Shade (0)
First release date
2000-12-31
Platform
Game Boy
Apple II
ZX Spectrum
Mac
TRS-80
PC
iPhone
iPad
Android
Browser
Linux
Developer
Andrew Plotkin
Publisher
Andrew Plotkin
Overview
Shade is a piece of interactive fiction created by . The game was created with Inform 6 and is available as freeware Z-code. Interpreters are available for a wide variety of platforms, and the game can also be played using a web browser.
Gameplay
Shade is a one-room interactive fiction game set in the player's apartment. To say much else about the game would spoil the narrative.
Awards
2000 XYZZY Awards
Winner: Best Setting,
Nominee: Best Game, Best Writing, Best Story, Best Individual PC, Best Use of Medium
6th Annual Interactive Fiction Competition (2000)
Overall: 10th Place
Miss Congeniality Awards: 3rd Place
Interactive Fiction Top 50 of all time (2011 edition)
10th Place
Interactive Fiction Top 50 of all time (2015 edition)
9th Place
The Top Five IF Games (Adventure Gamers, 2002)
4th Place
