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Infocom was just the tip of the interactive fiction iceberg. There's still a vibrant interactive fiction gaming scene. It has thrived despite Infocom's demise

by gnosis 15y ago

Infocom was just the tip of the interactive fiction iceberg. There's still a vibrant interactive fiction gaming scene. It has thrived despite Infocom's demise. Many interactive fiction games continue to be developed, played, entered in competitions, and reviewed. Here are some links to get you started: http://www.wurb.com/if/genre http://www.wurb.com/if/genre http://www.ifreviews.org http://www.ifreviews.org http://www.ifarchive.org/indexes/if-archive.html http://www.ifarchive.org/indexes/if-archive.html http://ifdb.tads.org/search?browse&list&sortby=new http://ifdb.tads.org/search?browse&list&sortby=new

gnosis 15y ago
Relatively recently the IF community has experienced a bit of a renaissance because of the release of Inform 7, which allows you to program games in the most natural sounding English I've ever seen in a programming language. Here's a sample: --- "Cave Entrance" The Cobble Crawl is a room. "You are crawling over cobbles in a low passage. There is a dim light at the east end of the passage." A wicker cage is here. "There is a small wicker cage discarded nearby." The Debris Room is west of the Crawl. "You are in a debris room filled with stuff washed in from the surface. A low wide passage with cobbles becomes plugged with mud and debris here, but an awkward canyon leads upward and west. A note on the wall says, 'Magic word XYZZY'." The black rod is here. "A three foot black rod with a rusty star on one end lies nearby." Above the Debris Room is the Sloping E/W Canyon. West of the Canyon is the Orange River Chamber. --- As you can see, it reads just like regular English, and it's very easy to understand what's going on here. Here's a more complete example: http://inform7.com/learn/man/ex74.html#e74 http://inform7.com/learn/man/ex74.html#e74 And here are some full, playable games (with source): http://www.hpiweb.com/newmedia/ http://www.hpiweb.com/newmedia/ http://inform7.com/learn/complete-examples/ http://inform7.com/learn/complete-examples/ A couple of quick tutorials: http://www.brasslantern.org/writers/howto/i7tutorial.html http://www.brasslantern.org/writers/howto/i7tutorial.html http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Beginners_Guide_to_Interactive_Fiction_with_Inform_7/Getting_Started_with_Inform_7 http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Beginners_Guide_to_Interactive_... The full manual: http://inform7.com/learn/manuals/ http://inform7.com/learn/manuals/ Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inform#Inform_7 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inform#Inform_7
- jonhendry 15y ago
  You can even do a form of map reduce.

by gnosis 15y ago

gnosis 15y ago

Relatively recently the IF community has experienced a bit of a renaissance because of the release of Inform 7, which allows you to program games in the most natural sounding English I've ever seen in a programming language. Here's a sample: --- "Cave Entrance" The Cobble Crawl is a room. "You are crawling over cobbles in a low passage. There is a dim light at the east end of the passage." A wicker cage is here. "There is a small wicker cage discarded nearby." The Debris Room is west of the Crawl. "You are in a debris room filled with stuff washed in from the surface. A low wide passage with cobbles becomes plugged with mud and debris here, but an awkward canyon leads upward and west. A note on the wall says, 'Magic word XYZZY'." The black rod is here. "A three foot black rod with a rusty star on one end lies nearby." Above the Debris Room is the Sloping E/W Canyon. West of the Canyon is the Orange River Chamber. --- As you can see, it reads just like regular English, and it's very easy to understand what's going on here. Here's a more complete example: http://inform7.com/learn/man/ex74.html#e74 http://inform7.com/learn/man/ex74.html#e74 And here are some full, playable games (with source): http://www.hpiweb.com/newmedia/ http://www.hpiweb.com/newmedia/ http://inform7.com/learn/complete-examples/ http://inform7.com/learn/complete-examples/ A couple of quick tutorials: http://www.brasslantern.org/writers/howto/i7tutorial.html http://www.brasslantern.org/writers/howto/i7tutorial.html http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Beginners_Guide_to_Interactive_Fiction_with_Inform_7/Getting_Started_with_Inform_7 http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Beginners_Guide_to_Interactive_... The full manual: http://inform7.com/learn/manuals/ http://inform7.com/learn/manuals/ Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inform#Inform_7 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inform#Inform_7

jonhendry 15y ago
You can even do a form of map reduce.