Metamorphoses

Fantasy Under­ground IF Comp 2000 2nd of 53 XYZZY Awards 2000 Best Writing XYZZY Awards 2000 Finalists - Best Puzzles, Best Setting, Best Use of Medium in other wikis/dbs: IFВики

Metamorphoses
Author(s)	Emily Short
Publisher(s)	n/a
Release date(s)	2000
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

You are a female servant wearing a coarse brown dress, a ring, and slippers. You are carrying your workbox which contains a ball of yarn and a needle. You have been magically sent to a bare shapeless place where the walls shimmer. A rock lies here. Your task is to find the elements and bring them to your master.

Notable Features

• A simulationist game.
• Almost all puzzles have multiple solutions.
• Features the behavior of several matters, as well as assorted sizes and shapes of item, together with the option of damaging things.

Trivia and Comments

• A smaller version of the dragon furnace appears in Tragedy strikes at the XYZZY awards! (Adam Biltcliffe; 2001; Z-code).

Versions

Competition version; Release 1

• Metamorphoses (Emily Short; 2000; Z-code 5).
  • Release 1 / Serial number 000930 / Inform v6.15 Library 6/10
  • IF Comp 2000: 2nd place of 53 entries. Also tied for 3rd place for Miss Congeniality.
  • XYZZY Awards 2000: Winner of Best Writing. Finalist for Best Puzzles, Best Setting, Best Use of Medium.
  • Download metamorp.z5 from the IF Archive

Release 4

• Metamorphoses (Emily Short; 2002; Z-code 5).
  • Release 4 / Serial number 020222 / Inform v6.15 Library 6/10
  • Download metamorp.z5 from the IF Archive

Russian translation

• Метаморфозы (Emily Short, translator: Всеволод Зубарев; 2008; Z-code 5; Russian).
  • Release 4 / Serial number 080518 / Inform v6.31 Library 6/11
  • Download.

Links

General info

• Metamorphoses homepage.
• Metamorphoses (archived) - at Baf's Guide.
• About the Russian translation (in Russian):
  • Entry on the translator’s blog.
  • Игра Metamorphoses на русском - forum thread, April 1st, 2008.

Reviews

• Metamorphoses - at SPAG.
• Metamorphoses - at IF Ratings.
• Review - by Paul O'Brian.
• Review - by Dan Shiovitz.
• Review - by Duncan Stevens.

Spoilers

• Download metawalk.txt from the IF Archive - Walkthough.
• SPAG Specifics analysis by Victor Gijsbers.
• Making of Metamorphoses - Author commentary by Emily Short.
• ClubFloyd transcript.