Good IF games for eight-year-olds?

Timur Tabi

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Jun 29, 2010, 3:36:48 PM6/29/10

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I'd like to introduce my eight-year-old daughter to IF games. Can
anyone recommend any adventure that is very easy and appropriate for
young children (in terms of content and reading ability)?

Peter Pears

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Jun 30, 2010, 5:30:33 AM6/30/10

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You might be interested in this poll - http://ifdb.tads.org/poll?id=z9shyw6mdia3jdud.

"Mrs Peppers' Nasty Secret" has a cute review by two 10 year olds
children which might help you even further. :)

Brendan Desilets

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Jun 30, 2010, 6:35:22 AM6/30/10

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Hi, All,

An eight-year-old who reads well might like these stories.

Title Genre Source File Format
Arthur Fantasy Infocom zcode (.z6)
Wishbringer Fantasy Infocom zcode
Firebird Fantasy If Archive TADS
Winter Wonderland Fantasy If Archive zcode
Bear's Night Out Fantasy If Archive zcode
Earth and Sky Fantasy If Archive zcode
Another Earth, Another Sky Fantasy If Archive glulx
Luminous Horizon Fantasy If Archive glulx
Jack Toresal Medieval Textfyre.com Texfyre
Mother Loose Fantasy If Archive zcode
Moonmist Mystery Infocom zcode
Mrs. Pepper's Nasty Secret Fantasy If Archive TADS
The Magic Toyshop Fantasy If Archive zcode
Mingsheng Fantasy If Archive TADS
Dragon Adventure Fantasy If Archive zcode
Shadow in the Cathedral Steampunk Textfyre.com glulx
Seastalker Sci-Fi Infocom zcode
Arrival Sci-Fi If Archive TADS

Infocom stories are available through ebay and Amazon.com.
The IF archive is at http://ifarchive.org

Peace,
Brendan Desilets

Brendan Desilets

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Jun 30, 2010, 7:09:39 AM6/30/10

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Hi, All,

Here's a list of recommendations for younger readers. This one is
formatted more clearly than my last post (Sorry about that one).

Arthur: the Quest for Excalibur
Genre: Fantasy
Source: Infocom
Format: zcode (.z6)

Wishbringer
Genre: Fantasy
Source: Infocom
Format: zcode

Firebird
Genre: Fantasy
Source: If Archive
Format: TADS

Winter Wonderland
Genre: Fantasy
Source: If Archive
Format: zcode
Play Online:
http://parchment.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/parchment.html?story=http://parchment.toolness.com/if-archive/games/zcode/winter.z5.js

A Bear's Night Out
Genre: Fantasy
Source: If Archive
Format: zcode
Play Online:
http://parchment.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/parchment.html?story=http://parchment.toolness.com/if-archive/games/zcode/bear.z5.js

Earth and Sky
Genre: Fantasy
Source: If Archive
Format: zcode

Another Earth, Another Sky
Genre: Fantasy
Source: If Archive
Format: glulx

Luminous Horizon
Genre: Fantasy
Source: If Archive
Format: glulx

Jack Toresal and the Secret Letter
Genre: Medieval
Source: Textfyre.com
Format: Texfyre

Mother Loose
Genre: Fantasy
Source: If Archive
Format: zcode
Play Online:
http://parchment.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/parchment.html?story=http://parchment.toolness.com/if-archive/games/zcode/loose.z5.js

Moonmist
Genre: Mystery
Source: Infocom
Format: zcode

Mrs. Pepper's Nasty Secret

Genre: Fantasy
Source: http://ifdb.tads.org/viewgame?id=dcvk7bgbqeb0a71s
Format: TADS

The Magic Toyshop
Genre: Fantasy
Source: If Archive
Format: zcode
Play Online:
http://parchment.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/parchment.html?story=http://parchment.toolness.com/if-archive/games/competition95/magic-toyshop.z5.js

Mingsheng
Genre: Fantasy
Source: If Archive
Format: TADS

Dragon Adventure
Genre: Fantasy
Source: If Archive
Format: zcode

Shadow in the Cathedral
Genre: Steampunk
Source: Textfyre.com
Format: glulx

Seastalker
Genre: Sci-Fi
Source: Infocom
Format: zcode

Arrival
Genre: Sci-Fi
Source: If Archive
Format: TADS

Infocom stories are available through ebay and Amazon.com.

The IF archive is at http://ifarchive.org. Baf's Guide to the IF
Archive is at http://wurb.com/if/