Solarium
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Author(s): Anya Johanna DeNiro
Genre: Fantasy, Historical
Language: en
First Publication Date: 2013-09-29
License: Freeware
Rating: 4.0 (based on 54 ratings)


ABOUT THE STORY

  The year is 1954. One year after mutually assured destruction. And I am trying
  to find you, through memory and alchemy. Not many people know how the nuclear
  devastation really happened. But we do.
  
  We were part of Solarium.


EXTERNAL LINKS

  Play Online <https://www.ifarchive.org/if-archive/games/competition2013/web/solarium/solarium.html>
    Play this game in your Web browser.

  Author's walkthrough and notes <https://ifarchive.org/if-archive/games/competition2013/web/solarium/Solarium%20walkthrough%20and%20notes.rtf>
    RTF.

  Source Code <https://www.dropbox.com/s/tjuiha0umnx1akd/alchemystory.tws?dl=0>
    .tws file
    This is a pseudo-format used to represent download adviser records that
    apply to multiple formats.


EDITORIAL REVIEWS

  Indie Statik
  <http://indiestatik.com/2013/09/30/interactive-fiction-competition-2013/>
  > It’s a fascinating alternate fiction with bleak, existential themes.

  Rock Paper Shotgun
  <https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2016/09/07/four-games-about-alien-life/>
  > "Solarium...is one of the creepiest pieces of speculative fiction I’ve read,
  > because within its framework of fantasy, alchemy, and interference from
  > immortal spirits, it contains an element that is horrific-but-true: the
  > story of Cold War hysteria and of how close we came to blowing ourselves up
  > in the mid-20th century" -Emily Short