Uncle Zebulon's Will
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Uncle Zebulon's Will is a 1995 work of interactive fiction
by Magnus Olsson
, in which the player-character plays the nephew of a crackpot scientist, exploring his home and solving magic-based puzzles. It won the TADS
category at the inaugural 1995 Interactive Fiction Competition
. The game was included on Activision
's 1996 commercial release of Classic Text Adventure Masterpieces of Infocom
.
Interactive fiction
Interactive fiction, often abbreviated IF, describes software simulating environments in which players use text commands to control characters and influence the environment. Works in this form can be understood as literary narratives and as video games. In common usage, the term refers to text...
by Magnus Olsson
Magnus Olsson (programmer)
Magnus Olsson is a Swedish computer programmer, well known in the interactive fiction community. He has written several IF games, including Uncle Zebulon's Will. From 1997 to 1999, Olsson edited the IF magazine SPAG.- References :* * *...
, in which the player-character plays the nephew of a crackpot scientist, exploring his home and solving magic-based puzzles. It won the TADS
TADS
Text Adventure Development System is a prototype-based domain-specific programming language and set of standard libraries for creating interactive fiction games.-History:...
category at the inaugural 1995 Interactive Fiction Competition
Interactive Fiction Competition
The Interactive Fiction Competition is one of the best known of several annual competitions for works of interactive fiction. It has been held since 1995. It is intended for fairly short games, as judges are only allowed to spend two hours playing a game before deciding how many points to award it...
. The game was included on Activision
Activision
Activision is an American publisher, majority owned by French conglomerate Vivendi SA. Its current CEO is Robert Kotick. It was founded on October 1, 1979 and was the world's first independent developer and distributor of video games for gaming consoles...
's 1996 commercial release of Classic Text Adventure Masterpieces of Infocom
Classic Text Adventure Masterpieces of Infocom
Classic Text Adventure Masterpieces of Infocom is a collection of 33 computer games from interactive fiction pioneer Infocom, and the top 6 winners of the 1995 Interactive Fiction Competition, released in 1996...
.