Detectiveland
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| Detectiveland | |
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| Published | 1 October 2016 |
| Credits | |
| Author | Robin Johnson |
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| IFDB rating | 4 out of 5 (59 ratings) |
| Gameplay | |
| Interaction style |  Parser-choice hybrid  Choice |
| Literary genres |  Comedy  Mystery |
| Location |  City |
| Language | English |
| Technical details | |
| Authoring systems | HTML, JavaScript |
| System | Browser |
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Detectiveland is a parser-choice hybrid game by Robin Johnson, and the winning entry in the the 22nd Annual Interactive Fiction Competition in 2016. It was the first non-parser game and the first game written in a homebrew system to win IF Comp.
Plot
The game casts the player as Lanson Rose, a private investigator in the fictitious Prohibition-era American city of New Losago. There are three different mystery cases available at the beginning of the game, which can be completed in any order.
Versions
Current version
Date: Date unknown
- Detectiveland, playable online
Competition release
Date: 1 October 2016
- Detectiveland (Robin Johnson; 01-Oct-2016; Web browser).
- IF Comp 2016: 1st place (of 58).
Links
General info
- Detectiveland - at IFDB.
- Detectiveland at ifwizz.
Reviews
Date: Date unknown
Date: 1 October 2016