Who are they talking to?
A short, interactive essay interrogating a question I’ve had for years.
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Tag: Interactive Fiction
Recognizing Behavior
When writing a text adventure every noun you mention is a curse, for players will surely want to interact with that noun; no matter how ardently you describe its irrelevance to the game. A dev diary entry where I submit to the mores of parser interactive fiction players.
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His Majesty’s Royal Space Navy Service Handbook
Announcing my new text adventure of paperwork, office politics, and sci-fi space battles.
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Concerning Wolverine
Talking my way through what I’m going to do with the character Wolverine in my text adventure.
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My text adventure
I’ve been working on a text adventure using Inform 7 since 2018 and have been afraid to talk about it.
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The exquisite corpse of Cragne Manor
Over 80 authors, including myself, joined in a massive project in tribute to the 10th anniversary of Anchorhead, a seminal work of interactive fiction.
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IFComp 2018!
The IFComp is back! The interactive fiction competition for 2018 has launched and I’m trying once again to follow along.
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Turning any page
I recently finished a book, ARCADIA, by Iain Pears which turned out to be astonishingly good. A bit about it and the accompanying interactive fiction app.
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Don’t pick up the phone
I dove into the Mr. Robot TV show after learning that an app, a work of interactive fiction, was being released as a promotion for the show. I downloaded Mr. Robot:1.51exfiltrati0n.ipa to my phone and got to hacking.
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Fermented Fun
Like pickles? Have I got a dystopian society for you! I review PICKLE INDEX, another piece of interactive fiction from Sudden Oak.
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