Till Death Makes a Monk-Fish Out of Me
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Till Death Makes a Monk-Fish Out of Me | |
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Author(s) | Jon Ingold and Mike Sousa |
Release date(s) | 2002 |
Authoring system | TADS 2 |
Platform(s) | TADS 2 |
Language(s) | English |
License(s) | Freeware |
Multimedia | |
Color effects | none |
Graphics | none |
Sound/Music | none |
How It Begins
Notable Features
- Although written in TADS, the game mimickes the look of a game written for the Z-machine. Text is presented in a monospaced font.
- The magician's choice technique is used early in the game: should a particular lever be pulled or pushed? Whichever action the player chooses will be revealed to be the wrong choice.
- The AUTHOR command reproduces selected email correspondence between the authors concerning the making of this game.
Trivia and Comments
- The game Make It Good, which was not released until 2009, is mentioned as another game that Jon was working on in an email from Mike to Jon, dated 21 Nov 2001.
Versions
Release 1.0
- Till Death Makes a Monk-Fish Out of Me (Jon Ingold and Mike Sousa; 2002; TADS 2).
- Release 1.0 / Serial number 092702 / TADS 2.55
- IFID: TADS2-71DE9465A3B3077D37BC2D9850AC6254
IFID links: IFDB - IF Comp 2002: 2nd place of 38 entries.
- XYZZY Awards 2002: Finalist for Best Game, Best Individual Puzzle, Best Story, Best Writing.
- Download tildeath.gam from the IF Archive
Release 1.1
- Till Death Makes a Monk-Fish Out of Me (Jon Ingold and Mike Sousa; Nov-2003; TADS 2).
- Release 1.1 / Serial number 021103 / TADS 2.56
- IFID: TADS2-2BDE7675C3DEF49D7F223B7B790CBA88
IFID links: IFDB - Download tildeath.gam from the IF Archive
Links
General info
- Till Death Makes a Monk-Fish Out of Me! (archived) - at Baf's Guide.
- Till Death Makes a Monk-Fish Out of Me - at IFDB
- SPAG Issue 31 - SPAG interviews Jon Ingold and Mike Sousa, the authors of Till Death Makes a Monk-Fish Out of Me!; January 3, 2003.
Reviews
- Till Death Makes a Monk-Fish Out of Me - at SPAG
- Till Death Makes a Monk-Fish Out of Me! - at IF Ratings.
- Review - by Paul O'Brian.
- Review - by Dan Shiovitz.
Spoilers
- Transcript 1 by ClubFloyd. May 2009.
- Transcript 2 by ClubFloyd. September 2011.