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Game Details
Language: English (en)
Current Version: Release 1 License: Freeware Development System: TADS 2 Baf's Guide ID: 247 IFID: TADS2-0009C6BD11F41112184F6ABF6D179F4E TUID: b1xy3s75cjlty973 |
Awards
Nominee, Best Game; Nominee, Best Story - 1997 XYZZY Awards
3rd Place - 3rd Annual Interactive Fiction Competition (1997)
Editorial Reviews
Baf's Guide

-- Carl Muckenhoupt
>VERBOSE -- Paul O'Brian's Interactive Fiction Page
Glowgrass is a well-written game with a pleasantly creepy aura, a pleasurable way to spend a couple of hours and hopefully a prelude to more quality work.
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A Dispiriting Future / A Frustrating Present, April 25, 2010Trying to (Spoiler - click to show)plug things in or connect them is a well-known problem with this game (see prior reviews). If you use the word "connect" by itself, you'll get a loverly TADS error. And if you type "HINTS", guess what? There aren't any! However, the ABOUT tells you that this game is not a puzzle-fest, but a story. That's cold comfort when you're left wondering what to do with the objects that you can't fit together in any way.
There are a few interesting moments that I was able to discover, but they don't make up for the dispiriting and frustrating whole.
Nice setting, August 25, 2009The environment is pretty small, and the puzzles for the most part are quite simple - though as another reviewer mentioned, there are some flaws in the implementation. For example, if you throw x at y, you are told that you can't reach y with just your hands! (Spoiler - click to show)The really irritating part is that you ARE supposed to throw x at y... but if you specify the target, you're screwed.
The conversational mechanic is also a little unintuitive - if you're having trouble, just realize there's an ABOUT keyword, and it's crucial.
If you don't get caught on the rough edges in the mechanics, Glowgrass will probably only take you 15 or 30 minutes to finish, if that. It's worth playing.
Solid and Enjoyable, December 8, 2008If you enjoyed Glowgrass...
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Glowgrass appears in the following Recommended Lists:Memorable Settings by Emily Boegheim
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The following polls include votes for Glowgrass:Games for Beginners by WriterBob
I'm looking for games that are suited for adults who are new to IF. My purpose is to share these games with friends and let them get experience IF without being frustrated by mazes or guess-the-verb issues. Please avoid children's games....
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