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The illustrated version is much prettier - switch between them with ctrl-b

• jaredsohn 15y ago
  Not only is it prettier, but it is also more functional, helping you navigate the world. I think this is the first time I've seen a text adventure illustrated like this (although perhaps it is not the first), and to me it makes the game more noteworthy than the 'boss mode' which I've seen many games have. While it isn't a game, the boss mode reminded me of Facebook in a spreadsheet: http://hardlywork.in/ http://hardlywork.in/
  • willvarfar 15y ago
    Glad you liked it! Yes the spatial thing in the illustrated version is deliberate. It is possibly unique - we certainly haven't seen it before; but then, we haven't played text adventures since we had 286s. (Never played Myst neither; didn't have CDROM drives either...)
• halter73 15y ago
  I started out in boss mode, making it 90% of the way diligently plotting the locations I had been to as nodes on a graph, before realizing I could switch mid-game to the illustrated mode. What really slowed me down was getting to the right page in the Moby Dick Novel. The note in WingDings, when transliterated correctly, reads: "The secret is in Moby Dick on page 102". However, whenever I entered 102 after being asked "Which page?" when trying to read Moby Dick, I was told "Trust me, that isn't the page you're looking for!" This left me very confused thinking I had missed something (though in retrospect that seems silly considering the note couldn't have been more straightforward). Eventually, I gave in and looked at the source code to discover that the number being sought was 120.
  • willvarfar 15y ago
    thanks for the bug report, it got fixed :) an ahem miscommunication between coder and artist...