Gun Mute: Difference between revisions

Latest revision as of 16:06, 19 November 2022

Science
Fiction

Western

Steampunk

City

XYZZY Awards 2008
Best Puzzles

XYZZY Awards 2008 Finalist
Best Game, Best Writing,
Best Story, Best Setting, Best NPCs,
Best Individual Puzzle, Best Individual NPC,
Best Individual PC, Best Use of Medium

Gun Mute

Author(s)	C.E.J. Pacian
Publisher(s)	n/a
Release date(s)	2008
Authoring system	TADS 3
Platform(s)	TADS 3
Language(s)	English
License(s)	Freeware
Multimedia
Color effects	none
Graphics	none
Sound/Music	none
Ratings
Cruelty scale	Polite

How It Begins

Carrying only your trusty six shooter and numerous bullets, you are standing on the rolling planes of a post-industrial western town. Your friend Elias is in the hands of sheriff Clayton, who will hang him at noon. It looks like you're going to have to shoot some people

Notable Features

Instead of giving directional commands, you can only go 'forwards' or 'backwards' along a linear string of locations.
Most of the puzzles involve shooting things or people, but there is no (random or deterministic) combat system.
Many of the puzzles involve careful timing.

Versions

Version 5

Gun Mute (C.E.J. Pacian; 2008; TADS 3).
- IFID: 242168EC-E16E-594E-BDBB-0B562EDD9903
  IFID links: IFDB, IFDB cover
- XYZZY Awards 2008. Winner of Best Puzzles. Also was a finalist in nine other categories: Best Game, Best Writing, Best Story, Best Setting, Best NPCs, Best Individual Puzzle (the gallows), Best Individual NPC (Solemn Gertrude), Best Individual PC (Mute Lawton), and Best Use of Medium.
- Download GunMute.t3 - The story file, from the author's website.
- Or download GunMute.zip - Windows executable.

Links

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 ===Version 5===
 * ''Gun Mute'' ([[C.E.J. Pacian]]; 2008; [[TADS 3]]).
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+** {{babel|ifid=242168EC-E16E-594E-BDBB-0B562EDD9903|cover=yes}}
+** [[XYZZY Awards 2008]]. Winner of Best Puzzles. Also was a finalist in nine other categories: Best Game, Best Writing, Best Story, Best Setting, Best NPCs, Best Individual Puzzle (the gallows), Best Individual NPC (Solemn Gertrude), Best Individual PC (Mute Lawton), and Best Use of Medium.
 ** Download <tt>[http://cejpacian.googlepages.com/GunMute.t3 GunMute.t3]</tt> - The [[story file]], from the author's website.
 ** Or download <tt>[http://cejpacian.googlepages.com/GunMute.zip GunMute.zip]</tt> - Windows executable.
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 ===General info===
 * [http://spacecatrocketship.blogspot.com/2008/03/gun-mute-download-now.html Blog Announcement]
+* {{baf game|Gun Mute|3187}}.
 * {{ifdb game|Gun Mute|xwedbibfksczn7eq}}
+* {{ifwizz|Gun Mute|gun-mute-(2008-en)}}.
-{{game stub|links, reviews.}}
+===Reviews===
+* {{link|deadurl=http://playthisthing.com/gun-mute|archive=http://web.archive.org/web/20120219013841/http://playthisthing.com/gun-mute|Review}} at [[Play This Thing!]] - by [[Emily Short]].
-[[Category:Games]] [[Category:Games in 2008]] [[Category:TADS 3 games]]
+===Spoilers===
+* [http://www.allthingsjacq.com/intfic_clubfloyd_20080702.html Transcript] by [[ClubFloyd]].
+* [http://plover.net/~davidw/sol/g/gunmu08.html Walkthrough and map] by [[David Welbourn]].
+[[Category:Works]]
+[[Category:Works in 2008]]
+[[Category:TADS 3 works]]
+[[Category:XYZZY Award winning works]]