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Finalist - Best Game and Best Individual Puzzle

The Warbler's Nest

Author(s)	Jason McIntosh
Publisher(s)	n/a
Release date(s)	01-Oct-2010
Authoring system	Inform 7
Platform(s)	Z-code
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

Surely the reed bank counts as a wild place. While it gives you so much, you've never tended it, not really, not like you do with your garden. And you've certainly seen birds there. It's something like the forest, then, but much safer to search without attracting attention. So here you are.

Versions

Release 14 (IF Comp 2010 release)

The Warbler's Nest (Jason McIntosh; 01-Oct-2010; Z-code).
- Playtesters: Ruth Alfasso, Jake Eakle, Kevin Jackson-Mead, Joe Johnston, Mark Musante, and Doug Orleans.
- Cover art: Based on a photograph of a reed bed by Jan-Eric Nyström, shared under a Creative Commons BY-SA 2.5 license.
- Release 14 / Serial number 100930 / Inform 7 build 6E72 (I6/v6.31 lib 6/12N)
- IFID: 6B9D8019-65AD-4BAE-90E0-D83AB5E3E464
  IFID links: IFDB
- IF Comp 2010: Tied for 9th place of 26 entries.
- Download The%20Warbler%27s%20Nest.zblorb from the IF Archive. The story file.

Release 18 (post-competition release)

The Warbler's Nest (Jason McIntosh; 01-Dec-2010; Z-code).
- Playtesters: Ruth Alfasso, Lise Brodzik, Michael Hilborn, M. Flourish Klink, Kevin Jackson-Mead, Doug Orleans, and Andrew Plotkin.
- Cover art: Based on a photograph of a reed bed by Jan-Eric Nyström, shared under a Creative Commons BY-SA 2.5 license.
- Release 18 / Serial number 101129 / Inform 7 build 6F95 (I6/v6.31 lib 6/12N)
- IFID: 6B9D8019-65AD-4BAE-90E0-D83AB5E3E464
  IFID links: IFDB
- XYZZY Awards 2010. Winner of Best Story. Also finalist for Best Game and Best Individual Puzzle (deciding what to do with the baby).
- Download TheWarblersNest.zblorb from the IF Archive. The story file.

Links

General info

The Warbler's Nest homepage.
Baf's Guide line wanted. (Please replace this line with a baf game template.).
The Warbler's Nest - at IFDB.
The Warbler's Nest - at ifwizz interactive fiction (in German).
The Warbler's Nest, and some IFComp thoughts - comments by the author.

Reviews

Review by Lynnea Dally.
Forum thread - Interactive Fiction Community Forum, October 11, 2010.
Review by Philip Armstrong.
Review by Sam Kabo Ashwell.
Review by Brad Buchanan.
Review by Dark Star.
Review by Michael D. Hilborn.
Review by Christopher Huang.
Review by Admiral Jota.
Review (in Russian) by Valentine Kopteltsev.
Review by Yoon Ha Lee.
Review by Michael Martin.
Review by Sarah Morayati.
Review by Carl Muckenhoupt.
Review by Ron Newcomb.
Review by Steven Odhner.
Review by Jenni Polodna.
Review by Brooks Reeves.
Review by Kate Sherrod.
Review by Dan Shiovitz.
Review by Emily Short at her blog.
Review (archive) by Emily Short for Play This Thing!
Review by Skeet.

