Don't Be Late

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	dbl.acd also need dbl.dat; requires an old Alan 2.5 or 2.6 interpreter For all systems. To play, you'll need an Alan Interpreter for your system - visit the Alan home page for download links.
	dbl.dat also need dbl.acd Requires an AdvSys interpreter. (This is an older format that is no longer supported.)
	old Directory containing old versions of Alan interpreter software
	walkthru.txt solution
	1req.txt author's blurb

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Don't Be Late
by Greg Ewing

Slice of life
1996

(based on 3 ratings)
3 reviews

Game Details

Language: English (en)
Current Version: Unknown
License: Freeware
Development System: Alan 2
Baf's Guide ID: 58
IFID: ALAN-7DC543793629BBAEEDC8D97B84496F36
TUID: erw51whzgx8217hx

Awards

22nd Place - 2nd Annual Interactive Fiction Competition (1996)

Editorial Reviews

Baf's Guide

A very small game in which you have to reach a friend's house in order to start judging the entries in the Second Annual Interactive Fiction Competition (in which it is itself an entry). Takes at most 15 minutes to play in its entirety. Rather weak parser - "look at", "get", and "him" are not understood, for example. All in all, not a sufficient reason in itself to download the ALAN runtime. Has a cute reentrant ending, though.

-- Carl Muckenhoupt

SPAG
There's nothing inherently wrong with it, it's just really short and really simplistic.
-- C.E. Forman
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A short but straightforward old alan game about getting to IFComp, July 5, 2017

by MathBrush
Related reviews: less than 15 minutes

This is a fun little Alan game (requiring an older interpreter from ifarchive.org) about running to get to playing ifcomp games on time.

The game is well-hinted; I only had one guess-the-verb problem. You basically just hail a taxi and drive over to your friend's house.

The game is on a timer, but its so short that once you figure it out, its super easy to redo. It also has a clever ending.

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