Yak Shaving for Kicks and Giggles!
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| Yak Shaving for Kicks and Giggles! | |
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| Published | 27 September 2008 |
| Credits | |
| Author | J.J. Guest |
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| IFDB rating | 3.5 out of 5 (4 ratings) |
| Gameplay | |
| Interaction style |  Parser |
| Literary genre |  Comedy |
| Language | English |
| Accessibility | Colour: none. Graphics: none. Sound: none. |
| Technical details | |
| Authoring systems | ADRIFT 4, Inform 7 |
| Formats | ADRIFT 4, Z-code |
| License | Freeware |
| IFID | ADRIFT-400-D34D767147A6695D1B5F6A2335DC13E7 |
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How it begins
Steve Goodwin yearns to learn the meaning of life itself. Can the Dada Lama of mystical Shangri-La teach him the secret?
Trivia and Comments
- "Yak shaving" refers to a type of activity that, by itself, is useless or silly but helps you (eventually) solve a larger problem. Contrast with babel fish puzzle.
Versions
The Odd Comp version
Date: 27 September 2008
- Yak Shaving for Kicks and Giggles! (J.J. Guest; 27-Sept-2008; ADRIFT 4).
- IFID: ADRIFT-400-D34D767147A6695D1B5F6A2335DC13E7
IFID links: IFDB - The Odd Competition: 3rd place of 10 entries.
- Download yakshaving.zip from Delron.
- .zip includes story file.
- IFID: ADRIFT-400-D34D767147A6695D1B5F6A2335DC13E7
The Expanded version
Date: 18 September 2010
- Yak Shaving for Kicks and Giggles! (J.J. Guest; 18-Sep-2010; Z-code).
- Version info: Release 1 / Serial number 100906 / Inform 7 build 6E59 (I6/v6.31 lib 6/12N)
- Download yak_shaving.zblorb from the IF Archive
Links
N.B. Many IF Archive games are temporarily unavailable in the UK.
General info
Reviews
- Reviews at Delron taken from this thread at the ADRIFT forum.
Spoilers
- ClubFloyd transcript.
- Walkthroughs and maps for both versions by David Welbourn.
Date: 27 September 2008
Date: 18 September 2010