Vespers (computer game)
Encyclopedia
Vespers is an interactive fiction
game written in 2005
by Jason Devlin that placed first at the 2005 Interactive Fiction Competition
. It also won the XYZZY Award
s for Best Game
, Best NPCs, Best Setting, and Best Writing.
monastery
, it is chiefly a horror-themed moral
ity game, where the player takes moral decisions, which then affect the ending. However, whilst playing the game, it isn't obvious that these are moral dilemmas, and the game actively encourages the player to take the evil
path.
. The written text interface is being carried over from the original but the remake team are adding 3D animated graphics, voice acting and music.
Interactive fiction
Interactive fiction, often abbreviated IF, describes software simulating environments in which players use text commands to control characters and influence the environment. Works in this form can be understood as literary narratives and as video games. In common usage, the term refers to text...
game written in 2005
2005 in video gaming
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by Jason Devlin that placed first at the 2005 Interactive Fiction Competition
Interactive Fiction Competition
The Interactive Fiction Competition is one of the best known of several annual competitions for works of interactive fiction. It has been held since 1995. It is intended for fairly short games, as judges are only allowed to spend two hours playing a game before deciding how many points to award it...
. It also won the XYZZY Award
XYZZY Award
The XYZZY Awards are an event to recognize extraordinary interactive fiction, serving a similar role to the Academy Awards or Grammy Awards but for a far smaller community. The XYZZY Awards have been presented yearly in the early spring since 1996 by Eileen Mullin, the editor of XYZZYnews...
s for Best Game
XYZZY Award for Best Game
This is a list of XYZZY Awards results, grouped by award rather than year. The XYZZY Awards are the annual awards given by the publication "XYZZYnews" to works of interactive fiction, serving a similar role to the Academy Awards for film...
, Best NPCs, Best Setting, and Best Writing.
Summary
Set in a 15th century ItalianItaly
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monastery
Monastery
Monastery denotes the building, or complex of buildings, that houses a room reserved for prayer as well as the domestic quarters and workplace of monastics, whether monks or nuns, and whether living in community or alone .Monasteries may vary greatly in size – a small dwelling accommodating only...
, it is chiefly a horror-themed moral
Moral
A moral is a message conveyed or a lesson to be learned from a story or event. The moral may be left to the hearer, reader or viewer to determine for themselves, or may be explicitly encapsulated in a maxim...
ity game, where the player takes moral decisions, which then affect the ending. However, whilst playing the game, it isn't obvious that these are moral dilemmas, and the game actively encourages the player to take the evil
Evil
Evil is the violation of, or intent to violate, some moral code. Evil is usually seen as the dualistic opposite of good. Definitions of evil vary along with analysis of its root motive causes, however general actions commonly considered evil include: conscious and deliberate wrongdoing,...
path.
Awards
Vespers has won the following awards:- 1st place, rec.arts.int-fiction competition 2005
- Finalist, Best Individual PC, Xyzzy Awards 2005
- Winner, Best NPCs, Xyzzy Awards 2005
- Winner, Best Setting, Xyzzy Awards 2005
- Winner, Best Writing, Xyzzy Awards 2005
- Winner, Best Game, Xyzzy Awards 2005
- Finalist, Best Individual NPC, Xyzzy Awards 2005
- Finalist, Best Puzzles, Xyzzy Awards 2005
- Finalist, Best Story, Xyzzy Awards 2005
Remake
Vespers3D is an in-progress remake of the game created using the Torque Game EngineTorque Game Engine
The Torque Game Engine, or TGE, is a 3D computer game engine originally developed by Dynamix for the 2001 FPS Tribes 2. The Torque engine and its many derivative products are available for license from GarageGames, a company formed by many members of the Tribes 2 team at Dynamix...
. The written text interface is being carried over from the original but the remake team are adding 3D animated graphics, voice acting and music.