Overbrook

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I have no idea whether this works or not. Anyone willing to help out or test, here ya go:

https://pinback.net/overbrook.zip

[RealNC]

Works fine here. I would suggest renaming hugor.exe to overbrook.exe and getting rid of the bat file. If you do that, running overbrook.exe will automatically load overbrook.hex.

Also, 3.0 was released a while ago. So you might want to update:

https://github.com/realnc/hugor/releases

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I will do that. Also nobody play it yet because there is a game-breaking bug which will spoil the experience.

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Okay, now play it, it's fixed.

I think.

[Roody_Yogurt]

I beat it. I got six points. I do not know if it is possible to get more.

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The max is five. That was a bug which has been fixed.

[Ice Cream Jonsey]

I see. Once your little buddies get the high score, you change the rules to make sure others that come later can't exceed it. I didn't realize this was the King of Kong.

[Roody_Yogurt]

So I'm guessing the optimal path is *not* getting every point available on the estate and then hurling oneself into traffic?

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That is the intended story arc. You won the game!

[Roody_Yogurt]

Hooray! Anyhow, it was very funny, which is not surprising. I look forward to the next game you write in 20 years that looks back at THIS time with poignancy!

[AArdvark]

Four out of five. I suspect there's something else I needed to do with the bunny and or hamsters. There was no microwave option.

Why do you have a ladder on the wall of the Fun Room?

THE
HOME DEPOT
DECORATION
AARDVARK

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I have that ladder there because it was there when we moved in and hey, free ladder.

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Is... do I submit this to someone? It's dumb and pointless, but it's certainly more fleshed out than my most famous terrible work, so... I dunno how these things work anymore.

I want it recorded that 25 years later I made another text adventure slightly more interesting than the other one.

[Roody_Yogurt]

The most famous being Annoyotron? It's going to be weird when people start writing sequels to this one, too, and all these games take place in your house.

[Ice Cream Jonsey]

Is... do I submit this to someone? It's dumb and pointless, but it's certainly more fleshed out than my most famous terrible work, so... I dunno how these things work anymore.

I want it recorded that 25 years later I made another text adventure slightly more interesting than the other one.

Yes. I think we put it on the IF Archive. And then I would be happy to make an announcement for you on the text game forum. I will warn people that it is a walk through and not a game. And these people can see how you live. I personally think it is important that people know that Hugo is still being used every year.

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Interactive non-fiction!

[AArdvark]

This would be a great addition to the real estate market. Not just a simple gallery of pictures but an actual challenge ( sort of) to make your way through the house you may want to buy. Brilliant! If nothing else, there is a lot of raw talent on this board

[Flack]

What a fun tour. It's the closest any of us will ever get to seeing it. I was disappointed I could not talk to the tree, which is 100% something I would do in real life. If I were homeless, sleeping in that playhouse would seem pretty tempting. Other than living on a street full of crazed drivers, it seems very pleasant.

[Tdarcos]

Three points, and I had to wake up to get one. I think I visited every room, and could not figure ot where the other two points are.

This would be a great addition to the real estate market. Not just a simple gallery of pictures but an actual challenge ( sort of) to make your way through the house you may want to buy. Brilliant! If nothing else, there is a lot of raw talent on this board

They've already started doing (something like) that here. When a house has a "for sale" sign on it, some of them will have a sign that says, "Take a virtual tour of this house at www.13670RainAve.com" the website - fictional in this example - is the house's address. If there is a virtual tour software pckage, all they have to do is take the pictures, then post them to the website. Domain registrations for 1 year are only 3 bucks, you can buy unlimited hosting for another $3 a month, so the cost (not including the website software, and there might be some open source system, like Wordpress or some other platform app might work) is less than $150 for three years to set up, and $3 for each house.

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Did you interact with the other characters in the game?