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Anyone like interactive fiction?

Postby Haggis_McMutton on Sat Jun 01, 2013 8:40 pm

These guys make some pretty good ones. Check em' out if you might like this sort of thing.

I'm not sure, but I think the older ones (at the bottom of the page) up until Choice of Intrigues, are free to play and afterwards you can only do a sort of demo for free and have to pay a couple bucks for the rest. (though they might have changed it since I last played)

I've always looked for games that allow you to immerse yourself into a story/world, so I kinda like these a lot. They're pretty well written and the choices you are given actually make sense and are meaningful.
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Re: Anyone like interactive fiction?

Postby Woodruff on Sat Jun 01, 2013 10:58 pm

Interactive fiction...isn't that essentially what AD&D is?

Well then...I do like it. But I don't tend to like a lot of non-"high fantasy" environments.
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Re: Anyone like interactive fiction?

Postby / on Sun Jun 02, 2013 4:08 am

Yup, I love it. I haven't seen most of those, thanks for the link. This one's also pretty good.
http://www.playalterego.com/


Some Visual Novels are also really great; most of them aren't quite as interactive though.
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Re: Anyone like interactive fiction?

Postby Haggis_McMutton on Sun Jun 02, 2013 5:32 am

Woodruff wrote:Interactive fiction...isn't that essentially what AD&D is?

Well then...I do like it. But I don't tend to like a lot of non-"high fantasy" environments.


It's not that interactive. It's basically like a choose your own adventure book, but taking advantage of the benefits of the online medium which allows for more complex stories to be told in this way. So they just give you like a chunk of text and you have to choose how you react to the situation.
It also has some RPG elements as your choices affect your stats which in turn limit your future choices.

/ wrote:Yup, I love it. I haven't seen most of those, thanks for the link. This one's also pretty good.
http://www.playalterego.com/


Some Visual Novels are also really great; most of them aren't quite as interactive though.


I think I remember playing that way back. I think I managed to get killed at like age 7 or something. I should give it another go.
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Re: Anyone like interactive fiction?

Postby DoomYoshi on Sun Jun 02, 2013 9:19 pm

Woodruff wrote:Interactive fiction...isn't that essentially what AD&D is?

Well then...I do like it. But I don't tend to like a lot of non-"high fantasy" environments.


I don't mind high fantasy environments, as long as the characters we play are low-fantasy. I would rather play the farmer at the Prancing Pony than those shorty-pants.
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Re: Anyone like interactive fiction?

Postby Metsfanmax on Sun Jun 02, 2013 9:50 pm

I did enjoy the choose your own adventure Goosebumps books.
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Re: Anyone like interactive fiction?

Postby Symmetry on Mon Jun 03, 2013 3:56 pm

Haggis_McMutton wrote:These guys make some pretty good ones. Check em' out if you might like this sort of thing.

I'm not sure, but I think the older ones (at the bottom of the page) up until Choice of Intrigues, are free to play and afterwards you can only do a sort of demo for free and have to pay a couple bucks for the rest. (though they might have changed it since I last played)

I've always looked for games that allow you to immerse yourself into a story/world, so I kinda like these a lot. They're pretty well written and the choices you are given actually make sense and are meaningful.


I got very interested in it a while ago. If you haven't gone through photopia by Adam Cadre, that would be my recommendation.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Photopia

Free to play.
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Re: Anyone like interactive fiction?

Postby DoomYoshi on Mon Jun 03, 2013 9:17 pm

Symmetry wrote:
Haggis_McMutton wrote:These guys make some pretty good ones. Check em' out if you might like this sort of thing.

I'm not sure, but I think the older ones (at the bottom of the page) up until Choice of Intrigues, are free to play and afterwards you can only do a sort of demo for free and have to pay a couple bucks for the rest. (though they might have changed it since I last played)

I've always looked for games that allow you to immerse yourself into a story/world, so I kinda like these a lot. They're pretty well written and the choices you are given actually make sense and are meaningful.


I got very interested in it a while ago. If you haven't gone through photopia by Adam Cadre, that would be my recommendation.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Photopia

Free to play.


It only takes 3 minutes though : (
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Re: Anyone like interactive fiction?

Postby Symmetry on Mon Jun 03, 2013 9:21 pm

DoomYoshi wrote:
Symmetry wrote:
Haggis_McMutton wrote:These guys make some pretty good ones. Check em' out if you might like this sort of thing.

I'm not sure, but I think the older ones (at the bottom of the page) up until Choice of Intrigues, are free to play and afterwards you can only do a sort of demo for free and have to pay a couple bucks for the rest. (though they might have changed it since I last played)

I've always looked for games that allow you to immerse yourself into a story/world, so I kinda like these a lot. They're pretty well written and the choices you are given actually make sense and are meaningful.


I got very interested in it a while ago. If you haven't gone through photopia by Adam Cadre, that would be my recommendation.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Photopia

Free to play.


It only takes 3 minutes though : (


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Re: Anyone like interactive fiction?

Postby DoomYoshi on Mon Jun 03, 2013 9:53 pm

Symmetry wrote:
DoomYoshi wrote:
Symmetry wrote:
Haggis_McMutton wrote:These guys make some pretty good ones. Check em' out if you might like this sort of thing.

I'm not sure, but I think the older ones (at the bottom of the page) up until Choice of Intrigues, are free to play and afterwards you can only do a sort of demo for free and have to pay a couple bucks for the rest. (though they might have changed it since I last played)

I've always looked for games that allow you to immerse yourself into a story/world, so I kinda like these a lot. They're pretty well written and the choices you are given actually make sense and are meaningful.


I got very interested in it a while ago. If you haven't gone through photopia by Adam Cadre, that would be my recommendation.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Photopia

Free to play.


It only takes 3 minutes though : (


Not if you talk. It's not a story for speed-running,


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