The Nemean Lion
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| The Nemean Lion | |
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| Author(s) | Anonymous |
| Publisher(s) | n/a |
| Release date(s) | 13-Nov-2008 |
| Authoring system | Inform 6 |
| 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 are Heracles, victorious after completing your first labor: to bring the pelt of the Nemean Lion to King Eurystheus. Naturally, Eurystheus would like to know how you managed the feat...
You begin, carrying an arrow and a club, outside a cave in Nemea and facing the lion. A huge rock rests near one of the cave's two entrances.
Notable Features
- An exercise in the concept of intention. That is, how does IF handle the player's intention when processing a command? For example, in a typical IF game, an EAT APPLE command often invokes an implicit TAKE APPLE command if the apple is not currently held; the author is guessing the player's intent to take the apple -- and acting on it. How far can that sort of assumption go? When does implementation of perceived intent go too far? This game helps to illustrate the issues involved.
- Most of Inform's standard verbs have been removed from the game or blocked. The VERBS command lists all the valid verbs for this game.
- Many of the standard default responses have also been excised and replaced with the terse message: "[ERROR: invalid object]".
Versions
Release 1
- The Nemean Lion (Anonymous; 13-Nov-2008; Z-code 5).
- IFID: ZCODE-1-081113-B6CA
IFID links: IFDB - Room count: 3
- Download lion.z5 from the IF Archive.
- IFID: ZCODE-1-081113-B6CA
Note: Although it's fairly clear who the author is, it's also clear that the author does not want their name listed as the author.
Links
General info
- Response to Tablesaw's comment - blog posting containing the first mention of the game, 13-Nov-2008.
- Calendar page updated - The original discussion which inspired this game, 08-Nov-2008.
- The Nemean Lion - at IFDB.
- The Nemean Lion - at ifwizz interactive fiction (in German)
Reviews
- Review - by Victor Gijsbers.
- Review by Jimmy Maher - for SPAG.
- Review (archive) - for Play This Thing! by Emily Short.
- See also Nemean Lion, a little "anonymous" game.