Escape to New York

Escape to New York
Game
Main links	Play online IFDB
Published	1 October 2005
Credits
Author	Richard Otter
Reception
Events	InsideADRIFT End of Year Comp 2005 3 (tie) IFComp 2005 11th of 36 InsideADRIFT Awards 2005 Most unusual setting/plot (tie)
IFDB rating	2.5 out of 5 (4 ratings)
Gameplay
Interaction style	Parser
Location	Ship
Language	English
Cruelty scale	Polite
Accessibility	Colour: optional. Graphics: none. Sound: none.
Technical details
Authoring system	ADRIFT 4
Format	ADRIFT 4
IFID	ADRIFT-400-A8432412A6FA9447AEFFFDB689A17C54
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How it begins

Escaping on a 1912 New York bound ocean liner, you have a stolen painting worth millions hidden in the mailroom of the ship. With a buyer arranged when you arrive, all you have to do is avoid capture and fate.

The game is based on the Titanic, although this is not mentioned directly during the game.

Notable features

• Unusually for a game based on this fated ship, the player spends this adventure mainly in the second class area of the ship.

Other Credits

• InsideADRIFT End of Year Comp 2005: joint 3rd place.
• InsideADRIFT Awards 2005: joint winner "Most unusual ADRIFT setting/plot of the year".

Versions

Release 1 Competition Release

Date: 1 October 2005

• Escape to New York (Richard Otter; 01-Oct-2005; ADRIFT 4).
  • Beta-testing by David Whyld, Robert Rafgon, and Simon Baldwin.
  • Last updated: 30 Sep 2005
  • IFID: ADRIFT-400-A8432412A6FA9447AEFFFDB689A17C54
    IFID links: IFDB
  • IF Comp 2005: 11th place.
  • Feelies: Included with the competition entry was a map in both Adobe Acrobat and GUEmap format.

Release 1.1 Post Competition Update

Date: 17 November 2005

• Escape to New York (Richard Otter; 17-Nov-2005; ADRIFT 4).
  • Download escapetonewyork.zip from Delron (archive).

Links

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

General info

• Escape to New York (archived) - at Baf's Guide.
• Escape to New York - at IFDB.
• Escape to New York - at ifwizz interactive fiction (in German).
• The Escape to New York page

Reviews

• Escape to New York Reviews by various
• Escape to New York - at IFReviews.org.

Note: To refer to this game from another page, you can type {{game citation|Escape to New York}}. This will display as Escape to New York (Richard Otter; 2005; ADRIFT 4).

Date: 1 October 2005

Date: 17 November 2005