ha, "ported" my 5 year old piece of interactive fiction to the current version of inform.
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Okay, if you haven't seen this murderbot fanfic that is also a fully playable game of minesweeper, you're really missing out:
https://archiveofourown.org/works/66992527
100% of reviewers have rated Visual DOS 2024 Tech Preview 5 stars.
No, I will not tell you it's only been 1 review, that's irrelevant. Visual DOS Tech Preview is a 5-star Operating System
itch.ioVisual DOS 2024 Tech Preview by Abbie GonzalezAn actual operating system, for real this time. And a game. Yes.
In which I embark on the third "origin game" of Japanese adventure games, The Palms, with a look at the history and the early part of the game.
The board is pleased to announce that the engineer who suggested that Visual DOS 2024 Tech Preview must be experienced in a single session has been terminated.
itch.ioSave States Supported In Browser - Visual DOS 2024 Tech Preview by Abbie GonzalezThe board is pleased to announce that the engineer who suggested that Visual DOS 2024 Tech Preview must be experienced in a single session has been terminated. That termination was enough incentive fo...
Here's an @AtlasObscura article for if you have fond memories of the "Choose Your Own Adventure" series (The one where you were at summer camp and then suddenly, in a Robin Hood story! Holding your finger in a page where you'd made a choice in case your adventure ended and you needed to go back to that crucial point!) Back in 2017, Sarah Laskow wrote about projects to map the forking structure of the stories, in doing so, revealing how the series evolved, its connection to modern interactive fiction, and the most complex, straightforward, and frustrating books.
#Books #Bookstodon @bookstodon #ChildrensBooks #ChooseYourOwnAdventure #InteractiveFiction
Atlas Obscura · These Maps Reveal the Hidden Structures of 'Choose Your Own Adventure' Books
Another casualty of the UK Online Safety Act: all interactive fiction (inc traditional parser text adventures) games stored at http://ifarchive.org are currently geoblocked to UK users. IFTF folks are trying to work out a solution, but there is no clue how long that might take. IFArchive holds 30+ years worth of generally amateur/free IF games - a vast number. Including my own. Which I can't play online right now. Not that I want to but it's ironic! #interactiveFiction #OnlineSafetyAct #games
ifarchive.orgThe Interactive Fiction Archive
Hi, I’m Andrea 
23y, Bi, in an open relationship, and writing NSFW interactive fiction with emotional depth and queer themes.
Student of psychology in Berlin, Germany
My stories explore intimacy, identity & messy feelings – always with care.
Find me on Itch.io (link in bio).
#nsfw #interactiveFiction #queer #biwriter #LGBTQ #twine #openRelationship
Invincible Island continues, as I locate all the parchments and decipher the overall puzzle ... while still not having all the parchments due to the a "death preview" trick the game allows.
The latest RetroAdventurers is out, in which we review `10 CAVE` Adventure, Young Arthur, and PunyJam #1 winner Captain Cutter's Treasure.
This was an older recording, so the sound quality may be a small step back from our current standards. We recorded it as a "buffer" back when we thought some light fare without news or mail might keep us going through a dry spell of recording, only to realise that we could double our recording schedule without trouble!
https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:bjpufa66d36itb5rzn3p6vrn/post/3lujfywb2zk2p #RetroComputing #InteractiveFiction #PunyInform
Bluesky Social · The Retro Adventurers (@retroadventurers.bsky.social)Episode 30 features two of the newest games we've covered although you'd hardly know it! Captain Cutter's Treasure (PunyInform), Young Arthur's Quest (VIC-20/C64), and 10 Cave Adventure (Sinclair ZX81) get a look.
Also, Smooches Collier is in effect.
retroadventurers.podbean.com/e/30/
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And now an #InteractiveFiction quiz thread where the clues are riddle poems:
https://intfiction.org/t/guess-the-if-game-from-a-riddle-poem-about-it/75383
(The emoji quiz of the previous post is still going, too.)
The Interactive Fiction Community Forum · Guess the IF game from a riddle poem about itSpoiler your answer. heat and friction, weight and light are physics concepts we know well but when you say these words just right all those laws can go to hell
Trinity (1986), by Infocom. One of the first five Infocom games I bought (the others were Enchanter, Sorcerer, Spellbreaker, and Deadline), and it still has some of the best graphics I've ever seen in an adventure game.
(Screenshot from the Macintosh version, because that's how I played it back then.)
Did you already listen to the latest episode of „The Retro Adventurer“? No? Then go do it now!
If only they were PROPERLY on the Fediverse!
https://podcasts.apple.com/de/podcast/the-retro-adventurers/id1739948119?i=1000716247040
The intfiction dot org forum is currently doing a "guess which #InteractiveFiction work these emojis refer to" quiz format: https://intfiction.org/t/guess-the-if-emojis/75668
The Interactive Fiction Community Forum · Guess the IF emojisHow many of these IF games can you guess from their emoji clues? The clues do not necessarily have to do with the titles, they can be things in the game or associated with the game. You are encouraged to add your own! Clues by Phil Riley: Clue Answer 1. 🏠 📪 2. 🤖 🦠 3. ☄ 🦑 4. 🧌 🐖 5. 🍄 🌂 6. 🪛 🦎 📱 7. 🔍 ...
Hadean Lands is now part of the Boston-Based Indies bundle on Steam!
https://store.steampowered.com/bundle/56056/Bostonbased_Indies/
Five titles, 15% off:
- Hadean Lands (me!)
- Monster Loves You Too! (Dejobaan)
- MewnBase (Cairn4)
- Million Monster Militia (Space Capsule)
- Loki's Revenge (OWL)
Not on Steam? I've set up a one-week sale on Itch as well. (Just HL, no bundle.) https://zarf.itch.io/hadean-lands
Enjoy! And thanks for supporting Boston local game developers.
store.steampowered.comBoston-based Indies on Steam
The libertine thread of disco-era sci-fi shines through in this #Asimov-inspired text adventure, for better and/or worse!
https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:bjpufa66d36itb5rzn3p6vrn/post/3ltgbuftmi224 #InteractiveFiction
Bluesky Social · The Retro Adventurers (@retroadventurers.bsky.social)Ben, Jason & @davevelociraptor.bsky.social of This Week in Retro take on the robots! CPC/Spectrum/C64 Souls of Darkon, then whodunnit tension in Epyx's The Robots of Dawn for Apple and C64, based (ish) on the Asimov novel.
Episode 29 of The Retro Adventurers, on your favorite podcast platform now.
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Of course there are a lot of coffins. But so far nothing interesting.
#interactivefiction #diekathedrale
In my grand finale to The Dark Crystal, events start to hew closer to the movie, with unfortunate side effects.
This would set the stage for the creation of King's Quest, with a demo version in stores later that same year, and a full release in May of 1984.
https://bluerenga.blog/2025/07/06/the-dark-crystal-a-thousand-years-of-solitude/
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@profoundlynerdy This sounds an awful lot like Redhawk, which the @retroadventurers.bsky.social covered in episode 22: https://retroadventurers.podbean.com/e/22/ #InteractiveFiction
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Ok, we gave in and had a look at a German walkthrough. To be precise: ASM Special issue 15, which I actually owned as a kid! It is since long lost, copies float around the web! So you REALLY have to examine and search EVERYTHING. And I mean literally EVERYTHING. And you CAN‘T solve the game using the mouse interface alone. Which is a huge NO NO in my books. The verb we needed was TURN, and it is NOT in the icons. Then what’s the use of icons anyhow?
#interactivefiction #diekathedrale