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Locked Door

by Cody Gaisser profile

Episode 1 of Locked Door
2022
Minimalist
Inform 7

(based on 7 ratings)
3 reviews10 members have played this game.

About the Story

Can you... UNLOCK THE DOOR?!

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Average Rating: based on 7 ratings
Number of Reviews Written by IFDB Members: 3
4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
Almost the smallest game possible with a locked door, January 24, 2022
Related reviews: less than 15 minutes

This game is essentially one of the coding examples from the Inform manual. It consists of two rooms, one with a locked door and a key. There are no real surprises; decompiling shows no hidden content.

The game is polished, but is not descriptive, has little interactivity, low emotional impact, and I wouldn't really play again. According to my rating system, it's 1 star.

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
An abundance of minimalism, April 10, 2023

You find yourself locked in a room. Can you unlock the door?

Locked Door is a two-room game centered around one puzzle. The game can be solved in four turns.

I am usually a fan of terse writing, but Locked Door takes it to an extreme. Not only is the game very short, but almost nothing in the game has a description, although examining yourself does produce the rather humorous response of “just some dude.”

On the positive side, I didn’t encounter any bugs or typos.

I realize that Locked Door was an exercise in minimalism, but there is simply not enough here to warrant a recommendation.

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1 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
Short beyond lunch time., January 27, 2022

As Mathbrush said:

"This game is essentially one of the coding examples from the Inform manual. It consists of two rooms, one with a locked door and a key. There are no real surprises; decompiling shows no hidden content.

The game is polished, but is not descriptive, has little interactivity, low emotional impact, and I wouldn't really play again. According to my rating system, it's 1 star."

Additionally I have to say that there is no command to go through that door, there aren't also any cardinal directions available.
Try to create a bit more inmersive games although these will be short ones.

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