Make It Good

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About the Story

The call comes through. Of all the dicks; you get the call, sitting in the front seat of your car, hands shaking on the steering wheel. An urgent call; but all you were thinking of was the bottle in the liquor store and so that's where you went first.

Now you're pulled up outside the house. The rear mirror's showing two steely eyes. You adjust your hat, stiffen up your collar and grab your badge off the dash. Here goes. You've one last chance so...

MAKE IT GOOD
An Interactive Detective Story, by Jon Ingold

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	v.13: 07-Dec-2019 11:33 - cas Changed IFIDs
	v.12: 22-Nov-2015 05:35 - Leaden Changed IFIDs
	v.11: 21-Sep-2013 05:49 - Edward Lacey Changed external review links
	v.10: 20-Jun-2010 05:40 - Carlo Changed version number
	v.9: 26-Sep-2009 12:31 - Carlo Changed version number
	v.8: 16-Sep-2009 17:38 - Emily Short Changed external review links
	v.7: 06-Aug-2009 07:24 - jingold Changed download links, external review links
	v.6: 06-Aug-2009 07:22 - jingold Changed download links, external review links
	v.5: 01-Jun-2009 16:01 - Dave Chapeskie Changed download links
	v.4: 22-May-2009 15:38 - jingold Changed version number
	v.3: 11-May-2009 12:38 - Michael R. Bacon Changed version number, external review links
	v.2: 13-Apr-2009 15:56 - jingold Changed cover art
	v.1: 13-Apr-2009 09:35 - jingold Created page

1 Off-Site Review

Play This Thing!
Darkest Noir
Make It Good is a dark detective mystery from Jon Ingold: there's been a murder, and everyone who was in the house at the time is a suspect. The protagonist is a cop whose drinking career has all but eclipsed his career on the force. His sidekick doesn't bother to conceal his contempt at having to serve such a useless master.

On this description, Make It Good looks like a classic style of interactive fiction, in the tradition of Infocom's Deadline and Witness. Those early commercial mysteries involved some of Infocom's most innovative character work: the non-player characters in Deadline give a strong impression of independent purpose as they move about on their own schedules.

Make It Good improves on this tradition.
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Game Details

Language: English (en)
First Publication Date: April 13, 2009
Current Version: 10
License: Freeware
Development System: Inform 6
Forgiveness Rating: Tough

IFWiki: Make It Good

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