Lost Pig
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 Fantasy  Comedy  Underground |
| Lost Pig | |
|---|---|
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| Author(s) | Admiral Jota |
| Publisher(s) | n/a |
| Release date(s) | 30-Sep-2007 |
| Authoring system | Inform 6 |
| Platform(s) | Z-code 8 |
| Language(s) | English |
| License(s) | Freeware |
| Multimedia | |
| Color effects | none |
| Graphics | none |
| Sound/Music | none |
| Ratings | |
| Cruelty scale | Merciful |
How It Begins
Grunk orc. Grunk work on pig farm. Grunk lose pig. Boss tell Grunk go find pig.
Grunk fall down hole. Land on torch. Torch go out. Now what Grunk do?
Notable Features
Trivia and Comments
- The author entered LP0 into TWIFcomp as a prequel in 2010.
Versions
Release 1
- Lost Pig (Admiral Jota as "Grunk"; 30-Sep-2007; Z-code 8).
- Beta-testing by Emily Short, Jacqueline A. Lott, Sam Kabo Ashwell and Dan Shiovitz.
- IFID: ZCODE-1-070917-994E
IFID links: IFDB - IF Comp 2007: 1st place of 27 entries.
- XYZZY Awards 2007: Winner of 4 awards: Best Game, Best Writing, Best Individual NPC (the gnome), and Best Individual PC (Grunk). Also, finalist in 4 categories: Best Setting, Best Puzzles, Best NPCs, and Best Use of Medium.
- Download lostpig.z8 from the IF Archive - The story file.
Links
General info
- Lost Pig (archived) - at Baf's Guide
- Lost Pig - at IFDB
- I couldn't sleep last night... (archive) Blog post by Neophyte, 07 December 2010, features a green Lost Pig tribute t-shirt reading "Grunk& Pants& Pig& Gnome."
Reviews
- Review by Sam Kabo Ashwell.
- Review by Daphne Brinkerhoff.
- Review by J. D. Clemens.
- Review by Chris Dahlen for A.V. Club.
- Review by Andreas Davour.
- Review by Stefan Donati (Shuarian).
- Review by Jason Dyer.
- Review by David Fletcher.
- Review by Hipolito.
- Review by N. B. Horvath.
- Review by Denis Klotz.
- Review (in Russian), (English translation) by Valentine Kopteltsev (uux).
- Review by Jimmy Maher.
- Review by Michael Martin.
- Exploring the 'Best Games': Lost Pig, by Admiral Jota - by Mathbrush.
- 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 Scramble125 - at Jay is Games.
- Review by Dan Shiovitz.
- Review by Emily Short.
- Review (archive) by Emily Short at Play This Thing!
- Review by Mike Snyder.
- Review by Benjamin Sokal.
- Review by Mark J. Tilford.
- Review by David Whyld.
- Review by Jake Wildstrom.
- Review (in Russian), (English translation) by zerrr.
Spoilers
- Download walkthru.txt from the IF Archive - Walkthrough by the author.
- ClubFloyd transcript.
- Geek Interactive Fiction Club thread.