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MANALIVE, A Mystery of Madness - Iby Bill PowellEpisode 1 of MANALIVE, A Mystery of Madness 2006 Adaptation Inform 6
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Based on the first half of the novel Manalive by G. K. Chesterton.
24th Place - 12th Annual Interactive Fiction Competition (2006)
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As I played this, I thought, "What on earth is the intended genre here?" Then I discovered it was an adaptation of a G.K. Chesterton novel.
In this comic and somewhat surreal game, you play a jovial old fellow who is cheering people up.
I couldn't get past 30 points because I couldn't figure out how to call everyone down to join the party. That, combined with a few guess the verb issues, left me frustrated.
This game won the Golden Banana of discord.
Games that are adaptations of conventional (not CYOA) books by ChrisM
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