The game was created with Inform 6 and is available as freeware Z-code. Interpreters are available for a wide variety of platforms, and the game can also be played online using a web browser.GameplayShade is a one-room interactive fiction game set in the player's apartment. To say much else about the game would spoil the narrative.Awards2000 XYZZY AwardsWinner: Best Setting,Nominee: Best Game, Best Writing, Best Story, Best Individual PC, Best Use of Medium6th Annual Interactive Fiction Competition (2000)Overall: 10th PlaceMiss Congeniality Awards: 3rd PlaceInteractive Fiction Top 50 of all time (2011 edition)10th PlaceInteractive Fiction Top 50 of all time (2015 edition)9th PlaceThe Top Five IF Games (Adventure Gamers, 2002)4th Place
