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Comedy

Science
Fiction

Outer space

IF Comp 2004
8th of 36

Splashdown

Author(s)	Paul J. Furio
Publisher(s)	n/a
Release date(s)	01-Oct-2004
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

The player is an interstellar colonist awoken from cryosleep when the colony ship suffers an unforseen catastrophy. A robot sidekick, named Spider, arrives early in the game to assist the player and offer comic relief.

Notable Features

A science-fiction comedy-adventure, Splashdown is heavily inspired by Planetfall (Steve Meretzky, publisher: Infocom; 1983; Z-code).
Features an Adobe Acrobat manual that is reminiscent of the original Infocom documentation, including a parody interstellar travel brochure.

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Versions

Competition Release

Splashdown (Paul J. Furio; 01-Oct-2004; Z-code 5).
- Beta-testing by Mary McDonagh, Eli Curtz, Wes Cumberland, Peter Chapman, Anna Chan, Douglas Taylor, and L00pback.
- Release 1 / Serial number 040926 / Inform v6.30 Library 6/11
- IFID wanted. (Please replace this line with a babel template.)
- IF Comp 2004: 8th place of 36 entries.

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Links

General info

The official Splashdown website.
Splashdown (archived) - at Baf's Guide.
Splashdown - at IFDB.
Splashdown - at ifwizz interactive fiction (in German).

Reviews

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-'''Splashdown''' is the title of the 8th place winner of the [[10th Annual Interactive Fiction Competition]], authored by [[Paul J. Furio]].  A science-fiction comedy-adventure, Splashdown is heavily inspired by ''Planetfall'', the [[Infocom]] game authored by [[Steve Meretzky]].
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-In the game, the player is an interstellar colonist awoken from cryosleep when the colony ship suffers an unforseen catastrophy.  A robot sidekick, named ''Spider'', arrives early in the game to assist the player and offer comic relief.
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-This game was written in the [[Inform]] programming language.  It also featured an Adobe Acrobat manual that was reminiscent of the original Infocom documentation, including a parody interstellar travel brochure.
+==How It Begins==
+The player is an interstellar colonist awoken from cryosleep when the colony ship suffers an unforseen catastrophy.  A robot sidekick, named ''Spider'', arrives early in the game to assist the player and offer comic relief.
+==Notable Features==
+* A science-fiction comedy-adventure, ''Splashdown'' is heavily inspired by ''[[Planetfall]]'' ([[Steve Meretzky]], publisher: [[Infocom]]; 1983; [[Z-code]]).
+* Features an Adobe Acrobat manual that is reminiscent of the original Infocom documentation, including a parody interstellar travel brochure.
+{{sectstub}}
+==Versions==
+===Competition Release===
+* ''Splashdown'' ([[Paul J. Furio]]; 01-Oct-2004; [[Z-code]] 5).
+** Beta-testing by [[Mary McDonagh]], [[Eli Curtz]], [[Wes Cumberland]], [[Peter Chapman]], [[Anna Chan]], [[Douglas Taylor]], and [[L00pback]].
+** Release 1 / Serial number 040926 / Inform v6.30 Library 6/11
+** {{babel wanted}}
+** [[IF Comp 2004]]: 8th place of 36 entries.
+{{sectstub}}
 ==Links==
-* [http://www.staticengine.com/splashdown/] - The official Splashdown website.
+===General info===
+* [http://www.staticengine.com/splashdown/ The official Splashdown website].
+* {{baf game|Splashdown|2409}}.
+* {{ifdb game|Splashdown|r0tn6id0wlaat4o0}}.
+* {{ifwizz|Splashdown|splashdown-(2004-en)}}.
+===Reviews===
+* {{ifratings game|Splashdown|2843}}.
+* [http://spot.colorado.edu/~obrian/04rev6.html#splash Review] - by [[Paul O'Brian]].
+* [http://inky.org/if/comp04.html#splashdown Review] - by [[Dan Shiovitz]].
+[[Category:Works]]
+[[Category:Works in 2004]]
+[[Category:IF Comp works]]
+[[Category:Inform 6 works]]
+[[Category:Z-code works]]