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Discussions about interactive fiction.
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I7: Conditional mistakes (using "Understand...as...mistake")?
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I could have sworn I had this working at some point with a certain syntax but maybe I'm wrong. Basically, I want certain actions to be a mistake only when a particular action is occurring, instead of defining the action and using a check rule. That is, of course, an option, and it's how I had it working in the first place, but I thought the "understand as... more »
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The IF excerpt on Wikipedia
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I just want to throw this out there: the IF excerpt on Wikipedia is really a terrible forward face for the medium. Go read it again. I'll wait. Aren't there much more lovable aspects of the medium we could be showing off? What we have is cryptic banner text, an inventory command, a command which produces a second list of three things, and... more »
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GameplayComp results
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A while back, there was a mini competition called "GameplayComp" for games that involved non-standard gameplay but were still IF ... there was a single entry from Derek Sutcliffe called Fantastic Finale IV, so Derek is the winner (yay!). There are some reviews of this game at Brass Lantern: [link]... more »
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Character Writing Help: Questions Directed at the Player
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Basically, I'm trying to get a NPC to ask the player a question, if answered correctly the NPC asks another question, and finally one more. If the later question is answered correctly the player gets an thing, just wondering if someone could help me code that.
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Request for Beta Testers - Awakening Release 3
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Hello, Awakening tied for first place in the Saugus.net 12th Annual Halloween Ghost Story Contest for 2009. This was my first work written using Inform 7, and since then I've completely rewritten the code based on a better understanding of its use. As a result, the game should be more flexible and helpful to the user.... more »
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I7: Stored Action Library Bug
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Before I send this to Graham as a bug report, I'd like to get confirmation or comment from more experienced programmers. Here is the offending code: [code] The politician is a man. The description is "The politician is impeccably groomed, and he's wearing an expensive suit." The politician has a stored action called corruption.... more »
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Inform 7 Help
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Hi there, I'm new to writing IF and I was looking for some help. I'm writing with I7 and I was trying to make a working sink. I made the sink as scenery but when I tried to add left handles and right handles I just couldn't figure it out. Also later in the game you use a different sink again except after turning on the water for a while a... more »
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Best writing in IF
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Hey everyone, So I'm looking for quotes that really represent some of the best writing that modern IF has to offer. There are all kinds of amazing writers in the IF community, including more professionally published authors than I can keep track of, not to mention all of the extremely talented amateurs. What are some of your favorite moments from IF... more »
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