Spider and Web (Game)

Spider and Web

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A work of interactive fiction by the esteemed IF author Andrew Plotkin, this 1998 game might contain the earliest example of an "interrogation flashback."

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Overview

Spider and Web is a piece of interactive fiction written by Andrew Plotkin (Person). The game was created with Inform 6 and is available as freeware Z-code. Interpreters are available for a wide variety of platforms, and the game can also be played online using a web browser.

Plot

What first seems as a vacation soon proves to be something completely different. The game is an intricate spy story told largely through flashbacks. Futuristic in-game technologies in combination with the open-ended properties of text interfaces make this a very challenging science fiction thriller.

Awards

1998 XYZZY Awards

Winner: Best Game, Best Puzzles, Best Individual Puzzle, Best Individual NPC, Best Use of Medium Nominee: Best Writing, Best Story, Best Setting, Best Individual PC

Interactive Fiction Top 50 of all time (2011 edition)

1st Place

Interactive Fiction Top 50 of all time (2015 edition)

2nd Place

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