Slouching Towards Bedlam

Steampunk Science Fiction Building City IF Comp 2003 1st of 30 XYZZY Awards 2003 Best Game, Best Story, Best Setting, Best Individual NPC

XYZZY Awards 2003 Finalist - Best Writing, Best NPCs, Best Individual PC, Best Use of Medium

Slouching Towards Bedlam
Author(s)	Daniel Ravipinto and Star Foster
Publisher(s)	n/a
Release date(s)	29-Sep-2003
Authoring system	Inform 6
Platform(s)	Z-code 5
Language(s)	English
License(s)	Freeware
Multimedia
Color effects	none
Graphics	none
Sound/Music	none
Ratings
Cruelty scale	Merciful

Notable Features

• Multiple endings.

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Versions

Competition version

• Slouching Towards Bedlam (Daniel Ravipinto and Star Foster; 29-Sep-2003; Z-code 5).
  • Beta-testing by Jim Genzano, Steve Evans, and Amy McClenahan.
  • Release 1 / Serial number 030925 / Inform v6.21 Library 6/10
  • IFID: ZCODE-1-030925-4FB4
    IFID links: IFDB.
  • IF Comp 2003: 1st place of 30 entries. Also winner of the Miss Congeniality award.
  • XYZZY Awards 2003: Winner of Best Game, Best Story, Best Setting, Best Individual NPC (Triage). Finalist for Best Writing, Best NPCs, Best Individual PC (Dr Thomas Xavier), Best Use of Medium.
  • Download slouch.z5 from the IF Archive.
  • The source code 'was lost soon after the game’s completion in a hard drive crash'.

10th Anniversary Edition

A reimplementation in Inform 7 was announced on the IntFiction forum on 23-Dec-2013.

• Slouching Towards Bedlam (Star C. Foster and Daniel Ravipinto; 28-Jun-2011?; Z-code 8).
  • Release 1 / Serial number 110628 / Inform 7 build 6G60 (I6/v6.32 lib 6/12N)
  • IFID: 38A9CEC2-74DD-4FAF-8CFE-71504806C23C
    IFID links: IFDB.
  • Download Slouching Towards Bedlam.zblorb from the author's site.
• Slouching Towards Bedlam (Star C. Foster and Daniel Ravipinto; 23-Dec-2013; Z-code 8).
  • Release 1 / Serial number 131222 / Inform 7 build 6G60 (I6/v6.32 lib 6/12N)
  • IFID: 7A687259-600A-4527-B72C-2AB6AAF9FA0C
    IFID links: IFDB.
  • Download Slouching Towards Bedlam.zblorb from the author's site.
  • Source code: HTML, plain text.
• Slouching Towards Bedlam (Star C. Foster and Daniel Ravipinto; 14-Jun-2014; Glulx).
  • Release 2 / Serial number 140613 / Inform 7 build 6L02 (I6/v6.33 lib 6/12N)
  • IFID: 38A9CEC2-74DD-4FAF-8CFE-71504806C23C
    IFID links: IFDB.
  • Download Slouching Towards Bedlam.gblorb from the author's site.
  • Source code: HTML, plain text.

Links

General info

• Official site: 2003 version and 10th Anniversary Edition.
• Slouching Towards Bedlam (archived) - at Baf's Guide.
• Slouching Towards Bedlam - at IFDB.

Reviews

• Slouching Towards Bedlam - at IF Ratings.
• Review by John Bardinelli - at Jay Is Games, June 2009.
• Review by Stephen Bond.
• Exploring the 'Best Games': Slouching Towards Bedlam - by Mathbrush.
• Review by Paul O'Brian.
• Review by Dan Shiovitz.
• Review (archive) by Emily Short - at Play This Thing!

Spoilers

• ClubFloyd transcript (10th anniversary edition).
• Playthrough (of the 2003 edition) with Daniel Ravipinto on the Clash of the Type-Ins podcast: part 1, part 2 (13-15 July 2015, episodes #17 and #18).
• Download slouch.sol from the IF Archive - solution (to 2003 edition), including all the possible endings, by Michael Martin.

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