Scavenger

Scavenger
Game
Main links	Play onlineDownloadSource code IFDB IF Archive
Published	29 September 2003
Credits
Author	Quintin Stone
Reception
Events	XYZZY Awards 2003 Finalist: Best Game, Best Individual NPC, Best Puzzles IFComp 2003 3rd of 30
IFDB rating	4 out of 5 (30 ratings)
Gameplay
Interaction style	Parser
Literary genre	Science fiction
Location	Building
Language	English
Accessibility	Colour: none. Graphics: none. Sound: none.
Technical details
Authoring system	TADS 2
Format	TADS 2
License	Freeware
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How it begins

Unbelievable. This could very well be it. The big score.

Every scavenger dreams of that one discovery that will grant riches beyond the dreams of avarice. Every scavenger envisions walking into the hidden chamber of some pre-war military compound or corporate R&D facility and finding the forgotten secrets of humanity's genius. Of course, you can count the number of times it's happened on one hand. While everyone in your line of work wishes for it, no one really expects it to happen. That included you.

Until you found the scrap of paper, that is.

Versions

Competition version

Date: 29 September 2003

• Scavenger (Quintin Stone; 29-Sep-2003; TADS 2).
  • Beta-testing by Greg Pallis, Stark Springs, Ricardo Signes, Frank Otto, Daphne Brinkerhoff, Mike Sousa, Jessica Knoch, Peter Berman, and Guilherme Holt De Sousa.
  • Version 1.0
  • Build Date: Sep 26 2003
  • IF Comp 2003: 3rd place of 30 entries.
  • XYZZY Awards 2003: Finalist for Best Game, Best Puzzles, Best Individual NPC (Iona).
  • Download scavenger.gam from the IF Archive - The story file.

Release 1.2

Date: 3 May 2005

• Scavenger (Quintin Stone; 03-May-2005; TADS 2).
  • Version 1.2 (post-comp)
  • Build Date: Apr 06 2005
  • Download scavenger.zip from the IF Archive.
  • Download source code.

Links

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

General info

• Scavenger homepage.
• Scavenger (archived) - at Baf's Guide.

Reviews

• Scavenger - at SPAG.
• Scavenger (potential archive link) - at IF Ratings.
• Review - by Paul O'Brian.
• Review - by Dan Shiovitz.

Spoilers

• Transcript 1 by ClubFloyd. July 2009.
• Transcript 2 by ClubFloyd. September 2011.

Note: To refer to this game from another page, you can type {{game citation|Scavenger}}. This will display as Scavenger (Quintin Stone; 2003; TADS 2).

Date: 29 September 2003

Date: 3 May 2005