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Mystery House Possessed

by Emily Short profile

Part of Mystery House Taken Over
Mystery
2005

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About the Story

This intricate all-text reworking draws on the Gothic, as well as Clue, to simulate seven characters working to outwit the killer in their midst.

Game Details

Language: English (en)
Current Version: Unknown
License: Freeware
Development System: Inform 7
IFID: ZCODE-1-050315-AA53
TUID: 69q5074l0pa3

Awards

Nominee, Best Individual Puzzle; Winner, Best Use of Medium - 2005 XYZZY Awards

From the Author

An ambitious but seriously flawed experiment with NPC behavior, using a primitive early version of Inform 7. It's mostly interesting (if in fact it's interesting at all) for technical reasons: the other characters wander around the house, looking under things and destroying objects in their quest for the family jewels, while one of them systematically commits murders and leaves clues behind. Because of the amount of randomization involved, not all playthroughs are equally fair.

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