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+Surely the reed bank counts as a wild place. While it gives you so much, you've never tended it, not really, not like you do with your garden. And you've certainly seen birds there. It's something like the forest, then, but much safer to search without attracting attention. So here you are.
 ==Versions==
-===Release 14===
+===Release 14 (IF Comp 2010 release)===
 * ''The Warbler's Nest'' ([[Jason McIntosh]]; 01-Oct-2010; [[Z-code]]).
 ** Playtesters: [[Ruth Alfasso]], [[Jake Eakle]], [[Kevin Jackson-Mead]], [[Joe Johnston]], [[Mark Musante]], and [[Doug Orleans]].
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-** [[IF Comp 2010]]: xth place of 26 entries.
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 ** {{ifarchive|games/competition2010/zcode/warblers/|The%20Warbler%27s%20Nest.zblorb}}. The [[story file]].
+===Release 18 (post-competition release)===
+* ''The Warbler's Nest'' ([[Jason McIntosh]]; 01-Dec-2010; Z-code).
+** Playtesters: [[Ruth Alfasso]], [[Lise Brodzik]], [[Michael Hilborn]], [[M. Flourish Klink]], [[Kevin Jackson-Mead]], [[Doug Orleans]], and [[Andrew Plotkin]].
+** Cover art: Based on a photograph of a reed bed by Jan-Eric Nyström, shared under a [[Creative Commons]] BY-SA 2.5 license.
+** Release 18 / Serial number 101129 / Inform 7 build 6F95 (I6/v6.31 lib 6/12N)
+** {{babel|ifid=6B9D8019-65AD-4BAE-90E0-D83AB5E3E464}}
+** [[XYZZY Awards 2010]]. Winner of Best Story. Also finalist for Best Game and Best Individual Puzzle (deciding what to do with the baby).
+** {{ifarchive|games/zcode/|TheWarblersNest.zblorb}}. The story file.
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+* {{ifwizz|The Warbler's Nest|the-warblers-nest-(2010-en)}}.
+* [http://gameshelf.jmac.org/2010/12/the-warblers-nest-and-some-ifc.html The Warbler's Nest, and some IFComp thoughts] - comments by the author.
 ===Reviews===
-'''SPOILER WARNING:''' the following links contain (potentially spoilery) reviews of this game from the current IF Comp. You might prefer to wait until you've played the game before reading them, if you intend to judge the competition and don't want to be influenced.
+* [http://lmdadventures.blogspot.com/2011/07/warblers-nest.html Review] by [[Lynnea Dally]].
 * [http://www.intfiction.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=32&t=1531 Forum thread] - Interactive Fiction Community Forum, October 11, 2010.
+* [http://gamesjournal.wordpress.com/2010/11/07/if-comp-10-the-warblers-nest/ Review] by [[Philip Armstrong]].
+* [http://maga-dogg.livejournal.com/423125.html Review] by [[Sam Kabo Ashwell]].
+* [http://islemaster.wordpress.com/2010/10/16/ifcomp-2010-the-warblers-nest/ Review] by [[Brad Buchanan]].
+* [http://www.infodarkness.com/if/warblersnest.html Review] by [[Dark Star]].
+* [http://www.biggles2k.com/2011/01/if-review-the-warblers-nest-by-jason-mcintosh/ Review] by [[Michael D. Hilborn]].
+* [http://www.ricordius.com/others/ifcomp10/warbler.htm Review] by [[Christopher Huang]].
+* [http://grunk.org/misc/comp10-comments.txt Review] by [[Admiral Jota]].
 * [http://forum.ifiction.ru/viewtopic.php?pid=19506#p19506 Review (in Russian)] by [[Valentine Kopteltsev]].
 * [http://yhlee.dreamwidth.org/1105950.html Review] by [[Yoon Ha Lee]].
+* [http://hkn.eecs.berkeley.edu/~mcmartin/if/reviews/review10.html#r14 Review] by [[Michael Martin]].
+* [http://www.sarahmorayati.com/2010/10/the-warblers-nest/ Review] by [[Sarah Morayati]].
+* [http://www.wurb.com/stack/archives/1030 Review] by [[Carl Muckenhoupt]].
 * [http://if.seattle.wa.us/2010/10/ifcomp-2010-the-warblers-nest/ Review] by [[Ron Newcomb]].
+* [http://therestofyourmice.blogspot.com/2010/10/ifcomp-2010-review-warblers-nest-by.html Review] by [[Steven Odhner]].
+* [http://pissylittlesausages.wordpress.com/2010/11/11/if-comp-10-jason-mcintoshs-the-warblers-nest/ Review] by [[Jenni Polodna]].
 * [http://fouldeformity.blogspot.com/2010/10/warblers-nest-review.html Review] by [[Brooks Reeves]].
-* [http://emshort.wordpress.com/2010/10/10/if-comp-2010-the-warblers-nest/ Review] by [[Emily Short]].
+* [http://suppertimesonnets.blogspot.com/2010/10/warblers-nest.html Review] by [[Kate Sherrod]].
+* [http://inky.org/if/comp10.html#warblers Review] by [[Dan Shiovitz]].
+* [http://emshort.wordpress.com/2010/10/10/if-comp-2010-the-warblers-nest/ Review] by [[Emily Short]] at her blog.
+* {{link|deadurl=http://playthisthing.com/warblers-nest|archive=http://web.archive.org/web/20120203102936/http://playthisthing.com/warblers-nest|Review}} by [[Emily Short]] for [[Play This Thing!]]
+* [http://skeetlj.livejournal.com/65388.html Review] by [[Skeet]].
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