My favourite game in IF-Competition 2004, Blue Chairs almost immediately won me over by a wonderfully surreal (or, more precise, dream-like) atmosphere and setting. As it turned out later, they were combined with one of the strongest stories I'd ever encountered in interactive fiction. On the other hand, it has been (deservedly, it seems) criticized for somewhat obscure puzzles, so that someone could find enough reasons to take away a star off its rating; someone - but not me.

Rating: *****

Reviewed by Valentine Kopteltsev (13 Mar 2005)

bluechairs.z5 (232.50 KB)

Z-code 5 executable (version: 1, competition entry)

notes.pdf (195.21 KB)

design document

walkthrough.txt (1.64 KB)

solution

bluechairs.z5 (235.50 KB)

Z-code 5 executable (version: 2)