Ad Verbum

Building Comedy IF Comp 2000 4th of 53 XYZZY Awards 2000 Best Puzzles

XYZZY Awards 2000 Finalist - Best Individual Puzzle, Best Use of Medium

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Ad Verbum
Author(s)	Nick Montfort
Publisher(s)	n/a
Release date(s)	2000
Authoring system	Inform
Platform(s)	Z-code
Language(s)	English
License(s)	Freeware
Multimedia
Color effects	none
Graphics	none
Sound/Music	none
Ratings
Cruelty scale	Cruelty to be determined

A game that focuses more on the puzzles than story, it's best known for it's rooms where every word printed, including objects in that room begin with a single letter and the parser only accepts commands beginning with that same letter.

Versions

Competition release

• Ad Verbum (Nick Montfort; 2000; Z-code).
  • Release 1 / Serial number 000925 / Inform v?.??

• Ad Verbum (Nick Montfort; 2006; Z-code).
  • Release 11 / Serial number 060905 / Inform v?.??

Links

General Info

• Ad Verbum (archived) - at Baf's Guide

Reviews

• [1] review at SPAG
• [2] review by Paul O'Brian