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The Zen of Kayaking

An 80KB interactive-fiction text adventure game that begins as you set out with your newly acquired kayak one weekend. Created over 10 days by a team of two.

6 June 2024

The Zen of Kayaking is an adventure developed by pixel turkey, released 6 June 2024 on DOS and Web browser.

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What The Zen of Kayaking is

The Zen of Kayaking is an adventure game developed by pixel turkey and released in 2024. It is available on DOS and Web browser. It runs on Z-machine.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Setting off on a Sunday morning, you try to forget that by tomorrow you'll be back at work again. The morning spring air is fresh, and the traffic is light as you head along the highway towards the entry to the state forest. Cruising at 88 miles per hour, humming the tune to the duelling banjos in the movie Deliverance, you think that going a little over the speed limit is not such a terrible crime. After all, you've worked hard all week why not shave a few minutes off the trip to get more time on the water. As the thought passes - you spot a state trooper's car on the opposite side of the highway pulse their roof-mounted lights on and off as you pass each other, and hit the brakes a few…
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How it plays

It is played from a text perspective. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

What it launched against

The Zen of Kayaking launched on 6 June 2024, within three weeks of Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree, Hellblade II: Senua's Saga, Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door and Nine Sols.

Released around the same time: Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree, Hellblade II: Senua's Saga, Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door, Nine Sols.

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When did The Zen of Kayaking come out?
The Zen of Kayaking was released on 6 June 2024 for DOS and Web browser.

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