Nine-tenths of the Law

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Nine-tenths of the Law
Game
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Published21 August 2008
Credits
AuthorJack Welch
Reception
Events
IntroComp 2008
Participant
IFDB rating3 out of 5 (1 rating)
Gameplay
Interaction style
Parser
Parser
Literary genre
Fantasy
Fantasy
Locations
Underground
Underground
Wilderness
Wilderness
LanguageEnglish
AccessibilityColour: yes. Graphics: none. Sound: none.
Technical details
Authoring systemInform 6
FormatZ-code 5
LicenseCreative Commons
IFIDZCODE-112-080818-AB74
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How it begins

The game begins with a title screen.

You are an anemone-like polyp -- a plant -- with a central stalk and waving fronds. You are, of course, carrying nothing, and your only companions on this lonely hilltop are a chained-up zombie and a shy rabbit. There must be something you can do to improve your situation, gain some mobility, but what?

Notable features

  • Unusual protagonist. The polyp is very limited in what it can do, but it possesses one very unusual ability. The game's first puzzle is therefore a guess-the-verb situation. If the player fails to guess the verb or recognize the hint at the very beginning of the game, the game will eventually start to dole out hints after the player has been stuck for several turns.
  • Multiple protagonists.

Versions

Release 112

Date: 21 August 2008

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Date: 21 August 2008

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