For A Change

For A Change
Game
Main links	Play onlineDownload IFDB IF Archive
Published	1999
Credits
Author	Dan Schmidt
Reception
Events	IFComp 1999 2nd of 37 XYZZY Awards 1999 Winner: Best Writing XYZZY Awards 1999 Finalist: Best Game, Best Individual Puzzle, Best Setting
IFDB rating	4 out of 5 (121 ratings)
Gameplay
Interaction style	Parser
Literary genre	Surreal
Location	Wilderness
Language	English
Cruelty scale	Nasty
IFDB play time	1 hour 50 minutes
Accessibility	Colour: none. Graphics: none. Sound: none.
Technical details
Authoring system	Inform 6
Format	Z-code 5
License	Freeware
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How it begins

The sun has gone. It must be brought. You have a rock.

You might be any faded and silent one, with a small stone (humble and true) in hand. You lie on the resting under the High Wall which looms to the east. The High Wall creates a shade filled with sweetness, and spread under this sweetness is an expanse of fod. A mobile releases to the west towards a tower, and a guidebook lies beside you on the resting. Until the sun is brought, the shade will prevail.

Trivia and Comments

• The opening line provided the obvious inspiration for the title of Your mind is gone, it must be brought, you have some rock candy. (Lenny Pitts; 1999; TADS 2) for Speed-IF 5.5.

Versions

Version 1.02

Date: 1999

• For A Change (Dan Schmidt; 1999; Z-code 5).
  • Release 1 / Serial number 990930 / Inform v6.21 Library 6/9
  • IF Comp 1999: 2nd place of 37 entries. Also winner of Miss Congeniality that year.
  • XYZZY Awards 1999: Winner of Best Writing. Finalist for Best Game, Best Individual Puzzle (stopping the flood), and Best Setting.
  • Download change.z5 from the IF Archive - The story file.
  • Play it online at ifiction.org.

Links

N.B. IF Archive games are temporarily unavailable in the UK.

General info

• For a Change (archived) - at Baf's Guide.
• For a Change - at IFDB.
• For a Change - at ifwizz interactive fiction (in German).
• For a Change - at MobyGames.

Reviews

• For A Change - at SPAG.
• For a Change - at IF Ratings.
• Review - by Paul O'Brian.
• Review - by Dan Shiovitz.
• Review (archive) - by Duncan Stevens.

Spoilers

• Transcript by ClubFloyd.
• Walkthrough and map by David Welbourn.

Note: To refer to this game from another page, you can type {{game citation|For A Change}}. This will display as For A Change (Dan Schmidt; 1999; Inform 6; Z-code).

Date: 1999