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Drama

Religious

Building

Crazy quilt

IF Comp 2011
6th of 38

XYZZY Awards 2011
Best Individual Puzzle

XYZZY Awards 2011
Finalist - Best Story

The Life (and Deaths) of Doctor M

Author(s)	Michael Hilborn
Publisher(s)	n/a
Release date(s)	01-Oct-2011
Authoring system	Inform 7
Platform(s)	Glulx
Language(s)	English
License(s)	Freeware
Multimedia
Color effects	none
Graphics	none
Sound/Music	none
Ratings
Cruelty scale	Merciful

How It Begins

You fall (or rise) through stormclouds, hearing dialog that implies that you are a dying doctor of questionable morality. When your vision clears, you find yourself in a windy, rocky landscape with the clouds above, with a wobbly and enigmatic signpost as your only obvious guidance.

Versions

Release 5 (Competition release)

The Life (and Deaths) of Doctor M (Michael Hilborn as "Edmund Wells"; 01-Oct-2011; Glulx).
- Release 5 / Serial number 110930 / Inform 7 build 6G60 (I6/v6.32 lib 6/12N)
- IFID: 25EA7AC7-95F6-497E-B0CD-65014E7EB69A
  IFID links: IFDB, IFDB cover
- IF Comp 2011: 6th place of 38 entries. Also tied for 3rd place for Miss Congeniality. Won the Golden Banana of Discord.
- XYZZY Awards 2011: Winner, Best Individual Puzzle (the Hat Mystery, also in Playing Games, Cold Iron and Last Day of Summer). Finalist, Best Story.
- Download DoctorM.gblorb from the IF Archive.
- Play it online.

Links

General info

The Life (and Deaths) of Doctor M - at IFDB.
The Life (and Deaths) of Doctor M - at ifwizz interactive fiction (in German).

Reviews

Spoilers

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 ==How It Begins==
-{{hib wanted}}
+You fall (or rise) through stormclouds, hearing dialog that implies that you are a dying doctor of questionable morality.  When your vision clears, you find yourself in a windy, rocky landscape with the clouds above, with a wobbly and enigmatic signpost as your only obvious guidance.
 ==Versions==
 ===Release 5 (Competition release)===
-* ''The Life (and Deaths) of Doctor M'' ([[Edmund Wells]]; 01-Oct-2011; [[Glulx]]).
+* ''The Life (and Deaths) of Doctor M'' ([[Michael Hilborn]] as "Edmund Wells"; 01-Oct-2011; [[Glulx]]).
 ** Release 5 / Serial number 110930 / Inform 7 build 6G60 (I6/v6.32 lib 6/12N)
 ** {{babel|ifid=25EA7AC7-95F6-497E-B0CD-65014E7EB69A|cover=yes}}
-** [[17th Annual Interactive Fiction Competition|IF Comp 2011]]: entry.
+** [[17th Annual Interactive Fiction Competition|IF Comp 2011]]: 6th place of 38 entries. Also tied for 3rd place for [[Miss Congeniality]]. Won the [[Golden Banana of Discord]].
+** [[XYZZY Awards 2011]]: Winner, Best Individual Puzzle (the [[Hat Mystery]], also in [[Playing Games]], [[Cold Iron]] and [[Last Day of Summer]]). Finalist, Best Story.
 ** {{ifarchive|games/competition2011/glulx/doctorm/|DoctorM.gblorb}}.
 ** [http://ifcomp.org/comp11/play.php?id=206 Play it online].
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 ==Links==
 ===General info===
-* {{TUID wanted}}
+* {{ifdb game|The Life (and Deaths) of Doctor M|uqy4x2pm6cslbrs0}}.
+* {{ifwizz|The Life (and Deaths) of Doctor M|life-(and-deaths)-of-doctor-m-the-(2011-en)}}.
 ===Reviews===
+* [http://maga-dogg.livejournal.com/457821.html Review] by [[Sam Kabo Ashwell]].
+* [http://ifwizz.de/life-(and-deaths)-of-doctor-m-the-(2011-en).html?&ua=review_58#review_58 Review (in German)] by [[Martin Barth]].
+* [http://www.bubblycloud.com/ifcomp2011/#life Review] by [[David Fletcher]].
+* [http://www.ricordius.com/others/ifcomp11/doctorm.htm Review] by [[Christopher Huang]].
+* [http://second-truth.blogspot.com/2011/11/if-comp-2011-life-and-deaths-of-doctor.html Review] by [[Amanda Lange]].
+* [https://hkn.eecs.berkeley.edu/~mcmartin/if/reviews/review11.html#r36 Review] by [[Michael Martin]].
+* [http://www.wurb.com/stack/archives/2105 Review] by [[Carl Muckenhoupt]].
+* [http://pissylittlesausages.wordpress.com/2011/11/08/if-comp-11-edmund-wells-the-life-and-deaths-of-doctor-m/ Review] by [[Jenni Polodna]].
 * [http://emshort.wordpress.com/2011/10/12/if-comp-2011-the-life-and-deaths-of-doctor-m/ Review] by [[Emily Short]].
+* [http://saucersofmud.wordpress.com/2011/11/13/ifcomp-reviews-part-6/ Review] by [[Matt Weiner]].
+* [http://www.wigdahl.net/quern/2011/11/07/ifcomp-2011-four-more-scores-the-life-and-deaths-of-doctor-m-cana-according-to-micah-fan-interference-last-day-of-summer/ Review] by [[Matt Wigdahl]].
+===Spoilers===
+* [http://plover.net/~davidw/sol/l/lifed11.html Walkthrough and maps] by [[David Welbourn]].
+* [http://plover.net/~davidw/sol/h/hat__11.html Walkthrough for the hat metapuzzle of IF Comp 2011] by [[David Welbourn]].
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