteen times in a row.

Trivia & Comments

This game is a homage of sorts to many of the author's previous games. Several characters return, most notably Clueless Bob Newbie, Sophie of Sophie's Adventure, and Lord Sinister from The Reluctant Vampire. Also, the titles of several of Whyld's games are concealed within the text of the game.

Versions

Release 1 Competition Release

Date: 13 August 2006

Choose Your Own Three Hour Adventure (David Whyld; 13-Aug-2006; ADRIFT 4).
- IFID: ADRIFT-400-71D971E00361393E0B719CADBEB29959
  IFID links: IFDB
- ADRIFT Hourglass Comp 2006: 8th Place of 13 games.
- Download Hourglass.zip from the Adrift website.
- Download cyoa3.taf from Shadow Vault.
- Download Cyo3.zip from Delron.

Turn to Page 4 version

Date: 2012

Choose Your Own Three Hour Adventure (Rowan Lipkovits; 11-Nov-2012; HTML).

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