Slap That Fish

Slap That Fish
Game
Main links	Play onlineDownload IFDB IF Archive
Published	30 September 2007
Credits
Author	Peter Nepstad
Reception
Events	XYZZY Awards 2007 Finalist: Best Individual Puzzle, Best NPCs, Best Use of Medium IFComp 2007 19th of 27
IFDB rating	3 out of 5 (29 ratings)
Gameplay
Interaction style	Parser
Literary genre	Comedy
Location	City
Language	English
Accessibility	Colour: none. Graphics: none. Sound: none.
Technical details
Authoring system	TADS 2
Format	TADS 2
License	Freeware
IFID	414c6579-b5b9-3667-3749-ec71a0064c02
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How it begins

You are being followed by a bunch of mean fish--but you're not going to run away this time. And so you wait for them in an alley, ready to slap, punch, kick and backhand them until they die.

Notable features

• You have to defeat a series of fish in combat. These combats are not random, but are puzzles where you have to find out the optimal technique for killing that particular opponent.
• There is an optimal way of defeating each fish which will give you the greatest number of points. However, you can also defeat the fish in less optimal ways. You will be able to win, but you won't gain the maximum score.

Versions

Release 1.0

Date: 30 September 2007

• Slap That Fish (Peter Nepstad; 30-Sep-2007; TADS 2).
  • Competition Version, Release 1.0 092907.
  • IFID: 414c6579-b5b9-3667-3749-ec71a0064c02
    IFID links: IFDB.
  • IF Comp 2007: 19th place of 27 entries.
  • XYZZY Awards 2007: Finalist in 3 categories: Best NPCs, Best Individual Puzzle (beating the shark), and Best Use of Medium.
  • Download slapthatfish.gam from the IF Archive.

Release 1.1

Date: 20 November 2007

• Slap That Fish (Peter Nepstad; 20-Nov-2007; TADS 2).
  • Release 1.1 (112007).
  • IFID: 414c6579-b5b9-3667-3749-ec71a0064c02
    IFID links: IFDB.
  • Download slapthatfish.zip from the IF Archive.

Links

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

• Slap That Fish (archived) - at Baf's Guide.
• Slap That Fish - at IFDB.

Reviews

• Review by Sam Kabo Ashwell.
• Review by Daphne Brinkerhoff.
• Review by J. D. Clemens.
• Review by Dave.
• Review by Andreas Davour.
• Review by Jason Dyer.
• Review by David Fletcher.
• Review (dead link 🔍) by Dr. Froth.
• Review by Hipolito.
• Review by N. B. Horvath.
• Review by Denis Klotz.
• Review (in Russian), (English translation) by Valentine Kopteltsev (uux).
• Review by Jacqueline A. Lott.
• Review by Jimmy Maher.
• Review by Michael Martin.
• Review by Rob Menke.
• Review by Wendy Moon.
• Review by Carl Muckenhoupt.
• Review by Wesley Osam.
• Review by Marnie Parker.
• IFDB review by Tracy Poff.
• Review by Dan Shiovitz.
• Review and IFDB review by Emily Short.
• Review by Mike Snyder.
• Review by Benjamin Sokal.
• Review by Mark J. Tilford.
• Review by David Whyld.
• Review by Jake Wildstrom.

Spoilers

• Download walkthru.txt from the IF Archive.
• ClubFloyd transcript.

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Date: 30 September 2007

Date: 20 November 2007