Pestilence version 1.1 
by Richard Otter

[InsideAdrift Summer Comp 2006: 2nd place]


An IF game for the Adrift System (written during 2006 with Adrift 4.00 R46)
To play this game you will need the ADRIFT Runner v4.0, a freeware program that runs under most Windows platforms. You can obtain this from http://www.adrift.org.uk and http://www.delron.org.uk. If you are using a non-Windows computer a third party runner is available from http://www.geocities.com/legion_if/scare.html or http://www.delron.org.uk.

Game Description
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Thinking back, it is difficult to remember an exact moment when it all started.  Like a lot of the large events it started very small. In the beginning it just seemed like a particularly nasty form of flu sweeping the country. Many blamed cattle, some illegal immigration and others thought it all down to genetically modified foods.

It always started the same way, the person infected would have a very bad head cold that no drug or remedy would help. Then blinding headaches would strike, the type that sit just behind the eyes. Prior to the headaches dissipating, small boils and sensitive areas on the skin would form all over the body. This would be rapidly followed by flu like symptoms lasting anything up to three weeks. During this time madness and incoherence would development. It has been reported that death soon follows.

How it spread no one could say and everything from the food eaten to animal bites got the blame, but still it spread. The last reports on the television and radio, before they went silent, ordered the population to remain calm and stay indoors. 

It is now a week later you have just started sneezing and a terrible headache has arrived. Scared, you head to the nearest medical centre.


Useful Commands
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Some useful commands to help you in your mission - 

look on, behind or under an object.
'use object with object', 'get all from object', 'put brick on desk', 'put brick on button'
'kill man', 'kill guard with knife', 'throw knife at guard'
'empty jar', 'pour object into jar', 'mix chemicals', 'mix cure'
'talk to assistant', 'ask assistant about cure', 'ask assistant about pestilence'

The command 'cure' could be useful in this game.

If you get stuck just type 'hints' or visit http://www.delron.org.uk for a walkthru.


General Information
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The map included with the game was originally created with GUEmap. Feel free to report any bugs, send praise or give general feedback to richardo@delron.org.uk


Note:
This game was written with ADRIFT version 4.00 Release 46 and has only been tested with the Adrift Runner version 4.00 R46.

Many thanks to all my beta testers - my long suffering wife and family


Richard Otter (rotter on the Adrift forum)
2006