Over the Edge

Over the Edge
Game
Main links	Play online IFDB
Published	13 August 2006
Credits
Author	Ren
Reception
Events	ADRIFT Hourglass Comp 2006 11th of 13
Gameplay
Interaction style	Parser
Literary genre	Drama
Location	Underground
Language	English
Cruelty scale	Merciful
Accessibility	Colour: optional. Graphics: none. Sound: none.
Technical details
Authoring system	ADRIFT 4
Format	ADRIFT 4
License	Freeware
IFID	ADRIFT-400-D90E84258C52FB6F268DA440E938F192, ADRIFT-400-503236E4D41C0B12AFB844357B4583E0, ADRIFT-400-18A1AEE870D85A39AED14935DF870F4F
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How it begins

When you volunteered for the front, you didn't think it would be like this, all mud and inches and death. Now you're trapped down in the trenches, waiting for the call, waiting to go over the edge. Again.

You're Billy Saffman. You lied about your age when you signed up. You're fifteen years old.

Versions

Release 1 Competition Release

Date: 13 August 2006

• Over the Edge (Ren; 13-Aug-2006; ADRIFT 4).
  • IFID: ADRIFT-400-D90E84258C52FB6F268DA440E938F192
    IFID links: IFDB
  • Download Hourglass.zip from the Adrift website.
  • ADRIFT Hourglass Comp 2006: 11th Place of 13 games.
  • Download Overtheedge.zip from Delron (archive)

Release 1.1 Post-Competition Update

Date: 26 September 2006

• Over the Edge (Ren; 26-Sep-2006; ADRIFT 4).
  • Download Over_the_edge.zip from the Adrift website.
  • Download over_the_edge.zip from Delron (archive)

This zipfile contains two story files:

• Release 1.1 for ADRIFT Runner
  • IFID: ADRIFT-400-503236E4D41C0B12AFB844357B4583E0
    IFID links: IFDB
  • Story file: Over the Edge1.1.taf

• Release 1.1 for SCARE/Gargoyle
  • IFID: ADRIFT-400-18A1AEE870D85A39AED14935DF870F4F
    IFID links: IFDB
  • Story file: OtE_Scare-Gargoyle.taf
  • "Essentially the same game, [this] version has some format amendments and reworked variables."

Links

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

General info

• Over the Edge (archived) - at Baf's Guide.
• Over the Edge - at IFDB.
• Over the Edge - at ifwizz interactive fiction (in German).

Reviews

• Reviews (comp version) at Delron.
• Reviews (post-comp) at Delron.

Note: To refer to this game from another page, you can type {{game citation|Over the Edge}}. This will display as Over the Edge (Ren; 2006; ADRIFT 4).

Date: 13 August 2006

Date: 26 September 2006