Countdown 2 - the Soul

Countdown 2 - the Soul
Game
Main links	IFDB
Published	11 January 2007
Credits
Author	Ben Croshaw
Reception
IFDB rating	3 out of 5 (2 ratings)
Gameplay
Interaction style	Parser
Literary genres	Horror Religious Science fiction
Locations	Building Underground
Language	English
Cruelty scale	Merciful
Accessibility	Colour: none. Graphics: none. Sound: none.
Technical details
Authoring system	Inform 7
Format	Z-code 5
License	Freeware
IFID	5D0C1F41-8C41-11DB-88B0-00902790B6B8
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How it begins

You are a woman who joined a strange cult, the "Order of the Blessed Agonies", seeking direction in your life. As part of the initiation you are taken to a sealed room and given a gun. In the room, your boyfriend, Jason, is gagged and lashed to a chair.

Trivia and Comments

• This is the second part of a trilogy of text adventure games. The trilogy was a build-up to the release of a graphical adventure game 6 Days A Sacrifice, the final part of the 5 Days a Stranger series.
• The player only gets an overview of what is an extensive backstory. This game (and the rest of the Countdown series) continues a storyline begun in Croshaw's freeware amateur graphical adventure 5 Days a Stranger, continued in 7 Days a Skeptic and Trilby's Notes, and concluded in 6 Days a Sacrifice.

Versions

Release 1

Date: 11 January 2007

• Countdown 2 - the Soul (Ben Croshaw as "Yahtzee"; 11-Jan-2007; Z-code).
  • Release 1 / Serial number 070110 / Inform 7 build 4B91 (I6/v6.31 lib 6/11N)
  • IFID: 5D0C1F41-8C41-11DB-88B0-00902790B6B8
    IFID links: IFDB
  • Download soul.zip from the author's website.

Related games

• Part of "Countdown series":
  • Countdown 1 - the Body (Ben Croshaw; 2007; Inform 7; Z-code).
  • Countdown 2 - the Soul (Ben Croshaw; 2007; Inform 7; Z-code).
  • Countdown 3 - the Mind (Ben Croshaw; 2007; Inform 7; Z-code).

Countdown series by Ben Croshaw
Countdown 1 - the Body (2007)	Countdown 2 - the Soul (2007)	Countdown 3 - the Mind (2007)

Links

• Fully Ramblomatic.com - Announced in the blog entry for 11/1/07: Still Counting Down.

Reviews

• Countdown 2 - The Soul - at IFReviews.org.

Spoilers

• Walkthrough - by David Welbourn.

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Date: 11 January 2007