The world of the imagination is one that will never be infringed upon by movies or video games, they lack the scope and depth that even the most shallow mind can reach. Text however allows room for the mind to fill in the gaps and it is here in the great works of fiction that we find the bridge to the imaginative. Interactive Fiction is the medium by which we may touch that world and perhaps, if the game is truly good, even bring something back.
You wander aimlessly through the trees...
The Erudition Chamber: 4th place in IFcomp 2003
Legend of Lady Magaidh: Swashcomp03
Grayscale: 13th place in IFcomp 2001
Next up we have local resources, none of these links will take you away from my site.
TADS Code Snippets
And finally the external links to other sites of interest.
The Interactive Fiction Archive
Baf's Guide to the IF Archive
Interactive Fiction Ratings
Brass Lantern
Interactive Fiction Competition
If you don't already have TADS then you'll need it to play the games you find here.
You can get it by going to the TADS page
and downloading it. Incidentaly if you haven't a clue what Interactive
Fiction is and this page has done little more than confuse you thus far
then going to the Tads page will explain things.
Some other general resources for writing TADS code:
A TADS Tutorial
The TADS 2 Author's Manual
TADS
Example Code
An excellent place to get your IF related questions answered are on the appropriate newsgroups:
rec.arts.int.fiction
rec.games.int.fiction
After you've read through r.*.i.f for a while try loging into ifMUD
and checking out the people there. The atmosphere's a bit different but
you'll probably recognise a few people. If you've never been there before
spend a minute reading the FAQ
before you go.
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copyright © Daniel Freas 2004