Cheater

by Wesley Osam

1996
Science Fiction, Joke, Surreal
Inform 5

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
Like it or not, January 23, 2014
by Simon Deimel (Germany)

The idea of CHEATER is not new, but surely interesting; it is a big advantage if you tried to program with Inform yourself. It is not difficult once you find out the principles.
It is a very short game. I played around a bit until I found the solution, and unfortunately, despite its shortness, there were some inaccuracies.
(Spoiler - click to show)The pillar that supports the cave can be taken in a normal way. Meh. The pedestal can be purloined and will still be mentioned in the room description -- and the toaster, resting on it, will still be present in the room, maybe hovering in the air. Meh.
These things are a little shoddy and could have easily been detected with a little testing (Spoiler - click to show)(applying the commands that are required for the solution to other possible objects). Nevertheless we must honor that it is the authors first game and it is finishable. I recommend it to people who like to think outside the box.

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Andrew Schultz, January 27, 2014 - Reply
Thanks for reviewing this game. I guess someone was going to write a game like it, so it works pretty well.

I suppose some time in the near future someone completely unaware of this game may try to write it, too.
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