I don't know, I think these projects just reduce interactive fiction to the level of a Choose Your Own Adventure, and are often even less interactive than that.

I don't know, I think these projects just reduce interactive fiction to the level of a Choose Your Own Adventure, and are often even less interactive than that. There is a lot more room for complex puzzles and interactivity with true interactive fiction games. As for moving to the Web, Parchment has done a pretty good job of doing that with the Z-Machine: http://iplayif.com/?story=http://mirror.ifarchive.org/if-archive/games/zcode/curses.z5 http://iplayif.com/?story=http://mirror.ifarchive.org/if-arc...