Interactive Fiction created by Andrew Plotkin with unforgiving puzzles. A theatrical performance leads to a long journey.
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Grave, plot-driven, contemplative and earnest.
- gravecomic
- character-ledplot-driven
- contemplativerelentless
- earnestironic
- effortlessdemanding
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“Would a little humor have helped?”
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“Is this Andrew Plotkin's best work?”
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“Is So Far too earnest?”
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About the game
- Platforms
- Web browser, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac
- Developer
- Andrew Plotkin
- Released
- December 31, 1996
- Modes
- Single player
- Perspective
- Text
- Engine
- Inform
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