By A. J. Mako
Release 1.
One night at the opera could be your last!
“The Cloak of Shadow” is an interactive fiction based on a parody implementation of Robert Firth’s ‘Cloak of Darkness’ Specification called ‘Cloak of Ultimate Darkness.’ The Cloak of Ultimate Darkness game was part of the Advanced Authoring System (AAS) hoax. The Cloak of Shadows was used to develop my Basic Combat extension.
The story thus far…
Hurrying through the rain swept late October night, you’re glad to see the bright lights of the Opera House. You’re surprised that there aren’t more people about but, hey, what do you expect on a Monday night in this weather…
- Glulx Story File (Blorb, 716KB)
- Source Text
- Play In-Browser (link)
The Cloak of Shadow was created with Inform and has IFID 4C02C159-4431-4F9C-8622-F41D47ADB9F4.
To play a work of interactive fiction like this one, you need an interpreter program to run the game file. Many are available depending on your operating system and the system used to create the game. The Interactive Fiction Wiki maintains a list of available interpreters. To play this game you need a Glulx interpreter. Or you can play without downloading anything by following the “Play In-Browser” link. You'll need to have Javascript enabled on your web browser.
