Renegade Brainwave

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	Story File - No Sound Story file for use with an interpreter. For all systems. To play, you'll need a glulx interpreter - visit Brass Lantern for download links.
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	ECTOCOMP 2010 Contains Renegade_Brainwave.taf Original ECTOCOMP version, bundled with the other ECTOCOMP 2010 entries. Requires an ADRIFT version 4 interpreter. Visit the ADRIFT site for download links. (Compressed with ZIP. Free Unzip tools are available for most systems at www.info-zip.org.)

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Renegade Brainwave
by J. J. Guest profile

Humor
2010

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(based on 8 ratings)
1 member review

About the Story

"Beware! Beware! Take care! For you are about take part in an interactive story that will reveal the terrifying truth behind the mysterious Soviet space programme! Revelations of incredible horrors that will terrify you with their brutal reality!

For this is the story of a mysterious force — a force that has crossed the billion mile vastness of infinite space! Boneless, fleshless, almost invisible and yet imbued with incredible power — I speak to you of cosmic radiation!

The deadly solar radiation that has the power to raise the dead! The power to amplify brainwaves to many times their natural strength — so that even a weak little puppy could wipe out a city of concrete and steel — with the power of her mind!

In a future that grows ever closer, the fate of the Earth lies in the hands of one man. That man is Detective Frank Douglas — that man, my friend, is YOU!

God help us... in the future!"

Renegade Brainwave is an interactive fiction inspired by Hollywood B-Movies, based on my 2010 ECTOCOMP 2nd place winner. The 2019 version features more locations, more puzzles, and an atmospheric soundtrack featuring music by Monstrous Movie Music.

"Really fun writing, a spot-on, over-the-top, sci-fi B-movie spoof." - Duncan Bowsman, ECTOCOMP judge.

"Hilarious, well-written and full of clever puzzles to boot." - Mel Stefaniuk, ECTOCOMP judge.

Game Details

Language: English (en)
First Publication Date: October 31, 2010
Current Version: 2
License: Freeware
Development System: ADRIFT / Inform 7
Forgiveness Rating: Polite

IFIDs:	ADRIFT-400-92334E45DFB35C5FA0051E3529240D1B
	0C3C1DBF-00F4-48A5-95BC-8670BBF9BAF7

TUID: h3ovvff22smlmmc

Awards

2nd Place - Ectocomp 2010

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All-New, Expanded Version Available - With Music! August 30, 2019

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