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About the StoryBased on the first half of the novel Manalive by G. K. Chesterton. Game Details
Language: English (en)
Current Version: 2 License: Freeware Development System: Inform 6 Baf's Guide ID: 2965 IFID: ZCODE-2-000002-ABE3 TUID: mrnxwklcti8m8b38 |
Awards
24th Place - 12th Annual Interactive Fiction Competition (2006)
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An adaptation of a GK Chesterton novel, February 3, 2016As 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.
MANALIVE, A Mystery of Madness - I on IFDB
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The following polls include votes for MANALIVE, A Mystery of Madness - I:Games that are adaptations of conventional (not CYOA) books by ChrisM
I'm interested in games that are straightforward adaptations of conventional books (probably novels, but I'd be interested to know if there are any non-fiction book adaptations). The ones that I know of are The Famous Five and The...
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