Mother Loose

Mother Loose
Game
Main links	Play onlineDownload IFDB IF Archive
Published	1998
Credits
Author	Irene Callaci
Reception
Events	XYZZY Awards 1998 Finalist: Best Individual NPC, Best NPCs IFComp 1998 6th of 27
IFDB rating	3.5 out of 5 (12 ratings)
Gameplay
Interaction style	Parser
Literary genre	Fantasy
Location	City
Language	English
Accessibility	Colour: none. Graphics: none. Sound: none.
Technical details
Authoring system	Inform 6
Format	Z-code 5
License	Freeware
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How it begins

You're a lost seven year-old carrying nothing. Without knowing how, you find yourself in an unfamilar place beside a rickety fence on top of which is a well-dressed talking egg named Humpty Dumpty. He wants your help in getting down safely.

Notable features

• Three-row high status bar features an ASCII art compass rose.
• Game contains elements from several of Mother Goose's nursery rhymes.
• Several puzzles have alternate solutions.
• The game keeps track of your behavior, both good and bad, which is commented on at the end.
• In-game help menu.
• Tone of the game is gentle and whimsical.

Versions

Release 1 (Competition version)

Date: 1998

• Mother Loose (Irene Callaci; 1998; Z-code 5).
  • Release 1 / Serial number 980928 / Inform v6.15 Library 6/7
  • IF Comp 1998: 6th place of 27 entries.
  • Download loose.z5 from the IF Archive
  • Play it online at ifiction.org.

Release 2

Date: 1998

• Mother Loose (Irene Callaci; 1998; Z-code 5).
  • Release 2 / Serial number 981128 / Inform v6.15 Library 6/7
  • XYZZY Awards 1998: Finalist for Best Individual NPC (the wolf) and Best NPCs.
  • Download loose.z5 from the IF Archive
  • Play it online at ifiction.org.

Links

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

General info

• Mother Loose (archived) - at Baf's Guide.
• Mother Loose - at IFDB.
• Mother Loose - at ifwizz interactive fiction (in German).

Reviews

• Mother Loose - at SPAG.
• Mother Loose - at IF Ratings.
• Review - by Dan Shiovitz.
• Review (archive) - by Duncan Stevens.

Spoilers

• ClubFloyd transcript - ClubFloyd played Mother Loose on September 30, 2007.

Note: To refer to this game from another page, you can type {{game citation|Mother Loose}}. This will display as Mother Loose (Irene Callaci; 1998; Inform 6; Z-code).

Date: 1998

Date: 1998