Bad Water

Competitions IFComp
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This game is baffling. It’s completely full-motion video, and seems to be a remake of this game:

There’s never been a full-motion video in the comp. With Bandersnatch snagging some attention at XYZZYs, it seems like the community has embraced FMV as interactive fiction. What do you think about this game?

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Does it seem to you that it infringes on the original’s copyright, in the sense that comp rule 1 for authors prohibits? I myself can’t get it running: all I see is three folders full of sounds, video, and images, but no executable and no documentation besides the acknowledgement of its intellectual debt.

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I’m stuck. I exited the maze with the secret word and the guy on the phone told me to help the masked guy sober up. How do I do this?

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Hello Author here.

Do you happen to have the earlier version of the zip archive containing all the games?
Because they had a bit of a problem and Bad Water was unplayable during the first few hours of the Comp. They since fixed it.

If you have some time, i would like to hear your thoughts about the game when you get the chance!

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No, it definitely seems like a tribute, not a ripoff

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thank you for the reassurance.

i also added a walkthrough if anyone is interested.

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I’ll download the new version and take a look. Thanks, @6f!

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The IFComp site says this is a web-based game, but there is only a download link, not a play online link–is it a download? And what format is it, if so?

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I had to download. It’s Twine with video and audio files.

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It’s a Twine game, the downloaded zip file contains BadWater.html (plus audio and video in a subdirectory). I’m not sure why it doesn’t have a play online link.
Edit: oops, preempted by mathbrush. :smiley:

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Thanks!

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I’ve also posted a review of it on my blog.

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It’s really late since I’ve been busy with a lot of things but i wondered if anyone was interested at a sort of postmortem for this game.

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I didn’t get to your game during the comp, but on principle I say go for it! I think postmortems (or whatever you call them) are always valuable, and I’ve seen surprisingly few of them this year. I enjoy seeing authors discuss their design decisions.

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