Ratings and Reviews by Simon Deimel

BANE OF THE BUILDERS is a quite solidly arranged game with a sci-fi theme. The player explores an alien planet in search of a missing professor and encounters the ancient race of the so-called Builders, getting acquainted with their culture while holding out for the missing academic. The game ranked about in the middle of the 7th annual IF competition.

The game itself is not too bad. A science fiction story that complies with the standards. There are a redundant maze and some arbitrary puzzles, things that could have been more polished. But the writing is decent and the game features in-built hints. There is also a walkthrough available on the database, so the player can find help when he/she gets stuck.

I can recommend the game to fans of science fiction and people who want to get a taste for the sci-fi category, although there are probably better choices for people who wish to check out the genre for the first time.

My first impression is not that bad, the story is okay and the writing sufficient. Unfortunately the coding is not complete (error messages because answers to a verb have not been defined), and synonyms are not implemented (Spoiler - click to show)(you discover that the top of the container where you start is a lid. "push lid" results in the reply that there is no lid, "push top" then works and the reply is "you push the lid", which is contradictory). This game should be revised, the start is not too shabby.