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{{game infobox|title=The Problems Compound|image=|author=[[Andrew Schultz]]|publisher=TBD|released=01-Oct-2015|authsystem=[[Inform 7]]|platform=[[Glulx]]|language=|license=TBD|color=TBD|graphics=TBD|sound=TBD|cruelty=Merciful}}
{{work infobox|title=The Problems Compound|author=[[Andrew Schultz]]|released=01-Oct-2015|authsystem=[[Inform 7]]|platform=[[Glulx]]|language=English|cruelty=Merciful}}


==How It Begins==
==How It Begins==
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* Alternate endings
* Alternate endings
** Good and great ending implemented in Version 2
** Good and great ending implemented in Version 2
** Existentially bad ending in Version 1, two similar endings in Version 2
** Existentially bad ending in Version 1, three similar endings in Version 3
* Optional profanity that changes your antagonist's name
* Optional risque text that changes your antagonist's name


==Versions==
==Versions==
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===Release 2===
===Release 2===
* ''The Problems Compound'' ([[Andrew Schultz]]; 30-Mar-2016; [[Glulx]]).
* ''The Problems Compound'' ([[Andrew Schultz]]; 30-Mar-2016; [[Glulx]]).
** [[https://github.com/andrewschultz/the-problems-compound/releases/tag/v2.0|GitHub release]]
** {{ac|url=https://github.com/andrewschultz/the-problems-compound/releases/tag/v2.0|GitHub release}}
** {{ac|url=https://raw.githubusercontent.com/andrewschultz/the-problems-compound/master/problems_compound_release_2_notes.txt|Release notes with major changes}}


===Future Release Plans===
===Future Release Plans===
The author plans a maintenance release, release 3, to address any smaller bugs and also minor features.
The author plans a release 3 in June 2016 to address a serious bug found in the alternate endings. Many character names are changed to something more specific, and many minor features are also implemented.
* {{ac|url=https://github.com/andrewschultz/the-problems-compound/issues?q=milestone%3A%22v3+coding+tweaks%22+is%3Aclosed|Specific issues/tasks addressed}}
* {{ac|url=https://raw.githubusercontent.com/andrewschultz/the-problems-compound/master/problems_compound_release_3_notes.txt|Release notes with projected big-scale changes}}
 


==Testers==
==Testers==
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* [[Hugo Labrande]]
* [[Hugo Labrande]]
* [[Juhana Leinonen]] +
* [[Juhana Leinonen]] +
* [[Brian Rushton]]
* [[Mathbrush|Brian Rushton]]
* [[Matt Weiner]]
* [[Matt Weiner]]


===Others Who Helped===
===Others Who Helped===
The author traded post-comp "code tennis" (make a change every couple days, email the other guy, and repeat til someone faults) with [[Alex Butterfield]] and [[Hugo Labrande]], and [[Olly Kirk]], [[Paul Lee]], [[Michael Martin]], [[David Welbourn]] and [[Al Golden]] pointed out some good bugs mid-comp.
The author traded post-comp "code tennis" (make a change every couple days, email the other guy, and repeat til someone faults) with [[Alex Butterfield]] and [[Hugo Labrande]]. [[Olly Kirk]], [[Paul Lee]], [[Michael Martin]], [[David Welbourn]] and [[Al Golden]] pointed out some good bugs mid-comp.


==Links==
==Links==
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* {{ifdb game|The Problems Compound|3phl5p15ic26apub}}.
* {{ifdb game|The Problems Compound|3phl5p15ic26apub}}.


{{game stub|How It Begins, Notable Features, full version info.<br>Note: This page was originally auto-generated. Please check for errors.}}
===Spoilers===
* Author Commentary:
** {{ac|url=http://drdanstreetmentioner.blogspot.com/2015/11/problems-compound-postmortem-part-1.html |archive=https://web.archive.org/web/20160611011255/http://drdanstreetmentioner.blogspot.com/2015/11/problems-compound-postmortem-part-1.html|Part 1}}.
** {{ac|url=http://drdanstreetmentioner.blogspot.com/2015/11/the-problems-compound-postmortem-pop.html |archive=https://web.archive.org/web/20160611011302/http://drdanstreetmentioner.blogspot.com/2015/11/the-problems-compound-postmortem-pop.html|A pop quiz on testing}}.
** {{ac|url=http://drdanstreetmentioner.blogspot.com/2015/11/the-problems-compound-postmortem-part-2.html |archive=https://web.archive.org/web/20160611011535/http://drdanstreetmentioner.blogspot.com/2015/11/the-problems-compound-postmortem-part-2.html|Part 2: testing}}.
** {{ac|url=http://drdanstreetmentioner.blogspot.com/2015/11/the-problems-compound-postmortem-part-3.html |archive=https://web.archive.org/web/20160611011541/http://drdanstreetmentioner.blogspot.com/2015/11/the-problems-compound-postmortem-part-3.html|Part 3: what was it about?}}.
* [http://plover.net/~davidw/sol/p/probl15.html Walkthrough and map] by [[David Welbourn]].


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Latest revision as of 16:08, 30 October 2020

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IF Comp 2015
24th of 53
The Problems Compound
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Author(s) Andrew Schultz
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Release date(s) 01-Oct-2015
Authoring system Inform 7
Platform(s) Glulx
Language(s) English
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Ratings
Cruelty scale Merciful


How It Begins

You, Alec Smart, find a ticket leading away from your home to a place called Smart Street and the Problems Compound.

Notable Features

  • Trizbort color map
  • Director's Cut area with rejected rooms
  • Fake deaths
  • Unlockable verbs
    • XP/Explain to explain figures of speech
    • Four jump commands to skip ahead in the story
  • Alternate endings
    • Good and great ending implemented in Version 2
    • Existentially bad ending in Version 1, three similar endings in Version 3
  • Optional risque text that changes your antagonist's name

Versions

Competition version

Release 2

Future Release Plans

The author plans a release 3 in June 2016 to address a serious bug found in the alternate endings. Many character names are changed to something more specific, and many minor features are also implemented.


Testers

Others Who Helped

The author traded post-comp "code tennis" (make a change every couple days, email the other guy, and repeat til someone faults) with Alex Butterfield and Hugo Labrande. Olly Kirk, Paul Lee, Michael Martin, David Welbourn and Al Golden pointed out some good bugs mid-comp.

Links

Author's repository

The author's latest changes and planned fixes are [GitHub].

General info

Spoilers

Alec Smart saga by Andrew Schultz
The Problems Compound (2015)
Slicker City (2016)
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