Weishaupt Scholars
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 Espionage  School |
| Weishaupt Scholars | |
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| Author(s) | Michael C. Martin |
| Publisher(s) | n/a |
| Release date(s) | 2005/2007 |
| Authoring system | Inform 6/7 |
| Platform(s) | Z-code 5/8 |
| Language(s) | English |
| License(s) | Freeware |
| Multimedia | |
| Color effects | none |
| Graphics | none |
| Sound/Music | none |
| Ratings | |
| Cruelty scale | Polite |
How It Begins
Introcomp Release
You are Janet, a new recruit in a conspiratorial group called the Weishaupt Foundation. A lecture is wrapping up, and you're about to be summoned on another mission for your secret masters.
Release 2
You are told that the active agent is Hal, and that the status of all three agents (Hal, Janet and Benj) is OK. You are Hal, a minion-in-training of a secret society. You are midway through ransacking the lab of a gang of mad alchemists, but have still to locate some important documents. Your fellow trainees Janet and Benj are nearby, and you are carrying a pager.
Notable Features
- Multiple viewpoint PCs, which change by chapter.
- IntroComp version: after each chapter, a game over-like screen allows the player to continue or restart to the beginning of the chapter to attempt a better ending.
- Full version: a fair number of multiple solutions, which modify the plot to some extent.
- Full version: instead of a traditional score, the game awards a percentile score on three axes - Effectiveness, Subtlety and Canonicality - at the game's end.
Versions
Introcomp Release
- Weishaupt Scholars: Prologue (Michael C. Martin; 2005; Z-code 5).
- Release 1 / Serial number 050718 / Inform v6.30 Library 6/11 S
- IFID: ZCODE-1-050718-7EAF
IFID links: IFDB - IntroComp 2005: First runner-up from 7 entries.
- Weishaupt Scholars: Prologue - at IFDB (a record for this intro specifically).
- Download or view contents of introcomp05.zip, at the IF Archive - all IntroComp 2005 entries
Post-comp Releases
- Weishaupt Scholars (Michael C. Martin; 2007; Blorbed Z-code 8).
- Release 1 / Serial number 070815 / Inform 7 build 4U65
- Release 2 / Serial number 071107 / Inform 7 build 4U65
- IFID: 1948A12C-B94D-4451-B9A8-C08FB7E3E331
IFID links: IFDB, IFDB cover - Download wscholars.zblorb from the IF Archive - story file
Links
General info
- Weishaupt Scholars (archived) - at Baf's Guide.
- Weishaupt Scholars - at IFDB.
- Weishaupt Scholars - at ifwizz interactive fiction (in German).
Reviews
- Weishaupt Scholars: Prologue - at IF Ratings.
- Review (Introcomp) - by Dan Shiovitz.
- Review (Release 1) - by Sam Kabo Ashwell.
Spoilers
- Walkthrough by David Welbourn -- applies only to the Prologue.
- ClubFloyd transcript (2nd copy) - ClubFloyd played the full version of Weishaupt Scholars on September 9, 2007.