Melancholy Blood - Act 1
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 Horror  School  City |
| Melancholy Blood - Act 1 | |
|---|---|
| Author(s) | DannyL7773 |
| Publisher(s) | n/a |
| Release date(s) | 02-Oct-2009 |
| Authoring system | ADRIFT 3.9 |
| Platform(s) | ADRIFT 3.9 |
| Language(s) | English |
| License(s) | Freeware |
| Multimedia | |
| Color effects | none |
| Graphics | none |
| Sound/Music | none |
| Ratings | |
| Cruelty scale | Cruelty to be determined |
How It Begins
The player is asked for his name.
It's Wednesday. You are a 16 year-old male student with few friends. It's the end of the school day, and Teacher wants you to pack up and go. You'd like to get a drink from the vending machine down the corridor.
Notable Features
- About halfway through the game, the PC must make a major decision, choosing between two different storylines that fork from that decision point.
- Appears to be inspired by Japanese anime, at least in the characters' names and their appearances.
- Sparse worldbuilding. There are very few items in the game, and some of the locations are undescribed.
- Heavy use of forcefed commands -- that is, the game tells you exactly what the player must type -- and textdumps. Problematically, several of the forcefed commands have to be entered in a location other than the PC's current one, and there's never any reminder of what needs to be done when the PC arrives there.
Versions
Twin Comp Release
- Melancholy Blood - Act 1 (DannyL7773; 02-Oct-2009; ADRIFT 3.9).
- Last updated: 27 Sep 2009
- IFID: ADRIFT-390-772DF8271FD822D0CE43FC0A9C611D32
IFID links: IFDB - The Twin Competition: 2nd place of 2 entries.
- Download melancholy.zip from Delron.
- Or download 1_Twin_Comp.zip from the ADRIFT site. Contains both games entered in the Twin Comp.