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The Loyal Doom - A PowerPoint Game

by Dev Vand

2022
Microsoft PowerPoint
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(based on 3 ratings)
2 reviews5 members have played this game.

About the Story

The Loyal Doom - Três Demônios Livres is a short mysterious narrative played on PowerPoint featuring:

-English and Português do Brasil translations
-a range of 100 (fast readen) slides
-about 5 endings
-various non ending-defining variations

Preferably played on PowerPoints desktop or mobile apps

Awards

56th Place, Best in Show - The IF Short Games Showcase 2023

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Number of Reviews Written by IFDB Members: 2
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
A dungeon of sorts explored through...powerpoint?, January 25, 2024
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This game is made in a powerpoint format, which is pretty neat. It has two formats, one in portuguese and one in english. I played the english version.

The text is minimalistic, with 3-10 words per page, and usually 1-3 choices. It was hard for me to piece the story together; it seems like you are a knight that awakes in a dungeon, in captivity. With some effort, you begin to explore.

I found someone (or something) to accompany me, found an area of horror, and made a choice...but I'm not sure of what.

There were several noticeable typos, which I think a pass through some online spellchaecker could help (I also get lots of typos in my own games). I did find the game confusing, including the title screen...what does 'soom' mean?

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
A creative use of a non-IF medium!, January 12, 2024

It is always interesting seeing people explore IF with mediums not usually made for IF - it kinda shows that anything can be IF if you sets your mind to it. It’s pretty refreshing!

So here we have: a minimalist mysterious adventure created in PowerPoint. With limited words on the page, often just 3 separate nouns, next to a couple of 1-word actions, you can explore some sort of dungeon, face judgement, and maybe save yourself?
I got lost for a long while :joy:

While it is a pretty creative way to use PowerPoint this way, it comes with some caveats: you must only click the “link” actions to move between slides, and wait before the (much too lengthy) animations to do anything… or you will end up on the wrong slide. Shortening the animation would have made the experience a bit smoother.

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Game Details

Language: English, Portuguese (en, pt-BR)
First Publication Date: May 21, 2022
Current Version: Unknown
Development System: Microsoft PowerPoint
IFID: Unknown
TUID: ghbsakbyh8nt96dn

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