Inherent Evil: The Haunted Hotel

Development

Inherent Evil was originally planned as a contest, released in episodes. The decision to release it as a full game was made very late, and therefore it shipped with no save function and episodes that booted you back to Windows when you were done.

Version differences

Inherent Evil was re-released in 2005 in a keep case. In the original version, when the player didn’t finish one of the eight chapters correctly, he or she was kicked out of the game. As it was part of a contest, each chapter had to be unlocked over an eight week period by coded keys. In the re-release these features are gone and the game allows for smooth transitions between the chapters. Besides improvements to the interface it was also adapted for Windows XP.

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