Map-wise (and, I now suspect, in other respects), the game owes something to Planetfall, the first Infocom game I played (and still my favorite).
I realized this upon noticing that I was giving my rooms Planetfall-homage
names like "Dull Art-Laden Hallway West".
I've got until the end of September if I want to enter this game into
the 2002 competition. I might be able to do it, though it would be
close. It's probably going to be a bit long for the competition,
anyway.
Fri May 10 2002 22:28:
The main map for my game has been implemented in Inform, though
the rooms don't have descriptions yet. I also grafted in the fiendish
puzzle.
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