Three Steps to the Left

Three Steps to the Left
Game
Main links	Play onlineDownload IFDB IF Archive
Published	1998
Credits
Author	Lucian Smith
Reception
Events	Speed-IF 3 Participant
IFDB rating	2 out of 5 (4 ratings)
Gameplay
Interaction style	Parser
Literary genre	Comedy
Location	Virtual reality
Language	English
Cruelty scale	Polite
Accessibility	Colour: none. Graphics: none. Sound: none.
Technical details
Authoring system	Inform 6
Format	Z-code 5
License	Freeware
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Three Steps to the Left
An Interactive Morality Play

How it begins

You are an actress playing a character called Hera Wynn in a play. Your costume is a bedraggled aqua gown, and you are carrying a locket.

The play begins in a swamp where you meet Syde Kikke. He gives you a flamingo (for a weapon) and a pez (for rations) when you explain your mission: to deliver the locket to the orphanage. He then exits the stage, leaving you amongst the trees, fallen logs, and the croaking of frogs.

Trivia and Comments

• The play Rito and Imita is from the opening sequence of So Far (Andrew Plotkin; 1996; Z-code).
• Another game with an on-stage actor as the PC is Within a Wreath of Dewdrops, or, A Poisoned Zenith (Sam Kabo Ashwell and Jacqueline A. Lott, both as "Alphonse de l'Entaille"; 2005; Z-code).
• The character names are puns: heroine and sidekick.
• It's possible to lose and die in this game, but you really have to make a deliberate effort to do so.

Versions

Release 1

Date: 1998

• Three Steps to the Left (Lucian Smith; 1998; Z-code 5).
  • Release 1 / Serial number 981203 / Inform v6.15 Library 6/7
  • Speed-IF 3 entry.
  • Room count: 3.
  • Download SpeedIF03.zip from the IF Archive - The entire collection of games entered in Speed-IF 3. The story file for this game is 3STEPS.Z5.

Links

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

General info

• Three Steps to the Left (archived) - at Baf's Guide.

Reviews

• Three Steps to the Left - at IF Ratings.

Spoilers

• Walkthrough by David Welbourn.

Note: To refer to this game from another page, you can type {{game citation|Three Steps to the Left}}. This will display as Three Steps to the Left (Lucian Smith; 1998; Inform 6; Z-code).

Date: 1998