Derek Barley 2010

Language:

English

Authors:

Derek Barley

Systems:

Inform

Platforms:

Z-Machine

Entered by:

Canalboy, iamaran, Strident

Added:

22-03-2022

Edited:

07-11-2026

Synopsis

The letter from the solicitor didn't tell you much about the house that you've inherited, other than its location. Now, after a long and tedious journey across some of England's most remote countryside, you've finally arrived. You're surprised by the size of the place; evidently your great aunt was more wealthy than you ever suspected.

As the taxi disappears back the way it came, you take the key from your bag and turn to look at your new home...

Notes

Written around about 2000/2001; but seemingly not shared online until 2010.

The author uploaded a new version in 2022 to fix the bug the bug that prevented completion of the game. Versions released in 2026 fix other bugs.

The author has commented about the eucalyptus tree bursting out of the conservatory:

It's in the game because some of my fondest childhood memories are around summer visits to an aunt who ran a market garden containing two enormous greenhouses, each hundreds of feet in length. In the centre of one was a eucalyptus tree which was originally in a pot but had long since burst out of that and broken its way through the greenhouse roof to tower over the landscape.

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