Shades of Gray

Drama

Surreal

Crazy quilt

Virtual reality

Softworks AGT Contest 1992
Winner, Special Group Effort

Shades of Gray

Author(s)	Mark Baker, Steve Bauman, Belisana, Hercules, Mike Laskey, Judith Pintar, Cindy Yans
Publisher(s)	n/a
Release date(s)	1992
Authoring system	AGT
Platform(s)	AGT
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

The game begins with you waking from a nightmare into another nightmare -- even more frightening: "You wake painfully, from a fitful sleep, to find yourself surrounded by three shadowy figures... After a horrible dizzying moment, the shapes come into focus -- vampires, they are vampires, and they are nonchalantly discussing your fate... The swarthy one wants to kill you out of hand. The second argues against. 'He has tasted blood. He's one of us now....' What blood have you been drinking? The thought of turning into a vampire frightens you: never to be able to face the light of day again, never to see Hilary laughing in the sun. But who is Hilary? You can't seem to remember anything. Not even who you are."

Notable Features

The 1997 version includes a pop-up TSR hint system by David Malmberg, as well as hints for Leather Goddesses of Phobos.

Trivia and Comments

The seven authors never met in person or telephoned. Their only contact was electronic.

Versions

Softworks AGT Contest 1992 Entry

Shades of Gray (Mark Baker, Steve Bauman, Belisana, Hercules, Mike Laskey, Judith Pintar, Cindy Yans; 1992; AGT).
- IFID: AGT-03201-000094CD
  IFID links: IFDB
- Softworks AGT Contest 1992: Winner in the special group effort category.
- Download soggy.zip from the IF Archive

1997 release

Shades of Gray (Mark Baker, Steve Bauman, Belisana, Hercules, Mike Laskey, Judith Pintar, Cindy Yans; 14-Jan-1997; AGT).
- IFID: AGT-03201-0000E16C
  IFID links: IFDB
- Download soggy97.zip from the IF Archive

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