Interactive Fiction Competition 2006 Voting Begins 21
An anonymous reader writes "Voting for the 12th annual Interactive Fiction Competition (IF Comp) has begun! Standout entries this year include a new game from acclaimed writer (and previous IF Comp winner) Emily Short, an interactive moebius strip, the requisite bible game(s) and a game about making games. A full list is available on the IF Comp website, and eToychest kicks off their IF Comp coverage with an interview with Stephen Granade, the competition organizer."
Thought this was something else (Score:1, Funny)
I thought fictional voting doesn't start until... (Score:2)
I just submitted my interactive fiction. (Score:2, Funny)
The T-block falls one space. Below is a red square, two blue squares, another red square, and a green square. You are directly above the red square on the right hand side.
>Down.
You have completed a row! +1 points.
There is a blue square falling here.
LOOK (Score:3, Funny)
Nothing to see here. You are likely to be eaten by a grue.
> WAIT
Time passes...
> RELOAD
There is a Diebold thread here. You do not have a sword with which to attack the trolls.
> DOWNLOAD THE COMPETITION GAMES
The site serving the software is in the process of being Slashdotted.
> FUCK!
Such language in a high-class establishment like this! (What do you think this is, Leather Goddesses of Phobos?)
> QUIT
Your score would be 0 (Total of 400 points), in 6 moves.
This score gives you the rank of CmdrTaco.
***END OF SESSION***
Re:LOOK (Score:4, Funny)
You enter Slashdot.
There is an article about interactive fiction here.
> read article
An anonymous coward writes to tell about voting for the 12th annual IF Comp beginning.
> write comment
What kind of comment would you like to write?
> a parody of IF
There is already a comment paroding IF here.
> damn it
What a loony!
> write really crappy comment
Written.
The moderatators have come!
They mod you down!
They mod you down again!
They mod you down again!
*** You have died ***
Your score is -1 (total of 500 points), in 6 moves.
This gives you the rank of Average Slashdotter.
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You can't get ye fla...mod parent up!
What's wrong with the IF community? (Score:1, Insightful)
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I don't in general find IF to be boring. It's more frustrating: I've been doing the computer thing since the late 70's, and I've never enjoyed trying to guess what to do, or try dozens of possibilities until something works. I don't play much IF for the same reason I don't crack webs
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The process of playing the games requires hard thought, and most modern IF is by and for people who've played all the classics of the field. Comparing a modern IF game of the type found in these yearly competitions to most moder
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Now, of course, Google is your friend, but the problem is that once you have cracked on this type of game and gone to the walkthrough, it's extremely difficult to stop reading the w
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WTF are you talking about? IF != choose your own adventure books. They typically have complex user interactions involving manipulation of in-game objects using what is, in many cases, a remarkably complex grammar. To suggest this can be done with simple hyperlinks betrays a deep misunderstanding of the nature of IF.
I prefer *this* game (Score:1)
How can I not post it? (Score:2, Funny)
Choose? (Score:1)
Irony of Ironies (Score:1)
Please don't skew the voting.... (Score:3, Insightful)
Um, it's considered bad form to single out specific games for discussion before the end of the voting period. Especially on a widely read site like Slashdot. Please don't do this next year.