An Intriguing Relic

CarpeNoctem

Release 0

DRAFT Pre-Release;[line break]Thank you for testing my game! Please let me know if you run into any bugs, anything that is too hard or easy, and any phrases that don't work but should.[line break]It's especially handy if you can send me transcripts of your gameplay.[line break] You can save notes (only seen if you send me your transcript) with punctuation at the beginning of a command, e.g. '? is the wallet useful for anything?' or '! this is broken. if the camel has gone invisible, I shouldn't be able to examine it.'

While home for summer break, you find an an old device in the attic that provokes your curiosity and pulls you in...

This piece of interactive fiction (IF) is beginner level; it is the author's first such work, and also aimed at introducing friends and family of the author to genre. If you are new to IF, check out the PDF links on the left to help get you started.

An Intriguing Relic was created with Inform and has IFID F1BA53DD-CC0A-414A-8D6C-BA76403B1135. To play a work like this one, you need an interpreter program: many are available, among them Zoom for Mac OS X and for Unix; Windows Frotz or Windows Glulxe for Windows. The postcard was written by Andrew Plotkin and designed by Lea Albaugh. Or you can play without downloading anything by following the 'Play In-Browser' link, using the Quixe interpreter. You'll need to have Javascript enabled on your web browser.