Cursed

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Fantasy Mystery IF Comp 2011 13th (tie) of 38

Cursed
Author(s)	Nick Rogers
Publisher(s)	n/a
Release date(s)	01-Oct-2011
Authoring system	ADRIFT 4
Platform(s)	ADRIFT 4
Language(s)	English
License(s)	Freeware
Multimedia
Color effects	none
Graphics	none
Sound/Music	none
Ratings
Cruelty scale	Polite

Contents 1 How It Begins 2 Notable Features 3 Versions 3.1 Release 1 (Competition release) 3.2 Release 2 3.3 Release 3 4 Links 4.1 General info 4.2 Reviews

How It Begins

Accused of murdering your best friend, you are about to face the death penalty. But instead you are cursed, transformed into a beast and begin an epic journey to unravel the mystery of the real murderer, why your friend was killed, and undo the curse.

Notable Features

• Has three different ways to play through the game.

Versions

Release 1 (Competition release)

• Cursed (Nick Rogers; 01-Oct-2011; ADRIFT 4); Version 1.0.07
  • IFID: ADRIFT-400-0F4EEF79D818405C632E673FA3384154
    IFID links: IFDB, Babel metadata, Babel download. (Note: Babel services at IF Archive are not yet available.)
  • IF Comp 2011: Tied for 13th place of 38 entries.
  • Download cursed.taf ( ftp, random) from the IF Archive.
  • Download cursed_hints.taf ( ftp, random) from the IF Archive.
  • Download cursed_map.pdf ( ftp, random) from the IF Archive.
  • Download cursed.txt ( ftp, random) from the IF Archive.

Release 2

• Cursed (Nick Rogers; 29-Jan-2012; ADRIFT 4); Version 2.0.08
  • IFID: ADRIFT-400-0F4EEF79D818405C632E673FA3384154
    IFID links: IFDB, Babel metadata, Babel download. (Note: Babel services at IF Archive are not yet available.)

Release 2 includes a major rewrite of the opening scenes, some reduction in the amount of internal monologues, and general bug-fixes and improvements.

Release 3

• Cursed (Nick Rogers; 19-Mar-2012; ADRIFT 4); Version 2.0.09
  • IFID: ADRIFT-400-0F4EEF79D818405C632E673FA3384154
    IFID links: IFDB, Babel metadata, Babel download. (Note: Babel services at IF Archive are not yet available.)
  • Download cursed.zip ( ftp, random) from the IF Archive.

Release 3 (v 2.0.09) includes a couple of bug fixes, one of which is critical to the completion of the game when playing as the fox.

Links

General info

• Cursed - at IFDB.
• Cursed - at ifwizz interactive fiction (in German).

Reviews

• Review by Sam Kabo Ashwell.
• Review (in German) by Martin Barth.
• Review by George Dorn.
• Review by David Fletcher.
• Review by Hipolito.
• Review by Christopher Huang.
• Review by Amanda Lange.
• Review by Yoon Ha Lee.
• Review by Michael Martin.
• Review by Rob Menke.
• Review by Carl Muckenhoupt.
• Review by Ron Newcomb.
• Review by Po. Prune.
• Review by Hannes Schueller.
• Review by Emily Short.
• Review by TempestDash.
• Review by Matt Weiner.
• Review by Matt Wigdahl.