This Is The Toaster

This Is The Toaster
Game
Main links	Play onlineDownload IFDB IF Archive
Published	2000
Credits
Author	Anonymous
Reception
Events	ToasterComp Participant
IFDB rating	1.5 out of 5 (3 ratings)
Gameplay
Interaction style	Parser
Literary genre	Surreal
Location	Microspace
Language	English
Accessibility	Colour: none. Graphics: none. Sound: none.
Technical details
Authoring system	TADS 2
Format	TADS 2
License	Freeware
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How it begins

First, the player is warned about "half-cooked imagery and graphically absurd scenes."

The COMMANDS verb suggests that "ASK [character] FOR [item]" and "GIVE [item] TO [character]" are very useful in this game.

You stand empty-handed beside a toaster's lever, the key to the Future Plane. Below you is the dial of the toaster; above you are the slots. Other inhabitants of the toaster wander about, sometimes pulling the lever and disappearing.

Notable features

• Uses the Reactive Agent Planner 1.0 module by Nate Cull to give the NPCs their various agendas.
• One section of the game is presented entirely in the future tense.

Trivia and Comments

• The unusual geography was inspired, in part, by Detective (Matt Barringer; 1993; AGT). Also, the XYZZY command replays a short scene from Detective.

Versions

Version alpha 1.0

Date: 2000

• This Is The Toaster (Anonymous; 2000; TADS 2).
  • ToasterComp entry.
  • Story file: mcp_toast.gam.
  • Download ToasterCompNosrc.zip from the IF Archive for all the ToasterComp games.

Links

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

General info

• This Is The Toaster (archived) - at Baf's Guide.

Reviews

• This Is The Toaster - at IF Ratings.

Spoilers

• Walkthrough and map by David Welbourn.

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Date: 2000