A Change in the Weather
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Author(s): Andrew Plotkin
Genre: Fantasy/Slice of life
Language: en
First Publication Date: 1995
License: Freeware
Forgiveness Rating: Cruel
Rating: 3.5 (based on 70 ratings)


ABOUT THE STORY

  "Walking away from a picnic, you are suddenly caught in a country storm. You
  must protect a bridge from being destroyed. An ultra-linear game." [--blurb
  from The Z-Files Catalogue]


EXTERNAL LINKS

  weather.z5 <https://www.ifarchive.org/if-archive/games/zcode/weather.z5>
    Post-competition release
    Requires a Z-Code interpreter[1]

  weather.z5 <https://www.ifarchive.org/if-archive/games/competition95/weather.z5>
    original competition entry
    Requires a Z-Code interpreter[1]

  Weather.zip <https://www.ifarchive.org/if-archive/solutions/Weather.zip>
    Map (in GUEmap format) and walkthrough
    GUEmap file. Requires the GUEmap viewer - visit http://www.cjmweb.net/GUEmap
    for information.[2]

  weather.sol <https://www.ifarchive.org/if-archive/solutions/weather.sol>
    Walkthrough, by Paul J. Godfrey

  weather-src.tar.gz <https://www.ifarchive.org/if-archive/games/source/inform/weather-src.tar.gz>
    Inform 5 source code

  ClubFloyd transcript <https://www.allthingsjacq.com/intfic_clubfloyd_20080802.html>

  TVTropes page <https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/VideoGame/AChangeInTheWeather>


EDITORIAL REVIEWS

  Jay Is Games
  <http://jayisgames.com/archives/2006/01/ifiction_zarf.php>
  > This is unquestionably the hardest game that I've posted here, and is near
  > impossible to complete with numerous attempts or a walkthrough. -- Wulfo

  SPAG
  <http://www.spagmag.org/archives/c.html#change>
  > [Reviews by Magnus Olsson, Palmer Davis, Gareth Rees and Duncan Stevens]


REFERENCES

  [1] <https://www.ifwiki.org/Z-code_interpreters>
  [2] <http://www.cjmweb.net/GUEmap/>