Ghosterington Night
| Ghosterington Night | |
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| Published | 31 October 2012 |
| Credits | |
| Author | Wade Clarke |
| Reception | |
| Events | |
| IFDB rating | 3.5 out of 5 (14 ratings) |
| Gameplay | |
| Interaction style |  Parser |
| Literary genres |  Comedy  Horror |
| Location |  Home |
| Language | English |
| IFDB play time | 30 minutes |
| Accessibility | Colour: no. Graphics: optional. Sound: optional. |
| Technical details | |
| Authoring system | Inform 7 |
| Formats | Z-code 8, Glulx |
| License | Creative Commons CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 |
| IFID | 6F4957EC-FB20-47C3-83B9-FE3E8751BB00 |
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Danger-filled Ghosterington Manor appears atop the same cliff each year on Samhain night. Hidden inside are the last four works of the dead bad poet Vigilance Ghosterington. Those four poems are worth a fortune, and you, famous adventurer Jubilee Grief, are determined to find them.
Versions
Release 1 (Ectocomp Original Version)
Date: 31 October 2012
- Ghosterington Night (Wade Clarke; 31-Oct-2012; Z-code).
- Release 1 / Serial number 121029 / Inform 7 build 6G60 (I6/v6.32 lib 6/12N)
- IFID: 6F4957EC-FB20-47C3-83B9-FE3E8751BB00
IFID links: IFDB, IFDB cover. - Ectocomp 2012: 1st place of 6 entries.
- Download: Included in the Ectocomp 2012 Game Bundle
Release 2 (Post Ectocomp Revised Version)
Date: 2 December 2012
- Ghosterington Night (Wade Clarke; 02-Dec-2012; Glulx).
- Music and Artwork: Wade Clarke.
- Playtesters: Andrew Schultz, Michael Chu.
- Release 2 / Serial number 121202 / Inform 7 build 6G60 (I6/v6.32 lib 6/12N)
- IFID: 6F4957EC-FB20-47C3-83B9-FE3E8751BB00
IFID links: IFDB, IFDB cover. - Download: Ghosterington Night Release 2 (dead link 🔍) Contains the story file Ghosterington_Night.gblorb.
Release 2 is a significant revision of the speed-IF original with more solid programming and implementation and fewer annoyances. It also adds a graphic title page and theme music.
Release 3
Date: August 2015 (uncertain)
- Ghosterington Night (Wade Clarke; 15-Aug-2015; Glulx).
- Release 3 / Serial number 150815 / Inform 7 build 6L38 (I6/v6.33 lib 6/12N)
- IFID: 6F4957EC-FB20-47C3-83B9-FE3E8751BB00
IFID links: IFDB, IFDB cover. - Download Ghosterington_Night.gblorb from the IF Archive.
From the source code: "Release 3 is 99.9% the same game as release 2 (basically some typos and tiny source innefficiencies have been fixed) but its source code has been tweaked for compatibility with Inform 6L38, and I compiled it with 6L38."
Links
N.B. Many IF Archive games are temporarily unavailable in the UK.
General info
- Ectocomp 2012 - Interactive Fiction Community Forum, October 2, 2012.
Spoilers
Date: 31 October 2012
Date: 2 December 2012
Date: August 2015 (uncertain)