Guard Duty

Adventure

Fantasy

Comedy

Underground

IF Comp 1999
36th of 37

Guard Duty

Author(s)	Jason F. Finx
Publisher(s)	n/a
Release date(s)	1999
Authoring system	Inform 6
Platform(s)	Z-code 8
Language(s)	English
License(s)	Freeware
Multimedia
Color effects	none
Graphics	none
Sound/Music	none
Ratings
Cruelty scale	Cruelty to be determined

How It Begins

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Notable Features

Many reviewers liked the premise, but found the competition entry too buggy to actually play, so much so it was considered unfinishable. (Unfortunately, this is the game best known for crashing as soon as the player attempts to take inventory.)

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Trivia and Comments

The readme file included with the second release says that a help file called guardhlp.z5 would be uploaded to the IF Archive in early 2000, but the archive doesn't seem to list that file.

Versions

Release 1 (Competition entry)

Guard Duty (Jason F. Finx; 1999; Z-code 8).
- Release 1 / Serial number 990930 / Inform v6.20 Library 6/9
- IFID: ZCODE-1-990930-D879
  IFID links: IFDB
- IF Comp 1999: 36th place of 37 entries.
- Download guard.z8 from the IF Archive - The story file.

Release 1, attempt 2 (Post-comp release)

Guard Duty (Jason F. Finx; 1999; Z-code 8).
- Release 1 / Serial number 991231 / Inform v6.20 Library 6/9 SD
- IFID: ZCODE-1-991231-E2E2
  IFID links: IFDB
- Download guard.zip from the IF Archive

The zipfile contains the following files:

guard.z8 - The story file.
guardpic.gif - A cryptic map, of sorts.
readme.txt - An explanation of the "new" version: it's actually the old version recompiled with strict error checking turned on (which worked), and the debug verbs disabled. (Which the author admits is kludgy, but should make the game much less error-prone than the first release.)

Links

General info

Guard Duty (archived) - at Baf's Guide.

Reviews

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