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Current News

16 November 2003
Uploaded an amended version of Sophie's Adventure which fixes the problem of not being able to enter the bathroom or take Grolsch with you as a companion, as well as adding several characters who were originally planned but never implemented due to time restrictions. Also tidied up a little of the text. Updated the Facts & Figures pages to take account of this.

Added the final four walkthrus for the Third One Hour Competition: That Crazy Radioactive Monkey by Mel S, Saffire by Woodfish, Doom Cat!! by Eric Mayer and Quest For Flesh by Tech.

Third One Hour Competition reviews also uploaded.

14 November 2003
Added a few details to the Facts & Figures and The Database.

Current progress on Dead Reckoning: KB 28, Locations 7, Objects 58, Tasks 160, Events 1, Characters 1.

Progress on the update of A.S.D.F.A.: KB 20 (7), Locations 8 (8), Objects 49 (16), Tasks 122 (35), Events 3 (0), Characters 5 (4). Figures in brackets are the total of the original game.

10 November 2003
Started updating A.S.D.F.A. from its current one hour game format into a full sized game.

7 November 2003
Added another three One Hour Comp walkthrus: my own games A.S.D.F.A. and The Revenge Of Clueless Bob Newbie, Part 2: This Time It's Personal and Mel S' The Curse Of The Revenge Of The Ghost Of The Evil Chicken Of Doom... Returns!.

Made a start on Dead Reckoning, my entry into the ADRIFT End of Year Comp. Current progress: KB 23, Locations 7, Objects 34, Tasks 129, Events 1, Characters 1.

A.L.D.F.A. put on hold for a while until I get Dead Reckoning finished with.

2 November 2003
Three more One Hour Comp walkthrus added: Apprentice Of The Demonhunter by the Mad Monk, The Farthest Shore by Stewart J. McAbney and my own game The Revenge Of Clueless Bob Newbie.

31 October 2003
Added walkthrus for three of the thirteen entries from the One Hour Comp: Forum 2 by Woodfish, Just My Imagination - Musings Of A Child by Mystery and The Pyramid Of Hamaratum by KF.

27 October 2003
Finished my intended entry for the Halloween Comp. Halloween Hijinks is now available from the Games page. Final tally: KB 67, Locations 20, Objects 154, Tasks 542, Events 1, Characters 4.

Current progress on A.L.D.F.A.: KB 92, Locations 36, Objects 60, Tasks 551, Events 1, Characters 17.

The Third One Hour Comp is over and I came 7th with The Revenge Of Clueless Bob Newbie, 8th with The Revenge Of Clueless Bob Newbie, Part 2: This Time It's Personal and 10th with A.S.D.F.A. (A Short Damn Fantasy Adventure). All three are available from the Games page. Well done to Mad Monk who took first prize with Apprentice Of The Demonhunter.

25 October 2003
Added a review of Mel S' Asylum. Also added details of Hanadorobou's Three Monkeys, One Cage game to The Database.

24 October 2003
Unfortunately the Halloween Comp was cancelled due to lack of enthusiasm. My proposed entry - Halloween Hijinks - is 99% finished and should be on the Games page before the end of tomorrow.

18 October 2003
Added a new section - Most Prolific ADRIFT Authors - which as the name implies is a list of all ADRIFT authors sorted by how many games they've written. Guess who's at number one...

Details of all the games from the third One Hour Comp added to the Database and Facts & Figures pages. On a positive note, the Comp brought the overall total of ADRIFT games to over the milestone 200!

13 October 2003
Completed a couple of games for the One Hour Comp - The Revenge Of Clueless Bob Newbie and A.S.D.F.A. (A Short Damn Fantasy Adventure) - and thinking about writing a few more if I get the time...

11 October 2003
Updated the Facts & Figures pages.

With Woodfish announcing details of "The Third One Hour Comp", I decided my entry would be The Revenge Of Clueless Bob Newbie. Estimated time to completion: oh, about 60 minutes or thereabouts.

Current progress on A.L.D.F.A.: KB 56, Locations 22, Objects 39, Tasks 280, Events 1, Characters 9.

Current progress on Barney's Problem: KB 13, Locations 29, Objects 14, Tasks 51, Events 0, Characters 4.

2 October 2003
Added several updates to the Games and Previews pages.

Current progress on Halloween Hijinks: KB 59, Locations 20, Objects 114, Tasks 425, Events 1, Characters 3.

