... . . ... ... . ... . . : :.: :.. : : : . .. : : : :.. :.. : : : .. (THE CITY) by Sam Barlow An interactive short-experience for the 1998 International Interactive Fiction Competition --------FEATURES SPECIFIC TO THIS GAME: No UNDO^, SAVE, RESTORE, VERBOSE, or BRIEF verbs Extended question-asking: various WHY, WHERE, WHO, WHAT allowed* (usual Ask, Tell, Show, Give still in operation) No status line, initial game banner or enboldened location names (this is a feature, not a bug) ^ Though Interpreter-Undos still work (*damn*) * Examples of questions: John, what is love God, why am I here Stranger, who are you What is the shiny metal thing on the end of the rod Where are my glasses Wife, where is my dinner NB#1: Do not use question marks in questions ---- NB#2: If you ever wonder: there *is* an "ending" to the game ---- --------CREDITS: Written, Programmed and Concieved by Sam Barlow using Graham Nelson's INFORM Compiler with lots of reference to his Designer's Manual (Stephen van Egmond's text version) --------RELEASE INFO: This is version 2 of "The City" for the International-IF-Competition 1998. (c) Sam Barlow 1998. It is freely distributable so long as it remains un-changed Version 1 was very similar, but was *eaten* by my computer. Version 2 is a re-construction, and hopefully 99% identical --------CONTACT INFO: Until July 1999 e-mail on sb6729@bris.ac.uk After then, who knows? Try searching r.a.i-f or r.g.i-f on dejanews for any posts by me. Though I don't post regularly so this might not be that fruitful Or, normal old-skool letter-postal stylee: "The Gables, Salford Priors, Nr Evesham, WORCS WR11 5UX (ENGLAND)" --------SIGNING OFF: Thankyou for playing, hope you enjoy yourself and don't forget to vote, Sam Barlow P.S. This game has received no playtesting. I put aside loads of time to do this but several things got in the way and I never did find the time to get the game done sooner. I am only pointing this out so that if anyone finds any awful bugs I can be publicly crucified in the name of playtesting and will maybe learn a lesson.