ifwiki: IFComp 2008
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The entries to the 14th Annual Interactive Fiction Competition (2008).

# readme.txt

Stephen Granade's note about the 2008 competition.
Read this to find out where to get more information.

# Comp08.z5
tuid: a3thoxm83tzz8ihz
ifwiki: CompXX

The unofficial "front-end" game for the 2008
competition, providing information on all the
games and systems used to run them, plus the ability
to sort the games you can play into a random list.
Written by Lucian Paul Smith.
Release 2 / Serial number 081003.

# Comp08.zip

All of the entries in the 2008 competition in one
package.
Unzip into a directory with the -d option to
preserve the original subdirectory structure.
This file is around 65MB in size.

# IFComp2008.exe

All of the entries in the 2008 competition in
one Windows self extracting archive.
This file is around 63MB in size.

# WinInterpreters.exe

All of the Windows interpreters needed to play
the competition games.

# results.txt

The results of the 2008 competition.

# adrift/datewithdeath
tuid: ugkmgida95j1vaab
ifwiki: A Date With Death

A Date With Death, by David Whyld.
Version 1.

# adrift/lair-of-the-cybercow
tuid: njq6vtaypu6ep3e
ifwiki: LAIR of the CYBER-COW

LAIR of the CyberCow, by Conrad Cook (writing as Harry Wilson).

# alan/forbidden
tuid: y295go9dadua28eb
ifwiki: The Ngah Angah School of Forbidden Wisdom

The Ngah Angah School of Forbidden Wisdom, by Anssi Räisänen.

# glulx/amo
tuid: a1y4lojvc6ttxemt
ifwiki: A Martian Odyssey

A Martian Odyssey, a science fiction text adventure of
space exploration and interpersonal communication,
by Horatiu Romosan.
Release 2 / Serial number 080929.
Story file and walkthrough.

# glulx/chnlsurf
tuid: 1f3fz8kasbpe7mlm
ifwiki: Channel Surfing

Channel Surfing, by Mike Vollmer.
Release 1 / Serial number 080929.
Story file and walkthrough.
(a newer version is at
</if-archive/games/glulx/#chnlsurf.ulx>)

# glulx/cry
tuid: wtiyhpysbkp7ajg5
ifwiki: Cry Wolf

Cry Wolf, by Clare Parker.
Release 1 / Serial number 080929.
Story file and walkthrough.

# glulx/everybodydies
tuid: lyblvftb8xtlo0a1
ifwiki: Everybody Dies

Everybody Dies, by Jim Munroe, with illustrations by Michael Cho.
Release 1 / Serial number 080915.
Story file and walkthrough.
(a newer version is at
</if-archive/games/glulx/#EverybodyDies.gblorb>)

# glulx/nightfall
tuid: 3a4kqs374jqu2li6
ifwiki: Nightfall

Nightfall, An Interactive Short Story by Eric Eve.
Release 1 / Serial number 080909.
Story file, map, and walkthrough.
(a newer version is in
</if-archive/games/glulx/#Nightfall.zip>)

# glulx/recess
tuid: 1xgc2yr41gtvqh8m
ifwiki: Recess At Last

Recess At Last, An Interactive Restlessness, by Gerald Aungst.
Release 1 / Serial number 080929.
Story file and walkthrough.

# java/nerdquest
tuid: tsxlh1q07dttixbu
ifwiki: Nerd Quest

Nerd Quest, by Gabor de Mooij (writing as RagtimeNerd).
Story file, MechaniQue/J interpreter (version 2.0) and source code,
and walkthrough.

# tads2/berrosts
tuid: hthlkor0xmxcb7v3
ifwiki: Berrost's Challenge

Berrost's Challenge, by Mark Hatfield.
Version 1.0.
Story file and hints.

# tads3/april_in_paris
tuid: r1h3phudfebfbozs
ifwiki: April in Paris

April in Paris, by Jim Aikin.
Version 1.0.
Story file and map.

# tads3/magic
tuid: re0afdtvaohn24t6
ifwiki: Magic (game)

Magic, by Geoff Fortytwo.
Version 1.01.
Story file and walkthrough.

# windows/fount
tuid: 8jjesm3ohzugimwr
ifwiki: The Hall of the Fount of Artois

The Hall of the Fount of Artois, by Simon Ellis.
Version 080904.
Executable (Intel 32-bit) and walkthrough.

# windows/missingpiece
tuid: xdnexffbps4qfu3k
ifwiki: The Missing Piece

The Missing Piece, by C. Yong.
Installer (Intel 32-bit) and walkthrough.

