Dead Pavane for a Princess

by Emily Boegheim profile

2013
Inform 7

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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
Demons of the Night, or Zombie Debussy Will Eat Your Brains, January 5, 2014
by E.K.
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This is a great little one-room game for Ectocomp '13. You play noted composer Maurice Ravel - the title is a play on his 'Pavane for a Dead Princess' - fleeing from a zombified Claude Debussy. The conceit itself is excellent, and the writing is tight and witty.

The puzzles are straightforward and intuitive, though somewhat on the easy side. My only real complaint is that it is just too short. Although it could stand alone as it is as a five-minute diversion, I personally hope that the author takes the constraints of the Ectocomp as simply a beginning, and fleshes out (no pun intended) the game into a fuller story and world.

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