Candy Striper of St Asterix, The

Charles Moore Jr 2024

Language:: English
Authors:: Charles Moore Jr
Systems:: Inform
Platforms:: Z-Machine
Entered by:: Garry
Added:: 26-01-2025

Synopsis

Your grades have started to slip and the topic of summer school has come up. That would really mess up your big plans for summer, so you took Ethics 101 this semester. It's an easy 'A', but, in order to pass, you have to perform a volunteer activity for four weeks. So, here you are, working as a candy striper at St Asterix Hospital, the oldest and most run-down hospital in the city.

You mainly deliver flowers, pass out magazines, get patients their slippers and that sort of thing. Tonight's your last night. You just need to get the signatures of 8 patients and staff and a letter from your sponsor at the hospital, Mr Jorry. Unfortunately, Mr Jorry has been found dead in his office and a blizzard has blown in, so the police can't get here and you can't get home.

Mr Jorry may have been killed and the killer may still be in the building, trapped by the storm. More importantly, you are NOT going to summer school this year and you'll unmask a murderer if you have to in order to get those signatures and that letter.

Notes

This was an entry in PunyComp 2024, where it placed 1st out of 6 entries. It can be downloaded or played online at itch.io.

There were at least three versions of release 1 dated 27 December 2024 (serial number 241227), 4 January 2025 (serial number 250104) and 13 January 2025 (serial number 250113). There were at least two versions of release 2 dated 14 January 2025 (serial number 250114) and 15 January 2025 (serial number 250115).