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{{game infobox|title=For A Change|image=|author=[[Dan Schmidt]]|publisher=n/a|released=1999|authsystem=[[Inform]] 6|platform=[[Z-code]] 5|language=English|license=Freeware|color=none|graphics=none|sound=none|cruelty=Nasty}}

==How It Begins==
:The sun has gone. It must be brought. You have a rock.

You might be any faded and silent one, with a small stone (humble and true) in hand. You lie on the resting under the High Wall which looms to the east. The High Wall creates a shade filled with sweetness, and spread under this sweetness is an expanse of fod. A mobile releases to the west towards a tower, and a guidebook lies beside you on the resting. Until the sun is brought, the shade will prevail.

==Notable Features==
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==Trivia and Comments==
* The opening line provided the obvious inspiration for the [[title]] of ''[[Your mind is gone, it must be brought, you have some rock candy.]]'' ([[Lenny Pitts]]; 1999; TADS 2) for [[Speed-IF 5.5]].

==Versions==
===Version 1.02===
* ''For A Change'' ([[Dan Schmidt]]; 1999; [[Z-code]] 5).
** Release 1 / Serial number 990930 / Inform v6.21 Library 6/9
** {{babel wanted}}
** [[IF Comp 1999]]: 2nd place of 37 entries. Also winner of [[Miss Congeniality]] that year.
** [[XYZZY Awards 1999]]: Winner of Best Writing. Finalist for Best Game, Best Individual Puzzle (stopping the flood), and Best Setting. 
** {{ifarchive|games/competition99/inform/change/|change.z5}} - The [[story file]].
** [http://www.ifiction.org/games/play.php?game=98&mode=html Play it online] at ifiction.org.

==Links==
===General info===
* {{baf game|For a Change|605}}.
* {{ifdb game|For a Change|t61i5akczyblx2zd}}.
* {{ifwizz|For a Change|for-a-change-(1999-en)}}.
* [http://www.mobygames.com/game/z-machine/for-a-change For a Change] - at [[MobyGames]].

===Reviews===
* {{spag review|f|for}}.
* {{ifratings game|For a Change|590}}.
* [http://spot.colorado.edu/~obrian/99rev1.html#for Review] - by [[Paul O'Brian]].
* [http://inky.org/if/comp99.html#change Review] - by [[Dan Shiovitz]].
* {{link | deadurl=http://members.cox.net/dns361/change.html | archive=https://web.archive.org/web/20100317102939/http://members.cox.net/dns361/change.html | Review}} - by [[Duncan Stevens]].

===Spoilers===
* [http://www.allthingsjacq.com/intfic_clubfloyd_20110801.html Transcript] by [[ClubFloyd]].
* [http://plover.net/~davidw/sol/f/forch99.html Walkthrough and map] by [[David Welbourn]].

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