Darkiss! Wrath of the Vampire - Chapter 1: The Awakening

Darkiss! Wrath of the Vampire - Chapter 1: The Awakening
Game
Main links	Play onlineDownload IFDB IF Archive
Published	1 October 2015
Credits
Author	Marco Vallarino
Reception
Events	XYZZY Awards 2015 Finalist: Best Individual PC IFComp 2015 12th of 53
IFDB rating	3.5 out of 5 (23 ratings)
Gameplay
Interaction style	Parser
Literary genre	Horror
Location	Underground
Language	English
Technical details
Authoring system	Inform 6
Format	Z-code
License	CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 International License
IFID	ZCODE-1-151030-5086, ZCODE-2-160130-902C
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Darkiss 1 is the English translation of the Italian horror text adventure of the same name written by Marco Vallarino. It took the 12th place into the 2015 IF Comp.

How it begins

You're the nightmare from which people can't wake. Dead twice. One by the hand of your maker, the second by the fiend who drove a stake through your heart while you were sleeping defenceless in your coffin. Alive thrice, it seems, although this last one shouldn't be possible. Something happened.

Versions

Competition release

Date: 1 October 2015

• Darkiss 1: The Awakening (Marco Vallarino; 01-Oct-2015; Z-code)
  • Release 1 / Serial number 151030 / Inform v6.31 Library 6/11
  • IFID: ZCODE-1-151030-5086
    IFID links: IFDB.
  • Other contributors: Marco Innocenti (cover art), Emilio Audissino (editing), and Jacob Gunness (editing).
  • Testers: Paolo Lucchesi, Ottavia Pesenti, and Marco Innocenti.
  • IF Comp 2015: 12th place of 53 entries.
  • XYZZY Awards 2015: Finalist for Best Individual PC.
  • Download darkiss1.z5 from the IF Archive.

Release 2

Date: 1 October 2015

• Darkiss! Wrath of the Vampire - Chapter 1: The Awakening (Marco Vallarino; 01-Oct-2015; Z-code).
  • Release 2 / Serial number 160130 / Inform v6.33 Library 6/11
  • Other contributors: Ian Harris (editing)
  • IFID: ZCODE-2-160130-902C
    IFID links: IFDB.
  • Download darkiss1.z5 from the IF Archive.
  • Play online at textadventures.co.uk.

Links

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

General info

• English Homepage.
• Darkiss! Wrath of the Vampire - Chapter 1: The Awakening - at IFDB.
• Darkiss! Wrath of the Vampire - Chapter 1: The Awakening at ifwizz.

Reviews

• Review - by Wade Clarke
• Review - by Emily Short
• Review - by Lucian Smith
• Review - by Jason Dyer
• Review - by Molly G.

Spoilers

• Walkthrough and map by David Welbourn.

Note: To refer to this game from another page, you can type {{game citation|Darkiss! Wrath of the Vampire - Chapter 1: The Awakening}}. This will display as Darkiss! Wrath of the Vampire - Chapter 1: The Awakening (Marco Vallarino; 2015; Inform 6; Z-code).

Date: 1 October 2015

Date: 1 October 2015