Countdown 1 - the Body
| Countdown 1 - the Body | |
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| Game | |
| Main links | |
| Published | 4 January 2007 |
| Credits | |
| Author | Ben Croshaw |
| Reception | |
| IFDB rating | 3 out of 5 (2 ratings) |
| Gameplay | |
| Interaction style |  Parser |
| Literary genre |  Horror |
| Location |  Home |
| Language | English |
| Cruelty scale | Merciful |
| Accessibility | Colour: none. Graphics: none. Sound: none. |
| Technical details | |
| Authoring system | Inform 7 |
| Format | Z-code 5 |
| License | Freeware |
| IFID | 11901B81-89E3-11DB-88B0-00902790B6B8 |
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How it begins
August 18th, 1779. You are Jack Frehorn, carrying nothing. You are in the "harpsichord room" of your home, which now only contains a decorative end table bearing a bottle of rum, curtainless windows, the stairs up, a trapdoor down, and the door that leads outside. The cursed harpsichord you smashed on that horrible day, just over a year ago.
On July 28th, 1778, you murdered your greatest friend Wilbur with a gun and then butchered the body with an axe. At the grave, you pleaded for your life when a mysterious figure in black appeared. Satisfied, he disappeared. Exactly a year later, the Tall Man returned with instructions from his foetid master. Now, twenty-one days later, you will complete those instructions.
Trivia and Comments
- This is the first part of a trilogy of text adventure games. The trilogy was a build-up to the release of a graphical adventure game 6 Days A Sacrifice, the final part of the 5 Days a Stranger series.
- The player only gets an overview of what is an extensive backstory. This game (and the rest of the Countdown series) continues a storyline begun in Croshaw's freeware amateur graphical adventure 5 Days a Stranger, continued in 7 Days a Skeptic and Trilby's Notes, and concluded in 6 Days a Sacrifice.
Versions
Release 1
Date: 4 January 2007
- Countdown 1 - the Body (Ben Croshaw as "Yahtzee"; 04-Jan-2007; Z-code 5).
Related games
- Part of "Countdown series":
- Countdown 1 - the Body (Ben Croshaw; 2007; Inform 7; Z-code).
- Countdown 2 - the Soul (Ben Croshaw; 2007; Inform 7; Z-code).
- Countdown 3 - the Mind (Ben Croshaw; 2007; Inform 7; Z-code).
| Countdown series by Ben Croshaw | ||
| Countdown 1 - the Body (2007) | Countdown 2 - the Soul (2007) | Countdown 3 - the Mind (2007) |
Links
- Fully Ramblomatic.com - Announced in the blog entry for 4/1/07: Counting Down.
Reviews
Spoilers
- Walkthrough - by David Welbourn.
Date: 4 January 2007