Hoosegow

Hoosegow
Game

Main links	Play onlineDownload IFDB IF Archive
Published	1 February 2010
Credits
Authors	Jack Welch and Ben Collins-Sussman
Reception
Events	Casual Gameplay Design Competition 7 1st of 30
IFDB rating	4 out of 5 (41 ratings)
Gameplay
Interaction style	Parser
Literary genre	Western
Locations	One-room Building
Language	English
Cruelty scale	Polite
IFDB play time	35 minutes
Accessibility	Colour: no. Graphics: none. Sound: none.
Technical details
Authoring system	Inform 7
Format	Z-code
License	Creative Commons
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How it begins

Muddy's plan done landed you and your partner in the hoosegow. Now you're fixing to rectificate the matter before the marshal introduces you to the business end of a hangin' rope at dawn.

Additional credits

Copy Editing: Rochelle Lodder
Concept Review: David Anderson, Conrad, Matt Wigdahl, John Lodder, Duncan Bowsman, Jenni Polodna, Sam Kabo Ashwell, Sarah Morayati, Yoon Ha Lee.
Beta Testing: Adrian Colley, Beth Vanichtheeranont, Jacob Lee, John Lodder, Peter Olson, Rob Dubbin, and Sarah Morayati.

Versions

Release 16

Date: 1 February 2010

Release 16 / Serial number 130320 / Inform 7 build 6G60 (I6/v6.32 lib 6/12N)

Download: http://mirror.ifarchive.org/if-archive/games/zcode/hoosegow.zblorb hoosegow16.zblorb]

Links

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

General info

Main Game Site with source code, bug tracker, etc.
Hoosegow - at CGDC7.
Hoosegow - at IFDB.
Hoosegow - at ifwizz interactive fiction (in German).

Playthroughs

Reviews

Review by Dora - at Jay is Games (post-comp).
Multiple Reviews on IFDB
Gaming After 40
The Quern
Saucers of Mud
A.V. Club
SPAG
Gaming Enthusiast

Spoilers

Walkthrough by the authors.
ClubFloyd transcript.

Note: To refer to this game from another page, you can type {{game citation|Hoosegow}}. This will display as Hoosegow (Jack Welch and Ben Collins-Sussman; 2010; Inform 7; Z-code).

Date: 1 February 2010