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A Change in the Weather

DOS - 1995

A well-deserved winner of the first IF Competition, Inform devision, in 1995.

A Change in The Weather is a clever, very atmospheric game that begins with a deceptively simple premise: You get stuck out in the rain. As Baf's capsule review points out: "This is one difficult little game, made of interlocking time-sensitive parts with ample opportunity to get things irrevocably wrong. Consists of two acts, one before and one during the all-important and landscape-transforming downpour. Well-polished prose. Excellent building of tension. Odd and twisty map. Very satisfying."

Highly recommended to every IF fan, although beginners might find the difficult puzzles too daunting.

Review By HOTUD

Comments and reviews

Frozen 30 Jul. 2025

Infocom has a game to match almost any game genre you want. some puzzles are hard. Make a map.

0
MarkTheMorose 06 Oct. 2019

This isn't by Infocom, the confusion arises because it was published as an extra on one of the Infocom collections: Classic Text Adventure Masterpieces of Infocom.

3
Gordon 21 Aug. 2018

Just a bunch of fancy word talkin'. Waste of my important time.
SON OF A BITCH

0
jagunco 09 Oct. 2016

it's not by Infocom, which was already dead and the corpse held by Activision by then. It's an amazing game written by one of the best authors to come out from the amateur post-commercial IF scene. Try his Spider and Web.

1
bananjgvbkidjfs 05 Jul. 2016

the weather didn't change, what a lie.

2
um nah 27 Nov. 2014

Guys he wasn't even trolling or anything- literally just making a joke
Way to get all pretentious about nothing

2
Bladey 06 Nov. 2014

Did someone really just say the graphics suck?, I think he was joking everyone, return to stations

1
Erik 07 Sep. 2014

@What: It's not supposed to...

1
Lol! 31 May. 2014

Ha ha! He'll be a young'un who don't remember the old Spectrum and C64 days when these text-only adventures were normal and used to be charged at £19.99! :O
Think of them as interactive novels!

1
kalwolf 24 May. 2014

That is the intent of the game.
No graphics - that is Infocom's bread and butter.
Helps you to use your imagination.

0
What 12 Feb. 2014

what man the graphics on this game sucks, 0/10

3

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DOS version
Game file
United Kingdom English
77 KB

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