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Red
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About the game
Red retells Little Red Riding Hood in the present day. Your mother has gone to work and left you a basket with coffee cake and a bottle of pink moscato for your Granny, whose arthritis has kept her in bed for days. Between home and Granny's house there is a forest path, a river to cross and a very friendly hunter who wants to know exactly where you are going.
You know how the story is supposed to go, and so does the game. The fun is in the ways this version bends it, borrowing from the Grimms, Perrault and Roald Dahl, and in deciding how much of the old tale you want to repeat.
It is short, it can be finished in one sitting, and it was the author's first Inform game, written for a New Year's minicomp.
Playing it here
Click Play now and the story starts in the player. Type a command after the >
prompt and press Enter. The game understands short English sentences, such as
examine the basket or talk to the hunter.
Commands
| Command | What it does |
|---|---|
north, south, east, west (or n, s, e, w) |
walk; also ne, nw, se, sw |
look (l) |
describe where you are again |
inventory (i) |
list what you are carrying |
examine (x) something |
look closer |
talk to someone |
start a conversation |
ask / tell someone about something |
talk about a subject |
topics |
suggest things to talk about with the person you are talking to |
give something to someone |
hand something over |
about |
the author's notes and the credits |
save / restore |
keep your progress in this browser and load it back |
A few things worth knowing
Talk to everyone. Most of the story happens in conversation. When you are
not sure what to say, topics lists suggestions.
The path splits. The hunter asks whether you are going across the stones or the thorns, and your answer matters.
Granny needs help. Once you reach her house, listen to what she asks for: she will tell you what is still missing.
Credits and licence
Red was written by Thomas Insel for the 2017 Eleventh Hour New Year's Minicomp, and the release played here came out on the first day of 2018. It may be shared under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0. The cover art, adapted from a WPA poster, is not covered by that notice and is not distributed here. The licence text is linked from this page.