Gorxungula's Curse

Gorxungula's Curse
Game
Main links	Play online IFDB
Published	27 September 2008
Credits
Author	Duncan Bowsman
Reception
Events	The Odd Competition 7th of 10
IFDB rating	3 out of 5 (2 ratings)
Gameplay
Interaction style	Parser
Literary genre	Surreal
Language	English
Accessibility	Colour: none. Graphics: none. Sound: none.
Technical details
Authoring system	ADRIFT 4
Format	ADRIFT 4
License	Freeware
IFID	ADRIFT-400-1A6D30C9F2A4C28DF38DB81C5889E82C
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How it begins

The player is prompted to choose a name (default: "Lophese") and gender. The PC is a resident of Rabbits who misspoke a word and birthed Gorxungula, an evil spirit that has stolen the PC's voice and threatens to destroy Rabbits and assimilate the PC's body.

The player must bring Elder Moose a sacrifice of spirits and gold to lift Gorxungula's curse.

Notable features

• The room description for "Uncertain Toast" consists of a list of definitions for the word "toast".
• One particular puzzle was inspired by Adam Cadre’s Shrapnel.

Trivia and Comments

• Several reviewers as well as the author have expressed discontent with the ending.

Versions

Version 1.0

Date: 27 September 2008

• Gorxungula's Curse (Duncan Bowsman a.k.a. "DB"; 27-Sept-2008; ADRIFT 4).
  • IFID: ADRIFT-400-1A6D30C9F2A4C28DF38DB81C5889E82C
    IFID links: IFDB
  • The Odd Competition: 7th place of 10 entries.
  • Download gorxungula.zip from Delron.
  • .zip includes story file.

Links

General info

• Gorxungula's Curse - at IFDB.

Reviews

• Reviews at Delron taken from this thread at the ADRIFT forum.

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Date: 27 September 2008