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IF Comp 2000
10th place of 53

XYZZY Awards 2000
Best Setting

XYZZY Awards 2000
Finalist - Best Game, Best Writing, Best Story, Best Individual PC, Best Use of Medium

A short one room game by Andrew Plotkin that casts the player inside a cramped apartment, completing a few remaining house chores before leaving for an arts festival called "Death Valley Om," realizing the tragic truth at the end.

This is Andrew Plotkin's entry in the 6th Annual IF Competition in 2000, where it garnered tenth place. It also tied with Emily Short's Metamorphoses for the third place for the Miss Congeniality award during the same competition.

Shade

Author(s)	Andrew Plotkin
Publisher(s)	n/a
Release date(s)	2000
Authoring system	Inform
Platform(s)	Z-code
Language(s)	English
License(s)	Freeware
Multimedia
Color effects	none
Graphics	none
Sound/Music	none
Ratings
Cruelty scale	Merciful

How It Begins

You are an undefined person in a small, dim apartment, preparing to leave on a trip to California. There are various things in your apartment to explore and interact with. However, as you continue to explore and find your missing plane tickets, the game advances into a spooky theme; rooms and objects begin suspiciously changing, adding to the atmosphere. Before long, the cliché beginning apartment IF game becomes an interesting story, with an ending to be deciphered by the players.

Notable Features

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Versions

Competition release

Shade (Andrew Plotkin as "Ampe R. Sand"; 2000; Z-code).
- Release 2 / Serial number 000925 / Inform v6.21 Library 6/10
- IFID: ZCODE-2-000925-3AA8
  IFID links: IFDB
- IF Comp 2000: 10th place of 53 entries. Also tied with 3rd place with Metamorphoses (Emily Short) for Miss Congeniality.
- XYZZY Awards 2000: Winner of Best Setting; also a finalist for Best Game, Best Writing, Best Story, Best Individual PC, and Best Use of Medium.
- Download shade.z5 from the IF Archive - The story file.

Release 3

Shade (Andrew Plotkin; 2000; Z-code).
- Release 3 / Serial number 001127 / Inform v6.21 Library 6/10
- IFID: ZCODE-3-001127-C86D
  IFID links: IFDB
- Download shade.z5 from the IF Archive - The z-machine story file.
- Download Shade-R3.hqx from the IF Archive - A Mac OS Application (encoded in Macintosh Bin/Hex format.)

Links

General Info

Shade listing at Zarfhome.
Shade (archived) - at Baf's Guide
Shade - at IFDB

Reviews

Shade - at SPAG.
Shade - at IF Ratings.
Review by Jeremy Douglass for Electronic Book Review.
Review by Paul O'Brian.
Review by Dan Shiovitz.
Review (archive) by Emily Short for Play This Thing!
Review by Duncan Stevens.
Review by Corneilius S. Herrmann

Spoilers

Shade walkthrough by David Welbourn.
SPAG #23 - Contains a SPAG Specifics analysis by Duncan Stevens.
Download shade-src.tar.Z from the IF Archive - Source code, compressed in "tarball" format.
ClubFloyd transcript (2014, NightFloyd).
ClubFloyd transcript (2014).
ClubFloyd transcript (2021).