# windows/projectdelta
tuid: y38nga6m3w8qpd47
ifwiki: Project Delta

Project Delta, by Emilian Kowalewski (writing as Comazombie). Node-X.
Executable (Intel 32-bit) and walkthrough.

# windows/search
tuid: m6l6z18orujy8z1r
ifwiki: Search for the Ultimate Weapon

Search for the Ultimate Weapon, by Sharon Lynn Chu Yew Yee
(writing as Sharilynn). SUDS.
Executable (Intel 32-bit), data files, and walkthrough.

# zcode/afflicted
tuid: epl4q2933rczoo9x
ifwiki: Afflicted

Afflicted, by Doug Egan.
Release 1 / Serial number 080906.
Story file and walkthrough.

# zcode/anachron
tuid: 9hk5wiiwbbseo7j
ifwiki: Ananachronist

Ananachronist, a puzzle in four dimensions, by Joseph Strom.
Release 1 / Serial number 080927.
Story file, hints, and walkthrough.

# zcode/badgame
tuid: xngl0h6oh6gpo0fo
ifwiki: The Absolute Worst IF Game in History

The Absolute Worst IF Game in History, by Dean Menezes.
Release 1 / Serial number 080614.

# zcode/bishoes
tuid: zy2o84xckwqgdn2l
ifwiki: Buried In Shoes

Buried In Shoes, by Kazuki Mishima.
Release 3 / Serial number 080912.
Story file and walkthrough.
(a newer version is at
</if-archive/games/zcode/#bishoes.z5>)

# zcode/draculas
tuid: 1zfik4ckufl2apfb
ifwiki: Dracula's Underground Crypt

Dracula's Underground Crypt, by Alex Whitington.
Release 1 / Serial number 080929.

# zcode/freedom
tuid: ry4zkpmrc7ls5yu8
ifwiki: Freedom (by Anonymous)

Freedom, by Anonymous.
Release 0 / Serial number 080929.

# zcode/grief
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ifwiki: Grief

Grief, by Simon Christiansen.
Release 1 / Serial number 080929.

# zcode/lighthouse
tuid: 8pb1srlj0lvmkh7x
ifwiki: The Lighthouse (by Hickman and Chung)

The Lighthouse, by Eric Hickman and Nathan Chung.
Release 1 / Serial number 080921.
Story file and walkthrough.

# zcode/lucubrator
tuid: gl74l6r0m5h4x02
ifwiki: The Lucubrator

The Lucubrator, by Ricardo Dague.
Release 1 / Serial number 080928.
Story file and walkthrough.

# zcode/machines
tuid: i45k6mzsi2wpw1ec
ifwiki: wHen mAchines aTtack

wHen mAchines aTtack, A Technological Horror, by Mark Jones.
Release 1 / Serial number 080927.
Story file and walkthrough.

# zcode/openingnight
tuid: 7rcl3tz5xrrhxgds
ifwiki: Opening Night

Opening Night, by David Batterham.
Release 3 / Serial number 080920.
Story file and walkthrough.

# zcode/piracy
tuid: 6uzu0u107mj4rbhd
ifwiki: Piracy 2.0

Piracy 2.0, A Text Adventure in Space, by Sean Huxter.
Release 1 / Serial number 080926.
(a newer version is at
</if-archive/games/zcode/#piracy_2.z5>)

# zcode/red
tuid: md4c1713wn8hr837
ifwiki: Red Moon (by Hay)

Red Moon, by Jonathan Hay.
Release 1 / Serial number 080905.
Story file and walkthrough.

# zcode/riverside
tuid: m7ppqal8vjkmbfqk
ifwiki: Riverside

Riverside, by Jeremy Crockett and Victor Janmey.
Release 1 / Serial number 080903.
Story file and walkthrough.

# zcode/snack
tuid: yr3y8s9k8e40hl5q
ifwiki: Snack Time!

Snack Time! by Hardy the Bulldog and Renee Choba.
Release 1 / Serial number 080929.
In zblorb and bare z8 formats.

# zcode/trein
tuid: 3s9dfoh0o3vxzt67
ifwiki: Trein

Trein, by Leena Ganguli.
Release 2 / Serial number 080718.
Story file and walkthrough.

# zcode/underworld
tuid: mpxzbcvn48cqnyvm
ifwiki: Escape from the Underworld

Escape from the Underworld, by Karl Beecher.
Release 1 / Serial number 080922.
Story file, hints, and walkthrough.

# zcode/violet
tuid: 4glrrfh7wrp9zz7b
ifwiki: Violet

Violet, A Distraction, by Jeremy Freese.
Release 1, September 2008.
Story file and walkthrough.
(a newer version is at
</if-archive/games/zcode/#Violet.zblorb>)

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