Playing Games

Playing Games
Game
Main links	Play onlineDownload IFDB IF Archive
Published	1 October 2011
Credits
Author	Kevin Jackson-Mead
Reception
Events	IFComp 2011 28th of 38 XYZZY Awards 2011 Winner: Best Individual Puzzle
IFDB rating	2 out of 5 (19 ratings)
Gameplay
Interaction style	Parser
Language	English
Technical details
Authoring system	Inform 7
Format	Glulx
License	Freeware
IFID	C32C5544-D06C-45BA-9249-A01E67C4DBCC
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Versions

Release 1

Date: 1 October 2011

• Playing Games (Kevin Jackson-Mead as "Pam Comfite"; 01-Oct-2011; Glulx).
  • Release 1 / Serial number 110929 / Inform 7 build 6G60 (I6/v6.32 lib 6/12N)
  • IFID: C32C5544-D06C-45BA-9249-A01E67C4DBCC
    IFID links: IFDB
  • IF Comp 2011: 28th place of 38 entries.
  • XYZZY Awards 2011: Winner, Best Individual Puzzle (the Hat Mystery, also in Cold Iron, The Life (and Deaths) of Doctor M, and Last Day of Summer).
  • Download Playing%20Games.gblorb from the IF Archive.
  • Play it online.

Links

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

General info

• Playing Games - at IFDB.
• Playing Games - at ifwizz interactive fiction (in German).

Reviews

• Review by Sam Kabo Ashwell.
• Review (in German) by Martin Barth.
• Review by Cobaltnine.
• Review by Mr Creosote.
• Review by David Fletcher.
• Review by Christopher Huang.
• Review by Jizaboz.
• Review by Joey Jones.
• Review by Amanda Lange.
• Review by Yoon Ha Lee.
• Review by Michael Martin.
• Review by Carl Muckenhoupt.
• Review by Ron Newcomb.
• Review by Jenni Polodna.
• Review by Emily Short.
• Review by Matt Weiner.

Spoilers

• Walkthrough and maps by David Welbourn.
• Walkthrough for the hat metapuzzle of IF Comp 2011 by David Welbourn.

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Date: 1 October 2011