Mentula Macanus: Apocolocyntosis

Porn / Erotica Fantasy Comedy Religious Adventure Crazy quilt TWIFcomp 2nd of 61 Spring Thing 2011 4th place of 6 XYZZY Awards 2011 Best Individual PC XYZZY Awards 2011 Finalist - Best Game, Best Writing, Best Setting, Best Puzzles

Also known as Stiffy Makane: Apocolocyntosis.

Mentula Macanus: Apocolocyntosis
Author(s)	Adam Thornton
Publisher(s)	n/a
Release date(s)	TWIFcomp: 25-Apr-2010 Spring Thing: 04-Apr-2011
Authoring system	Inform 7
Platform(s)	Glulx
Language(s)	English
License(s)	Creative Commons 3.0 Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike Unported license
Multimedia
Color effects	TBD
Graphics	TBD
Sound/Music	TBD
Ratings
Cruelty scale	Cruelty to be determined

How It Begins

The game begins with a random dedication, usually either to someone in the IF community or someone heavily referenced in the game.

PROLOGUE: You are Stiffy Makane (Mentula Macanus), one of the better-hung Romans, currently wearing your toga and carrying the Golden Banana of Discord. You're currently atop a battlement and beset by a Gostak chief determined to distim your dosh -- or bash your head in with his mace, which seems more likely. Assuming you do not get your head bashed in, you may pause to remember how all your adventures began.

You are in the forum of Rome, greatest city in the world. Here you can find the Temple of Jupiter Virilis (tall and erect), the Temple of Eris (golden), the Via Sacra, and the Curia, which burned down a few years ago, but you think you see Caesar and his friends on the steps.

Trivia and Comments

• The author frequently referred to Mentula Macanus: Apocolocyntosis as a forthcoming work on r*if as far back as 2001 (at least).

Versions

Abridged TWIFcomp Release (Perl abuse)

• Mentula Macanus: Apocolocyntosis (Adam Thornton as "One of the Bruces and Drunken Bastard"; 25-Apr-2010; Linux).
  • Release 0.
  • IFID: B6C99936-4B58-4895-BAFD-653660E7A005
    IFID links: IFDB.
  • TWIFcomp: 2nd place of 61 entries. Score 7.58.
  • Download mma-twifcomp.tgz at TWIFcomp (unpacks to source code and build environment).

Release 1 (Spring Thing release)

• Mentula Macanus: Apocolocyntosis (Adam Thornton as "One of the Bruces and Drunken Bastard"; 04-Apr-2011; Glulx).
  • Release 1 / Serial number 110329 / Inform 7 build 6G60 (I6/v6.32 lib 6/12N)
  • IFID: B6C99936-4B58-4895-BAFD-653660E7A005
    IFID links: IFDB, IFDB cover.
  • Testers: The first wave: Marnie Parker, Robb Sherwin, Gin Rosenkranz, Amy Horton, Tracy Jo Barnwell, Andrew Plotkin, Tomasz Pudlo, and S. John Ross. The second wave: Jonathan Goodwin, Martin McGreal, Mark Oates, and Jason Warchol.
  • Enormous thanks to Amy Horton (my long-suffering wife).
  • In Memoriam: Gin Rosenkranz and Vinnie [on the right].
  • Spring Thing 2011: 4th place of 6 entries.
  • XYZZY Awards 2011: Winner of Best Individual PC (Mentula Macanus). Finalist for 4 awards: Best Game, Best Writing, Best Setting and Best Puzzles.
  • Download options:
    • Download MMA.zip from the IF Archive.
    • Download MMA.zip from Spring Thing site.

Links

General info

• Mentula Macanus: Apocolocyntosis (archive) at TWIFcomp.
• Mentula Macanus: Apocolocyntosis - at IFDB.

Reviews

• Review by Sam Kabo Ashwell.
• XYZZY Review for "Best Writing" by Sam Kabo Ashwell.
• XYZZY Review for "Best Setting" by Marco Innocenti.
• XYZZY Review for "Best Setting" by Jacqueline A. Lott.
• Review by Jimmy Maher.
• XYZZY Review for "Best Individual PC" by Marius Müller.
• Review by Steven Odhner.
• Review by Emily Short.

Spoilers

• Some notes on Mentula Macanus: Apocolocyntosis (by the author) - RGIF, May 17, 2011.
• ClubFloyd transcript.

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