The Fool and his Money -- teaser/demo
Andrew Plotkin
has posted a playable demo of his sequel to _The Fool's Errand_.
He says it contains eleven puzzles. I've spent two hours and solved
fewer than that.
So far, it meets my expectations.
Warning for Mac users: When I ran the teaser app on my Mac laptop, it
told me it needed Adobe Shockwave Player 11, and then sent my web
browser to the download page for Shockwave Player 10. This was
confusing and unhelpful. Go to Adobe's site and search for the player
yourself.
Not putting any bets on whether the complete game appears on April 1
(as he promised a month ago) or "during April" (as he hoped recently).
But it's good to have progress in my hands.
--Z
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> After a truly torturous process of missing deadlines, Cliff Johnson
> has posted a playable demo of his sequel to _The Fool's Errand_.
> He says it contains eleven puzzles. I've spent two hours and solved
> fewer than that.
>
> <http://fools-errand.com/>
>
> So far, it meets my expectations.
>
A recommendation worth having. System's Twilight is one of the few
I've played that rivals Fool's Errand.
JAC
> He says it contains eleven puzzles. I've spent two hours and solved
> fewer than that.
I finally managed to solve one. Unfortunately, this didn't lock any
further puzzles beyond the five that are initially available. On to
the next.
> Warning for Mac users: When I ran the teaser app on my Mac laptop, it
> told me it needed Adobe Shockwave Player 11, and then sent my web
> browser to the download page for Shockwave Player 10. This was
> confusing and unhelpful. Go to Adobe's site and search for the player
> yourself.
Wise advice, that I'll wager all of us early teaser-grabbers had to
figure out for ourselves. (Me, after going through installation and
first Shockwave download: "AUGH!! All this time waiting, and now it
won't start!!.... oh, version 11. Never mind....")
> Not putting any bets on whether the complete game appears on April 1
> (as he promised a month ago) or "during April" (as he hoped recently).
He's currently saying "early New England summer."
On the Compendium of True Believers (i.e. early pre-orderers), which
isn't in the teaser as far as I can see but is on the website, my name
scrolls by within the first minute, just 4 after yours (shortly after
the illustrious Mr. Sondheim). Guess we've all been breathlessly
anxious for this one for years.
JAC
MetalGuru
> my name scrolls by within the first minute
Long shot, but are you the same JAC who writes for the Opera Quarterly by
any chance?
JAC
> Long shot, but are you the same JAC who writes for the Opera Quarterly by
> any chance?
"Wrote" would be more appropriate; my last article for them was in the
early 1990s, and I think it was one of only 3 pieces I did for OQ. But
yes, c'est moi.
JAC