Virtual Meeting March 21, 2021

[Greg Frost]

The next virtual meetup of the Seattle/Tacoma IF group will be this Sunday, March 21, from 2 PM to 4 PM PDT via Google Meet. This month, Hanon Ondricek will be joining us to play and discuss his 2016 game Fair.

I've sent out the Google Meet link by email; let me know if you don't have it and I will make sure you're added.

[Greg Frost]

Thanks very much to Hanon Ondricek for joining us! Here are my notes from today's meetup.

Attendees: Angelique P, Brian R, David D, David G, Gene S, Greg F, Hanon O, Julia B, Lance C, Mike S, Paul M, S. Paxton, Stephen J, Thursday Rome

Location: Online (Google Meet)

Program (2 PM - 4:30 PM)

1:50 Introductions and opening discussion

2:00 Updates on changes to IFDB from Brian and Lance

2:05 Played Fair by Hanon Ondricek, presented by the author

 -this game was started after release of The Baker of Shireton

 -Fair was intended to be a game that most people could finish

 -used complex systems and conflicting goals to create replay value

 -uses Emily Short's Recorded Endings extension for Inform 7

 -showed the poster for the in-game The Handmaid's Tale rock musical adaptation Oh! Offred!

 -Hanon: "Confusion is a feature in my games"

4:00 Played and discussed some alternate endings for Fair

4:25 Announced next month's Spring Thing meetup topic

4:30 Adjourn