Hunter, in Darkness

Adventure Under­ground IF Comp 1999 8th of 37 XYZZY Awards 1999 Best Individual Puzzle, Best Setting

XYZZY Awards 1999 Finalist - Best Individual NPC, Best Use of Medium

Hunter, in Darkness
A Cave Crawl by Dave Ahl Jr.

Hunter, in Darkness
Author(s)	Andrew Plotkin
Publisher(s)	n/a
Release date(s)	1999
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	Cruelty to be determined

How It Begins

You are the hunter. You are carrying your crossbow (loaded with a bolt), a thighband with four bolts (strapped to your leg), and a brightly-glowing lamplens (on your wrist). The cave branches here: ahead, right, and left. The animal, your prey, is somewhere in the darkness ahead.

Trivia and Comments

• One of several games inspired by Hunt the Wumpus (Gregory Yob; c.1972).
• Kingdom of Loathing, a popular online door game, introduced a trophy in 2009 called Hunter in Darkness for killing five wumpii in a row without dying. The trophy is named after this game.

Versions

Release 3 (Competition entry)

• Hunter, in Darkness (Andrew Plotkin as "Dave Ahl Jr."; 1999; Z-code 5).
  • Release 3 / Serial number 990918 / Inform v6.21 Library 6/9
  • IFID: ZCODE-3-990918-1CEF
    IFID links: IFDB
  • IF Comp 1999: 8th place of 37 entries. Also, tied for second place for Miss Congeniality.
  • Download huntdark.z5 from the IF Archive - The story file.
  • Or play it online at ifiction.org.

Release 4 (Post-comp release)

• Hunter, in Darkness (Andrew Plotkin; 1999; Z-code 5).
  • Release 4 / Serial number 991119 / Inform v6.21 Library 6/9
  • IFID: ZCODE-4-991119-204D
    IFID links: IFDB
  • XYZZY Awards 1999: Winner of Best Individual Puzzle (the maze), Best Setting. Finalist for Best Individual NPC (the wumpus), Best Use of Medium.
  • Download huntdark.z5 from the IF Archive - The story file.
  • Or play it online at ifiction.org.
  • Or Download HuntDark-R4.hqx from the IF Archive - Macintosh executable.

See also:

• Download huntdark-src.tar.Z from the IF Archive - The source code.

Links

General info

• Hunter, in Darkness (archived) - at Baf's Guide.
• Hunter, in Darkness - at IFDB.
• Hunter, in Darkness - at ifwizz interactive fiction (in German).

Reviews

• Hunter, in Darkness - at SPAG.
• Hunter, in Darkness - at IF Ratings.
• Review - by Paul O'Brian.
• Review - by Dan Shiovitz.
• Review (archive) - by Duncan Stevens.

Spoilers

• Download huntdark.sol from the IF Archive - Solution.
• ClubFloyd transcript.

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