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{{game infobox|title=Rover's Day Out|image=[[Image:Rover's Day Out small cover.jpg]]|author=[[Jack Welch]] and [[Ben Collins-Sussman]]|publisher=n/a|released=01-Oct-2009|authsystem=[[Inform 7]]|platform=[[Glulx]]|language=English|license=Freeware|color= | {{game infobox|title=Rover's Day Out|image=[[Image:Rover's Day Out small cover.jpg]]|author=[[Jack Welch]] and [[Ben Collins-Sussman]]|publisher=n/a|released=01-Oct-2009|authsystem=[[Inform 7]]|platform=[[Glulx]]|language=English|license=Freeware|color=yes|graphics=none|sound=none|cruelty=TBD}} | ||
==How It Begins== | ==How It Begins== | ||
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** [[IF Comp 2009]]: 1st place of 24 entries. Also awarded 1st place for Miss Congeniality. | ** [[IF Comp 2009]]: 1st place of 24 entries. Also awarded 1st place for Miss Congeniality. | ||
** Download: [http://rovers-day-out.googlecode.com/files/Rover-r12.gblorb Rover-r12.gblorb] | ** Download: [http://rovers-day-out.googlecode.com/files/Rover-r12.gblorb Rover-r12.gblorb] | ||
** '''NOTE''' This is a bugfix release | ** '''NOTE''' This is a bugfix release; Spatterlight and Gargoyle are now able to play release 12. | ||
===Release 11=== | ===Release 11=== | ||
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==Links== | ==Links== | ||
===General info=== | ===General info=== | ||
* [http://code.google.com/p/rovers-day-out Main Game Site] with source code, bug tracker, etc. | |||
* {{baf game|Rover's Day Out|3209}}. | * {{baf game|Rover's Day Out|3209}}. | ||
* {{ifdb game|Rover's Day Out|jf5zkjj3jqfllwcn}}. | * {{ifdb game|Rover's Day Out|jf5zkjj3jqfllwcn}}. | ||
Revision as of 16:21, 16 November 2009
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| Author(s) | Jack Welch and Ben Collins-Sussman |
| Publisher(s) | n/a |
| Release date(s) | 01-Oct-2009 |
| Authoring system | Inform 7 |
| Platform(s) | Glulx |
| Language(s) | English |
| License(s) | Freeware |
| Multimedia | |
| Color effects | yes |
| Graphics | none |
| Sound/Music | none |
| Ratings | |
| Cruelty scale | Cruelty to be determined |
How It Begins
You wake up when you alarm clock starts beeping, and get into your morning routine: feed Rover, eat breakfast, take a shower--until something unexpected happens. Meanwhile, commentary in blue shows that all is not what it seems.
Versions
Release 12
- Rover's Day Out (Jack Welch and Ben Collins-Sussman; 16-Nov-2009; Glulx).
- Release 12 / Serial number 091116 / Inform 7 build 5Z71 (I6/v6.31 lib 6/12N)
- IFID: 417B9626-8635-4451-90F5-D082E01547FA
IFID links: IFDB - IF Comp 2009: 1st place of 24 entries. Also awarded 1st place for Miss Congeniality.
- Download: Rover-r12.gblorb
- NOTE This is a bugfix release; Spatterlight and Gargoyle are now able to play release 12.
Release 11
- Rover's Day Out (Jack Welch and Ben Collins-Sussman; 01-Oct-2009; Glulx).
- Release 11 / Serial number 090930 / Inform 7 build 5Z71 (I6/v6.31 lib 6/12N)
- IFID: 417B9626-8635-4451-90F5-D082E01547FA
IFID links: IFDB - IF Comp 2009: 1st place of 24 entries. Also awarded 1st place for Miss Congeniality.
- Download rover.gblorb from the IF Archive
- NOTE (from the IF Comp site): For those playing Rover's Day Out under Spatterlight, please don't. Please use Zoom instead, as Spatterlight appears to be mis-handling the game.
Links
General info
- Main Game Site with source code, bug tracker, etc.
- Rover's Day Out (archived) - at Baf's Guide.
- Rover's Day Out - at IFDB.
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.
- Review by Philip Armstrong.
- Review by Sam Kabo Ashwell.
- Review by Renee Choba.
- Review: 1 and 2 by Riff Conner.
- Review and review of reviews by Conrad Cook.
- Review by Shane Fitzgerald-Gale.
- Review by Jeremy Freese.
- Review by FrozenIsles Productions.
- Review: 1 and 2 by Victor Gijsbers.
- Review by Christopher Huang.
- Review by Amanda Lange.
- Review by Yoon Ha Lee.
- Review by Michael Martin.
- Review (in Spanish) by Mastodon - at the CAAD forum.
- Review by memegarden.
- Review by Wesley Osam.
- Review by Jenni Polodna.
- Review by Dan Shiovitz.
- Review by Emily Short.
- Review by Matt Weiner.
- Review by Jake Wildstrom.
- Review by Daniel Wilson.
- Review (in Russian) by yandexx.
Spoilers
- Download walkthrough.txt from the IF Archive. Walkthrough by the author.
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