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IF Comp 1997
5th of 34

XYZZY Awards 1997
Best Setting

As a teddy bear, explore your owner's home and find a way to get to the teddy bear's picnic.

A Bear's Night Out

Author(s)	David Dyte
Publisher(s)	n/a
Release date(s)	1997
Authoring system	Inform
Platform(s)	Z-code
Language(s)	English
License(s)
Multimedia
Color effects	none
Graphics	none
Sound/Music	none
Ratings
Cruelty scale	Merciful

How It Begins

The game begins with a quote from "The Lost Teddy" by Helen McKay.

You are a furry brown teddy bear wearing your night shirt. You are on the big bed in the bedroom. Your owner, David, lies next to you, fast asleep.

It's a timeless time at night. If you explore the house, you may discover a flyer for a teddy bear picnic which you'd like your owner to take you to.

Trivia and Comments

This game is sometimes referred to by the abbreviation ABNO.
Several subsequent games used variations of the title. In chronological order:
- King Arthur's Night Out (Mikko Vuorinen; 1999; Alan). IF Comp 1999.
- A Dino's Night Out (Aris Katsaris; 2000; Z-code). DinoComp.
- A Stegosaur's Night Out (Ravi Rajkumar; 2000; Z-code). DinoComp.
- A Gummi Bear's Night Out (Roger Carbol; 2002; TADS 2). Speed-IF Halloween 2002.

Versions

Competition release (Version 2)

A Bear's Night Out (David Dyte; 1997; Z-code 5).
- Release 2 / Serial number 971011 / Inform v6.14 Library 6/7
- IFID: ZCODE-2-971011-2B80
  IFID links: IFDB
- IF Comp 1997: 5th place of 34 games.
- XYZZY Awards 1997: Won Best Setting. Finalist for Best Individual PC (the teddy bear), and Best Game.
- Download bear.z5 from the IF Archive
- Play it online at ifiction.org.

Post-comp release

A Bear's Night Out (David Dyte; 1999; Z-code 5).
- Release 5 / Serial number 990224 / Inform v6.14 Library 6/7
- IFID: ZCODE-5-990224-DE58
  IFID links: IFDB
- Download bear.z5 from the IF Archive
- Play it online at ifiction.org.

German translation

Ein Bär Geht Aus (translator: Gunther Schmidl; 2000; Z-code 5; German).
- Release 4 / Serial number 000326 / Inform v6.21 Library 6/10
- IFID: ZCODE-4-000326-BB30
  IFID links: IFDB
- Play it online at ifiction.org.
- Download bearg.z5 from the IF Archive

Spanish translation

La Intrépida Noche del Osito (translator: José Luis Díaz as "Zak"; 2002; Z-code 5; Spanish).
- Release 4 / Serial number 021002 / Inform v6.21 Library 6/10
- IFID: ZCODE-4-021002-69D1
  IFID links: IFDB
- Premios Hispanos 2002: Nominated for 'Mejor Aventura' (Best Adventure).
- Download osito.z5 from the IF Archive

Links

General info

A Bear's Night Out (archived) - at Baf's Guide
A Bear's Night Out - at IFDB.
A Bear's Night Out - at ifwizz interactive fiction (in German).
Feelies "coming soon!" at Feelies.org. (Link is a Wayback Machine copy; the original feelies.org site disappeared in early 2008.)

Reviews

Spoilers

Download bear.sol from the IF Archive - Solution for the competition release.
Download bear.sol from the IF Archive - Solution for the post-comp release.
ClubFloyd transcript.

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