Current progress on A.L.D.F.A.: KB 13, Locations 12, Objects 5, Tasks 15, Events 0, Characters 4.

26 September 2003
Sophie's Adventure now finished and uploaded to the IFComp 2003. Final stats for the game: KB 519, Locations 124, Objects 978, Tasks 5064, Events 13, Characters 71.

24 September 2003
The new issue of SPAG is out featuring a couple of reviews I wrote: Doomed Xycanthus and Goldilocks Is A Fox. Added these reviews to the Reviews page.

21 September 2003
Added a couple dozen entries from the Adult Interactive Fiction Portal to The Database.

Also updated the Links page with several new entries.

14 September 2003
New review added for Cannibal's first game - The Night That Dripped Blood.

Current progress on Sophie's Adventure: KB 509, Locations 123, Objects 938, Tasks 4957, Events 11, Characters 71. The basic game is finished and currently going through rigorous testing in readiness for its entry in the IFComp.

8 September 2003
Finished my first QUEST game, an adaption of my ADRIFT game Neighbours From Hell. It's available from the Games page.

Added a few more details to the Facts & Figures page and added Mel S' new game Asylum to the Database.

5 September 2003
Details of the Halloween Game Comp added to the Competitions page. Details of the last competition have now been moved to here.

Started work on my comp entry Halloween Hijinks.

Current progress on Sophie's Adventure: KB 496, Locations 123, Objects 913, Tasks 4794, Events 11, Characters 71.

31 August 2003
The ADRIFT Summer Comp ended with my games - Jim Pond & The Agents Of F.A.R.T. and The Worst Game In The World... Ever!!! - coming 2nd and 4th respectively. Well done to Tech who took first honours with Sun Empire.

Started The Database, being an alphabetical list of every ADRIFT game and every author.

30 August 2003
Added a walkthru for Mel S' decidely strange Dance Fever USA. Also decided to split the Walkthrus In Brief section into two segments to make it quicker to navigate through.

Current progress on Sophie's Adventure: KB 490, Locations 123, Objects 896, Tasks 4710, Events 11, Characters 71.

24 August 2003
The ADRIFT Summercomp 2003 is underway. Download the games from KF Adrift On The Web. My two entries - Jim Pond & The Agents Of F.A.R.T. and The Worst Game In The World... Ever!!! - can be found on the Games page.

Current progress on Sophie's Adventure: KB 460, Locations 120, Objects 890, Tasks 4451, Events 9, Characters 67.

17 August 2003
New review added for Arthur Phillips' Dicky Noodle.

Current progress on Sophie's Adventure: KB 439, Locations 120, Objects 857, Tasks 4310, Events 9, Characters 64.

7 August 2003
Added a walkthru for Woodfish's bizarre Forum.

Current progress on Sophie's Adventure: KB 401, Locations 120, Objects 809, Tasks 3971, Events 8, Characters 56.

3 August 2003
Walkthru added for my game City In Fear. Also added a slightly updated version to the Games page fixing a few minor bugs.

Current progress on Sophie's Adventure: KB 381, Locations 120, Objects 760, Tasks 3791, Events 8, Characters 53.

26 July 2003
New review for Matt Dark Baron's seriously strange When Beer Isn't Enough. Also added reviews for the two recent mini-comps - under the headings Davidw's Minicomp and Woodfish's Minicomp to avoid confusion.

23 July 2003
Walkthru added for Morgan Blanchette's Escape From The South.

Current progress on Sophie's Adventure: KB 346, Locations 108, Objects 678, Tasks 3418, Events 5, Characters 52.

20 July 2003
Added a walkthru for my own game Neighbours From Hell.

17 July 2003
Current progress on Sophie's Adventure: KB 326, Locations 102, Objects 627, Tasks 3265, Events 5, Characters 51.

13 July 2003
Finished work on Jim Pond & The Agents of F.A.R.T.: KB 50, Locations 20, Objects 95, Tasks 432, Events 2, Characters 10

Added a review of the Amazing Poodle Boy's To Hell In A Hamper and also added it to My Favourites page.