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+{{game infobox|title=Shade|image=[[Image:Shade small cover.jpg]]|author=[[Andrew Plotkin]]|publisher=n/a|released=2000|authsystem=[[Inform]]|platform=[[Z-code]]|language=English|license=[[Freeware]]|color=none|graphics=none|sound=none|cruelty=Merciful}}
+==How It Begins==
+You are an undefined person in a small, dim apartment, preparing to leave on a trip to California. There are various things in your apartment to explore and interact with. However, as you continue to explore and find your missing plane tickets, the game advances into a spooky theme; rooms and objects begin suspiciously changing, adding to the atmosphere. Before long, the cliché beginning apartment IF game becomes an interesting story, with an ending to be deciphered by the players.
+==Notable Features==
+{{sectstub}}
 ==Versions==
 ===Competition release===
 * ''Shade'' ([[Andrew Plotkin]] as "Ampe R. Sand"; 2000; Z-code).
+** Release 2 / Serial number 000925 / Inform v6.21 Library 6/10
+** {{babel|ifid=ZCODE-2-000925-3AA8}}
 ** [[IF Comp 2000]]: 10th place of 53 entries. Also tied with 3rd place with ''[[Metamorphoses]]'' ([[Emily Short]]) for [[Miss Congeniality]].
 ** [[XYZZY Awards 2000]]: Winner of [[Best Setting]]; also a finalist for Best Game, Best Writing, Best Story, Best Individual PC, and Best Use of Medium.
+** {{ifarchive|games/competition2000/inform/shade/|shade.z5}} - The [[story file]].
-===Post-competition release===
+===Release 3===
-* ''Shade'' ([[Andrew Plotkin]] as "Ampe R. Sand"; 2000; Release 3; Z-code).
+* ''Shade'' ([[Andrew Plotkin]]; 2000; Z-code).
+** Release 3 / Serial number 001127 / Inform v6.21 Library 6/10
-''(TODO: There were probably other releases; please check.)''
+** {{babel|ifid=ZCODE-3-001127-C86D}}
+** {{ifarchive|games/zcode/|shade.z5}} - The z-machine story file.
+** {{ifarchive|games/mac/|Shade-R3.hqx}} - A Mac OS Application (encoded in Macintosh Bin/Hex format.)
 ==Links==
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 * [http://www.eblong.com/zarf/if.html#shade Shade listing] at Zarfhome.
 * {{baf game|Shade|918}}
+* {{ifdb game|Shade|hsfc7fnl40k4a30q}}
 ===Reviews===
-* {{ifratings game|Shade|889}}
+* {{spag review|s|shade}}.
+* {{ifratings game|Shade|889}}.
+* [http://www.electronicbookreview.com/thread/firstperson/glassdark Review] by [[Jeremy Douglass]] for Electronic Book Review.
+* [http://spot.colorado.edu/~obrian/00rev3.html#shade Review] by [[Paul O'Brian]].
+* [http://inky.org/if/comp00.html#shade Review] by [[Dan Shiovitz]].
+* {{link|deadurl=http://playthisthing.com/shade|archive=http://web.archive.org/web/20120112033028/http://playthisthing.com/shade|Review}} by [[Emily Short]] for [[Play This Thing!]]
+* [http://members.cox.net/dns361/shade.html Review] by [[Duncan Stevens]].
+* [http://ezfreemann.livejournal.com/4840.html Review] by [[Corneilius S. Herrmann]]
 ===Spoilers===
-* [http://webhome.idirect.com/~dswxyz/sol/shade.html Shade walkthrough] by [[David Welbourn]]
+* {{dswxyz|Shade walkthrough|sol/shade.html}} by [[David Welbourn]].
+* {{spag issue|23}} - Contains a SPAG Specifics analysis by [[Duncan Stevens]].
+* {{ifarchive|games/source/inform/|shade-src.tar.Z}} - Source code, compressed in "tarball" format.
+* {{ClubFloyd|20140603-NF|anchor=3-shade}} (2014, NightFloyd).
+* {{ClubFloyd|20140604}} (2014).
+* {{ClubFloyd|20210501|anchor=2-shade}} (2021).
-[[Category:Games]] [[Category:Games in 2000]] [[Category:Drama]] [[Category:Home]] [[Category:One-room]] [[Category:IF Comp games]] [[Category:XYZZY Award winning games]] [[Category:Z-code games]]
+[[Category:Works]] [[Category:Works in 2000]] [[Category:Drama]] [[Category:Home]] [[Category:IF Comp works]] [[Category:Inform 6 works]] [[Category:One-room]] [[Category:XYZZY Award winning works]] [[Category:Z-code works]]