Hunter, in Darkness

Hunter, in Darkness
Game
Main links	Play onlineDownloadSource code IFDB IF Archive
Published	1999
Credits
Author	Andrew Plotkin
Reception
Events	XYZZY Awards 1999 Finalist: Best Individual NPC, Best Use of Medium
IFDB rating	4 out of 5 (128 ratings)
Gameplay
Interaction style	Parser
Language	English
IFDB play time	23 minutes
Accessibility	Colour: none. Graphics: none. Sound: none.
Technical details
Authoring system	Inform 6
Format	Z-code 5
License	Freeware
IFID	ZCODE-3-990918-1CEF, ZCODE-4-991119-204D
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Hunter, in Darkness
A Cave Crawl by Dave Ahl Jr.

How it begins

You are the hunter. You are carrying your crossbow (loaded with a bolt), a thighband with four bolts (strapped to your leg), and a brightly-glowing lamplens (on your wrist). The cave branches here: ahead, right, and left. The animal, your prey, is somewhere in the darkness ahead.

Trivia and Comments

• One of several games inspired by Hunt the Wumpus (Gregory Yob; c.1972).
• Kingdom of Loathing, a popular online door game, introduced a trophy in 2009 called Hunter in Darkness for killing five wumpii in a row without dying. The trophy is named after this game.

Versions

Release 3 (Competition entry)

Date: 1999

• Hunter, in Darkness (Andrew Plotkin as "Dave Ahl Jr."; 1999; Z-code 5).
  • Release 3 / Serial number 990918 / Inform v6.21 Library 6/9
  • IFID: ZCODE-3-990918-1CEF
    IFID links: IFDB
  • IF Comp 1999: 8th place of 37 entries. Also, tied for second place for Miss Congeniality.
  • Download huntdark.z5 from the IF Archive - The story file.
  • Or play it online at ifiction.org.

Release 4 (Post-comp release)

Date: 1999

• Hunter, in Darkness (Andrew Plotkin; 1999; Z-code 5).
  • Release 4 / Serial number 991119 / Inform v6.21 Library 6/9
  • IFID: ZCODE-4-991119-204D
    IFID links: IFDB
  • XYZZY Awards 1999: Winner of Best Individual Puzzle (the maze), Best Setting. Finalist for Best Individual NPC (the wumpus), Best Use of Medium.
  • Download huntdark.z5 from the IF Archive - The story file.
  • Or play it online at ifiction.org.
  • Or Download HuntDark-R4.hqx from the IF Archive - Macintosh executable.

See also:

• Download huntdark-src.tar.Z from the IF Archive - The source code.

Links

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

General info

• Hunter, in Darkness (archived) - at Baf's Guide.
• Hunter, in Darkness - at IFDB.
• Hunter, in Darkness - at ifwizz interactive fiction (in German).

Reviews

• Hunter, in Darkness - at SPAG.
• Hunter, in Darkness - at IF Ratings.
• Review - by Paul O'Brian.
• Review - by Dan Shiovitz.
• Review (archive) - by Duncan Stevens.

Spoilers

• Download huntdark.sol from the IF Archive - Solution.
• ClubFloyd transcript.

Note: To refer to this game from another page, you can type {{game citation|Hunter, in Darkness}}. This will display as Hunter, in Darkness (Andrew Plotkin; 1999; Inform 6; Z-code).

Date: 1999

Date: 1999