8 July 2003
New review for Mischav Navoritch's incredibly difficult Captive Universe.

7 July 2003
Started work on a new game. Yes, another one. Jim Pond & The Agents of F.A.R.T. a James Bond style spoof which will be my entry in the ADRIFT minicomp this August. Current progress so far: KB 18, Locations 10, Objects 36, Tasks 118, Events 0, Characters 5

Current progress on Sophie's Adventure: KB 302, Locations 102, Objects 578, Tasks 3075, Events 4, Characters 49.

Also added a few new games to the Previews page.

5 July 2003
Well, my minicomp's over with and the winner was... er, me actually. Full results on the Competitions page. Thanks for everyone who entered, everyone who voted and - most of all - everyone who voted for my little game! It may not be the winning so much as the taking part that counts but the winning sure is nice!

2 July 2003
Added a walkthru for my own one hour game The Saga Of Percy The Viking although anyone who's failed to reach greater lord status by now really should feel ashamed of themselves...

Current progress on Sophie's Adventure: KB 288, Locations 83, Objects 559, Tasks 2962, Events 4, Characters 47.

28 June 2003
Added a few more details to the Facts & Figures page.

27 June 2003
My minicomp is now underway. The games can be downloaded from the main ADRIFT site (a link to it is available from the Links page) and the Competitions page.

26 June 2003
Woodfish's one hour competition ends with Woodfish winning (leading to cries of "fixed! fixed!") I came second - the third time in a row I've come second in an ADRIFT comp. At least I'm consistent.

Finished off my entry for my own minicomp - Neighbours From Hell - which will be available to download sometime late tomorrow night.

Current progress on Sophie's Adventure: KB 256, Locations 74, Objects 495, Tasks 2524, Events 4, Characters 38.

25 June 2003
Uploaded my entry for Woodfish's one hour competition: The Saga of Percy the Viking. A very short game indeed which is available from the Games page.

21 June 2003
Finished my entry for Woodfish's one hour competition: The Saga of Percy the Viking. Actually took an hour and twenty minutes if anyone's counting.

Current progress on Sophie's Adventure: KB 242, Locations 63, Objects 488, Tasks 2329, Events 4, Characters 36.

17 June 2003
Walkthru for Schoolsinger's Trapped With A Girl added.

Current progress on Sophie's Adventure: KB 221, Locations 63, Objects 470, Tasks 1975, Events 4, Characters 32.

13 June 2003
Walkthru for Cannibal's The Night That Dripped Blood added.

Current progress on Sophie's Adventure: KB 199, Locations 62, Objects 435, Tasks 1648, Events 4, Characters 30.

9 June 2003
Walkthru for Driftingon's Black Sheep's Gold added.

8 June 2003
Walkthru for 30otsix's The Dead Man added.

Added details for Cannibal's The Night That Dripped Blood.

Added a few more links to the Links page.

Current progress on Sophie's Adventure: KB 160, Locations 44, Objects 323, Tasks 1374, Events 1, Characters 23.

5 June 2003
Added the Competition Page.

3 June 2003
Walkthru for Echo's Dreamland added.

Current progress on Sophie's Adventure: KB 135, Locations 43, Objects 189, Tasks 1157, Events 1, Characters 20.

Current progress on Blood Relatives: KB 144, Locations 93, Objects 332, Tasks 982, Events 10, Characters 44.

2 June 2003
Walkthru for Christopher Cole's I added.

31 May 2003
Walkthru for Mel S' Escape From Insanity added.

Current progress on Sophie's Adventure: KB 118, Locations 37, Objects 134, Tasks 1000, Events 1, Characters 18.

Current progress on Blood Relatives: KB 140, Locations 93, Objects 304, Tasks 927, Events 10, Characters 44.

30 May 2003
The biggest ADRIFT game of them all - Hanadorobou's The PK Girl - added to the Facts & Figures Section.

28 May 2003
Details of the Amazing Poodle Boy's Goldilocks is a Fox added to the Facts & Figures Section.

27 May 2003
Details of ten games by Christopher Cole, and one each my Mystery and DuoDave added to the Facts & Figures Section.

25 May 2003
Added the Facts & Figures Section, being a breakdown of the rooms, tasks, objects, etc, in each ADRIFT game.

Current progress on Sophie's Adventure: KB 94, Locations 36, Objects 111, Tasks 797, Events 1, Characters 12.

20 May 2003
New review for Sagas of the Demonspawn 4: Ancient Evil.

Current progress on Sophie's Adventure: KB 78, Locations 29, Objects 105, Tasks 653, Events 1, Characters 11.

