TWIFcomp

TWIFcomp results have been posted to the TWIFcomp Organization Page, and scores have been updated on this website for each game.

I have posted some preliminary analysis of TWIFcomp on my blog as well, and will follow it up in a couple days.

Voting has closed for TWIFcomp. Results will be tweeted on Sunday, May 2 at 16:00 GMT. Who will claim the duct tape? We'll see!

The very last tweet sent to TWIFcomp -- at 16:00 GMT on Sunday, April 25.

It's worth mentioning that this was also the first TWIF, and appeared in the usenet posting that inspired the competition.

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My things are not all sad. Make all of my things sad!

From the unix command line, run this as a perl script:

$perl makeallsad.txt

Perhaps this could be an entry for IntroIntroComp?

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"The Duel in the Snow: a Tale of Old Russia" was an entry in the 2009 IF Competition. Designed for those with busy lives, this new streamlined version faithfully recreates the experience of playing the original game, yet can be completed in a fraction of the time.

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Romania. XVII century.

You are trapped in a mirror room, surrounded by four reflections of yourself, except... one of them is not a reflection. It is your gruesome twin brother who can at any moment attack you from behind and drink your blood. You have a pistol but it is only loaded with one sliver bullet.

Can you escape from the mirror room and save your country from the villain?

• Game by Evgeny 'brevno' Bychkov
• Translation: Mikhail 'xlomid' Fiadotau, Benjamin Cook
• Voice acting and sound effects: Mikhail 'xlomid' Fiadotau (using samples freely available on the Internet)
• Special thanks to Anastasia 'Anniona' Valeeva, Dmitry Aksenchik, Vsevolod Zoubarev

Hints (spoilers)
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HINT 1


Your brother tries to imitate your movements. But reflections are usually faster than villains.

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HINT 2


One of the reflections always repeats your movements with a delay. This MUST be your brother.

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HINT 3


Still here, eh? See the title of the game and you'll know what to do.


Instructions


HOW TO PLAY

1. Turn up the volume and listen carefully to what the protagonist has to say*, as it will not be repeated in text. You can find in his words everything you need to complete the game.
2. Every turn, the protagonist turns randomly (sorry for the tautology) to one of the mirrors. You cannot control that, and there's no logic in his movements: if you were in his place, I bet you wouldn't be very rational either.
3. As this is an interactive fiction game, you have to type instructions that the protagonist will try to follow, keeping an eye on his reflection. Both the protagonist's actions and their reflections are presented in the game in form of text. In fact, they are the only text you will get to see.
4. With one important exception, your instructions do not affect the gaming process directly.
5. That being said, you will have to figure out how to win the game yourself. It shouldn't be too hard if you pay attention, but just in case there's a hints section below.

* Sorry for the accent, the protagonist is Romanian, remember? Meant to be, anyway.

HOW TO RUN THE GAME

The game only runs under Windows. Open the game file (.qst) with a FireURQ interpreter (fireurq.exe). You can download the lastest version of the interpreter from http://ifwiki.ru/files/Fireurq.zip. Also, see excellent instructions for URQ (Universal RipSoft) games by uux.


Download: Mirror (zip file)

What a miserable life you got. Here's your chance.

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Want to see if there's light in the tunnel? Here's your gun.

Run at the command line:

$python roulette.py

Runs on Python 2.6.x.

The name says it all.

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