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Play Online
Release 2
Post-comp release, with minor typo corrections and one bug fix.
Requires a Glulx interpreter. Visit IFWiki for download links.
Release 1 (Play online)
First full version, at the Spring Thing site (which has some extra styling).
Play this game in your Web browser.
Release 1 (plain gblorb)
The first full release, as entered in Spring Thing 2018.
Requires a Glulx interpreter. Visit IFWiki for download links.
Source Code
To Release 2. Release under CC BY 3.​0 US.
introcomp17.zip
Contains Sherlock Indomitable​/sherlock-indomitable.gblorb
All the entries to IntroComp 2017.
Requires a Glulx interpreter. Visit IFWiki for download links. (Compressed with ZIP. Free Unzip tools are available for most systems at www.info-zip.org.)
ClubFloyd transcript (2018)
Full version (Spring Thing 2018).
ClubFloyd transcript (2017)
IntroComp version.

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Sherlock Indomitable

by mathbrush profile

2018
Mystery
Inform 7

(based on 13 ratings)
1 review11 members have played this game. It's on 26 wishlists.

About the Story

Join a dying Sherlock Holmes in a journey through his memories.

Sherlock Indomitable is a direct adaptation of two Sherlock Holmes stories into a text adventure. At least 90% of the text is taken directly from Arthur Conan Doyle's writing. This game uses the clue/conversation system from my 2016 game Color the Truth.

Awards

1st Place - IntroComp 2017

Entrant, Main Festival - Spring Thing 2018

Ratings and Reviews

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Average Rating: based on 13 ratings
Number of Reviews Written by IFDB Members: 1
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
Perfectly straightforward, April 3, 2019
by Stian
Related reviews: Spring Thing 2018

In this game, the author introduced some very specific commands that allows the player to enter the mind of Sherlock Holmes. This, I thought, was rather brilliant, such as combining thoughts to create conjectures, or looking up information in Sherlock's vast attic of factual memories.

Where the game falls short is as a puzzle. The player is always told how to proceed, and there were no proper challenges. Ultimately, the player ends up hitching a ride with Sherlock, rather than playing him.

I'd really love to see the same game mechanism used for further Sherlock games, offering a significantly higher difficulty.

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Added a download for plain GblorbJune 20, 2020
I noticed that the link to the plain Gblorb wasn't on here. I've added it to make download easier and for the Play Online button to work correctly.
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Completed for Spring Thing 2018April 7, 2018
This game, which won Introcomp 2017, has now been completed and entered into Spring Thing 2018.
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