Countdown 3 - the Mind
 Science Fiction  Building |
| Countdown 3 - the Mind | |
|---|---|
| Author(s) | Ben Croshaw |
| Publisher(s) | n/a |
| Release date(s) | 18-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
February 3rd, AD 2386.
The double doors of the New Delhi Mental Hospital hiss closed as you step into the lobby. The weight of a mail satchel cuts into your shoulder. Just as you did twenty separate times during the shuttle ride here, you wonder how you got into this mess.
The man in red assured you there would be further instructions when you arrived, but hadn't elaborated before disappearing into the shadowy alleyway where he had requested to meet you.
You almost didn't take the job. You're not in the business of delivering the parcels of homeless weirdos in tattered rags. But that had all changed when the weirdo had produced a wad of cash as thick as your thumb.
Had you not been so tired, you would probably have asked where the money had come from. But there was something about the man in red's voice. So smooth and charismatic, impossible to resist. Kind of like what God's voice must be like. Not merely instructing, or requesting, but simply stating how things were going to be, like he knew everything...
Forget it. Just another job. Get the instructions and deliver the parcel. Then enjoy the money and forget all about weirdos in red.
Trivia and Comments
- This is the third part of a trilogy of text adventure games. The trilogy was a build-up to the release of a graphical adventure game 6 Days A Sacrifice, the final 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
Download mind.zip from the author's website.
Links
- Fully Ramblomatic.com - Announced in the blog entry for 18/1/07: The Final Countdown.
| Countdown series by Ben Croshaw | ||
| Countdown 1 - the Body (2007) | Countdown 2 - the Soul (2007) | Countdown 3 - the Mind (2007) |