Jack Toresal and The Secret Letter
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| Author(s) | Michael Gentry and David Cornelson |
| Publisher(s) | Textfyre |
| Release date(s) | 26-Jun-2009 |
| Authoring system | Inform 7 |
| Platform(s) | FyreVM, Glulx |
| Language(s) | English |
| License(s) | Commercial |
| Multimedia | |
| Graphics | yes |
How It Begins
You are Jack Toresal, an orphan in the pre-industrial kingdom of Miradania. Suddenly and for no reason you can fathom, men are chasing you through the town plaza. Thus begins a young adult fantasy story that will lead you to revelations of your parents and more.
Notable Features
- First commercial Interactive Fiction game from Textfyre, intended to sell in schools.
- Uses a Microsoft Silverlight (unsupported/requires Internet Explorer) custom book user interface.
- Designed and Written in a Word document, separately from its coding, done by a third party.
- Saves are listed and allowed a description.
- The transcript is saved and restored, allowing the player to see exactly what they'd done up to the save point.
Versions
Release Information
- Jack Toresal and The Secret Letter (co-designer and writer: Michael Gentry, co-designer: David Cornelson, illustrator: Erika Swanson, publisher: Textfyre; 26-Jun-2009; FyreVM).
- Inform 7 story programming by David Cornelson.
- Game engine (FyreVM) by Jesse McGrew.
- User interface programming by Thomas Lynge.
- Beta-testing by Jacqueline Ashwell, Peter Berman, Eric Eve, Jim Aikin, and Paul O'Brian.
- Custom book and Glulx versions available from [Itch.io]
Links
General info
- [Download from Itch.io]
- Jack Toresal and The Secret Letter - at IFDB.
- Jack Toresal and The Secret Letter - at ifwizz interactive fiction (in German).
- R*IF threads:
- Textfyre - Jack Toresal and The Secret Letter Go On Sale This Month - June 4, 2009.
- Textfyre Launch - June 10, 2009.
- Textfyre - Jack Toresal and The Secret Letter - Online Demo - June 26, 2009.
- Initial Impressions - Jack Toresal and The Secret Letter - June 29, 2009.
- Textfyre - Secret Letter Demo Responses - July 17, 2009.
Reviews
- Review by Alan De Smet.
- Review by David Tanguay.
- Review by Emily Short
| Miradania series by Textfyre | ||
| Jack Toresal and The Secret Letter (2009) Jack Toresal and The Trial of the Vedd Untitled (episode III) | ||