Rover's Day Out
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| Rover's Day Out | |
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| Main links | |
| Published | 1 October 2009 |
| Credits | |
| Authors | Jack Welch and Ben Collins-Sussman |
| Reception | |
| Events | |
| IFDB rating | 4 out of 5 (58 ratings) |
| Gameplay | |
| Interaction style |  Parser |
| Literary genre |  Science fiction |
| Location |  Home |
| Language | English |
| Accessibility | Colour: yes. Graphics: none. Sound: none. |
| Technical details | |
| Authoring system | Inform 7 |
| Format | Glulx |
| License | Freeware |
| IFID | 417B9626-8635-4451-90F5-D082E01547FA |
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How it begins
You wake up when you alarm clock starts beeping, and get into your morning routine: feed Rover, eat breakfast, take a shower--until something unexpected happens. Meanwhile, commentary in blue shows that all is not what it seems.
Additional Credits
- Copy Editing: Rochelle Lodder
- Graphics: Margaret Frey
- Beta Testing: David Anderson, Beth Vanichtheeranont, John Lodder, Frances Collins-Sussman, Chris Exner, Kathyrnne Wolf, Peter Olson, Jeff Bailey, and Andrea Phillips.
Versions
Release 11 (Competition release)
Date: 1 October 2009
- Rover's Day Out (Jack Welch and Ben Collins-Sussman; 01-Oct-2009; Glulx).
- Release 11 / Serial number 090930 / Inform 7 build 5Z71 (I6/v6.31 lib 6/12N)
- IFID: 417B9626-8635-4451-90F5-D082E01547FA
IFID links: IFDB, IFDB cover - IF Comp 2009: 1st place of 24 entries. Also awarded 1st place for Miss Congeniality.
- Download rover.gblorb from the IF Archive
- NOTE (from the IF Comp site): For those playing Rover's Day Out under Spatterlight, please don't. Please use Zoom instead, as Spatterlight appears to be mis-handling the game.
Release 12 (Post-comp release)
Date: 16 November 2009
- Rover's Day Out (Jack Welch and Ben Collins-Sussman; 16-Nov-2009; Glulx).
- Release 12 / Serial number 091116 / Inform 7 build 5Z71 (I6/v6.31 lib 6/12N)
- IFID: 417B9626-8635-4451-90F5-D082E01547FA
IFID links: IFDB, IFDB cover - XYZZY Awards 2009: Finalist for Best Puzzles and Best Individual Puzzle (working out the controls).
- Download: version 12 from IFarchive.
- NOTE This is a bugfix release; Spatterlight and Gargoyle are now able to play release 12.
Links
N.B. Many IF Archive games are temporarily unavailable in the UK.
General info
- Main Game Site with source code, bug tracker, etc.
- Rover's Day Out (archived) - at Baf's Guide.
- Rover's Day Out - at IFDB.
- Rover's Day Out - at ifwizz interactive fiction (in German).
- Post-comp thoughts on "Rover's Day Out" - RAIF, November 17, 2009.
Reviews
- Review - at the A.V. Club. (Note: It's listed after the review for Broken Legs.)
- Review by Philip Armstrong.
- Review by Sam Kabo Ashwell.
- Review by Renee Choba.
- Review: 1 and 2 by Riff Conner.
- Review and review of reviews by Conrad.
- Review by DanTheArcher - at Jay is Games.
- Review and SPAG review by Dark Star.
- Review by Shane Fitzgerald-Gale.
- Review by David Fletcher.
- Review by Jeremy Freese.
- Review by FrozenIsles Productions.
- Review: 1 and 2 by Victor Gijsbers.
- Review by Hipolito.
- Review by Christopher Huang.
- Review by Amanda Lange.
- Review by Yoon Ha Lee.
- Review by Michael Martin.
- Review (in Spanish) by Mastodon - at the CAAD forum.
- Review by memegarden.
- Review by Rob Menke.
- Review by Wesley Osam.
- Review by Jenni Polodna.
- Review by George Shannon.
- Review by Dan Shiovitz.
- Review by Emily Short.
- Review by sneJ - at IFDB.
- Review by Matt Weiner.
- Review by Jake Wildstrom.
- Review by Daniel Wilson.
- Review (in Russian) by yandexx.
Spoilers
- Download walkthrough.txt from the IF Archive. Walkthrough by the author.
- ClubFloyd transcript.
Date: 1 October 2009
Date: 16 November 2009