Vivienne Dunstan

Dundee, Scotland

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Member since May 17, 2018
Last visited November 18, 2024
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Academic historian, genealogist, former computer scientist, and Doctor Who fan

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Bad Beer, by Vivienne Dunstan (2024)
(17 ratings)
A tale of dodgy drinks, things that go bump in the night, and stuff from the past that just ain’t right Content warning: alcohol (the game is set in a British pub selling beer), some spooky stuff...

Napier's Cache, by Vivienne Dunstan (2020)
(13 ratings)
Scotland, 1594: You're used to strange requests in your role as servant to John Napier. He's not just famous as a mathematician, but is also known for his occult skills and knowledge, still valued...

Border Reivers, by Vivienne Dunstan (2018)
(8 ratings)
It's late fifteenth century Scotland, and the dangerous world of the Anglo-Scottish Border Reivers. A murder has been committed, and it's your task as the Warden's son to try to find out who was...

Tower, by Vivienne Dunstan (2009)

In this tiny game, you play as an elderly person who is somehow transported to a mist-shrouded garden outside a tower. Explore the tower and find a way home.

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Viv’s top 10 favourite IF games - 10 items   November 12, 2022
This is a list of my top 10 favourite IF games, in chronological order of release. There are many other games that I think are fantastic,...

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Reviews by Vivienne Dunstan

Detective Osiris, by Adam Burt   January 4, 2024
"Now for a detective hunt, where Egyptian king/deity Osiris tries to figure out who killed him. I knew who did this according to Egyptian..." - See the full review

Magor Investigates..., by Larry Horsfield   January 4, 2024
"(Note this is a review of the game version available part way through the competition) This is a fantasy parser game, where you’re a..." - See the full review

Tricks of light in the forest, by Pseudavid   January 4, 2024
"This game is coded with Gruescript, so memorably used by Robin Johnson to write Detectiveland which he won IFComp with. As a result this..." - See the full review

Trail Stash, by Andrew Schultz   January 4, 2024
"Unusually for this author this is a Twine piece, though using word puzzles and limited locations. It also has neat inventory management,..." - See the full review

To Sea in a Sieve, by J. J. Guest   January 4, 2024
"Next up this parser game, which turns out to be a tight time-based puzzler about how to survive a sinking ship, and successfully throw a..." - See the full review

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