The Fool and His Money

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The Fool and His Money
Developer(s) Cliff Johnson
Platform(s) Mac OS X, Windows
ReleaseOctober 25, 2012
Genre(s) puzzle game

The Fool and His Money is a puzzle game by Cliff Johnson. It is a self-published sequel to the 1987 game The Fool's Errand . Like its predecessor, The Fool and His Money contains many different types of logic and word puzzles which, although centered on a story with a medieval tarot deck theme, have added elements of the Prince, Egyptian gods, and Pirates. [1]

Contents

Release information

Originally expected in late 2003, the game experienced dozens of postponements. On February 4, 2009, Johnson released a functioning preview of the game, containing the Prologue and five puzzles. [2]

The game was released on October 25, 2012, one day earlier than finally promised, having taken ten years to produce. It is written using Adobe Director with embedded Flash. [1]

As of 2024, the author's and game's websites have been taken down and the game appears to have been abandoned.

Reception and awards

“I'm happy to award, for the first time in my reviewing career, The Fool and His Money a long-overdue but well-deserved A plus. We, God forbid, may never see another game of its genius and quality in our lifetimes.” —Greg Collins, Just Adventure Review [3]

Andrew Plotkin considered The Fool and His Money an improvement on The Fool's Errand, with better puzzle sequencing, a more harmonious variety of puzzle forms, and a smooth increase in complexity as the game progresses. Plotkin recommended the game "if you like puzzles, if you like challenges, if you like working all-out on crazy-hard puzzles where they barely even tell you the rules." [4]

Jay Is Games rated it best indie puzzle game of 2012. [5]

References

  1. 1 2 Collins, Greg (October 17, 2012). "Fool Me Twice: The Fool and His Money". Just Adventure . Retrieved August 9, 2023.
  2. ↑ "The Fool and His Money - Demo/Teaser up!". February 5, 2009. Retrieved August 7, 2013.
  3. ↑ Collins, Greg (November 12, 2012). "The Fool and His Money". Just Adventure . Retrieved August 9, 2023.
  4. ↑ Plotkin, Andrew (October 29, 2012). "The Fool and His Money -- talking about the game now". Zarfhome. Retrieved August 14, 2023.
  5. ↑ "Best of Casual Gameplay 2012 - Puzzle Results (indie games)". Jay Is Games . Retrieved August 7, 2013.
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