Disaster at the Acme Tower

Disaster at the Acme Tower
Game
Published	October 2006
Credits
Author	Ryan Beehler
Gameplay
Interaction style	Parser
Location	Building
Language	English
Cruelty scale	Merciful
Accessibility	Colour: none. Graphics: none. Sound: none.
Technical details
Authoring system	Inform 7
Format	Z-code 5
License	Freeware
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How it begins

You are an engineer, carrying nothing, in your office at the top floor of the Acme Building. Something, probably an earthquake, has shaken the building, destroying equipment and making the building unstable. You see a cellphone nearby. You want to get yourself and everyone else in the building to safety.

Notable features

• All the puzzles are optional. Solving them earns you points, but you can win the game without them.

Trivia and Comments

• Inexplicably, the game doesn't end when you leave the building via the northern stairwell. You must use the southern stairwell exit instead.

Versions

Release 1

Date: October 2006

• Disaster at the Acme Tower (Ryan Beehler; Oct-2006; Z-code 5).
  • Release 1 / Serial number 061023 / Inform 7 build 3Z95 (I6/v6.31 lib 6/11N)
  • UMD 2006: This was a school assignment in the Fall of 2006.
  • Room count: 36.
  • Story file: beehler.z5
  • Source code: beehler.inf
  • Play it online.

Links

General info

• University of Michigan Dearborn CIS 487 games page.

Spoilers

• Walkthrough by David Welbourn.

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Date: October 2006