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{{game infobox|title=Fate|image=[[Image:Fate_small.jpg]]|author=[[Victor Gijsbers]]|publisher=n/a|released=02-Apr-2007|authsystem=[[Inform]] 7|platform=[[Z-code]] 8|language=English|license=[[GPL]] v.3|color=none|graphics=none|sound=none|cruelty=Merciful}}

==How It Begins==
The player character is a 20-year-old queen named Catherine; she is nine months pregnant. She is being held in her chambers by a knight ordered there by Prince Harold, her husband's son. It transpires that there are a number of people conspiring against her and her unborn son, including the Prince. Over the course of the game, Catherine can use various magical powers she possesses to improve her son's chances of survival and prosperity, at an increasing cost to herself.

==Notable Features==
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==Versions==
===Release 1===
* ''Fate'' ([[Victor Gijsbers]]; 02-Apr-2007; [[Z-code]] 8).
** Release 1 / Serial number 070329 / Inform 7 build 4K41 (I6/v6.31 lib 6/11N)
** {{babel|ifid=ED239114-64D5-4EE9-B7C8-E26BF6B9E57F}}
** [[Spring Thing 2007]]: 1st place of 4 entries.
** [[XYZZY Awards 2007]]: Finalist in 3 categories: Best Game, Best Story, and Best Use of Medium.
** Beta-testing by [[Annette van de Kraats]], [[Eva Deinum]], [[Remko van der Pluijm]], [[Cassandra Palop]], [[Anthony Phillips]] and [[Ryusui]].
** {{ifarchive|games/springthing/2007/|Fate.z8}}
** Or download [http://www.springthing.net/2007/files/Fate.z8 Fate.z8] from springthing.net
** Or download [http://www.sidneymerk.com/vst07/Fate.z8 Fate.z8] from springthing.net's mirror.

This version is also part of the collection of all Spring Thing 2007 entries:
* {{ifarchive|games/springthing/2007/|SpringThing2007.zip}}
* Or download [http://www.springthing.net/2007/files/SpringThing2007.zip SpringThing2007.zip] from springthing.net
* Or download [http://www.sidneymerk.com/vst07/SpringThing2007.zip SpringThing2007.zip] from springthing.net's mirror.

===The OpenFate project===
Victor will release the source code for ''Fate'' and is encouraging an open source development of a new version of the game, see the raif thread [http://groups.google.com/group/rec.arts.int-fiction/browse_frm/thread/f420c89b1e6cceb1/b840265c67a98ad5#b840265c67a98ad5 OpenFate - an experiment] begun on April 30, 2007 for details. However, the OpenFate project met with little response and has been put on indefinite hold.

==Source Code==

The source code of Fate has been [http://mirror.ifarchive.org/if-archive/games/source/inform/Fate-source.zip published] to the IF Archive.

==Links==
===General info===
* {{baf game|Fate|3019}}.

===Reviews===
* [http://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.int-fiction/msg/744dc850ec8b3c37 Review] - by [[Emily Boegheim]].
* [http://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.int-fiction/msg/1afa7b4961fabd73 My Spring Thing notes] - by [[Daphne Brinkerhoff]].
* [http://www.math.psu.edu/clemens/IF/Reviews/SpringThing07.html Review] - by [[J. D. Clemens]].
* [http://www.drizzle.com/~dans/if/springcomp.html#fate Review] - by [[Dan Shiovitz]].
* [http://emshort.wordpress.com/2007/04/10/spring-thing-games-fate/ Review] (blog) and [http://playthisthing.com/fate review] at [[Play This Thing!]] - by [[Emily Short]].

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