External Links


Faithful Companion, version 2
Post-comp New Year's Eve release.
Requires a Z-Code interpreter. Visit IFWiki for download links.
SpeedIF​_NewYear2013.zip *
Contains Faithful Companion.zblorb
Contains release 2, at the IF Archive.
Requires a Z-Code interpreter. Visit IFWiki for download links.
EctoComp 2013 compressed file *
Contains Ectocomp​_2013/Faithful Companion.zblorb
Release 1, at the IF Archive.
Requires a Z-Code interpreter. Visit IFWiki for download links.
Story File
Ectocomp Version 1
Requires a Z-Code interpreter. Visit IFWiki for download links.
* Compressed with ZIP. Free Unzip tools are available for most systems at www.info-zip.org.

Have you played this game?

You can rate this game, record that you've played it, or put it on your wish list after you log in.

Playlists and Wishlists

RSS Feeds

New member reviews
Updates to external links
All updates to this page

Faithful Companion

by Matt Weiner profile

Horror
2013

Web Site

(based on 22 ratings)
3 reviews

About the Story

The "Play On-line" link should now go to version 2!


Game Details


Awards

Nominee, Best Individual Puzzle; Nominee, Best Individual NPC - 2013 XYZZY Awards

Entrant - 7th Annual New Year's Minicomp

4th Place - Ectocomp 2013


News

Faithful Companion version 2 has been released! It has largely the same puzzles, but different prose, possibly improved hinting, and smoother interaction (action handling and disambiguation).
Reported by matt w (Matt Weiner) | History | Edit | Delete
Expand all | Add a news item

Tags

- View the most common tags (What's a tag?)

(Log in to add your own tags)
Tags you added are shown below with checkmarks. To remove one of your tags, simply un-check it.

Enter new tags here (use commas to separate tags):

Member Reviews

5 star:
(1)
4 star:
(10)
3 star:
(8)
2 star:
(3)
1 star:
(0)
Average Rating:
Number of Reviews: 3
Write a review


2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
A short puzzle game about a ghost that mimics your actions, February 3, 2016

In this short ectocomop game, you are trying to enter a tomb and lay a spirit to rest. However, the spirit copies everything you do, performing your actions two turns later.

This causes a lot of trouble, as the puzzles include latches that you can push open and push close, so he pushes stuff closed as you push it open.

I had fun with this. However, out of the three puzzles, I twice thought I had the right solution and failed; both times, it was because I didn't realize that the ghost goes first in simultaneous actions.

There are just 3 puzzles. Fun for puzzle fans.

Was this review helpful to you?   Yes   No   Remove vote  
More Options

 | Add a comment 

2 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
Annoying puzzle game., January 4, 2015
by Chai Hai (Kansas City KS)

I know this was meant as a puzzle, but to me having to outsmart the ghost who follows you was just annoying. The puzzles weren't overly hard, just frustrating, especially at the beginning.

But besides that, the lack of any real backstory made me dislike this game.

Overall, it isn't horrible, but I don't like puzzles for the sake of puzzles. There has to be more to the story rather than a restless ghost who is now terrorizing the cemetery because of looters. Maybe the deceased was a dear friend. Perhaps the ghost gives the player snippets of his memories of the looters, or even his previous life. There is so much more storywise that could've been added.

Others will like it, but even after completing it I'm not a fan.

Was this review helpful to you?   Yes   No   Remove vote  
More Options

 | View comments (3) - Add comment 

2 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
Interesting interaction mechanics, December 3, 2013
by streever (America)

This short, fast game has interesting interaction mechanics, and provides a fun short play-through.

Was this review helpful to you?   Yes   No   Remove vote  
More Options

 | Add a comment 

Faithful Companion on IFDB

Recommended Lists

Faithful Companion appears in the following Recommended Lists:

Easy Puzzles by Jonathan Verso
This is my attempt at creating a player's needs focused list of puzzles. Puzzle games at approximately the same difficulty will be grouped together, so that someone who plays one game on this list will be likely to enjoy other games on...

2013 XYZZY Awards Nominees by Molly
Here are the nominees for the 2013 XYZZY Awards, roughly by order of appearance on the finalist page. Note that this list does not cover the Best Technological Development Award.

Ectocomp Games (All English Winners/Entries) by thecanvasrose
A list I created for myself so I can play all of these games. Sorted by rank and year. English entries. I'll add descriptions and my own ratings (out of 5 stars) to the entries in this list as I go through them.

Polls

The following polls include votes for Faithful Companion:

No map necessary by Divide
Pieces which can be fully enjoyed without drawing map, ideally without taking any notes whatsoever. Ones which you could play on a bus, on a break, laying on bed, etc. with nothing but a portable player. Games for which you don't need...

For Your Consideration - XYZZY-eligible puzzles of 2013 by Sam Kabo Ashwell
This poll is a place to suggest individual puzzles from games released in 2013, which you think might be worth considering for Best Individual Puzzle in the XYZZY Awards. Leave a brief, unspoilery-as-possible title for the puzzle in the...

Games with "logical" puzzles by Victor Gijsbers
Some puzzles--like chess problems or sudokus--can be difficult even though you know all the rules. I'm looking for IF games with this kind of puzzle: you can get to know the rules by simple exploration, and then you still have to solve...

See all polls with votes for this game




This is version 11 of this page, edited by JTN on 14 February 2024 at 2:30am. - View Update History - Edit This Page - Add a News Item - Delete This Page