The Duel in the Snow: Difference between revisions

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Drama

IF Comp 2009
6th of 24

XYZZY Awards 2009
Finalist - Best Setting

The Duel in the Snow

Author(s)	Utkonos
Publisher(s)	n/a
Release date(s)	01-Oct-2009
Authoring system	Inform 7
Platform(s)	Z-code 8
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

Victor Pavlovich, you are completely naked in a vast field of barley! A windmill walks past.

You awake with a start in your parlour. On the table are a glass, an empty brandy bottle and a pince-nez. It's very early, and you're very thirsty.

Trivia and Comments

The author entered Duel in the Snow: abridged version into TWIFcomp in 2010.

Versions

Release 1

The Duel in the Snow (Utkonos; 01-Oct-2009; Z-code 8).
- Release 1 / Serial number 090930 / Inform 7 build 5Z71 (I6/v6.31 lib 6/12N)
- IFID: 9A722EE1-9BD6-436B-B076-397F30AD071F
  IFID links: IFDB
- IF Comp 2009: 6th place of 24 entries. Also was 2nd place for Miss Congeniality.
- XYZZY Awards 2009: Finalist for Best Setting.
- Download duel.z8 from the IF Archive

Links

General info

The Duel in the Snow (archived) - at Baf's Guide.
The Duel in the Snow - at IFDB.
The Duel in the Snow - at ifwizz interactive fiction (in German).

Reviews

Review by Sam Kabo Ashwell.
Review by Renee Choba.
Review by Conrad.
Review by Dark Star.
Review by Ben Dixon.
Review by George Dorn.
Review by Shane Fitzgerald-Gale.
Review by David Fletcher.
Review by Jeremy Freese.
Review by FrozenIsles Productions.
Review: 1 and 2 by Victor Gijsbers.
Review by Hipolito.
Review by N. B. Horvath.
Review by Christopher Huang.
Review by IcyChoc - at IFDB.
Review by Imrihamun (Cobaltnine).
Review (in Russian) and Baf's Guide review (dead link 🔍) by Valentine Kopteltsev (uux).
Review by Amanda Lange.
Review by Felix Larsson - at IFDB.
Review by Yoon Ha Lee.
Review by Juhana Leinonen.
Review by Michael Martin.
Review (in Spanish) by Mastodon - at the CAAD forum.
Review by Rob Menke.
Review by Marius Müller - in SPAG.
Review by Wesley Osam.
Review by Jenni Polodna.
Review by Portmanteau - at IFDB.
Review by George Shannon.
Review by Dan Shiovitz.
Review by Emily Short.
Review by Mark J. Tilford (ralphmerridew).
Review by Matt Weiner.
Review by Jake Wildstrom.
Review by Daniel Wilson.
Review (in Russian) by yandexx.

Spoilers

Download duelwalk.txt from the IF Archive. Walkthrough by the author.

