Rover's Day Out

Science Fiction Home IF Comp 2009 1st of 24 XYZZY Awards 2009 Finalist - Best Puzzles, Best Individual Puzzle Post-Comp-Comp 2009 Participant

Rover's Day Out
Author(s)	Jack Welch and Ben Collins-Sussman
Publisher(s)	n/a
Release date(s)	01-Oct-2009
Authoring system	Inform 7
Platform(s)	Glulx
Language(s)	English
License(s)	Freeware
Multimedia
Color effects	yes
Graphics	none
Sound/Music	none
Ratings
Cruelty scale	Cruelty to be determined

How It Begins

You wake up when you alarm clock starts beeping, and get into your morning routine: feed Rover, eat breakfast, take a shower--until something unexpected happens. Meanwhile, commentary in blue shows that all is not what it seems.

Versions

Release 11 (Competition release)

• Rover's Day Out (Jack Welch and Ben Collins-Sussman; 01-Oct-2009; Glulx).
  • Release 11 / Serial number 090930 / Inform 7 build 5Z71 (I6/v6.31 lib 6/12N)
  • IFID: 417B9626-8635-4451-90F5-D082E01547FA
    IFID links: IFDB, IFDB cover
  • IF Comp 2009: 1st place of 24 entries. Also awarded 1st place for Miss Congeniality.
  • Download rover.gblorb from the IF Archive
  • NOTE (from the IF Comp site): For those playing Rover's Day Out under Spatterlight, please don't. Please use Zoom instead, as Spatterlight appears to be mis-handling the game.

Release 12 (Post-comp release)

• Rover's Day Out (Jack Welch and Ben Collins-Sussman; 16-Nov-2009; Glulx).
  • Release 12 / Serial number 091116 / Inform 7 build 5Z71 (I6/v6.31 lib 6/12N)
  • IFID: 417B9626-8635-4451-90F5-D082E01547FA
    IFID links: IFDB, IFDB cover
  • XYZZY Awards 2009: Finalist for Best Puzzles and Best Individual Puzzle (working out the controls).
  • Download: version 12 from IFarchive.
  • NOTE This is a bugfix release; Spatterlight and Gargoyle are now able to play release 12.

Additional Credits

• Copy Editing: Rochelle Lodder
• Graphics: Margaret Frey
• Beta Testing: David Anderson, Beth Vanichtheeranont, John Lodder, Frances Collins-Sussman, Chris Exner, Kathyrnne Wolf, Peter Olson, Jeff Bailey, and Andrea Phillips.

Links

General info

• Main Game Site with source code, bug tracker, etc.
• Rover's Day Out (archived) - at Baf's Guide.
• Rover's Day Out - at IFDB.
• Rover's Day Out - at ifwizz interactive fiction (in German).
• Post-comp thoughts on "Rover's Day Out" - RAIF, November 17, 2009.

Reviews

• Review - at the A.V. Club. (Note: It's listed after the review for Broken Legs.)
• Review by Philip Armstrong.
• Review by Sam Kabo Ashwell.
• Review by Renee Choba.
• Review: 1 and 2 by Riff Conner.
• Review and review of reviews by Conrad.
• Review by DanTheArcher - at Jay is Games.
• Review and SPAG review by Dark Star.
• Review by Shane Fitzgerald-Gale.
• Review by David Fletcher.
• Review by Jeremy Freese.
• Review by FrozenIsles Productions.
• Review: 1 and 2 by Victor Gijsbers.
• Review by Hipolito.
• Review by Christopher Huang.
• Review by Amanda Lange.
• Review by Yoon Ha Lee.
• Review by Michael Martin.
• Review (in Spanish) by Mastodon - at the CAAD forum.
• Review by memegarden.
• Review by Rob Menke.
• Review by Wesley Osam.
• Review by Jenni Polodna.
• Review by George Shannon.
• Review by Dan Shiovitz.
• Review by Emily Short.
• Review by sneJ - at IFDB.
• Review by Matt Weiner.
• Review by Jake Wildstrom.
• Review by Daniel Wilson.
• Review (in Russian) by yandexx.

Spoilers

• Download walkthrough.txt from the IF Archive. Walkthrough by the author.
• ClubFloyd transcript.

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