Here we go! An interactive fiction game in a Lovecraftian vein!
The Duel, v.01 - Z5 format (Most recent version!)The Duel, v.00 - Z5 format (for historical purposes only)Now, I used a Commonplace Book quote as the starting point, of course. However...if I reveal what it is, it'll spoil the surprise ending. Not that it's a really surprising surprise, I'm sure a lot of you will see it coming...and of course if you're going to offer comments and criticisms then you need to know...but still. The point is, I'm going to put the Commonplace Book quote here in a really tiny font so you can't see it unless you put in a little effort:
COMMONPLACE BOOK QUOTE HERE - 8 Hor. Sto.
Man makes appt. with old enemy. Dies—body keeps appt.I'll leave it up to you to decide when to read that.
(Darnit, I know there's SOME way to do spoiler tags on this forum, but I can't figure out how. Can anyone tell me?)
Okay. So I have this little IF game. At the moment it's pretty short; I'm sure to be truly Lovecraftian it needs more detail...more puzzles would be good (one, arguably two locations are pointless). Still, it
is playable and winnable! So I'd appreciate any further ideas or criticisms.
EDIT NOVEMBER 28th: Added v.01, the second version of the game. It takes into account some of the comments from the thread and just basically plays more smoothly.