Playing Games: Difference between revisions

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Genre
wanted

IF Comp 2011
28th of 38

XYZZY Awards 2011
Best Individual Puzzle

Playing Games

Author(s)	Kevin Jackson-Mead
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	TBD
Graphics	TBD
Sound/Music	TBD
Ratings
Cruelty scale	Cruelty to be determined

How It Begins

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Versions

Release 1

Playing Games (Kevin Jackson-Mead as "Pam Comfite"; 01-Oct-2011; Glulx).
- Release 1 / Serial number 110929 / Inform 7 build 6G60 (I6/v6.32 lib 6/12N)
- IFID: C32C5544-D06C-45BA-9249-A01E67C4DBCC
  IFID links: IFDB
- IF Comp 2011: 28th place of 38 entries.
- XYZZY Awards 2011: Winner, Best Individual Puzzle (the Hat Mystery, also in Cold Iron, The Life (and Deaths) of Doctor M, and Last Day of Summer).
- Download Playing%20Games.gblorb from the IF Archive.
- Play it online.

Links

General info

Playing Games - at IFDB.
Playing Games - at ifwizz interactive fiction (in German).

Reviews

Spoilers

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 ==Versions==
 ===Release 1===
-* ''Playing Games'' ([[Pam Comfite]]; 01-Oct-2011; [[Glulx]]).
+* ''Playing Games'' ([[Kevin Jackson-Mead]] as "Pam Comfite"; 01-Oct-2011; [[Glulx]]).
 ** Release 1 / Serial number 110929 / Inform 7 build 6G60 (I6/v6.32 lib 6/12N)
 ** {{babel|ifid=C32C5544-D06C-45BA-9249-A01E67C4DBCC}}
-** [[17th Annual Interactive Fiction Competition|IF Comp 2011]]: entry.
+** [[17th Annual Interactive Fiction Competition|IF Comp 2011]]: 28th place of 38 entries.
+** [[XYZZY Awards 2011]]: Winner, Best Individual Puzzle (the [[Hat Mystery]], also in [[Cold Iron]], [[The Life (and Deaths) of Doctor M]], and [[Last Day of Summer]]).
 ** {{ifarchive|games/competition2011/glulx/playing/|Playing%20Games.gblorb}}.
 ** [http://ifcomp.org/comp11/play.php?id=204 Play it online].
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 ==Links==
 ===General info===
-* {{TUID wanted}}
+* {{ifdb game|Playing Games|7xxhw9da4j3ff3hd}}.
 * {{ifwizz|Playing Games|playing-games-(2011-en)}}.
 ===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/459974.html Review] by [[Sam Kabo Ashwell]].
 * [http://ifwizz.de/playing-games-(2011-en).html?ua=review_74#review_74 Review (in German)] by [[Martin Barth]].
 * [http://cobaltnine.dreamwidth.org/117780.html Review] by [[Cobaltnine]].
 * [http://www.goodolddays.net/game/id%2C783/Playing+Games.html Review] by [[Mr Creosote]].
+* [http://www.bubblycloud.com/ifcomp2011/#playing Review] by [[David Fletcher]].
+* [http://www.ricordius.com/others/ifcomp11/playing.htm Review] by [[Christopher Huang]].
+* [http://jizaboz.blogspot.com/2011/11/if-comp-2011.html Review] by [[Jizaboz]].
+* [http://ifdb.org/viewgame?id=7xxhw9da4j3ff3hd&review=15679 Review] by [[Joey Jones]].
+* [http://second-truth.blogspot.com/2011/11/if-comp-2011-playing-games.html Review] by [[Amanda Lange]].
 * [http://yhlee.dreamwidth.org/1247738.html Review] by [[Yoon Ha Lee]].
+* [https://hkn.eecs.berkeley.edu/~mcmartin/if/reviews/review11.html#r34 Review] by [[Michael Martin]].
+* [http://www.wurb.com/stack/archives/2122 Review] by [[Carl Muckenhoupt]].
 * [http://if.seattle.wa.us/2011/10/playing-games-by-pam-comfite/ Review] by [[Ron Newcomb]].
 * [http://pissylittlesausages.wordpress.com/2011/10/19/if-comp-11-pam-comfites-playing-games/ Review] by [[Jenni Polodna]].
 * [http://emshort.wordpress.com/2011/10/05/if-comp-2011-playing-games/ Review] by [[Emily Short]].
 * [http://saucersofmud.wordpress.com/2011/10/08/if-comp-2011-part-two/ Review] by [[Matt Weiner]].
+===Spoilers===
+* [http://plover.net/~davidw/sol/p/playi11.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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+[[Category:Works]] [[Category:Works in 2011]] [[Category:Glulx works]] [[Category:IF Comp works]] [[Category:Inform 7 works]] [[Category:XYZZY Award winning works]]