Shelter from the Storm

Shelter from the Storm
Game

Main links	Play onlineDownload IFDB IF Archive
Published	30 May 2009
Credits
Author	Eric Eve
Reception
IFDB rating	4 out of 5 (24 ratings)
Gameplay
Interaction style	Parser
Literary genre	Mystery
Location	Home
Language	English
Cruelty scale	Polite
IFDB play time	1 hour 35 minutes
Accessibility	Colour: none. Graphics: none. Sound: none.
Technical details
Authoring system	TADS 3
Format	TADS 3
License	Freeware
IFID	b0b847a5-befa-5bf3-8e5c-f1b35a9cd59a
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How it begins

It is October 1940. The protagonist is a newly-commissioned army officer on his way to his first posting on Salisbury Plain (in southern England), when his car breaks down. It is starting to rain and the weather looks like it's about to get worse, so his first job is to find shelter from the storm. But finding it leads to far more than he bargained for, in a house where hardly anything is what it's meant to appear.

Notable features

The player can choose to play the game in first, second, or third person, and either present or past tense; this can also be changed mid-game.

Versions

Version 1

Date: 30 May 2009

Shelter from the Storm (Eric Eve; 30-May-2009; TADS 3).
- IFID: b0b847a5-befa-5bf3-8e5c-f1b35a9cd59a
  IFID links: IFDB
- Download storm.zip from the IF Archive

Version 1.03

Date: 31 May 2009

Shelter from the Storm (Eric Eve; 31-May-2009; TADS 3).
- IFID: b0b847a5-befa-5bf3-8e5c-f1b35a9cd59a
  IFID links: IFDB

Version 1.1

Date: 6 June 2009

Shelter from the Storm (Eric Eve; 06-Jun-2009; TADS 3).
- IFID: b0b847a5-befa-5bf3-8e5c-f1b35a9cd59a
  IFID links: IFDB
- Download storm.zip from the author's website.
- Download stormWebUI.t3 from the IF Archive (TADS WebUI version, dated 15-May-2012)

The zipfile contains a single file:

storm.t3 - the story file.

Additional credits:

TADS 3 authoring system by Michael J. Roberts.
Beta testing by: Jim Aikin, Radical Al, Parham Doustdar, Keaton Graves, Jonathan Li, Reiko, Michael Neal Tenuis, and Jack Welch.

Links

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