Gleaming the Verb
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| Gleaming the Verb | |
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| Game | |
| Main links | |
| Published | 1 October 2009 |
| Credits | |
| Author | Kevin Jackson-Mead |
| Reception | |
| Events | |
| IFDB rating | 1.5 out of 5 (23 ratings) |
| Gameplay | |
| Interaction style |  Parser |
| Location |  One-room |
| Language | English |
| Accessibility | Colour: none. Graphics: none. Sound: none. |
| Technical details | |
| Authoring system | Inform 7 |
| Format | Z-code |
| License | Freeware |
| IFID | 25436357-9417-4B4B-9858-43DEE5E872C0 |
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How it begins
You might be anyone, naked, and carrying nothing. You inexplicably find yourself in a featureless cubical room of glowing beige plastic containing nothing whatsoever except yourself and a metal cube. A synthetic voice instructs you to READ THE CUBE.
Notable features
- Wordplay. Based on cryptic clues, the player must determine which verbs are useful for manipulating the cube.
- Barely interactive. The player can do nothing but guess the verb; the environment cannot be explored or otherwise interacted with.
- Barely fiction. The premise serves only to isolate the PC with a single object, the cube. The story is not followed up on.
Trivia and Comments
- The title is a homage to the movie Gleaming the Cube (see imdb, Wikipedia). According to the Wikipedia article, the titular phrase is meaningless.
Versions
Release 1
Date: 1 October 2009
- Gleaming the Verb (Kevin Jackson-Mead; 01-Oct-2009; Z-code).
- Release 1 / Serial number 090930 / Inform 7 build 5Z71 (I6/v6.31 lib 6/12N)
- IFID: 25436357-9417-4B4B-9858-43DEE5E872C0
IFID links: IFDB - IF Comp 2009: 21st place of 24 entries.
- Download gleaming.z5 from the IF Archive
Links
N.B. Many IF Archive games are temporarily unavailable in the UK.
General info
- Gleaming the Verb (archived) - at Baf's Guide.
- Gleaming the Verb - at IFDB.
- Gleaming the Verb - at ifwizz interactive fiction (in German).
Reviews
- Review by Philip Armstrong.
- Review by Sam Kabo Ashwell.
- Review by J. D. Berry - in SPAG.
- Review by Renee Choba.
- Review by Riff Conner.
- Review by Dark Star.
- Review by Ben Dixon.
- Review by Shane Fitzgerald-Gale.
- Review by David Fletcher.
- Review by Jeremy Freese.
- Review by FrozenIsles Productions.
- Review by Victor Gijsbers.
- Review by Hipolito.
- Review by Christopher Huang.
- Review by Denis Klotz.
- Review (in Russian) by Valentine Kopteltsev (uux).
- Review by Amanda Lange.
- Review by Yoon Ha Lee.
- Review by Juhana Leinonen.
- Review by Michael Martin.
- Review by memegarden.
- Review by Rob Menke.
- Review by George Oliver.
- Review by Wesley Osam.
- Review by Jenni Polodna.
- Review by Portmanteau - at IFDB.
- Review by reviewslinger.
- Review by Rhian.
- Review by George Shannon.
- Review by Dan Shiovitz.
- Review by Emily Short.
- Review by Mike Snyder.
- Review by Sorrel - at IFDB.
- Review by TempestDash - at IFDB.
- Review by tenjouutena.
- Review by Matt Weiner.
- Review by Jake Wildstrom.
- Review by Daniel Wilson.
- Review (in Russian) by yandexx.
Spoilers
- Download gleaming.txt from the IF Archive. Walkthrough by the author.
- Walkthrough and map by David Welbourn.
Date: 1 October 2009