Tinsel Tribulations. Holiday themed IF (Inform). Feedback and testing appreciated

Hello all.

I would appreciate some testing and feedback on Tinsel Tribulations, my brief Yuletide ‘adventure’.

The premise and action are basic. Many things are simply to be explored and examined for the sake of silly humour.

There is one puzzle to be solved (with two solutions at present).

The story contains instructions and hints to make things easier for people new to interactive fiction.

Hopefully it will provide some light hearted amusement for the holidays.

Play times will vary according to how much one explores and how simple or difficult the puzzle appears.

Cheers!

Dasra.

I have posted it here (using Parchment. HTTPS security now works):
https://interactivetales.coolpage.biz/tt/

and story file is posted below.

That was fun! I couldn’t figure out how to use the ladder (I assume that’s the other solution?) but I did enjoy honking the horn until everyone came to rescue me–fortunately they somehow didn’t let the door lock behind them: whew!.

feedback

In general, your articles (“a,” “the”) and capitalization could use some work, if you know how to do that: some notes below but I noticed several more. Also not everywhere has exit descriptions: in particular I only found the dining room by trying directions until one worked.

Once visitors started arriving, it wasn’t quite clear what triggers the story to move forward: it doesn’t seem to like it when you wait but I mostly just felt like I moved around randomly and looked at things until the plot continued.

x nisse (in living room) “he should be more careful on ski slope” (on the ski slope?)

in the living room, a mantle is a cloak or covering, a mantel is a shelf above a fireplace.

The living room doesn’t have exit descriptions: I just tried stuff to get to the dining room. Hmm, ditto the kitchen.

kitchen - stove doesn’t appear to have an article? “In stove is a holiday feast” - “You open stove” etc. (should be “the stove”).

Kitchen - “A long table is prepared for the adults paragraph break and a smaller table for the children.”

Living room after everyone gets here - there’s an extra blank line before “Your cat’s eyes go wide” - not a big deal but I thought I’d mention it. Also some of the capitalization and articles are odd here too: “You can see Children, Cousin Louise, Pug, sofa (on which are Uncle Max, Hank and Cat) …”

kiss aunt gertrude - “Great Aunt Gertrude might not like that.” well, why does she have mistletoe on a pole on her walker then? :stuck_out_tongue:

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Thank you for playing TT and giving all the great observations and suggestions. :slight_smile:

I will respond more fully soon.

Dasra.

Is there a way to download this for offline play?

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Here’s the file. Thanks for your patience and interest :slight_smile:
TT.gblorb (819.2 KB)

Got a privacy warning and a page not found error. Instead of creating a link, just include the file itself as an attachment.

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Latest story file is here:
TT_DEC19.gblorb (822.0 KB)

Hello Jeffery.

I just posted the latest story file. I hope it works for you.

The Parchment release of Tinsel Tribulations is now on a HTTPS secure server.

This should clear up any problems people have encountered.

Thanks everyone :slight_smile: :christmas_tree:

https://interactivetales.coolpage.biz/tt/

Thank you for this game. I will play nowdays. Love this kind of ambience,

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Thank you. I hope you enjoy it. :slightly_smiling_face:

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Here’s the latest version of Tinsel Tribulations - Jan 2 release.
TT_JAN2.gblorb (815.0 KB)

It has been updated on the web page as well,
which also has a map of the play area:

https://interactivetales.coolpage.biz/tt/