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Sand-dancer

It figures that your pickup would die on a night like this and leave you stranded in the dark New Mexico desert. But nothing else figures about this night, man. Nothing at all. An example game for Aaron A…

17 August 2010

Sand-dancer is an adventure developed by Aaron A. Reed, released 17 August 2010 on Linux, Mac, PC (Microsoft Windows) and Web browser.

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What Sand-dancer is

Sand-dancer is an adventure game developed by Aaron A. Reed and released in 2010. It is available on Linux, Mac, PC (Microsoft Windows) and Web browser. It runs on Inform.

The premise, in the publisher's words

It figures that your pickup would die on a night like this and leave you stranded in the dark New Mexico desert. But nothing else figures about this night, man. Nothing at all. An example game for Aaron A. Reed's book Creating Interactive Fiction with Inform 7.
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How it plays

It is played from a text perspective. Its themes are educational and fantasy. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

What it launched against

Sand-dancer launched on 17 August 2010, within three weeks of StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty, StarCraft II, Plants vs. Zombies GOTY Edition and Mafia II.

Released around the same time: StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty, StarCraft II, Plants vs. Zombies GOTY Edition, Mafia II.

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When did Sand-dancer come out?
Sand-dancer was released on 17 August 2010 for Linux, Mac, PC (Microsoft Windows) and Web browser.

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