The Traveling Swordsman

The Traveling Swordsman
Game
Main links	Play onlineDownloadSource code IFDB IF Archive
Published	30 September 2006
Credits
Author	Mike Snyder
Reception
Events	IFComp 2006 4th of 43 XYZZY Awards 2006 Winner: Best Story XYZZY Awards 2006 Finalist: Best Game, Best Individual PC, Best Puzzles
IFDB rating	4 out of 5 (50 ratings)
Gameplay
Interaction style	Parser
Literary genres	Adventure Fantasy
Language	English
Accessibility	Colour: optional. Graphics: optional. Sound: none.
Technical details
Authoring system	Hugo
Format	Hugo
License	Freeware
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Also known as "Tales of the Traveling Swordsman".

Trivia and Comments

• The competition version of this game didn't display the author's name during the comp, but does display it since the end of the comp.

Versions

Competition version

Date: 30 September 2006

• The Traveling Swordsman (Mike Snyder as Anonymous; 30-Sep-2006; Hugo).
  • version 1.3
  • Hugo v3.1 / Library 31031
  • Beta-testing by James Boyd, Craig Ross, FatBoy Fonz, Bryan Dalby, William Head, Crystal Shafer, Fabio Bittar, Vladimir V. Korablin, Jason Devlin, Blake Ballard and Dan Shiovitz.
  • IF Comp 2006: 4th place of 43 games.
  • XYZZY Awards 2006: Winner of Best Story. Also finalist for Best Game, Best Puzzles, and Best Individual PC (PC).
  • Download tales_ts.hex from the IF Archive - Hugo executable.
  • Download TALES_TS from the IF Archive - Resource file.
  • Download read_1st.txt from the IF Archive - Additional information.
  • Download tales_ts.ini from the IF Archive - Configuration file for use by the Gargoyle interpreter.

Post-comp version

Date: Date unknown

• Download tts_src.zip from the IF Archive - The source code.
• Or download tts_src.zip from the author's site.

Links

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

• Tales of the Traveling Swordsman - Homepage of the game.
• The Traveling Swordsman (archived) - at Baf's Guide.
• Tales of the Traveling Swordsman - at IFDB.

Reviews

• The Traveling Swordsman - at IFReviews.org.
• Review by Richard Bos.
• Review by Matthew Carey.
• Review by J. D. Clemens.
• Review by Riff Conner (Rifflesby).
• Review by crowheart.
• Review by Jason Devlin.
• Review (in Spanish) by dhan.
• Review by David Fletcher.
• Review by James Hall (Yuki).
• Review by Hipolito.
• Review by N. B. Horvath.
• Review by Christopher Huang (Miseri).
• Review by Robin Johnson.
• Review by Admiral Jota.
• Review and review package / rant by Valentine Kopteltsev.
• Review and The Traveling Swordsman - at SPAG, by Jimmy Maher.
• Review by Michael Martin.
• Review by Rob Menke.
• Review by James Mitchelhill.
• Review by Rob Myall.
• Review by Niz.
• Review by Andre Phillips.
• Review by quickfur.
• Review by Dan Shiovitz.
• Review by Emily Short.
• Review by Mark J. Tilford (ralphmerridew).
• Review by Urbatain. (Also longer version, in Spanish.)
• Review by Jerome C West.
• Review by David Whyld.

Note: To refer to this game from another page, you can type {{game citation|The Traveling Swordsman}}. This will display as The Traveling Swordsman (Mike Snyder; 2006; Hugo).

Date: 30 September 2006

Date: Date unknown