The Ebb and Flow of the Tide
You have done a horrible thing, so horrible that burial will be denied you, either in soil or sea, neither can there be any hell for you. You wait for some hours, knowing this. Then your friends come for you, and slay you secretly and with ancient rite, and light great tapers, and carry you away.
THE EBB AND FLOW OF THE TIDE is a work of Interactive Fiction based on a short story by Lord Dunsany, originally published in 1910.
Download the game here, (courtesy of the Interactive Fiction Archive).
You'll need an interpreter to play the game. I recommend Gargoyle for Windows or Spatterlight for Mac.
Comments
I am excited that you wrote two new pieces of interactive fiction, though I hoped it would another well researched and documented slice of history, a large historic event. Never the less, they are certainly beautiful.
May I suggest that you host your two works on your own website as well as the ifarchive.org? That site can be plenty slow, and these two IFs are hardly any bigger than this very page.
Posted by: Anonymous | March 10, 2007 11:25 AM
A strange, evocative short quasi-horror IF very much in tune with the mix of horror and myth and dream-fantasy that Lord Dunsany is known for...
Posted by: wyrmis.com | November 11, 2007 10:55 AM
The Ebb and Flow of the Tide is a memorable game, not least due to the efforts
of the game author. The Dunsany tale is a somewhat chilling dream sequence but
ultimately of little import; Mr. Nepstad's interpretation gave it life and
immediacy...
Posted by: SPAG Review (Mike Harris) | November 11, 2007 10:57 AM