Scavenger

Science Fiction Building IF Comp 2003 3rd of 30 XYZZY Awards 2003 Finalists - Best Game, Best Puzzles, Best Individual NPC

Scavenger
Author(s)	Quintin Stone
Publisher(s)	n/a
Release date(s)	29-Sep-2003
Authoring system	TADS 2
Platform(s)	TADS 2
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

Unbelievable. This could very well be it. The big score.

Every scavenger dreams of that one discovery that will grant riches beyond the dreams of avarice. Every scavenger envisions walking into the hidden chamber of some pre-war military compound or corporate R&D facility and finding the forgotten secrets of humanity's genius. Of course, you can count the number of times it's happened on one hand. While everyone in your line of work wishes for it, no one really expects it to happen. That included you.

Until you found the scrap of paper, that is.

Versions

Competition version

• Scavenger (Quintin Stone; 29-Sep-2003; TADS 2).
  • Beta-testing by Greg Pallis, Stark Springs, Ricardo Signes, Frank Otto, Daphne Brinkerhoff, Mike Sousa, Jessica Knoch, Peter Berman, and Guilherme Holt De Sousa.
  • Version 1.0
  • Build Date: Sep 26 2003
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  • IF Comp 2003: 3rd place of 30 entries.
  • XYZZY Awards 2003: Finalist for Best Game, Best Puzzles, Best Individual NPC (Iona).
  • Download scavenger.gam from the IF Archive - The story file.

Release 1.2

• Scavenger (Quintin Stone; 03-May-2005; TADS 2).
  • Version 1.2 (post-comp)
  • Build Date: Apr 06 2005
  • Download scavenger.zip from the IF Archive.
  • Download source code.

Links

General info

• Scavenger homepage.
• Scavenger (archived) - at Baf's Guide.

Reviews

• Scavenger - at SPAG.
• Scavenger - at IF Ratings.
• Review - by Paul O'Brian.
• Review - by Dan Shiovitz.

Spoilers

• Transcript 1 by ClubFloyd. July 2009.
• Transcript 2 by ClubFloyd. September 2011.

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