I believe this is possible. I think that the "interactive" of IF means
that the _world_ is creates is interactive. You can examine a rock,
pick it up, throw it and feel it. Granted, many actions will results in
a default response, but the concept is still there. The "fiction",
however, that is, the plot, is not always interactive.
If historical non-fiction is possible, why not historical IF? After
all, the player does not need to actually change history, just watch.
Chad Schultz (chads...@hotmail.com)
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Before you buy.
> Another deviance from history is that in the game, the ship is seen
> sinking in one piece. As depicted in Cameron's film, the real ship
> broke apart.
Actually, I have to step in here and make one correction. When I first
saw the end sequence of Titanic - Adventure Out Of Time I thought too that
the ship was going down in one piece which I knew to be historically
incorrect. However, on subsequent replays I noticed that it does indeed
go down in two. It's difficult to tell because of the way the visuals go
by so fast but yes, the ship breaks apart even in the game.
Jesse Burneko
"Historical non-fiction" is called history.
Okay, nevermind, that was niggly.
-M.
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I agree on this one. (In fact, I was working on a historical I-F game, but
changed horses in midstream when I came up with the "Halothane" idea.) I
think it's a little puzzling that historical and romance I-F (which, I'm
guessing, would be rather appreciated) are still rather untried genres?
Anyone want to take a bash at it? (Also, there's quite a nice article on
interactive non-IF at Mark Silcox's page: www.suite101.com.)
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Quentin.D.Thompson. [The 'D' is a variable.]
Lord High Executioner Of Bleagh
(Formerly A Cheap Coder)
>"Historical non-fiction" is called history.
"Historical fiction" tells the truth; "History" is all lies.
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