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[[File:Hideout Text Adventure Gamplay.jpg|right|300px|thumb|border|Sample gameplay from The Hideout Text Adventure.]] | [[File:Hideout Text Adventure Gamplay.jpg|right|300px|thumb|border|Sample gameplay from The Hideout Text Adventure.]] | ||
'''The Hideout Text Adventure''' (actual title: ''The Hideout Theatre Adventures: Quest for the Secret Skull'') is an [[wikipedia:Interactive fiction|interactive-fiction]] game that takes place in and around [[the Hideout Theatre]]. | '''The Hideout Text Adventure''' (actual title: '''''The Hideout Theatre Adventures: Quest for the Secret Skull''''') is an [[wikipedia:Interactive fiction|interactive-fiction]] game that takes place in and around [[the Hideout Theatre]]. | ||
==History== | ==History== | ||
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==Gameplay== | ==Gameplay== | ||
As with most interactive fiction games, the player interacts with the game engine via text -- the player reads prose descriptions of places, items, and events, and types text commands such as "CLIMB THE STAIRS", "PICK UP THE TICKET", or "TALK TO [[Kareem Badr|KAREEM]]". The game is based around a fairly simple storyline: a | As with most interactive fiction games, the player interacts with the game engine via text -- the player reads prose descriptions of places, items, and events, and types text commands such as "CLIMB THE STAIRS", "PICK UP THE TICKET", or "TALK TO [[Kareem Badr|KAREEM]]". The game is based around a fairly simple storyline: the beloved [[The Skull on a Stick|Skull on a Stick]] has gone missing at the Hideout, and it's up to you to find it. | ||
==More Information== | ==More Information== | ||
* [http://www.facebook.com/ | * [http://www.facebook.com/royjanik/posts/10101478959545090 The facebook discussion that prompted the game.] | ||
* [http://forum.austinimprov.com/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=12893&p=115852 The thread devoted to solving the game] on | * [http://forum.austinimprov.com/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=12893&p=115852 The thread devoted to solving the game] on [[The Austin Improv Forums]]. | ||
* [http://hujhax.austinimprov.com/files/misc/HideoutGame/play.html The game itself], playable in your browser. | * [http://hujhax.austinimprov.com/files/misc/HideoutGame/play.html The game itself], playable in your browser. | ||
* [[The Hideout Text Adventure/Source Code|The source code for the game.]] | * [[The Hideout Text Adventure/Source Code|The source code for the game.]] | ||
Latest revision as of 13:06, 18 June 2021
The Hideout Text Adventure (actual title: The Hideout Theatre Adventures: Quest for the Secret Skull) is an interactive-fiction game that takes place in and around the Hideout Theatre.
History
The game originated in a facebook discussion on January 9th, 2012 about setting up a possible text-adventure-themed show at the Hideout, a production that could be paired with Pick Your Own Path.
Brad Hawkins then jokingly wrote out a walk-through of a (nonexistent) text-adventure game set at the Hideout, and Peter Rogers ran with the idea, quickly coding up more and more complicated iterations of a Hideout-themed game in Inform 7. Eventually, Peter met with Kevin Miller and Marc Majcher to plan out the rest of the game, and quickly completed the code on his own on January 21st.
Gameplay
As with most interactive fiction games, the player interacts with the game engine via text -- the player reads prose descriptions of places, items, and events, and types text commands such as "CLIMB THE STAIRS", "PICK UP THE TICKET", or "TALK TO KAREEM". The game is based around a fairly simple storyline: the beloved Skull on a Stick has gone missing at the Hideout, and it's up to you to find it.
