Detectiveland: Difference between revisions

Latest revision as of 11:38, 10 December 2021

Parser-choice hybrid

Mystery

Comedy

City

IF Comp 2016
1st of 58

Detectiveland

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Author(s)	Robin Johnson
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Release date(s)	01-Oct-2016
Authoring system	HTML/Javascript
Platform(s)	Web browser
Language(s)	English
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Detectiveland is a parser-choice hybrid game by Robin Johnson, and the winning entry in the the 22nd Annual Interactive Fiction Competition in 2016. It was the first non-parser game and the first game written in a homebrew system to win IF Comp.

Plot

The game casts the player as Lanson Rose, a private investigator in the fictitious Prohibition-era American city of New Losago. There are three different mystery cases available at the beginning of the game, which can be completed in any order.

Versions

Current version

Detectiveland, playable online

Competition release

Detectiveland (Robin Johnson; 01-Oct-2016; Web browser).
- IF Comp 2016: 1st place (of 58).
- Download link wanted.

Links

General info

Detectiveland - at IFDB.
Detectiveland at ifwizz.

Reviews

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+'''Detectiveland''' is a [[parser-choice hybrid]] game by [[Robin Johnson]], and the winning entry in the the [[22nd Annual Interactive Fiction Competition]] in 2016. It was the first non-[[parser]] game and the first game written in a [[homebrew parser|homebrew]] system to win IF Comp.
-Lanson Rose, a private investigator in Prohibition-era New Losago, begins his day with three clients waiting outside his office, each with a different case for him.
+==Plot==
+The game casts the player as Lanson Rose, a private investigator in the fictitious Prohibition-era American city of New Losago. There are three different mystery cases available at the beginning of the game, which can be completed in any order.
 ==Versions==