Deadsville
| Deadsville | |
|---|---|
| Game | |
| Published | 24 July 2005 |
| Credits | |
| Author | William McDuff |
| Reception | |
| Events | |
| Gameplay | |
| Interaction style |  Parser |
| Literary genre |  Horror |
| Locations |  One-room  Park |
| Language | English |
| Accessibility | Colour: none. Graphics: none. Sound: none. |
| Technical details | |
| Authoring system | Inform 6 |
| Format | Z-code 5 |
| License | Freeware |
| IFID | ZCODE-1-072305-B7B4, ZCODE-3-081105-DE3F |
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How it begins
The game begins with a verse in Latin, also translated into English, which is the incantation used to wake you from your grave.
You are a zombie, newly resurrected in a graveyard just outside the town of Doddsville. A young man in goth drag has summoned you to do his bidding. It's night; there's a full moon. The graveyard is surrounded by a fence with a gate, and contains your gravestone, other tombstones, trees, grass, etc.
As the young man begins to fiddle with some powder and liquid, he drops his spellbook. And you realize two things: one, you're not bound by his faulty Latin spell; and two, you're hungry.
Notable features
- Hint menus.
- The maximum score is 13, one of which is a last lousy point.
- After you win the game, the AMUSING section tells you how to unlock a bonus variant version of the game where you try to find all 13 losing endings.
Trivia and Comments
- "COUNT GRASS" to learn there are 69,105 blades of grass in the graveyard.
- Technically, there are two locations in the game, but the game ends immediately on entering the second one.
Versions
Release 1 (IntroComp release)
Date: 24 July 2005
- Deadsville (William McDuff; 24-Jul-2005; Z-code).
- Release 1 / Serial number 072305 / Inform v6.30 Library 6/11 S
- IFID: ZCODE-1-072305-B7B4
IFID links: IFDB - IntroComp 2005: 1st place of 6 games.
- Download or view contents of introcomp05.zip, at the IF Archive - All the games from IntroComp 2005.
Release 3 (Post-IntroComp release)
Date: November 2005
- Deadsville (William McDuff; Nov-2005; Z-code).
- Release 3 / Serial number 081105 / Inform v6.30 Library 6/11 S
- IFID: ZCODE-3-081105-DE3F
IFID links: IFDB - This is still the "intro" version of the game.
- Download or view contents of Deadsville.zip, at the IF Archive
Deadsville.zip contains:
- Deadsville.z5 - the story file.
- deadsvillemap.pdf - a PDF map of the game.
Reviews
Date: Date unknown
- Review by Mike Harris for SPAG #45.
- Mini-Review by Dan Shiovitz.
See also:
- SPAG #45 for the article "A Look at IntroComp 200(?5?)" by Mordechai Shinefield.
Spoilers
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Date: 24 July 2005
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