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The Spring Thing 2012 games are now available for download. There are
three games this year:

The Rocket Man from the Sea, by Janos Honkonen (Z-code)
Sleuth, by Scott Greig (Quest)
The White Bull, by Jim Aikin (TADS 3)

You can find out everything you need to know at:
http://www.springthing.net/2012/

You'll find the links to download the games on that page.

Anyone who plays the games and is willing to follow the voting rules
on the site may serve as a judge for the competition by voting on the
games.

The deadline for voting is 11:59 PM EDT, Sunday, May 6, 2012. Winners
will be announced soon afterwards.

The details on how to submit your vote are at:
http://www.springthing.net/2012/index.htm#vote

Feel free to contact me if there are any problems.

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To all the players, have fun! To all the entrants, good luck!

Greg

Can you make the Quest game (at least) available online through the Webplayer? It's my understanding that the offline interpreter for the latest generation of Quest games doesn't run on a Mac.

It's heartening to see a Quest game in there, truly.

Actually, it's a pity there were only three entries, but I like the diversity.

Nor Linux, so I'll second the Quest hosting request.

I just found this site:
http://www.textadventures.co.uk
where Quest games can be uploaded and played for free, though you have to login to be able to save, but I think that's usual...?

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Edit: Never mind. My browser was displaying a cached copy of the page.

Jim, those two links go to the same page.

Important: One game, The Egg and the Newbie, was initially left out of Spring Thing 2012 due to an error by me.

This has been corrected. The files on the Spring Thing site are now up to date. The files at the IF Archive will be updated shortly.

Please download and play The Egg and the Newbie.

Judges' ballots will not be complete, and will not be counted, unless they play all available games they can, including The Egg and the Newbie.

The game can be downloaded from the ST site:
http://www.springthing.net/2012/

Ouch!! Never seen that happen before.

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Are reviews allowed during ST?

from the rules:

"Voters are allowed to discuss the games during the judging period, but are requested to clearly mark posts which discuss the games, for the benefit of those who want to avoid spoilers and having their scores influenced."

so i guess that's a yes. i'm interested in what you think about the games!