Muse: An Autumn Romance

Religious

Romance

IF Comp 1998
2nd of 27

XYZZY Awards 1998
Finalist - Best Individual PC, Best NPCs, Best Setting, Best Writing

Muse: An Autumn Romance

Author(s)	Christopher Huang
Publisher(s)	n/a
Release date(s)	Oct-1998
Authoring system	Inform
Platform(s)	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

It's the fall of 1886. The 59 year-old church official Stephen Dawson is on the last day of his Alpine sabbatical and is about to cross the channel to Dover from a small coastal town in France. As the boatman waits for him to board his fishing boat, Stephen catches a glimpse of a young woman in the corner of his eye.

He ventures into town in search of her and decides to postpone his return by several days.

Notable features

This game is an early example of IF told in first person perspective, rather than the more traditional second person.
The game is predominantly written in the past tense.

Versions

Release 1 (Competition release)

Muse: An Autumn Romance (Christopher Huang; Oct-1998; Z-code).
- Release 1 / Serial number 980927 / Inform v6.15 Library 6/7
- IFID: ZCODE-1-980927-319F
  IFID links: IFDB
- IF Comp 1998: 2nd place of 27 entries.
- XYZZY Awards 1998: Finalist for Best Individual PC, Best NPCs, Best Setting, and Best Writing.
- Files:
  - Download muse.z5 from the IF Archive - story file
  - Download muse.jpg from the IF Archive - cover image
- Play this version online.

Release 2

Muse: An Autumn Romance (Christopher Huang; 23-Sep-1999; Z-code).
- Release 2 / Serial number 990922 / Inform v6.15 Library 6/7
- IFID: ZCODE-2-990922-3CD7
  IFID links: IFDB
- Download muse.z5 from the IF Archive - story file.

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