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About the StoryIn this work, you play as Absalome Pilcrow, a youth from Panzitoum on a walking tour. On the way to the Redfort, you stop by the palace of Old King Nebb and decide to explore it. Game Details
Language: English (en)
First Publication Date: February 21, 2020 Current Version: Unknown IFID: Unknown TUID: t7f9fnjbofpafxg9 Makes reference to Antique Panzitoum, by Caleb Wilson (as Abandoned Pools) Referenced in A Pilgrim, by Caleb Wilson (as Abandoned Pools) |
Awards
2nd Place, Event 2 - Second Quadrennial Ryan Veeder Exposition for Good Interactive Fiction
Editorial Reviews
Ryan Veeder's Judgment
18.4 points out of 20
For Abandoned Pools to refer to the setting of their previous Entry and establish some casual continuity/worldbuilding is the type of shameless nerd-baiting that I tend to fall for more often than not, and here I have fallen for it hard. My eyes sparkle dreamily as I wonder whether Absalome Pilcrow is the same traveller from "Antique Panzitoum," or else where on the Panzitoum Timeline the two stories fall. (The repeated use of the same initials is another type of shameless nerd-baiting that I tend to fall for more often than not.) ...
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