The Problems Compound
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| The Problems Compound | |
|---|---|
| Author(s) | Andrew Schultz |
| Publisher(s) | TBD |
| Release date(s) | 01-Oct-2015 |
| Authoring system | Inform 7 |
| Platform(s) | Glulx |
| Language(s) | |
| License(s) | TBD |
| Multimedia | |
| Color effects | TBD |
| Graphics | TBD |
| Sound/Music | TBD |
| Ratings | |
| Cruelty scale | Merciful |
How It Begins
You, Alec Smart, find a ticket leading away from your home to a place called Smart Street and the Problems Compound.
Notable Features
- Trizbort color map
- Director's Cut area with rejected rooms
- Fake deaths
- Unlockable verbs
- XP/Explain to explain figures of speech
- Four jump commands to skip ahead in the story
- Alternate endings
- Good and great ending implemented in Version 2
- Existentially bad ending in Version 1, three similar endings in Version 3
- Optional risque text that changes your antagonist's name
Versions
Competition version
- The Problems Compound (Andrew Schultz; 01-Oct-2015; Glulx).
- IFID: C163600D-F937-431F-9275-320A8537DFD3
IFID links: IFDB - IF Comp 2015: 24th place of 53 entries.
- IFID: C163600D-F937-431F-9275-320A8537DFD3
Release 2
- The Problems Compound (Andrew Schultz; 30-Mar-2016; Glulx).
Future Release Plans
The author plans a release 3 in June 2016 to address a serious bug found in the alternate endings. Many character names are changed to something more specific, and many minor features are also implemented.
Testers
- A + means more than one version. P means post-comp.
- (uncredited person)
- Neil Butters P
- Wade Clarke +
- Marco Innocenti
- Joey Jones P
- Hugo Labrande
- Juhana Leinonen +
- Brian Rushton
- Matt Weiner
Others Who Helped
The author traded post-comp "code tennis" (make a change every couple days, email the other guy, and repeat til someone faults) with Alex Butterfield and Hugo Labrande. Olly Kirk, Paul Lee, Michael Martin, David Welbourn and Al Golden pointed out some good bugs mid-comp.
Links
Author's repository
The author's latest changes and planned fixes are [GitHub].
General info
- The Problems Compound - at IFDB.
Spoilers
- Author Commentary:
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