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{{game infobox|title=Countdown 1 - the Body|image=|author=[[Ben Croshaw]]|publisher=n/a|released=04-Jan-2007|authsystem=[[Inform 7]]|platform=[[Z-code]] 5|language=English|license=Freeware|color=none|graphics=none|sound=none|cruelty= | {{game infobox|title=Countdown 1 - the Body|image=|author=[[Ben Croshaw]]|publisher=n/a|released=04-Jan-2007|authsystem=[[Inform 7]]|platform=[[Z-code]] 5|language=English|license=Freeware|color=none|graphics=none|sound=none|cruelty=Merciful}} | ||
==How It Begins== | ==How It Begins== | ||
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==Trivia and Comments== | ==Trivia and Comments== | ||
* This is the first part of a trilogy of games to be released shortly. | * This is the first part of a trilogy of text adventure games to be released shortly. The trilogy is intended as a build-up to the release of a graphical adventure game which will be the fourth part of the ''[[5 Days a Stranger series]]''. | ||
* The player only gets an overview of what is | * The player only gets an overview of what is an extensive [[backstory]]. This game (and the rest of the Countdown series) continues a storyline begun in Croshaw's freeware amateur graphical adventure ''5 Days a Stranger'' and continued in ''7 Days a Skeptic'' and ''Trilby's Notes''. | ||
==Versions== | ==Versions== | ||
Revision as of 19:54, 12 January 2007
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| Countdown 1 - the Body | |
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| Author(s) | Ben Croshaw |
| Publisher(s) | n/a |
| Release date(s) | 04-Jan-2007 |
| Authoring system | Inform 7 |
| Platform(s) | Z-code 5 |
| Language(s) | English |
| License(s) | Freeware |
| Multimedia | |
| Color effects | none |
| Graphics | none |
| Sound/Music | none |
| Ratings | |
| Cruelty scale | Merciful |
How It Begins
August 18th, 1779. You are Jack Frehorn, carrying nothing. You are in the "harpsichord room" of your home, which now only contains a decorative end table bearing a bottle of rum, curtainless windows, the stairs up, a trapdoor down, and the door that leads outside. The cursed harpsichord you smashed on that horrible day, just over a year ago.
On July 28th, 1778, you murdered your greatest friend Wilbur with a gun and then butchered the body with an axe. At the grave, you pleaded for your life when a mysterious figure in black appeared. Satisfied, he disappeared. Exactly a year later, the Tall Man returned with instructions from his foetid master. Now, twenty-one days later, you will complete those instructions.
Trivia and Comments
- This is the first part of a trilogy of text adventure games to be released shortly. The trilogy is intended as a build-up to the release of a graphical adventure game which will be the fourth part of the 5 Days a Stranger series.
- The player only gets an overview of what is an extensive backstory. This game (and the rest of the Countdown series) continues a storyline begun in Croshaw's freeware amateur graphical adventure 5 Days a Stranger and continued in 7 Days a Skeptic and Trilby's Notes.
Versions
Release 1
- Countdown 1 - the Body (Ben Croshaw as "Yahtzee"; 04-Jan-2007; Z-code 5).
Links
- Fully Ramblomatic.com - Announced in the blog entry for 4/1/07: Counting Down.