External Links
- THE_BAT.zip
Contains THE BAT.gblorb
Download the story file to play offline.
Or download THE_BAT.zip, unzip it, and run the game in a Glulx interpreter. (The file is compressed with ZIP.)
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About the Story
Master Bryce is throwing a party. As his most faithful servant, that means it's your job to make the party run smoothly. But you only have two hands—and far too many duties. You'll have to manage requests from the guests, the master's eccentric demands, and your own composure. All the other staff have quit, unwilling to entertain the master's "moods," but you've served Wyatt Manor for decades; what's one more evening?
A comedy of errors, mild frustrations, and major workplace-safety violations. With limited actions and a limited inventory, juggle hors d'oeuvres, flaming curtains, and radioactive elements—and keep the drinks coming!
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3 Off-Site Reviews
Final Arc
The Bat Exploits Your Labor as a Servant in the Best Way
An aspect of The Bat that resonated with me right away was how accessible the gameplay was. For those who don't know, classical adventure game puzzle design became infamous for puzzles with outlandish solutions, referred to as "moon logic". I'm happy to report that The Bat avoids this trap. The puzzles are all embedded, meaning they make sense within the context of the story. Everything you have to do is what you’d expect the lone servant of an entire manor to do.
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Room Escape Artist
Interactive Fiction Competition 2024: Puzzle Game Highlights
The gameplay is frantic but deftly designed, and the writing is taut and clever, sometimes suggestive but always proper as befits your character’s station.
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The Short Game
It starts out like, "Oh, this is gonna be a Batman parody," but it's not a Batman parody. Or it is in a sense? It's just so extreme in its parody that it loops around to being an entirely different thing.
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