Dead Reckoning

Dead Reckoning
Game
Main links	Play online IFDB
Published	21 December 2003
Credits
Author	David Whyld
Reception
Events	ADRIFT End Of Year Comp 2003 2nd of 6
IFDB rating	3.5 out of 5 (3 ratings)
Gameplay
Interaction style	Parser
Literary genre	Horror
Language	English
Accessibility	Colour: optional. Graphics: none. Sound: none.
Technical details
Authoring system	ADRIFT 4
Format	ADRIFT 4
IFID	ADRIFT-400-C4DC2F37874E7203A95E0116CCDFA5C5
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NOTE: This page is about the ADRIFT game by David Whyld.

For the game of the same name translated into English by Nick Montfort, see Olvido Mortal (Andrés Viedma Peláez).

How it begins

You have traveled to a village to help a friend whose messages have led you to believe he is in some sort of distress. Night is coming on and the place seems eerily deserted. Gradually you learn the horrible truth.

Notable features

Conversation is a combination of the classic 'ask person about subject' and the conversation tree.

Trivia and Comments

This is one of the ADRIFT Recommended Games put together in 2005 by the ADRIFT Forum.

Versions

Release 1 Competition Release

Date: 21 December 2003

Dead Reckoning (21-Dec-2003; David Whyld; 21-Dec-2003; ADRIFT 4).
- IFID: ADRIFT-400-C4DC2F37874E7203A95E0116CCDFA5C5
  IFID links: IFDB
- ADRIFT End of Year Comp 2003: 2nd place of 6 entries.
- Download deadreckoning.taf from Shadow Vault.
- Download deadreckoning.zip from Delron.

Note: There may also be a post-comp release dated 04-Jan-2004; please double-check.

Links

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

General info

Dead Reckoning - at Shadow Vault
Dead Reckoning (archived) - at Baf's Guide.
Dead Reckoning - at IFDB.

Reviews

Spoilers

Walkthrough at Delron.

Note: To refer to this game from another page, you can type {{game citation|Dead Reckoning}}. This will display as Dead Reckoning (David Whyld; 2003; ADRIFT 4).

Date: 21 December 2003