Distress
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 Science Fiction  Outer space |
 Finalist - Best Game, Best Story, Best Setting, Best Individual Puzzle, Best Use of Medium |
| Distress | |
|---|---|
| Author(s) | Mike Snyder |
| Publisher(s) | n/a |
| Release date(s) | 01-Oct-2005 |
| Authoring system | Hugo |
| Platform(s) | Hugo |
| Language(s) | English |
| License(s) | Freeware |
| Multimedia | |
| Color effects | none |
| Graphics | optional |
| Sound/Music | none |
| Ratings | |
| Cruelty scale | Cruelty to be determined |
How It Begins
You're a young ensign in the wreckage of an escape pod, stranded on the planet Runoma II. The lifeless body of your colleague lies crushed under the pod's torn door, while your lieutenant has slipped into a sleeping stupor; a spike has ground itself into his left shoulder. None of the other crew members made it.
The desert stretches away in all directions, with the wreckage of the Sirius Dream still blazing to the distant north.
You hear a faint, guttural droning.
Versions
Competition version
- Distress (Mike Snyder; 01-Oct-2006; Hugo).
Links
General Info
- Distress homepage
- Distress (archived) - at Baf's Guide
Distress- at Home of the Underdogs. (Replace this line with the new hotud game template. Look up new hotud ID numbers at http://www.hotud.org/component/jreviews/search-results/?cat=45 .)
Reviews
- Distress - at SPAG - a review by Valentine Kopteltsev.
- Review by Dan Shiovitz.
- Review by Rob Menke.
- Spanish review (.pdf) at SPAC by Baltasar el Arquero.
- Distress - at IFReviews.org
Spoilers
- Solution by Mike Snyder, containing verbose, terse and "speed run" walkthroughs, an author's commentary, and a game map.