Interactive Fiction
Tuesday, December 23, 2008 @ 12:29 am.
Have you ever tried playing text-based interactive fiction? It's really fun.
Try looking up Violet, Lost Pig, Child's Play or Suveh Nux on jayisgames.com. Follow walkthroughs or built-in hint systems (in the case of Violet and Suveh Nux). Seriously.
I'm just going to describe them briefly.
Violet: You are a male (or you can change the gender) graduate student trying to write 1000 words of your dissertation. If you don't, your girlfriend, Violet, is going to leave for Australia. The point of the game is to overcome various distractions. (My hint: BREAK THINGS.) Narrated by an imaginary Violet inside your head.
Lost Pig: You Grunk. Grunk orc working in farm. Grunk leave gate open. Pig escape. Grunk must come back with pig or not come back. Grunk sad. Grunk narrate.
Child's Play: You are a baby trying to get to your favourite toy from mom and mom's friends who keep taking it away from you. Using your extreme cunning and wit (?), make use of the parents, the other parents' children, your toys and the other children's toys to get your toy. Three chapters.
Suveh Nux: You are a magician's servant and have been locked into a vault. The only way to escape is to master a magical grammar system that can be found in a book on the shelf. Have fun.
Uh, okay.
Just look through them. It's fun.