The Act of Misdirection

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Horror City XYZZY Awards 2004 Finalist - Best Story

The Act of Misdirection
Author(s)	Callico Harrison
Publisher(s)	n/a
Release date(s)	2004
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	Cruelty to be determined

Contents 1 How It Begins 2 Notable Features 3 Versions 3.1 Release 5 4 Links 4.1 General info 4.2 Reviews 4.3 Spoilers

How It Begins

A title screen offers the player options to display the help menu, start or restore the game, or quit.

It's June 23rd, 1896. You're a stage magician at centre-stage at The Carthaginian Theatre and resplendent in your top hat and black jacket, the latter which contains a white handkerchief. The curtain has just lifted to reveal an applauding paid audience eager for a display of magic. You are caught in the blinding spotlights, frightened beyond belief, with nothing near you but an empty baize table.

Notable Features

Versions

Release 5

• The Act of Misdirection (Callico Harrison; 2004; Z-code 5).
  • IFID: ZCODE-5-040220-EDDD
    IFID links: IFDB, Babel metadata, Babel download. (Note: Babel services at IF Archive are not yet available.)
  • XYZZY Awards 2004: Finalist for Best Story.
  • Download Misdirection.z5 ( ftp, random) from the IF Archive - The story file.
  • Download Misdirection.txt ( ftp, random) from the IF Archive - Note from the author.

Links

General info

• The Act of Misdirection - at Baf's Guide.
• The Act of Misdirection - at IFDB.
• The Act of Misdirection - at Home of the Underdogs.

Reviews

• The Act of Misdirection - at IF Ratings.
• The Act of Misdirection - at IFReviews.org.
• Review at Play This Thing! - by Emily Short.

Spoilers

• SPAG #36 - Contains a SPAG Specifics analysis by Emily Short.