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Romance

One-room

IF Comp 2008
1st of 35

XYZZY Awards 2008
Best Game, Best Writing,
Best Individual Puzzle, Best Individual NPC

XYZZY Awards 2008
Finalist - Best Story, Best Setting,
Best Puzzles, Best NPCs, Best Use of Medium

Violet

Author(s)	Jeremy Freese
Publisher(s)	n/a
Release date(s)	01-Oct-2008
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

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Notable Features

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Versions

Release 1

Violet (Jeremy Freese; 01-Oct-2008; Z-code).
- Release 1
- Beta-testing by Gemma Bristow, Corey Colyer, James Cunningham, Benji Dahood, Molly Geene, Dan Hirschman, Javri, Tiffany Julian, Sarah Morayati, Carl Muckenhoupt, Lucy Pigpuppet, Reiko, Thomas Say, Stephan Schonberg and Ramona White.
- IFID: 12110E65-BABB-4C67-B047-1C7BA122CAF9
  IFID links: IFDB
- IF Comp 2008: 1st place of 35 entries.
- XYZZY Awards 2008. Winner of 4 awards: Best Game, Best Writing, Best Individual Puzzle (Disconnecting the Internet/Getting rid of the key), and Best Individual NPC (Violet). Was also a finalist in 5 other categories: Best Story, Best Setting, Best Puzzles, Best NPCs, and Best Use of Medium.

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 ==Versions==
-===Release TBD===
+===Release 1===
 * ''Violet'' ([[Jeremy Freese]]; 01-Oct-2008; [[Z-code]]).
+** Release 1
+** Beta-testing by [[Gemma Bristow]], [[Corey Colyer]], [[James Cunningham]], [[Benji Dahood]], [[Molly Geene]], [[Dan Hirschman]], [[Katzy | Javri]], [[Tiffany Julian]], [[Sarah Morayati]], [[Carl Muckenhoupt]], [[Lucy Pigpuppet]], [[Reiko]], [[Thomas Say]], [[Stephan Schonberg]] and [[Ramona White]].
 ** {{babel|ifid=12110E65-BABB-4C67-B047-1C7BA122CAF9}}
-** [[IF Comp 2008]]: xth place of 35 entries.
+** [[IF Comp 2008]]: 1st place of 35 entries.
+** [[XYZZY Awards 2008]]. Winner of 4 awards: Best Game, Best Writing, Best Individual Puzzle (Disconnecting the Internet/Getting rid of the key), and Best Individual NPC (Violet). Was also a finalist in 5 other categories: Best Story, Best Setting, Best Puzzles, Best NPCs, and Best Use of Medium.
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 ==Links==
 ===General info===
+* {{baf game|Violet|3173}}.
 * {{ifdb game|Violet|4glrrfh7wrp9zz7b}}.
+* {{ifwizz|Violet|violet-(2008-us)}}.
+* {{if50|Violet|2008-violet|portal=Violet|year=2008}}.
-{{game stub|Genres, How It Begins, Notable Features, full version info.<br>Note: This page was originally auto-generated. Please check for errors.}}
+===Reviews===
+* [http://www.auntiepixelante.com/?p=287 Review] by [[Anna Anthropy]].
+* [http://diden.net/~maga/maga_ifcomp_2008.html#violet Review] by [[Sam Kabo Ashwell]].
+* [http://plover.net/~bonds/violet.html Review] by [[Stephen Bond]].
+* [http://ceceatitagain.blogspot.com/2008/11/thanks-wallaroo.html Review] by [[Cesia]].
+* [http://minimumsafedistance.org/post/53744537/if-comp-08-violet-very-spoilers Review] by [[Riff Conner]].
+* [http://blog.scatmania.org/2008/10/18/violet-interactive-fiction/ Review] by [[Scatman Dan]].
+* [http://www.infodarkness.com/if/violet.html Review] by [[Dark Star]].
+* [http://chronicle.com/wiredcampus/article/3469/text-based-computer-game-features-graduate-student-as-main-character Review] by [[David DeBolt]].
+* [http://anothermrlizard.wordpress.com/2008/11/15/if-violet/ Review] by [[Ben Dixon]].
+* [http://georgedorn.livejournal.com/162585.html Review] by [[George Dorn]].
+* [http://www.bubblycloud.com/ifcomp2008/#vi Review] by [[David Fletcher]].
+* [http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2008/11/19/if-comp-2008-violet/ Review] by [[Kieron Gillen]].
+* [http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/eduwonkette/2008/11/graduate_school_the_video_game.html Review] by [[Jennifer Jennings]].
+* {{link|url=http://www.intfiction.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=22&t=20273 |archive=https://web.archive.org/web/20160721224835/http://www.intfiction.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=22&t=20273|Exploring the 'Best Games': Violet, by Jeremy Freese}} - by [[Mathbrush]].
+* [http://nickm.com/post/2009/05/violet/ Review] by [[Nick Montfort]].
+* [http://www.pixelvixen707.com/?p=567 Review] by [[PixelVixen707]].
+* [http://newlin.wordpress.com/2008/11/02/if-comp-08-violet/ Review] by [[George Shannon]] (newlin).
+* [http://magnusmartyr.blogspot.com/2008/10/violet-by-jeremy-freese.html Review] by [[P. F. Sheckarski]].
+* [http://jayisgames.com/archives/2008/11/violet.php Review] at [[Jay Is Games]] and [http://emshort.wordpress.com/2008/10/03/violet/ review (blog)] by [[Emily Short]].
-[[Category:Games]] [[Category:Games in 2008]] [[Category:IF Comp games]] [[Category:Inform 7 games]] [[Category:Z-code games]]
+===Spoilers===
+* [[ClubFloyd]] [http://www.allthingsjacq.com/intfic_clubfloyd_20081101.html transcript].
+{{game stub|How It Begins, Notable Features, full version info.<br>Note: This page was originally auto-generated. Please check for errors.}}
+[[Category:Works]] [[Category:Works in 2008]] [[Category:IF Comp works]] [[Category:Inform 7 works]] [[Category:XYZZY Award winning works]] [[Category:Z-code works]]