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About the StoryThe weather is getting hotter and bushfire season is approaching. The animals have to stock up on food and prepare their bushfire survival plans. Game Details
Language: English (en)
First Publication Date: May 2, 2022 Current Version: 1 License: Freeware Development System: Inform 6 Forgiveness Rating: Merciful IFID: 9D421942-A010-4FA8-A16B-8AF11D0A59AD TUID: 6klm53s5xl2fn2rq |
Awards
6th Place - Text Adventure Literacy Jam - 2022
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A kid's parser game for protecting Australian wildlife from a forest fire, May 17, 2022
Garry Francis is a prolific author, specializing in text adventures with a focus on puzzles and core parser gameplay (like GET/DROP/etc.). This game and the other one he released in the same competition (The Carpathian Vampire) show a lot of growth in implementation and puzzle design.
This is one of the smoothest games of the comp. You play as a koala who is also a bushfire warden for the surrounding wildlife. You have to provide for yourself and all those around you.
The main charm in this game is the vivid descriptions of australian wildlife and plants, with background action happening (like skinks crossing your path), a garden area with tons of plants, and puzzles revolving around Australian wildlife.
I think this is pretty great, and was glad to play it. My one desire might be for a couple of additional things to implement for consistency. One puzzle, for instance, was only solved by (Spoiler - click to show)the verb ASK [person] ABOUT [something], while a later puzzle had a character (the owl) who didn't respond to ASK OWL ABOUT [topic] for most topics that mattered; instead, this was a TALK TO puzzle, which was somewhat inconsistent with the earlier puzzles.
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The following polls include votes for Kenny Koala's Bushfire Survival Plan:Outstanding PunyInform Game of 2022 - Author's Choice by MathBrush
This poll is part of the 2022 IFDB Awards. The rules for the competition can be found here, and a list of all categories can be found here. This award is for the best PunyInform game of 2022. Voting is anonymous and open only to IFDB...
Australian Setting or Characters by Rhetta_Lynnea
I've played several good games with Aussie characters or setting, and I was wondering if there are any others. It doesn't have to be the main focus of the game, just a little extra colour.
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