External Links
- SpeedIF_Jacket_3.zip
Contains fluid.z5
Or download SpeedIF_Jacket_3.zip, unzip it, and run the game in a Z-Code interpreter. (The file is compressed with ZIP.)
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About the Story
A Speed-IF Jacket game written to fulfil the following book jacket quotes:
A game that manages to be mostly about water, without featuring a single water puzzle. Design error, perhaps? - Sam Kabo Ashwell
Few educational games have the courage to teach _real_ lessons you need in life — this work teaches us all what to _actually_ expect out there in the cold, dark world. - D. Jacob Wildstrom
Achieved a palpable sense of atmosphere with a few well-chosen smells. - J. Robinson Wheeler
The plot twist was so absurd I had to pour myself a stiff drink before continuing. - Jason Dyer
Ratings and Reviews
| Average Rating:    Number of Reviews Written by IFDB Members: 1 |
Having just played (and loved) The Gostak, I looked up other games by the author and found this one. It's a speed IF game, so it's quite short and simple, but even in that small space it had me laughing more than once. Recommended if you're in the mood for a tiny, amusing game!
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Game Details
Current Version: 1
License: Freeware
Development System: Inform 6
Baf's Guide ID: 2806
IFID: ZCODE-1-050828-2489
TUID: 954nt43zwnyvgkbz
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The following polls include votes for The Fluid of Life:Microparsers by Tabitha
The discussion in this thread, from which I've borrowed the term "microparser" (thanks Pinkunz!), led me to want to collect small parser games. I'm thinking of ones that fit what's described in the thread--generally taking less than 30...
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