Cursed

Cursed
Game
Main links	Play onlineDownload IFDB IF Archive
Published	1 October 2011
Credits
Author	Nick Rogers
Reception
Events	IFComp 2011 13 (tie)
IFDB rating	3 out of 5 (9 ratings)
Gameplay
Interaction style	Parser
Literary genres	Fantasy Mystery
Language	English
Cruelty scale	Polite
Accessibility	Colour: none. Graphics: none. Sound: none.
Technical details
Authoring system	ADRIFT 4
Format	ADRIFT 4
License	Freeware
IFID	ADRIFT-400-0F4EEF79D818405C632E673FA3384154
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How it begins

Accused of murdering your best friend, you are about to face the death penalty. But instead you are cursed, transformed into a beast and begin an epic journey to unravel the mystery of the real murderer, why your friend was killed, and undo the curse.

Notable features

• Has three different ways to play through the game.

Versions

Release 1 (Competition release)

Date: 1 October 2011

• Cursed (Nick Rogers; 01-Oct-2011; ADRIFT 4); Version 1.0.07
  • IFID: ADRIFT-400-0F4EEF79D818405C632E673FA3384154
    IFID links: IFDB
  • IF Comp 2011: Tied for 13th place of 38 entries.
  • Download cursed.taf from the IF Archive.
  • Download cursed_hints.taf from the IF Archive.
  • Download cursed_map.pdf from the IF Archive.
  • Download cursed.txt from the IF Archive.

Release 2

Date: 29 January 2012

• Cursed (Nick Rogers; 29-Jan-2012; ADRIFT 4); Version 2.0.08
  • IFID: ADRIFT-400-0F4EEF79D818405C632E673FA3384154
    IFID links: IFDB

Release 2 includes a major rewrite of the opening scenes, some reduction in the amount of internal monologues, and general bug-fixes and improvements.

Release 3

Date: 19 March 2012

• Cursed (Nick Rogers; 19-Mar-2012; ADRIFT 4); Version 2.0.09
  • IFID: ADRIFT-400-0F4EEF79D818405C632E673FA3384154
    IFID links: IFDB
  • Download cursed.zip from the IF Archive.

Release 3 (v 2.0.09) includes a couple of bug fixes, one of which is critical to the completion of the game when playing as the fox.

Links

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

General info

• Cursed - at IFDB.
• Cursed - at ifwizz interactive fiction (in German).

Reviews

• Review by Sam Kabo Ashwell.
• Review (in German) by Martin Barth.
• Review by George Dorn.
• Review by David Fletcher.
• Review by Hipolito.
• Review by Christopher Huang.
• Review by Amanda Lange.
• Review by Yoon Ha Lee.
• Review by Michael Martin.
• Review by Rob Menke.
• Review by Carl Muckenhoupt.
• Review by Ron Newcomb.
• Review by Po. Prune.
• Review by Hannes Schueller.
• Review by Emily Short.
• Review by TempestDash.
• Review by Matt Weiner.
• Review by Matt Wigdahl.

See also: Delron review compilation by various reviewers.

Note: To refer to this game from another page, you can type {{game citation|Cursed}}. This will display as Cursed (Nick Rogers; 2011; ADRIFT 4).

Date: 1 October 2011

Date: 29 January 2012

Date: 19 March 2012