Starship Volant: Stowaway
| Starship Volant: Stowaway | |
|---|---|
| Game | |
| Main links | |
| Published | 2 April 2007 |
| Credits | |
| Author | Christy Henshaw |
| Reception | |
| Events | |
| IFDB rating | 2 out of 5 (1 rating) |
| Gameplay | |
| Interaction style |  Parser |
| Literary genre |  Science fiction |
| Location |  Outer space |
| Language | English |
| IFDB play time | 1 hour |
| Accessibility | Colour: none. Graphics: none. Sound: none. |
| Technical details | |
| Authoring system | ADRIFT 4 |
| Format | ADRIFT 4 |
| License | Freeware |
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This article is about the ADRIFT game by C. Henshaw. For other games called Stowaway, see Stowaway (disambiguation).
How it begins
First menu, type one of: New game / Restore / Credits / Help / Skip Beginning / Important information.
Second, choose an identity: 1. Captain / 2. Pilot / 3. Security Officer / 4. Ship's Doctor / 5. Chief Engineer
Prologue. On the planet Bambeecha, a reptilian Prehipsonite evades a Techthon search party, then follows a pair of humans to their starship, waiting for his chance to stowaway on board.
Intro. In this part of the game, you may explore the starship from different viewpoints:
- Jacquiline Sun, Captain, in The Bridge.
- Danny McPhee, Pilot, in The Bridge.
- Aldos, Security Officer, in Security Officer's Quarters.
- Fornkan Helb, Doctor, in Morgue.
- Penelope Haley, Chief Engineer, in Engine Room.
Type new to switch characters. When you're done exploring, type skip to begin the game proper.
Versions
Competition version
Date: 2 April 2007
- Starship Volant: Stowaway (Christy Henshaw as C. Henshaw; 02-Apr-2007; ADRIFT 4).
- Beta-testing by David Parish as "thatguy", David Whyld, Viberunner and Tech.
- Spring Thing 2007: 3rd place of 4 entries.
- Download volant.zip from the IF Archive
- Or download volant.zip from springthing.net
- Or download volant.zip from springthing.net's mirror.
The zipfile, volant.zip, contains the following files:
- volant.taf - The story file.
- feedback.txt - A feedback form, with questions from the author.
This version is also part of the collection of all Spring Thing 2007 entries:
- Download SpringThing2007.zip from the IF Archive
- Or download SpringThing2007.zip from springthing.net
- Or download SpringThing2007.zip from springthing.net's mirror.
Links
N.B. Many IF Archive games are temporarily unavailable in the UK.
General info
- Starship Volant: Stowaway (archived) - at Baf's Guide.
Reviews
See also: Delron review compilation by various reviewers.
- Review - by Emily Boegheim.
- My Spring Thing notes - by Daphne Brinkerhoff.
- Review - by J. D. Clemens.
- Review - by Dan Shiovitz.
- Review - by Emily Short.
Date: 2 April 2007