18 May 2003
New review for Sagas of the Demonspawn 3: Demondoom.

Current progress on Sophie's Adventure: KB 68, Locations 28, Objects 92, Tasks 495, Events 1, Characters 10.

Current progress on Blood Relatives: KB 136, Locations 93, Objects 276, Tasks 894, Events 10, Characters 44.

14 May 2003
New review for Sagas of the Demonspawn 2: The Crypts of Terror.

Current progress on Sophie's Adventure: KB 63, Locations 28, Objects 87, Tasks 465, Events 1, Characters 9.

Current progress on Blood Relatives: KB 129, Locations 93, Objects 235, Tasks 831, Events 10, Characters 44.

10 May 2003
New gamebook review added for The Bodies In The Docks.

Also added the walkthru for the Amazing Poodle Boy's (AKA Jason Guest) To Hell In A Hamper.

8 May 2003
New walkthru for Thomas Mulkerrins' The Lost Tomb added.

Current progress on Sophie's Adventure: KB 50, Locations 24, Objects 70, Tasks 360, Events 0, Characters 9.

Current progress on Blood Relatives: KB 121, Locations 93, Objects 155, Tasks 775, Events 11, Characters 44.

6 May 2003
New gamebook review in the form of Sagas of the Demonspawn 1: Fire*Wolf.

5 May 2003
Added a walkthru for my game Cowboy Blues.

4 May 2003
New gamebook review added for Fighting Fantasy 8: Scorpion Swamp.

3 May 2003
New review added for Mel S' The Merry Murders.

Current progress on Sophie's Adventure: KB 27, Locations 17, Objects 66, Tasks 159, Events 0, Characters 7.

Current progress on Blood Relatives: KB 120, Locations 93, Objects 143, Tasks 775, Events 11, Characters 44.

30 April 2003
New game review for Heal Butcher's amazingly strange Silk Noil.

28 April 2003
Added new gamebook review for Sagard the Barbarian 4: The Fire Demon.

27 April 2003
Came 2nd in the ADRIFT mini-comp with Cowboy Blues. Guess Poodle's luck and charm (not to mention some seriously hefty bribes) got him first place (heh! heh!) Cowboy Blues now uploaded to the Games section.

Current progress on Sophie's Adventure: KB 18, Locations 7, Objects 31, Tasks 131, Events 0, Characters 2.

Current progress on Blood Relatives: KB 114, Locations 93, Objects 123, Tasks 756, Events 11, Characters 44.

21 April 2003
New review added in the gamebooks section for Blood Sword 1: The Battlepits of Krarth.

Current progress on Sophie's Adventure: KB 14, Locations 7, Objects 10, Tasks 107, Events 0, Characters 2.

18 April 2003
Redesigned the front page and added a new section - Gamebook Reviews - which currently contains a whopping total of one review! This being Fighting Fantasy 52: Night Dragon.

Cowboy Blues now officially finished (bugs hopefully stamped out) and mailed off to the Mini-Comp. Whether I win is pretty much in the hands of the Gods, and how much I can afford in bribes...

Started work on my entry for the IFComp 2003: Sophie's Adventure. Current progress: KB 4, Locations 3, Objects 0, Tasks 12, Events 0, Characters 1.

Current progress on Blood Relatives: KB 110, Locations 93, Objects 110, Tasks 747, Events 11, Characters 44.

13 April 2003
Added a new review for Chris Cole's Lara Croft: The Sun Obelisk.

Current progress on Cowboy Blues: KB 106, Locations 36, Objects 140, Tasks 699, Events 6, Characters 34.

Current progress on Blood Relatives: KB 103, Locations 93, Objects 94, Tasks 724, Events 11, Characters 44.

7 April 2003
Current progress on Cowboy Blues: KB 98, Locations 36, Objects 84, Tasks 632, Events 6, Characters 24.

Current progress on Blood Relatives: KB 96, Locations 93, Objects 89, Tasks 683, Events 11, Characters 44.

6 April 2003
New review added for Tony Ash's The Abyss.

29 March 2003
Uploaded walkthru for my game ONNAFA (Oh Not Not Another fantasy Adventure).

28 March 2003
New reviews added for the One Room Competition games.

Current progress on Cowboy Blues: KB 63, Locations 28, Objects 64, Tasks 402, Events 2, Characters 22.

