John's Fire Witch

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John's Fire Witch
by John Baker

Fantasy
1995

(based on 13 ratings)
1 member review

About the Story

A small, witty text adventure. Its clever puzzles received quite a bit of acclaim on rec.arts.int-fiction upon its release. You've come to visit your old friend John Baker, but he's missing, and a blizzard has rolled in outside while you were asleep waiting for him. [blurb from The (Other) TADS Games List version 1.2]

Game Details

Language: English (en)
Current Version: 1.01
License: Shareware
Development System: TADS 2
Baf's Guide ID: 88
IFID: TADS2-6B02C22C884D0DEB378E66533228C04A
TUID: zywbjqch3w9elp79

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Baf's Guide

You're all set to go drinking with your buddy John, but he's caught in the struggle between a Fire Witch and an Ice Wizard that live in hidden caves beneath his apartment. A small but detailed game with some very satisfying, if difficult, puzzles. Easy to get trapped in places until you suss out the teleportation device (hint hint).

-- Carl Muckenhoupt

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4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

Straightforward Puzzle-Based IF, February 12, 2010

by Brian Conn (Rhode Island)

The plot: You show up to visit your old friend John, but he's nowhere to be found; you get trapped in his house by a snowstorm; there seems to be some kind of crazy tunnel in his basement. Adventure ensues. A goblin, a demon, a devil; color-coded rooms.

The puzzles are good overall. A couple of them have particularly nice twists; a couple, on the other hand, seem a bit random, but the game is small enough that even the random ones can be solved by experimentation and you don't have to go too crazy.

What's mostly lacking is atmosphere. I don't think I formed a really vivid image of any location or object in the game. Everything is described minimally, and the only objects implemented are those necessary for the puzzles. At the beginning the protagonist does have a nice humorous voice as he talks about John and his habits, but that too goes away once you get underground.

If you're looking for a decent demon-puzzle or two and don't want to be bothered with the rest, go for it.

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