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Entre les lignes de feu

by paravaariar profile

2023

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Entre les lignes de feu

Dans cette histoire, vous incarnez Sidorof, un soldat russe pendant la guerre d'Orient du 19ème siècle. Héros décoré à titre posthume, car personne ne connaît sa sombre histoire. Vous le découvrirez au fur et à mesure.

Sidorof s'est porté volontaire, mais les idéaux ont rapidement été remplacés par un instinct de survie. Au moment où cette histoire commence, il est conscient qu'il peut mourir à tout moment. Il veut faire une dernière chose parfaitement.

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Version traduite et améliorée pour le Concours de Fiction Interactive Francophone 2023. Inclut le thème principal et le thème secondaire du concours. Version espagnole ici (https://paravaariar.itch.io/entre-lineas-de-fuego).

Texte, graphiques et programmation par @paravaariar, tous droits réservés. Programmé avec Adventuron.


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Awards

4th Place overall; 5th Place, Meilleur Usage du Thème; 5th Place, Prix d'Excellence Littéraire - French Comp 2023

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
A twisted war story, February 6, 2023
by Rovarsson (Belgium)

A whack in the gut. This is a hard story. Brutal even.

A soldier is broken. He succumbs to his obsession. Treason means nothing to him anymore. He must obtain what he needs.

Four short linear chapters are all it takes to leave the reader gasping for air, as if his lungs were ripped by the PC’s bayonette.

Very powerful writing, pulsing drive, evocative sparse descriptions, haunting imagery and theme.

Traversing the game is a very linear affair. The only physical direction is northward and up, up that hill that the war command has designated as a strategic target, and thus worthy of throwing men's lives at. This is mirrored in the focused single-mindedness of the PC, who has only his obsessive goal in mind amidst the mayhem and death around him.

There are opportunities to examine the surroundings. Doing so provides nothing to hold on to, just the bleak battlefield with its corpses and artillery holes. And the men running with you, northward, up that distant hill.

At a few resting points in the game, you can converse with your comrades and commandant. These short menu-based conversations go a long way in building the characters of PC and NPCs alike, and they provide glimpses of backstory in precious few lines.

Since there is not much of anything the player can do to stop the relentless pace of the game (or the assault on the hill), the interactive element comes almost exclusively from the experience of complicity with the PC's actions. The player feels strongly responsible for the actions undertaken by the protagonist.

This is the most impressive feat of Entre les lignes de feu: the power with which it grounds the player in the situation, how it draws the player ruthlessly down and deeper into the protagonist's obsession.

Very strong piece.

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
The story of a soldier obssessed with letters, February 17, 2023
by MathBrush
Related reviews: 15-30 minutes

This is kind of a happy accident; this game is one I played before in Spanish from Ectocomp, but it happened to match the 2023 French Comp themes of treason and archives, so it was translated and entered into that as well.

This is a compelling story, which involves a soldier that is obsessed with collecting the letters of other soldiers, usually after they die. He wants to write his own letter, the best letter ever, and will stop at nothing for his goals.

There are 3 acts, each one fairly brief with actions that are generally clued in the instructions or text. I found it easier in French than in Spanish, to be honest.

Overall, the obsession here is very compelling.

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Outstanding French Game of 2023 by MathBrush
This poll is part of the 2023 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 French game of 2023. Voting is open to all IFDB members. Suggested...

Outstanding Adventuron Game of 2023 by MathBrush
This poll is part of the 2023 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 Adventuron game of 2023. Voting is open to all IFDB members. Eligible...




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