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The Abandoned House Down the Lane

by Chris Hay (a.k.a. Eldritch Renaissance Cake) profile

(based on 3 ratings)
Estimated play time: 14 minutes (based on 2 votes)
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About the Story

You explore the spooky abandoned house down the lane.

Awards

6th Place, La Petite Mort - English - ECTOCOMP 2024

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Average Rating: based on 3 ratings
Number of Reviews Written by IFDB Members: 1
Compact spooky Adventuron game exploring an abandoned house, November 12, 2024*
Related reviews: 15-30 minutes

This is an Adventuron game that is a nice small nugget of a game, with classic adventure gameplay (TAKE and DROP feature prominently).

You play as someone who often walks by an abandoned house at night but who finally decides to break in and see what’s going on inside.

The game was written in 4 hours, so many things aren’t perfectly polished. The author does foresee this issue and says ‘You won’t have to ____ in this game’ a lot, which helped reduce frustration by reducing verbs. It would take substantially more work to implement every reasonable action, but this approach isn’t bad even in a polished game.

The font and color combo was hard to read for me; I’ve seen some Adventuron games that have a font selection option, and that would have been nice here.

Fun overall!

* This review was last edited on December 1, 2024
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