The Acorn Court

by Todd S. Murchison

Slice of life
1997

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
A short, small game showing off In form's ability to deal with identical objects, June 8, 2016

This game is well-described, but is essentially a coding exercise. There are three collections of identical objects that you can manipulate including tennis balls and acorns.

Generally, there's not much of a puzzle here, or a stoey. However, it is fun to play with all the materials, and it is polished.

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Exactly as advertised, January 15, 2014

Removed a star for being able to make the game unwinnable (Spoiler - click to show)by launching every ball through the window. Removed another star because I had to guess-the-noun and at the end had to try (Spoiler - click to show)aiming the machine at every single parseable noun to figure out how to (Spoiler - click to show)get the acorns from the tree.

Otherwise: short, well described, and whimsical.

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1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
Nicely descriptive, but dock a star if parsing errors bother you., September 17, 2013
by John Daily (New York)

The player starts off in the courtyard of a mansion, with no reason given as to why he's there, how he got there, or even what his goal is (it's to leave). There was a bit of work put into some very nicely descriptive passages, but not as much put into the parsing. For example:

>Get crumbling stones
I only understood you as far as wanting to get the small water well.

On top of the west wall [...] is a large squirrels (sic) nest made of sticks, twigs, and leaves. [...] A carpeting of old brown leaves [...] rustle about on the ground...

>x leaves
A typical squirrels (sic) nest...

I hate to knock anything that someone put obvious time and effort into, but this is a one-room IF; surely these things should have been caught and fixed in beta.

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0 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
Short & fun Escape-the-room , September 26, 2012

Another mini-IF that is great for learning how to handle multiple identical objects.
Awarded: 2 points for gameplay, and 1 for ease of use.
Recommended: I would recommend this for beginner IF and for those new to the escape the room genre.
Personal Opinion: I found this to be a fun, simple game that was not too frustrating and that kept me quite interested.

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2 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
Good starter, November 21, 2010
by Aintelligence (Canada)
Related reviews: beginner, Acorn

Although I am not new to interactive fiction, I wish I had started with this one. It would have saved me a lot of pain.
Although the game has no plot and just one room, it is great for beginners to learn the basics of if. Really enjoyed the few minutes I played

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1 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
Nice, simple game, July 21, 2009

Although there is not much to the game, it was rather interesting, and kept me entertained for a few minutes. I had no trouble at all with the vocabulary.

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