Detectiveland

Parser-choice hybrid Mystery Comedy City IF Comp 2016 1st of 58

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Author(s)	Robin Johnson
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Release date(s)	01-Oct-2016
Authoring system	HTML/Javascript
Platform(s)	Web browser
Language(s)	English
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Detectiveland is a parser-choice hybrid game by Robin Johnson, and the winning entry in the the 22nd Annual Interactive Fiction Competition in 2016. It was the first non-parser game and the first game written in a homebrew system to win IF Comp.

Plot

The game casts the player as Lanson Rose, a private investigator in the fictitious Prohibition-era American city of New Losago. There are three different mystery cases available at the beginning of the game, which can be completed in any order.

Versions

Current version

• Detectiveland, playable online

Competition release

• Detectiveland (Robin Johnson; 01-Oct-2016; Web browser).
  • IF Comp 2016: 1st place (of 58).
  • Download link wanted.

Links

General info

• Detectiveland - at IFDB.
• Detectiveland at ifwizz.

Reviews

• Review at Rock Paper Shotgun
• Review at PC Gamer
• Review by Doug Egan

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