All Hope Abandon

All Hope Abandon
Game
Main links	Play onlineDownloadSource code IFDB IF Archive
Published	7 May 2005
Credits
Author	Eric Eve
Reception
Events	XYZZY Awards 2005 Finalist: Best Game, Best Individual NPC, Best Individual Puzzle, Best NPCs, Best Setting, Best Story
IFDB rating	3.5 out of 5 (38 ratings)
Gameplay
Interaction style	Parser
Literary genres	Fantasy Religious
Location	Crazy quilt
Language	English
Accessibility	Colour: none. Graphics: none. Sound: none.
Technical details
Authoring system	TADS 3
Format	TADS 3
License	Freeware
IFID	TADS3-9CDA7CD389E5667065A7CF0B1B0D906F, TADS3-08C6A5E66A99B198577E9DE2082AC55E, CD03D4A8-F39B-AE69-693D-5FDDC65F6DD8
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How it begins

You might be anyone (probably male) attending the keynote address "Rolling Away the Misconceived Stone: Structural Semiotic Signification in Mark 16:1-8" at the 14th Annual PANTS Conference, but it's obvious to you that the speaker, Professor Wortschlachter, doesn't know what he's talking about. Your mind wanders to the attractive blonde woman sitting a few rows ahead. (FLASHBACK: You met her briefly in the breakfast queue this morning and exchanged pleasantries.) Back at the conference, you feel a twinge from your chest. Unable to leave or even speak, the twinge gets worse until you black out. That's when you remember the woman's name: Felicity Hope.

You regain awareness in a grey limbo. You are empty-handed and looking pallid and insubstantial. You trudge "north" towards a faint orange glow until you reach Hell's Gate. A demon is chiseling off the inscription "ABANDON HOPE ALL YE THAT ENTER HERE" and a notice posted on the gate says that Hell is closed for demythologization.

Versions

Version 1

Date: 7 May 2005

• All Hope Abandon (Eric Eve; 07-May-2005; TADS 3).
  • Beta-testing by Nikos Chantziaras, Ian Haberkorn, Michel Nizette, Chris Odhner, Aaron Reed, John Schiff and Andreas Sewe.
  • XYZZY Awards 2005: Finalist for Best Game, Best Story, Best Setting, Best NPCs, Best Individual Puzzle (moving the stone (after the labyrinth)), Best Individual NPC (Agrath).
  • (Originally uploaded to IF Archive as games/tads/AllHope.t3.)

Version 1.06

Date: 26 May 2005

• All Hope Abandon (Eric Eve; 26-May-2005; TADS 3).
  • IFID: TADS3-9CDA7CD389E5667065A7CF0B1B0D906F
    IFID links: IFDB.
  • Download.

Version 2

Date: 25 February 2006

• All Hope Abandon (Eric Eve; 25-Feb-2006; TADS 3).
  • IFID: TADS3-08C6A5E66A99B198577E9DE2082AC55E
    IFID links: IFDB.
  • Download AllHope.zip from the IF Archive.

Version 3

Date: 8 July 2007

• All Hope Abandon (Eric Eve; 08-Jul-2007; TADS 3).
  • IFID: CD03D4A8-F39B-AE69-693D-5FDDC65F6DD8
    IFID links: IFDB.
  • Download AllHopeAbandonSource-r3.zip from the IF Archive - The source code (incomplete).

Version 4

Date: 12 May 2012

• All Hope Abandon (Eric Eve; 12-May-2012; TADS 3).
  • IFID: CD03D4A8-F39B-AE69-693D-5FDDC65F6DD8
    IFID links: IFDB.
  • Download AllHopeWebUI.t3 from the IF Archive (TADS WebUI, not easily playable).
  • The "Source code" link on this page relates to this version.

Related games

• Ported as All Hope Abandon (Inform 7 port) (Eric Eve; porter: Eric Eve; 2007; Inform 7; Z-code).

Links

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

General info

• All Hope Abandon (archived) - at Baf's Guide.
• All Hope Abandon - at IFDB.
• All Hope Abandon: Biblical Text and Interactive Fiction (by Eric Eve) - Digital Humanities Quarterly, Volume 1 Number 2 (Summer 2007).

Reviews

• All Hope Abandon - at SPAG.
• All Hope Abandon - at IF Ratings.
• Review - by Dan Shiovitz.

Spoilers

• Walkthrough by David Welbourn.

Note: To refer to this game from another page, you can type {{game citation|All Hope Abandon}}. This will display as All Hope Abandon (Eric Eve; 2005; TADS 3).

Date: 7 May 2005

Date: 26 May 2005

Date: 25 February 2006

Date: 8 July 2007

Date: 12 May 2012