Yak Shaving for Kicks and Giggles!

Comedy The Odd Competition 3rd of 10

Yak Shaving for Kicks and Giggles
Author(s)	J.J. Guest
Publisher(s)	n/a
Release date(s)	27-Sep-2008
Authoring system	ADRIFT 4 and Inform 7
Platform(s)	ADRIFT 4 and Z-code
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

Steve Goodwin yearns to learn the meaning of life itself. Can the Dada Lama of mystical Shangri-La teach him the secret?

Trivia and Comments

• "Yak shaving" refers to a type of activity that, by itself, is useless or silly but helps you (eventually) solve a larger problem. Contrast with babel fish puzzle.

Versions

The Odd Comp version

• Yak Shaving for Kicks and Giggles! (J.J. Guest; 27-Sept-2008; ADRIFT 4).
  • IFID: ADRIFT-400-D34D767147A6695D1B5F6A2335DC13E7
    IFID links: IFDB
  • The Odd Competition: 3rd place of 10 entries.
  • Download yakshaving.zip from Delron.
  • .zip includes story file.

The Expanded version

• Yak Shaving for Kicks and Giggles! (J.J. Guest; 18-Sep-2010; Z-code).
  • Version info: Release 1 / Serial number 100906 / Inform 7 build 6E59 (I6/v6.31 lib 6/12N)
  • Download yak_shaving.zblorb from the IF Archive

Links

General info

• Yak Shaving for Kicks and Giggles! - at IFDB.

Reviews

• Reviews at Delron taken from this thread at the ADRIFT forum.

Spoilers

• ClubFloyd transcript.
• Walkthroughs and maps for both versions by David Welbourn.