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Writing Program Five

by Dan Cox

(based on 4 ratings)
2 reviews7 members have played this game. It's on 2 wishlists.

About the Story

The story has already been written. But you can change it.

Awards

Audience Choice--Most Surprising, Most Original, Main Festival - Spring Thing 2019

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Average Rating: based on 4 ratings
Number of Reviews Written by IFDB Members: 2
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
An intriguing experiment that is at times confusing, April 13, 2019*
Related reviews: less than 15 minutes

This game is a sort of meta-commentary on writing and the nature of writing, technology, and maybe a bit of Sci-Fi.

It's format is essentially that of a cited and annotated series of paragraphs, each on separate pages. The presentation is slick, handling different browser sizes adeptly.

There is an extra layer to the game allowing you to access a command prompt with a few actions.

This game constantly hints at their being more, but I felt like that promise never materialized. That may be part of the point, but I feel that somehow just a couple of small tweaks here and there could have made everything gel for me.

* This review was last edited on April 14, 2019
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
Interesting concept, limited execution, April 2, 2023
by egostat (Purgatory of Social Ineptitude)

While I did enjoy the concept of controlling the story through a command bar, the story was unfortunately much shorter and bare-boned than I expected. I think that, if the author had done more with this, it could have been an incredibly interesting experience, but my actions were limited. It's possible that I was also missing something, but ultimately, from what I saw in this, there was not much to it.

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1 Off-Site Review

Interactive Licktion
ICE CREAM FLAVOUR: Sweet potato. Dense and thought-provoking, giving me the impression that there is more to unearth.
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Games that simulate their own aging by Beable
I'm looking for games that pretend to be another, older game - sort of like Repeat the Ending and LAKE Adventure - or that contain elements within them that are supposed to play like an older game - like And Then You Come to a House Not...

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