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 ==How It Begins==
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+Victor Pavlovich, you are completely naked in a vast field of barley! A windmill walks past.
+You awake with a start in your parlour. On the table are a glass, an empty brandy bottle and a pince-nez. It's very early, and you're very thirsty.
+==Trivia and Comments==
+* The author entered ''Duel in the Snow: abridged version'' into [[TWIFcomp]] in 2010.
 ==Versions==
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 ** Release 1 / Serial number 090930 / Inform 7 build 5Z71 (I6/v6.31 lib 6/12N)
 ** {{babel|ifid=9A722EE1-9BD6-436B-B076-397F30AD071F}}
-** [[IF Comp 2009]]: xth place of 24 entries.
+** [[IF Comp 2009]]: 6th place of 24 entries. Also was 2nd place for Miss Congeniality.
+** [[XYZZY Awards 2009]]: Finalist for Best Setting.
 ** {{ifarchive|games/competition2009/zcode/duelinthesnow/|duel.z8}}
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 * {{baf game|The Duel in the Snow|3198}}.
 * {{ifdb game|The Duel in the Snow|7kzcppjg6rrr8dr0}}.
+* {{ifwizz|The Duel in the Snow|the-duel-in-the-snow-(2009-us)}}.
 ===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://maga-dogg.livejournal.com/354950.html Review] by [[Sam Kabo Ashwell]].
 * [http://www.intfiction.org/forum/viewtopic.php?p=4344#p4344 Review] by [[Renee Choba]].
-* [http://onewetsneaker.wordpress.com/2009/10/08/duel-in-the-snow-review/ Review] by [[Conrad Cook]].
+* [http://onewetsneaker.wordpress.com/2009/10/08/duel-in-the-snow-review/ Review] by [[Conrad]].
+* [http://www.infodarkness.com/if/duelinthesnow.html Review] by [[Dark Star]].
 * [http://anothermrlizard.wordpress.com/2009/10/28/if-the-duel-in-the-snow/ Review] by [[Ben Dixon]].
 * [http://georgedorn.livejournal.com/171849.html Review] by [[George Dorn]].
 * [http://gruelove.wordpress.com/2009/10/17/if-comp-the-duel-in-the-snow/ Review] by [[Shane Fitzgerald-Gale]].
+* [http://www.bubblycloud.com/ifcomp2009/#ds Review] by [[David Fletcher]].
 * [http://jeremyfreese.wordpress.com/2009/10/02/ifcomp-2009-duel-in-the-snow/ Review] by [[Jeremy Freese]].
 * [http://islemaster.wordpress.com/2009/10/05/ifcomp-2009/#TheDuelIn Review] by [[FrozenIsles Productions]].
 * [http://gamingphilosopher.blogspot.com/2009/10/if-competition-duel-in-snow.html Review: 1] and [http://gamingphilosopher.blogspot.com/2009/10/if-competition-duel-in-snow-appendix.html 2] by [[Victor Gijsbers]].
+* {{link|url=http://www.octopusoverlords.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=1465856#p1465856|archive=|Review}} by [[Hipolito]].
 * [http://nbhorvath.blogspot.com/2009/11/reviews-of-selected-2009-if-comp-games.html Review] by [[N. B. Horvath]].
 * [http://www.ricordius.com/others/ifcomp09/duelsnow.htm Review] by [[Christopher Huang]].
+* [http://ifdb.org/viewgame?id=7kzcppjg6rrr8dr0&review=9268 Review] by [[IcyChoc]] - at [[IFDB]].
 * [http://cobaltnine.dreamwidth.org/106645.html Review] by [[Imrihamun]] (Cobaltnine).
-* [http://forum.ifiction.ru/viewtopic.php?pid=15976#p15976 Review (in Russian)] by [[Valentine Kopteltsev]] (uux).
+* [http://forum.ifiction.ru/viewtopic.php?pid=15976#p15976 Review (in Russian)] and {{link|deadurl=http://www.wurb.com/if/game/3198|archive=|Baf's Guide review}} by [[Valentine Kopteltsev]] (uux).
 * [http://second-truth.blogspot.com/2009/10/if-comp-2009-duel-in-snow.html Review] by [[Amanda Lange]].
+* [http://ifdb.org/viewgame?id=7kzcppjg6rrr8dr0&review=8996 Review] by [[Felix Larsson]] - at [[IFDB]].
 * [http://yhlee.livejournal.com/1581777.html Review] by [[Yoon Ha Lee]].
 * [http://nitku.net/blog/2009/11/ifcomp-2009-review-the-duel-in-the-snow-by-utkonos/ Review] by [[Juhana Leinonen]].
 * [http://mcmartin.livejournal.com/118357.html Review] by [[Michael Martin]].
 * [http://foro.caad.es/viewtopic.php?p=40574#p40574 Review (in Spanish)] by [[Mastodon]] - at the [[CAAD]] forum.
+* [http://www.the-wabe.com/if-comp-2009/#duelinthesnow Review] by [[Rob Menke]].
+* [http://www.sparkynet.com/spag/backissues/spag56.html#duel Review] by [[Marius Müller]] - in [[SPAG]].
 * [http://www.superdoomedplanet.com/blog/?p=362 Review] by [[Wesley Osam]].
 * [http://pissylittlesausages.wordpress.com/2009/10/13/theduelinthesnowthatspannedtheage/ Review] by [[Jenni Polodna]].
-* [http://ifdb.tads.org/viewgame?id=7kzcppjg6rrr8dr0&review=9001 Review] by [[Portmanteau]] - at [[IFDB]].
+* [http://ifdb.org/viewgame?id=7kzcppjg6rrr8dr0&review=9001 Review] by [[Portmanteau]] - at [[IFDB]].
+* [http://newlin.wordpress.com/2009/11/14/if-comp-09-the-duel-in-the-snow/ Review] by [[George Shannon]].
+* [http://inky.org/if/comp09.html#duelinthesnow Review] by [[Dan Shiovitz]].
 * [http://emshort.wordpress.com/2009/10/04/if-comp-2009-the-duel-in-the-snow/ Review] by [[Emily Short]].
 * [http://ralphmerridew.livejournal.com/5831.html Review] by [[Mark J. Tilford]] (ralphmerridew).
 * [http://saucersofmud.wordpress.com/2009/11/07/ifcomp-the-duel-in-the-snow/ Review] by [[Matt Weiner]].
 * [http://bishopsreviews.livejournal.com/105298.html Review] by [[Jake Wildstrom]].
+* [http://rxpi.wordpress.com/2009/11/03/ifcomp-2009/ Review] by [[Daniel Wilson]].
 * [http://forum.ifiction.ru/viewtopic.php?pid=15983#p15983 Review (in Russian)] by [[yandexx]].
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