Child's Play
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| Child's Play | |
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| Author(s) | Stephen Granade |
| Publisher(s) | n/a |
| Release date(s) | intro: 17-Jul-2006 full: 31-Dec-2007 |
| Authoring system | Inform 7 |
| Platform(s) | Z-code |
| Language(s) | English |
| License(s) | Freeware + fine print |
| Multimedia | |
| Color effects | none |
| Graphics | none |
| Sound/Music | none |
| Ratings | |
| Cruelty scale | Merciful |
How It Begins
You are smothered in darkness. Something is covering you and it's too dark to see.
When you escape the darkness, you discover yourself to be a baby, carrying nothing, in the middle of a living room. Pillows and other stuff are piled in a circular wall around you. The new mom is trying to get you to "pull up" by putting your favorite toy on top of a red footstool. You can also see a squishy ball and a book here. You want to get your favorite toy.
Notable Features
- The PC is a baby who hasn't learned to walk yet.
Trivia and Comments
- The description of the toy, "the thing your aunt gave you which is a super fun toy", is a reference to the thing your aunt gave you which you don't know what it is from The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (Douglas Adams and Steve Meretzky; publisher: Infocom; 1984).
Versions
IntroComp release
- Child's Play (Stephen Granade; 17-Jul-2006; Z-code).
- Release 1 / Serial number 060714 / Inform 7 build 3T38 (I6/v6.31 lib 6/10N)
- IFID: C967D3EE-B0DD-4219-AD57-0C35C4ED782B
IFID links: IFDB, IFDB cover - Beta-testing by Dan Shiovitz, Sean Barrett, Lucian Smith and Admiral Jota.
- IntroComp 2006: First runner-up (of 7 games).
- Room count: 2.
- Download or view contents of introcomp06.zip, at the IF Archive - all the games from IntroComp 2006.
- Note: The story file for Child's Play is Child's Play.zblorb.
Full version
- Child's Play (Stephen Granade; 31-Dec-2007; Z-code).
- Release 1 / Serial number 071231 / Inform 7 build 5J39 (I6/v6.31 lib 6/11N)
- Release 2 / Serial number 080105 / Inform 7 build 5J39 (I6/v6.31 lib 6/11N)
- Note: Release 3's release line wanted. Replace this line with that release's release line.
- Release 4 / Serial number 080129 / Inform 7 build 5J39 (I6/v6.31 lib 6/11N)
- Release 4 / Serial number 080130 / Inform 7 build 5J39 (I6/v6.31 lib 6/11N)
- IFID: 0EBBDFDA-B7FF-4325-8A6D-3A4E1071EB23
IFID links: IFDB, IFDB cover - XYZZY Awards 2007: Winner of Best NPCs. Also, finalist in 5 categories: Best Game, Best Writing, Best Puzzles, Best Individual Puzzle (getting the toy from the cabinet), and Best Individual NPC (Zoe).
- Room count: 13.
- Download ChildsPlay.zblorb from the IF Archive.
Links
- itch.io page.
- Former homepage (archive) - Includes story file (Release 4 as of late January 2008), source code, cover art, and play-it-online link.
- Child's Play (archived) - at Baf's Guide.
- Child's Play - at IFDB.
Reviews
- Review by Jess - at Jay is Games.
- Review by Emily Short - at IF-Review.
Spoilers
- Hints page - by the author.
- ClubFloyd transcript (2008).
- ClubFloyd transcript (2017).
- Walkthrough - by Grunion Guy.