5 Days a Stranger
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| 5 Days a Stranger</td></tr> | |
|---|---|
| Developer(s) | Ben "Yahtzee" Croshaw.
<tr><th style="background-color: #ccccff;">Designer(s)</th><td>Ben "Yahtzee" Croshaw.</td></tr><tr><th style="background-color: #ccccff;">Engine</th><td>Adventure Game Studio (AGS)</td></tr> |
| Release date(s) | 2003 |
| Genre(s) | Adventure |
| Mode(s) | Single player |
| Platform(s) | Microsoft Windows
<tr><th style="background-color: #ccccff;">Media</th><td>N/A (Download)</td></tr><tr><th style="background-color: #ccccff;">Input</th><td>Mouse</td></tr> |
5 Days a Stranger is a freeware amateur adventure game created by Ben "Yahtzee" Croshaw. It chronicles the story of a gentleman thief known as Trilby and four others fighting an unknown terror in DeFoe Manor. The story progresses over 5 days, with more story being revealed each day. Dream sequences typically space out the transitions between the events of different days, and the game follows a system similar to that of the Gabriel Knight adventure game series, with a large number of verbs possible for interacting with objects, and a certain number of events which must be completed at a given point to progress to the next phase of the game.
The game was created in 2003 with the Adventure Game Studio (AGS) engine, and won awards for best game created with the AGS engine in 2003, best gameplay, best dialogue scripting, best puzzles, and best scripting.
7 Days a Skeptic is the sequel to 5 Days a Stranger, and Trilby's Notes is an interquel between the two, although they work equally well played in their order of release, 5 Days, 7 Days, then Trilby's notes.
[edit] Characters
- Name: Unknown</br>
- Given name: Trilby</br>
- Age: Unknown</br>
- Height: 6' 4"</br>
- Weight: 13 st</br>
Main protaginist of the game. Mysterious and cunning Trilby is an expert at stealth, gymnastics and lockpicking. Trilby never goes anywhere without his lockpicks, a black velvet mask that covers his entire face, and his grappling hook launcher made to look like an umbrella.</br>
- Name: Simone Taylor</br>
- Age: 32</br>
- Height: 5' 7"</br>
- Weight: 8 st</br>
Promising newsreader Simone Taylor how has gained lots of fame recently, found herself trapped in the mansion after her journalistic curiosity got the better of her.
- Name: Philip Harty</br>
- Age:28</br>
- Height: 5' 9"</br>
- Weight:10 st</br>
Harty came to the mansion for the same reason as Trilby; for wealth. He prefers to think of himself as a treasure hunter. He has an steely determination, but he also arrogant, paranoid and lacking in morals.
- Name:James Fowler</br>
- Given name: Jim</br>
- Age:16</br>
- Height: 5' 5"</br>
- Weight:7 st</br>
The only reason Jim is in DeFoe Manor is because of a friend's childish dare, which is the only reason a schoolboy would need.
- Given name: AJ</br>
- Age:Late thirties</br>
- Height: 5' 8"</br>
- Weight:8 st</br>
A nervous skinny man in the remnants of an ill-fitting business suit. He seems to be quite mystery to all mansions current residents.
[edit] See Also
- 7 Days a Skeptic The sequel to 5 Days a Stranger
- Trilby's Notes The latest game released in the "John DeFoe" Series
[edit] External links
- The official 5 Days a Stranger site.
- Abandonia Reloaded entry
- 5 Days a Stranger at MobyGames
- The Home of the Underdogs entry for 5 Days a Stranger
- Abandonia Reloaded: Interview with Yahtzee on 5DAS
- AGS wiki link
- 5 Days a Stranger download
