Figaro
A short example game created to accompany the essay "Co-Authorship and Community". It gives the player a kind of freedom that is not seen in any other interactive fiction: the freedom to determine what the…
1 May 2007
Figaro is an indie developed by Victor Gijsbers, released 1 May 2007 on Web browser.
What Figaro is
Figaro is an indie game developed by Victor Gijsbers and released in 2007. It is available on Web browser only. It runs on Inform.
The premise, in the publisher's words
A short example game created to accompany the essay "Co-Authorship and Community". It gives the player a kind of freedom that is not seen in any other interactive fiction: the freedom to determine what the state of the world is at the beginning of the game. (Version 2 is a 2010 update.)
What it launched against
Figaro launched on 1 May 2007, within three weeks of Persona 3 FES, The Lord of the Rings Online, Forza Motorsport 2 and Apollo Justice: Ace Attorney.
Released around the same time: Persona 3 FES, The Lord of the Rings Online, Forza Motorsport 2, Apollo Justice: Ace Attorney.
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When did Figaro come out?
Figaro was released on 1 May 2007 for Web browser.
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