A train journey abruptly cut off. An enforced stay in a strange City. Intrigue, madmen, and growing sense of being watched... A work of interactive fiction by Emily Short.
AdventureFantasyMysteryinteractive fictionespionagetext adventureLinux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac
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Character
Earnest, grave, classical in form and contemplative.
- earnestironic
- gravecomic
- classical in formformally daring
- contemplativerelentless
- character-ledplot-driven
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About the game
- Platforms
- Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac
- Developer
- Emily Short
- Released
- June 24, 2003
- Modes
- Single player
- Perspective
- Text
- Engine
- Inform
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