Tethered
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| Tethered | |
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| Game | |
| Main links | |
| Published | 1 October 2018 |
| Credits | |
| Author | Linus Åkesson |
| Reception | |
| Events | |
| IFDB rating | 4 out of 5 (35 ratings) |
| Gameplay | |
| Interaction style |  Parser |
| Locations |  Home  Underground |
| Language | English |
| IFDB play time | 30 minutes |
| Technical details | |
| Authoring system | Dialog |
| Formats | Z-code, Å-code |
| IFID | 55B22E4A-9CDE-462D-863B-B8BA0E32F698 |
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Tethered is an interactive fiction game that takes place on a fateful day hiking in the snowy mountains.
Notable features
- First work written in Dialog. Dialog is now the third authoring system that can target the Z-machine. Prior to this game, all Z-machine works were written in either Inform or ZIL.
Trivia
- The secret ending to the game (added in or after release 4) has yet to be found.
Versions
Release 1
Date: 1 October 2018
- Serial number 180926.
- Competition version.
- Released in Z-code format only.
Release 2
Date: 17 November 2018
- The first post-competition release.
- Serial number 181117.
- Released in Z-code format only.
Release 3
Date: 4 June 2019
- Serial number 190604.
- Released to demonstrate the new Å-machine and its web-based interpreter.
Release 4
Date: 25 November 2019
- Serial number 191125.
- Released in both Z-code and Å-code formats, the latter including a Commodore 64 release for the first time.
Release 5
Date: 24 April 2020
- Serial number 200424.
- Released in both Z-code and Å-code formats.
Links
General info
Spoilers
- Post-mortem.
- Walkthrough and map by David Welbourn.
- Intfiction: Finding the Easter egg in ‘Tethered’ (topic started by Adam Faiz on 15 May 2025).
Date: 1 October 2018
Date: 17 November 2018
Date: 4 June 2019
Date: 25 November 2019
Date: 24 April 2020