Lord Bellwater's Secret

Lord Bellwater's Secret
Game
Main links	Play onlineDownload IFDB IF Archive
Published	30 September 2007
Credits
Author	Sam Gordon
Reception
Events	IFComp 2007 3rd of 27
IFDB rating	4 out of 5 (73 ratings)
Gameplay
Interaction style	Parser
Literary genre	Mystery
Locations	Home One-room
Language	English
Cruelty scale	Polite
IFDB play time	40 minutes
Accessibility	Colour: none. Graphics: none. Sound: none.
Technical details
Authoring system	Inform 7
Format	Z-code
License	Freeware
IFID	0308C586-6AA1-11DC-9A1F-0011D8A8555E
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How it begins

As Bert Smith, you are a groom in the London household of Lord Bellwater. Your sweetheart, Elsie Browning recently died in suspicious circumstances and, determined to discover the truth, you are making an illicit, night-time search of your employer's private study.

Versions

Competition release

Date: 30 September 2007

• Lord Bellwater's Secret (Sam Gordon; 30-Sep-2007; Z-code).
  • IFID: 0308C586-6AA1-11DC-9A1F-0011D8A8555E
    IFID links: IFDB
  • IF Comp 2007: 3rd place of 27 entries.
  • Download bellwater.zblorb from the IF Archive - The story file.

Links

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

General info

• Lord Bellwater's Secret (archived) - at Baf's Guide
• Lord Bellwater's Secret - at IFDB

Reviews

• Review by Sam Kabo Ashwell.
• Review by Daphne Brinkerhoff.
• Review by J. D. Clemens.
• Review by Dave.
• Review by Andreas Davour.
• Review by Jason Dyer.
• Review by David Fletcher.
• Review by Hipolito.
• Review by N. B. Horvath.
• Review by Kake.
• Review by Denis Klotz.
• Review (in Russian) by Valentine Kopteltsev a.k.a. uux.
• Review by Jimmy Maher.
• Review by Michael Martin.
• Review by Rob Menke.
• Review by Wendy Moon.
• Review by Carl Muckenhoupt.
• Review by Wesley Osam.
• Review by Marnie Parker.
• Review by Cathy Saxton.
• Review by Dan Shiovitz.
• Review by Emily Short.
• Review by Mike Snyder.
• Review by Benjamin Sokal.
• Review by Mark J. Tilford.
• Review by David Whyld.
• Review by Jake Wildstrom.

Spoilers

• Download bellwater.txt from the IF Archive - Walkthrough by the author.
• ClubFloyd transcript.

Note: To refer to this game from another page, you can type {{game citation|Lord Bellwater's Secret}}. This will display as Lord Bellwater's Secret (Sam Gordon; 2007; Inform 7; Z-code).

Date: 30 September 2007