Nevermore

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Horror Fantasy Romance Drama Fort IF Comp 2000 7th of 53 XYZZY Awards 2000 Finalists - Best Individual PC, Best Puzzles, Best Setting

Nevermore
Author(s)	Nate Cull
Publisher(s)	n/a
Release date(s)	2000
Authoring system	Inform 6
Platform(s)	Z-code 5
Language(s)	English
License(s)	Freeware
Multimedia
Color	none
Graphics	none
Sound/Music	none
Ratings
Cruelty scale	Cruel

Contents 1 How It Begins 2 Notable Features 3 Versions 3.1 Release 10 4 Links 4.1 General info 4.2 Reviews 4.3 Spoilers

How It Begins

The opening lines of Poe's The Raven are quoted. You appear to be a gentleman of leisure. You are on a velvet couch in a shadowy study, wearing a gold ring. The study's obvious features include a writing desk, velvet curtains, a window and a fireplace, and a bust of Pallas sits over the door.

You can hear a tapping sound from somewhere.

Notable Features

• Based (very loosely) upon Edgar Allen Poe's The Raven.
• Includes a hunger puzzle variant, and a lot of PC death.
• Heavy use of drugs is necessary to win the game.
• Features a complex alchemy puzzle.

Versions

Release 10

• Nevermore (Nate Cull; 2000; Z-code 5).
  • Release 10 / Serial number 000928 / Inform v6.21 Library 6/10
  • IFID: ZCODE-10-000928-C5BA
    Babel: metadata, download. (Babel services at IF Archive are not yet available.)
  • IF Comp 2000: 7th place of 53 entries.
  • XYZZY Awards 2000: Finalist for Best Individual PC (the alchemist), Best Puzzles, and Best Setting.
  • Download never.z5 ( ftp, random) from the IF Archive - The story file.
  • Play it online at ifiction.org.

Links

General info

• Nevermore - at Baf's Guide.

Reviews

• Nevermore - at SPAG.
• Nevermore - at IF Ratings.
• Review - by Paul O'Brian.
• Review - by Dan Shiovitz.
• Review - by Duncan Stevens.

Spoilers

• Download never.wlk ( ftp, random) from the IF Archive - Text transcript by the author to one of the game's endings.
• ClubFloyd Transcript - ClubFloyd played Nevermore on September 2, 2007.