Also started reworking my earliest ADRIFT game - Blood Relatives - into something that will (hopefully) be able to survive for more than a week without getting multiple ratings of 1. Current progress: KB 85, Locations 93, Objects 82, Tasks 639, Events 11, Characters 44.

22 March 2003
Added a new review for Mystery's ADRIFTmas Party.

Current progress on Cowboy Blues: KB 52, Locations 26, Objects 57, Tasks 310, Events 2, Characters 17.

12 March 2003
New review added for Woody Ross' Albridge Manor.

11 March 2003
Now that the Amazing Poodle Boy's one room competition is over, I've added my entry A Day At The Office to the games page. Also added is the walkthru.

7 March 2003
Redesigned Shadow Vault a little as I was getting bored with the old look.

Added a walkthru for Woody Ross' Albridge Manor.

6 March 2003
Finally finished, Scene of the Crime 2: City in Fear is uploaded to the games page.

5 March 2003
Review and walkthru for Kevin Fenning's excellent The Great Escape.

Scene of the Crime 2: City In Fear currently at the beta-testing stage (see, Mystery? I do have 'em beta-tested sometimes!)

25 February 2003
Review for Campbell Wild's Wrecked and another demo in the Miscellaneous section - Follow Me.

Current progress on Scene of the Crime 2: City In Fear: KB 225, Locations 126, Objects 512, Tasks 1198, Events 4, Characters 34. 99% finished.

21 February 2003
New walkthru for Matt Dark Baron's bizarre When Beer Isn't Enough.

20 February 2003
Amended my earlier combat demo into a more useable version including multiple enemies, levelling up and the ability to heal injuries. It can be found on the Misc page.

Added some more links to the links section.

17 February 2003
Walkthru for Campbell Wild's Wrecked added.

Current progress on Scene of the Crime 2: City In Fear: KB 185, Locations 117, Objects 410, Tasks 936, Events 2, Characters 28.

15 February 2003
Another walkthru added, this time for David Grigg's Shakespearean Storm Tossed.

12 February 2003
New walkthru added for DuoDave's excellent Menagerie.

Current progress on Scene of the Crime 2: City In Fear: KB 167, Locations 105, Objects 376, Tasks 835, Events 1, Characters 25.

10 February 2003
New review for the latest game on the downloads page: Driftingon's Black Sheep's Gold.

8 February 2003
Two new reviews: Jonathan R. Reid's The Timmy Reid Adventure and DuoDave's first game Melbourne Beach.

Current progress on Scene of the Crime 2: City In Fear: KB 151, Locations 105, Objects 307, Tasks 724, Events 1, Characters 23.

3 February 2003
New review for Mark Silcox's The Cave Of Morpheus.

Current progress on Scene of the Crime 2: City In Fear: KB 132, Locations 94, Objects 258, Tasks 633, Events 1, Characters 19.

29 January 2003
Two new walkthrus in the form of JYoder's Microbe Willie V. The Rat and The Invisible Man's The Green Princess.

Current progress on Scene of the Crime 2: City In Fear: KB 98, Locations 85, Objects 161, Tasks 425, Characters 12.

28 January 2003
New walkthru for Matt Horn's House Of Death.

27 January 2003
First walkthru of the year added for Superbone Ali's The X-Files: A New Beginning.

26 January 2003
Added a review for The X-Files: A New Beginning by Superbone Ali.

Current progress on Scene of the Crime 2: City In Fear: KB 82, Locations 70, Objects 143, Tasks 367, Characters 10.

22 January 2003
New review for Jeb's Dream Quest.

After much hmming and arring, have finally decided to end the Foul Old Man's Diary. Put it down to lack of ideas.

Current game in progress: Scene of the Crime 2: City In Fear. Current progress: KB 69, Locations 63, Objects 101, Tasks 310, Characters 8. Should be done in roughly 3-4 weeks time.

10 January 2003
First proper review of the year - Sam McCall's impressive House of the Damned - and smaller reviews for my four favourite one hour games.

6 January 2003
After a lengthy hiatus during which time my computer crashed and my upcoming game Cowboy Blues was lost, Shadow Vault gets its first update of the new year. The Previews section is amended.

In KF's year end comp, my game Lair of the Vampire came joint 4th. As the FOM might say "bah! Humbug!"