Leadlight
| Leadlight | |
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| Game | |
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| Main links | |
| Published | 1 October 2010 |
| Credits | |
| Author | Wade Clarke |
| Reception | |
| Events | |
| IFDB rating | 3.5 out of 5 (37 ratings) |
| Gameplay | |
| Interaction style |  Parser |
| Literary genre |  Horror |
| Location |  School |
| Tag | RPG |
| Language | English |
| Cruelty scale | Cruel |
| Accessibility | Colour: optional. Graphics: none. Sound: none. |
| Technical details | |
| Authoring system | Eamon |
| Systems | Browser, Apple II |
| License | Freeware |
| IFID | 6E738EA373AB7101D0FB1001F0873E0D |
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How it begins
WARNING: Leadlight contains violence and gore.
The game opens with a warning about violent and disturbing content, and indicates that Leadlight is recommended for mature gamers only.
A front-end menu lets players start a new game, manage saved games, read the credits or change an alert preference.
The player's character in Leadlight is Belinda Nettle, a 15-year-old boarding student at Linville Girls High School in the Blue Mountains, Australia. The introduction describes Belinda's background and her school life.
When the game begins, Belinda awakens in the student library at night. Another student, Charlotte, is sitting across the desk from Belinda, and Belinda realises that Charlotte is dead. Belinda arms herself against attackers and begins to explore the school and its grounds to try to discover what is happening at Linville.
Notable features
- When the player must HIDE from danger, a warning paragraph appears, signalled by two asterisks **
- On an Apple IIGS, hide alerts and game status are also indicated by the screen border changing colour.
- The player's score has four major components: Weapons Found, Secrets Found, The Slain and Deathtraps Hit
- Episode 267 of Eamon.
Versions
Version 1.0 (Competition Version)
Date: 1 October 2010
- Leadlight (Wade Clarke; 01-Oct-2010; Apple II and web browser).
- Playtesters: Tim Ayre, Andrew Schultz, Andrew McDermott, Toby Hartnell.
- Extra Testing and Debug Scripts: Andrew Schultz.
- Black & White Illustrations, Player Guide and Website Design: Wade Clarke.
- Freya's Paintings and Drawings: Steve Amm.
- Game Logo Assistance: Alex Lee.
- Belinda Ballerina Model and Photographer: Grace Angwin.
- IFID: 6E738EA373AB7101D0FB1001F0873E0D
IFID links: IFDB - IF Comp 2010: 14th place of 26 entries and winner of the Golden Banana of Discord (standard deviation: 2.29).
- Note: This game is an Apple II binary and can be played on an Apple II emulator.
- Note: Version 1.0 of the game was delivered to IF Comp 2010 as a bundle of game, emulation and documentation files which can be found at IF Archive: Link
Version 1.1
Date: 18 November 2010
- Leadlight (Wade Clarke; 18-Nov-2010; Apple II and web browser).
Version 1.1 added additional and improved descriptions, and fixed some bugs.
Version 1.2
Date: 28 February 2011
- Leadlight (Wade Clarke; 28-Feb-2011; Apple II and web browser).
Version 1.2 includes two bugfixes and extends the dance sequence.
Version 1.4
Date: 8 November 2011
- Leadlight (Wade Clarke; 8-Nov-2011; Apple II and web browser).
Version 1.4 includes a bugfix, changed dropability for one item (making the game's puzzle difficulty Merciful - the combat remains Cruel), a new hint on the hint sheet and now displays the game version number on the title page as well as down in the credits.
Version 1.5
Date: 8 April 2015
- Leadlight (Wade Clarke; 8-Apr-2015; Apple II and web browser).
- Playtesting and additional credits as per Version 1.0
- IFID: 6E738EA373AB7101D0FB1001F0873E0D
IFID links: IFDB - Download : Leadlight Bundle from IF Archive. The bundle contains emulator packs for Intel Mac OS X and Windows/Vista (the Read Me explains how to proceed for all other setups), the illustrated Player Guide PDF, the hint sheet PDF and Apple II disk images. Also includes all previous versions of the game.
Version 1.5 is the basis for Leadlight Gamma. Leadlight 1.5 has 14 bugfixes, 9+ prose updates and 4 mechanical changes on Leadlight 1.4. Complete (spoilery) changelog available in download bundle.
Links
N.B. Many IF Archive games are temporarily unavailable in the UK.
General info
- Leadlight homepage.
- Leadlight - at IFDB.
- Leadlight - at ifwizz interactive fiction (in German).
- Leadlight - at MobyGAMES
- Leadlight updated to version 1.1, plus comp thanks - comments by the author.
Post-IFCOMP Reviews
- Review by Lynnea Dally.
- Review by Danielle.
- Review by Jeremy Freese.
- Review by Victor Gijsbers.
- TK-Nation Review by Andrew Ting
IFCOMP Reviews
- Review by Sam Kabo Ashwell.
- Review by Chris.
- Review by Dark Star.
- Review by Christopher Huang.
- Review by Kevin Jackson-Mead.
- Review by Yoon Ha Lee.
- Review by Michael Martin.
- Review by Carl Muckenhoupt.
- Review by Steven Odhner.
- Review by Jenni Polodna.
- Review by Leandro Ribeiro.
- Review by Dan Shiovitz.
- Review by Emily Short.
- Review (YouTube videos): 1 and 2 by Wintericecrystal.
Date: 1 October 2010
Date: 18 November 2010
Date: 28 February 2011
Date: 8 November 2011
Date: 8 April 2015