The Dreamhold
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Intended as an introductory game of modern interactive fiction for new players, complete with in-game hints and a tutorial for text adventurers, this game puts new players in a wizard's (apparently unoccupied) tower where, as in the Myst games, they must intuit or figure out through trial-and-error how to successfully interact with fanciful and magical machines and other apparatus. The nature of the complex and indeed, the question of the player's past and how they came to be there are revealed through the collection of seven enchanted masks strewn throughout the surreal compound.
The game was initially released as a data file in 2004 for Z-code interpreters across numerous disparate computing platforms. A later release for iOS incorporated some enhanced features including a map.
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| Created with Inform 6, a free text-adventure development language created by | |
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| Cover artwork based on photographs by |
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Awards
- XYZZY Awards
- 2004 - Best Puzzles
- 2004 - Best Use of Medium
- 2004 - Finalist for Best Game
- 2004 - Finalist for Best Writing
- 2004 - Finalist for Best Story
- 2004 - Finalist for Best Setting
- 2004 - Finalist for Best Individual Puzzle
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Game added by Pseudo_Intellectual.
Additional contributors: Patrick Bregger.
Game added December 25, 2012. Last modified February 22, 2023.