Wisp

by Lea profile

2013
Inform 7

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
In a twisty maze of marshes, all alike, December 7, 2013
by Molly (USA)
Related reviews: Ectocomp 2013

Wisp is basically a maze-that-is-not-a-maze game; the story is you're a traveler very late in getting home and must now deal with a Will-o'-the-wisp on the way back. The solution to this pseudo-maze is logical in the abstract, I suppose, but the actions required for it seem awfully arbitrary to me; if someone hadn't posted the solution on the intfiction.org boards I never would have finished it. As such, it may be considered of a piece with +=3, another game with an "illogical" logical solution.

Still, the game has plenty of atmosphere, and it was made as part of a group activity, in which everyone worked on and entered about one game each to Ectocomp. The author of Wisp didn't finish up in time to polish it, but entered it anyway because she promised she would, and such dedication merits an extra star, at least.

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streever, December 7, 2013 - Reply
I got the ending--I think after a period of time wandering it clued it more overtly, but that was part of what felt unfinished to me (or missing polish).

I really hope the author revises/polishes it--this really is a decent game in search of a little finesse! The atmosphere and the writing was good.
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