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- Direct link to game
The "play" link in-game leads to the author's website, which seems to be down. This link leads to the IF Comp hosted version, which works.
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Estimated play time: 9 minutes (based on 4 votes)
Members voted for the following times for this game:
- 6 minutes — HereticMole
- 12 minutes: "Approximate time to reach the final ending." — Cerfeuil
- 7 minutes — Dan Fabulich
- 10 minutes — Zeno Pillan
About the Story
This is not a text adventure. Or ,at least, not a traditional one. The Olive Tree is a small game that frames a short story, freely inspired by articles, tales, and poems that address the Palestinian question.
NOTES:
- Vorple requires a web server to run offline. It's simpler to play online!
- For the best gaming experience, play on a device with a keyboard!
Awards
Ratings and Reviews
| Average Rating: Number of Reviews Written by IFDB Members: 1 |
Solid, September 6, 2025Interactivity makes this short story more powerful.
Online, I've heard some commenters ask, mostly in bad faith, why Palestinians who had the option to move wouldn't simply move. These commenters seem not to be able to imagine what could be worth staying for. Playing the role of something worth staying for makes this point elegantly.
You can probably get to the end just guessing water/leaves until you reach your current season's goal, but there's also an interesting randomized optimization puzzle here, too. (I got lucky once and generated more than 30 lbs of olives.)
A bug report: At the end, it gives you a standard menu, "Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game, QUIT or UNDO the last command?" But if you try to undo, it says that "undo" is forbidden. But save/restore work, so I'm not sure it's meaningful to forbid undo. Might as well just allow undo, IMO, or block save/restore also, if you insist.
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First Publication Date: September 1, 2025
Current Version: Unknown
Development System: Inform 7
IFID: 781D4C41-3CFA-4E25-A69D-89D35A62897C
TUID: zha54izv3vtarf0o
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