Jack in the box
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| Jack in the box | |
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| Game | |
| Main links | |
| Published | 5 August 2007 |
| Credits | |
| Author | Marius Müller |
| Reception | |
| Events | |
| IFDB rating | 2 out of 5 (2 ratings) |
| Gameplay | |
| Interaction style |  Parser |
| Literary genre |  Fantasy |
| Location |  Home |
| Language | English |
| Accessibility | Colour: none. Graphics: none. Sound: none. |
| Technical details | |
| Authoring system | Inform 7 |
| Format | Z-code |
| License | Freeware |
| IFID | BCEDD58F-04E9-4B78-B67A-145FF8455DCD |
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How it begins
There's a quote by Raymond Chandler.
You are Jack Chambers, 25 and unemployed, wearing a T-shirt, jeans, and shoes. You get up off your filthy mattress and stand, swaying, in the small, smelly living room of your apartment, where you can also see a table (on which are a heap of bowls and a telephone cradle), and a tall coffin-shaped package (on top of which is a thick envelope) which you vaguely remember some UPS guy delivering. You're finally curious enough to find out what's in that package.
Notable features
- Magical realism genre.
Versions
Release 1
Date: 5 August 2007
- Jack in the box (Marius Müller; 05-Aug-2007; Z-code).
- Release 1 / Serial number 070731 / Inform 7 build 4W37 (I6/v6.31 lib 6/11N)
- IFID: BCEDD58F-04E9-4B78-B67A-145FF8455DCD
IFID links: IFDB - Beta-testing by Justin Pot and Jason Dyer.
- IntroComp 2007 entry; Honorable mention (unranked from 7 games).
- Download introcomp07.zip from the IF Archive - All the IntroComp 2007 games. The story file for this game is Jack in the box.zblorb.
Links
N.B. Many IF Archive games are temporarily unavailable in the UK.
General info
- Jack in the box (archived) - at Baf's Guide.
- Jack in the box - at IFDB.
Reviews
- Review - by Dan Shiovitz.
Date: 5 August 2007