Big Red Button
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 Comedy  One-room |
| Big Red Button | |
|---|---|
| Author(s) | Mister Nose |
| Publisher(s) | n/a |
| Release date(s) | 17-Jan-2010 |
| Authoring system | Inform 7 |
| Platform(s) | Z-code 5 |
| Language(s) | English |
| License(s) | Freeware |
| Multimedia | |
| Color effects | none |
| Graphics | none |
| Sound/Music | none |
| Ratings | |
| Cruelty scale | Merciful |
How It Begins
You might be anyone, carrying nothing, standing in the temple of the Big Red Button. DO NOT CLICK IT.
Notable Features
- An exercise in futility. The only action that accomplishes anything is "CLICK BUTTON", but you'll always lose points that way. There is no winning ending.
- The two versions are nearly identical. The only difference is that the Ending Edition ends the game when 100 points have been lost, and the Everlasting Edition never ends regardless of how many points are lost until you type QUIT or close the interpreter.
Trivia and Comments
- Nothing happens if you PUSH or PRESS the button. Only CLICK is the forbidden action.
- A similar game in concept is Sisyphus (Theo Koutz; 2006; Z-code 8).
Versions
For all intents and purposes, both versions were released simultaneously.
Ending Edition
- Big Red Button (Mister Nose; 17-Jan-2010; Z-code 5).
- Release 1 / Serial number 100116 / Inform 7 build 5Z71 (I6/v6.31 lib 6/12N)
- IFID: 71FBAF31-1A59-4210-B1A8-74B6A83B6350
IFID links: IFDB - Download Big_Red_Button_Ending_Edition.z5 from the author's site.
Everlasting Edition
- Big Red Button (Mister Nose; 17-Jan-2010; Z-code 5).
- Release 1 / Serial number 100116 / Inform 7 build 5Z71 (I6/v6.31 lib 6/12N)
- IFID: 71FBAF31-1A59-4210-B1A8-74B6A83B6350
IFID links: IFDB - Download Big_Red_Button_Everlasting_Edition.z5 from the author's site.
Links
General info
- Big Red Button homepage.
- Big Red Button - at IFDB.
- Big Red Button - at ifwizz interactive fiction (in German).