Three Steps to the Left
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Three Steps to the Left
An Interactive Morality Play
| Three Steps to the Left | |
|---|---|
| Author(s) | Lucian Smith |
| Publisher(s) | n/a |
| Release date(s) | 1998 |
| Authoring system | Inform 6 |
| Platform(s) | Z-code 5 |
| Language(s) | English |
| License(s) | Freeware |
| Multimedia | |
| Color effects | none |
| Graphics | none |
| Sound/Music | none |
| Ratings | |
| Cruelty scale | Polite |
How It Begins
You are an actress playing a character called Hera Wynn in a play. Your costume is a bedraggled aqua gown, and you are carrying a locket.
The play begins in a swamp where you meet Syde Kikke. He gives you a flamingo (for a weapon) and a pez (for rations) when you explain your mission: to deliver the locket to the orphanage. He then exits the stage, leaving you amongst the trees, fallen logs, and the croaking of frogs.
Trivia and Comments
- The play Rito and Imita is from the opening sequence of So Far (Andrew Plotkin; 1996; Z-code).
- Another game with an on-stage actor as the PC is Within a Wreath of Dewdrops, or, A Poisoned Zenith (Sam Kabo Ashwell and Jacqueline A. Lott, both as "Alphonse de l'Entaille"; 2005; Z-code).
- The character names are puns: heroine and sidekick.
- It's possible to lose and die in this game, but you really have to make a deliberate effort to do so.
Versions
Release 1
- Three Steps to the Left (Lucian Smith; 1998; Z-code 5).
- Release 1 / Serial number 981203 / Inform v6.15 Library 6/7
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- Speed-IF 3 entry.
- Room count: 3.
- Download SpeedIF03.zip from the IF Archive - The entire collection of games entered in Speed-IF 3. The story file for this game is 3STEPS.Z5.
Links
General info
- Three Steps to the Left (archived) - at Baf's Guide.