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Mystery Isles

by Jason Oakley

2024
Slice of life
Inform 6
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About the Story

Mystery Isles is a text adventure game written in PunyInform for the ParserComp 2024 itch.io jam.

You are stranded on a deserted island and must solve puzzles and figure out a way to escape.

You were looking forward to a quiet day fishing in your new fishing boat.

After a couple of hours catching nothing (and a few beers) you lay back for a rest and drift off to sleep ... You wake a few hours later and realise your anchor had disconnected from the chain and you have been drifting away, too.

Awards

10th Place, Classic Class - ParserComp 2024

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
A pleasant island adventure that could use more polish, July 4, 2024
by MathBrush
Related reviews: 15-30 minutes

This was a pleasant adventure game someone hampered by programming issues from time to time.

I played the ‘modern’ version which doesn’t have the graphics that the retro does in the screenshots (which makes sense) but that image in the screenshots looks cool!

This game has Scott Adams vibe: just a fun adventure with minimal text and some atmospheric descriptions and most important items listed separately in each room description. You are on an island and need to find your way off, making use of local floral and fauna and the remnants of past visitors.

There were several issues that caused problems during gameplay. For instance, (Spoiler - click to show)if you get the wrench and drop it, you can never pick it up again. The same thing happens if you drop the reeds and aren’t carrying something sharp.

So, a fun concept and pretty good execution, but could use more polish.

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Game Details

Language: English (en)
First Publication Date: July 1, 2024
Current Version: Unknown
Development System: Inform 6
IFID: 240604
TUID: bqkreba9lcprn820

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