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I really love Zork. If anyone misses these games, there are many excellent and free modern titles in the IF (interactive fiction) community. I like Emily Short'

I really love Zork. If anyone misses these games, there are many excellent and free modern titles in the IF (interactive fiction) community. I like Emily Short's games. Andrew Plotkin is another popular name. With the inform7 platform it is much easier for a single person to write a compelling game than in the Infocom days.

plastroltech 9y ago
Totally agree. Modern IF is amazing. Check out the annual Interactive Fiction Competition for good games: https://ifcomp.org/ https://ifcomp.org/. Also, Inform is a fascinating "English language" programming experience! For example here's an actual Inform program: ` "Prototype" by Josh The Lookout Point is a room. An old man is here. The Outskirts is south from the Lookout Point. A campaign poster is here. The Village is east from the Outskirts. The Scumm Bar is inside from The Village. `