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Interactive Fiction Competition Opens

Posted by michael on from the kill-floyd-with-laser dept.

Sargent1 writes "The 2004 Interactive Fiction Competition has opened for business. The yearly competition, now celebrating its tenth anniversary, is for short pieces of interactive fiction. At this point IF authors can sign up to take part in the competition, and everyone can learn how to judge the games when they are released in October of this year. If you're not sure what interactive fiction is, take a look at Slashdot's recent review of Twisty Little Passages, a book on interactive fiction from Adventure (and earlier antecedents) to present day."

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  1. The Farthest I ever go by nevek · · Score: 5, Funny

    Ahh I remember those, the only thing that ran on my old 286

    Open door
    You cant open this door
    Close Door
    The Door Isint open
    Attack Door
    Your Hand Hurts
    Get Life
    You go outside, blinded by the sun, you procede to the comic book store only to be beaten up on the way there, you then return home only to be taunted by CowboyNeal.

  2. Obligatory Homestar Runner reference by angryflute · · Score: 5, Funny

    Ye see a FLASK. Obvious exits are NORTH, SOUTH, and DENNIS.

  3. Obligatory Strongbad by dupper · · Score: 5, Funny
    YOU ARE THY DUNGEONMAN

    Ye find yeself in yon dungeon. Ye see a SCROLL. Behind ye SCROLL is a FLASK. Obvious exits are NORTH, SOUTH and DENNIS.

    What wouldst thou deau?

    >go dennis

    Ye arrive at DENNIS. He wears a sporty frock coat and a long jimberjam. He paces about nervously. Obvious exits are NOT DENNIS.

    >talk to dennis

    You Engage Dennis in a leisurely discussion. Ye learns that his jimberjam was purchased on sale at a discount market and that he enjoys pacing about nervously. You become bored and begin thinking about parapets.

    More here.

  4. pacman? by jjeffries · · Score: 5, Funny

    So I see this story has the pacman icon. Pacman, however, is not a good example of interactive fiction.

    You are at the center of a maze. To your front and rear are rows of dots that recede into the distance.

    > forward

    As you move forward, your open mouth causes you to consume a dot.

    > forward

    Your bulbous body thrusts forward once more, another dot disappearing into your maw.

    > back

    You turn around. In the distance you can see a ghost, coming right for you!

    > down

    You can't go in that direction.

    > up

    You slip into a side passage, continuing to dine on dots. Ahead there is a turn to the right.

    > right

    You turn, but a ghost is waiting for you right around the corner. There is no time to react, and you run right into it.

    You are dead. Your score is 14/1000.

    Play again? (y/n)