External Links
- Original ADRIFT Story File
Contains To Hell in a Hamper/Hamper.taf
Includes a walkthrough.
Or download Original ADRIFT Story File, unzip it, and run the game in an ADRIFT version 4 interpreter. (The file is compressed with ZIP.)
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About the Story
Professor Pettibone, eminent Victorian balloonist, has a problem. He can't get it up. His balloon that is. If he can't reach an altitude of 20,000 feet, and soon, both he and his mysterious travelling companion Hubert Booby will be burned to a cinder by an erupting volcano! But what is Mr. Booby concealing under his overcoat? Do all Ecuadorian peasants have BSc's? And what, in the name of all that's holy, is THE CURSE OF THE BLUE IBIS? All these questions, and several others, will be answered when you play "To Hell in a Hamper", a one-room game by J. J. Guest. *Winner of the Adrift Spring Competition 2003*
Page Update History
2 Off-Site Reviews
IF-Review
Overall, this game fits into a growing category of works that combine light puzzles with strong pacing and good comic writing. I'd also put this year's Best Puzzles winner "Gourmet" (Aaron Reed, 2003) into that group, along with the first chapters of "Fine Tuned" (Dennis Jerz, 2001) and several of J. Robinson Wheeler's games. As it happens, I really enjoy such pieces. They don't always get the recognition that other games do, perhaps because they're not perceived as groundbreaking experimental work or as hard-core puzzle-fests. But humor and pacing are a real challenge to get right in IF, and a good IF comedy has a special charm of its own.
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Jay Is Games
The puzzles are light, the pacing is brilliant, and the humor is... humorous!
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Game Details
First Publication Date: September 13, 2003
Current Version: 1.0
License: Freeware
Development System: ADRIFT/TADS 2
Baf's Guide ID: 2191
IFID: TADS2-047E3CF57E2CB9C3F43CEE5D5C6BB558
TUID: 6d9dfn2akcrlq1bu
