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Game #3473
Hall of Belated Fame Inductee  A Dark and Stormy Entry    View all Top Dogs in this genre
Interactive Fiction   Choose Your Own Adventure

Rating: 8.25 (28 votes)

A Dark and Stormy Entry box cover

A Dark and Stormy Entry screenshot
My favorite entry in the 2001 LOTECHComp for which it won a respectable second place, A Dark and Stormy Entry is a fun and quite clever Choose-Your-Own-Adventure game which puts you in the role of a struggling writer trying to write his/her newest novel. LoTECHComp organizer Mark Silcox says it all about this fun underdog:

”More good jokes, and one or two genuine flourishes of brilliant literary pastiche in this one, which uses the device of CYOA-style storytelling to depict the various sorts of decisions involved in creating a work of fiction from scratch. A fairly clever spin on the restrictions imposed by the contest rules, though I have to confess that I've read so very many writer's-workshoppy, "post-modern" pieces in which the author extemporizes about the agonies of writer's block that after a while I found the effect somewhat bludgeoning. The legendary Lord Bytton is an unquestionably gifted writer, though, and although no particular gamestate was singled out by the author as constituting a "win," the episode with the ficus plant left me with the cozy feeling of having scored an unsought but indisputable victory.” The game is very well-written, with very high replayability because there are many possible endings, i.e. the kind of novel you will write. I had a lot of fun replaying this one, and you will, too :) Two thumbs up, way up!

Reviewed by: Underdogs
Designer: Lord Lulwer-Bytton
Developer: Freeware
Publisher: Freeware
Year: 2001
Software Copyright: Lord Lulwer-Bytton
Theme: Unique
Multiplayer:  
None that we know of
System Requirements: Inform
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If you like this game, try: Flotsam, Kingdom Without End, Carma

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