External Links
- study.zip
Contains study.acd
To play, you can download study.zip, unzip it, and run the game in an Alan interpreter. (The file is compressed with ZIP.) - study.dat
original competition entry, also need study.acd
To play, you can download study.dat and run the game in an AdvSys interpreter. - study.acd
original competition entry, also need study.dat
To play, you can download study.acd and run the game in an Alan interpreter.
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Awards
Nominee, Best Puzzles - 2002 XYZZY Awards
24th Place (tie) - 8th Annual Interactive Fiction Competition (2002)
Ratings and Reviews
| Average Rating:   Number of Reviews Written by IFDB Members: 1 |
This game reminds me of a mix of Lime Ergot and Lord Bellwater's Secret. As in Lime Ergot, you investigate an object, then examine something in its description, then so on for many levels, discovering information.
Otherwise, the game is a close relative of Lord Bellwater's Secret. In both games, you explore a study looking for secrets. You examine a variety of objects in order to find a code, open a safe, and get out. You have to find every single part of the code, in a tedious affair. I used a walkthrough and never looked back.
This game has a few issues. For instance, other reviewers noted that you can't use the adjective of an object to refer to it, or just the noun if there is a disambiguation; you must use both. Some objects are never mentioned; you just have to assume they are there. You have to look behind stuff in the oddest locations, and interact with objects in unusual ways.
I recommend this only to those who love games like Lime Ergot with incredible levels of detail. The game is very rewarding in this way.
1 Off-Site Review
>INVENTORY - Paul O'Brian writes about interactive fiction
There are some good puzzles and a very well-crafted setting here, and with a round or two more of testing and a better ending, OOTS could be a pretty good piece of IF.
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Game Details
Current Version: 1.3
License: Freeware
Development System: Alan 2
Baf's Guide ID: 1899
| IFIDs: | ALAN-46727F7F019FE86E7050500E6957CF16 |
| ALAN-33ED2C312451FF60332AC7C25D9C3735 |
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