Last Day of Summer

Last Day of Summer
Game
Main links	Play onlineDownload IFDB IF Archive
Published	1 October 2011
Credits
Author	Doug Orleans
Reception
Events	IFComp 2011 25th of 38 XYZZY Awards 2011 Winner: Best Individual Puzzle
IFDB rating	2.5 out of 5 (20 ratings)
Gameplay
Interaction style	Parser
Language	English
Technical details
Authoring system	Inform 7
Format	Z-code
License	Freeware
IFID	C467E3DA-1C35-41D7-BBB9-F3BCE0836DBB
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Versions

Release 5 (Competition release)

Date: 1 October 2011

• Last Day of Summer (Doug Orleans as "Cameron Fox"; 01-Oct-2011; Z-code).
  • Release 5 / Serial number 110930 / Inform 7 build 6G60 (I6/v6.32 lib 6/12N)
  • IFID: C467E3DA-1C35-41D7-BBB9-F3BCE0836DBB
    IFID links: IFDB
  • IF Comp 2011: 25th place of 38 entries.
  • XYZZY Awards 2011: Winner, Best Individual Puzzle (the Hat Mystery, also in The Life (and Deaths) of Doctor M, Cold Iron and Playing Games).
  • Download Last%20Day%20of%20Summer.zblorb from the IF Archive.
  • Play it online.

Links

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General info

• Last Day of Summer - at IFDB.
• Last Day of Summer - at ifwizz interactive fiction (in German).

Reviews

• Review by Sam Kabo Ashwell.
• Review (in German) by Martin Barth.
• Review by Cult of the New.
• Review by David Fletcher.
• Review by Hipolito.
• Review by Christopher Huang.
• Review by Jizaboz.
• Review by Joey Jones.
• Review by Amanda Lange.
• Review by Yoon Ha Lee.
• Review by Michael Martin.
• Review by Carl Muckenhoupt.
• Review by Steven Odhner.
• Review by Emily Short.
• Review by Matt Weiner.
• Review by Matt Wigdahl.
• Review by Jake Wildstrom.

Spoilers

• Walkthrough and map by David Welbourn.
• Walkthrough for the hat metapuzzle of IF Comp 2011 by David Welbourn.

Note: To refer to this game from another page, you can type {{game citation|Last Day of Summer}}. This will display as Last Day of Summer (Doug Orleans; 2011; Inform 7; Z-code).

Date: 1 October 2011