Scarlet Portrait Parlor

Scarlet Portrait Parlor
Game
Main links	Play onlineSource code IFDB
Published	2020
Credits
Author	Mathbrush
Reception
IFDB rating	4 out of 5 (7 ratings)
Gameplay
Interaction style	Parser
Literary genre	Drama
Location	Home
Language	English
Technical details
Authoring system	Inform 7
Format	Glulx
IFID	CF59560F-C8FB-4C1C-9380-711F42DE6C19
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How it begins

You are someone carrying a heavy guilt. Darkness has fallen, and you stand beside a loom in the scarlet portrait parlor.

Notable features

• Unusually, the player is meant to read the source code as poetry instead of playing the game itself. However, the game is playable and has an ending.
• This game is very short.

Versions

Release 1

Date: 2020

• Scarlet Portrait Parlor (Mathbrush as "Prismatik"; 2020; Glulx).
  • Release 1 / Serial number 200203 / Inform 7 build 6M62 (I6/v6.34 lib 6/12N)
  • IFID: CF59560F-C8FB-4C1C-9380-711F42DE6C19
    IFID links: IFDB
  • The Second Quadrennial Ryan Veeder Exposition for Good Interactive Fiction: 3rd place for Event One (8 points out of 10.).
  • Play it online.
  • Download prismatik1.gblorb from the Expo. The story file.

Links

General info

• Scarlet Portrait Parlor - at IFDB.

Spoilers

• Source text.
• Walkthrough and map by David Welbourn.

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Date: 2020