 
My Involvment with Interactive Fiction
I've been playing interactive fiction since I was eight, when my parents bought me a copy of Zork. I don't think I solved it for a number of years, but the beauty of many of the locations became fixed in my mind, and I would daydream about wandering through the Great Underground Empire when I should have perhaps been studying French. I was never about the puzzles, and though many look back on Zork and other early works as puzzle fests, I look back on how the prose made my imagination wander, how I would read a description and then stop to visualize. I still wish IF was mostly about that, and I suppose in the better works it still is.
I lost touch with interactive fiction until I stumbled upon the newsgroups in the autumn of 2001. Since that time, IF has become a fairly big part of my life, and many of my closest friends are fellow enthusiasts
Since 2003, I have been the organizer for IntroComp, because I feel it's a fantastic way for authors (particularly *new* authors) to tempt us with ideas and receive some feedback prior to pouring everything into their work. For more information on IntroComp, please click here.
As for programming interactive fiction, I have written or co-written six released games. Click on the individual title for more information on that piece, as well as an option to download it.
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Interactive Fiction Reviews
Competition Reviews:
Other IF Game Reviews:
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Graphic Adventure Reviews
They're interactive. They're fiction. Granted, they're not text based and thus might not be entirely apropos here, but they're closely enough related that I feel this to be the proper place on the site for them.
Please note: There are more video game reviews on the Video Game Reviews portion of the Miscellany page.
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My Random ifMUD Pages
Many members of the IF community hang out and chat on ifMUD. I've made a few pages for fellow "mudders" that probably won't make much sense to you unless you've been onmud:
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ClubFloyd was founded on September 2, 2007. The idea behind it is that each week a group of people meet online to cooperatively play a game of interactive fiction.
ClubFloyd meets every Sunday at noon Eastern.We look forward to seeing you in the Toyshop and Floyditorium on ifMUD!
I have never received a single note from an author asking me to pull a transcript. On the contrary, I've received nothing but notes from authors expressing how useful it was to see how people played their game, especially as players generally discuss their reaction to the game while they're working through it. Most authors find this very useful (if sometimes difficult) to see. But if you're an author who would prefer a transcript of your game not be listed on this site, please let me know using the contact page.
Here are the transcripts of our past game-play sessions (these are rather lengthy and may take time to load, depending on your Internet connection). There are a lot of game transcripts here, as we've been at this a long time, so the easiest way to find the game you're looking for is probably to do a CTRL+F and search by title or author keyword. Alternately, pick a year to see all the transcripts for a given year: 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012.
You can also click (and/or consider bookmarking) this link to jump to the most recent transcript(s) in the list.
| 2007 |
| Nevermore by Nate Cull |
| Weishaupt Scholars by Michael Martin |
| Fear by Chuan-Tze Teo |
| Common Ground by Stephen Granade |
| Mother Loose by Irene Callaci |
| Lost Pig by Grunk |
| An Act of Murder by Hugh Dunnett |
| Lord Bellwater's Secret by Sam Gordon |
| House of Dream of Moon by the IF Whispers Team |
| Spur by Kent Tessman |
| The Day I Shot Hitler by Marius Müller |
| Nazi Mice by Ricardo Dague |
| The War On New Year's by Sam Kabo Ashwell |
| Not the Same Auld Lang Syne by Jacqueline A Lott |
| 2008 |
| Child's Play by Stephen Granade |
| Suveh Nux by David Fisher |
| Sunset Over Savannah by Ivan Cockrum |
| Frobozz Magic Support (& Hero, Inc.) by Nate Cull |
| Uncle Zebulon's Will (& Zugzwang) by Magnus Olsson |
| John's Fire Witch by John T. Baker II |
| Fine Tuned by Dionysius Porcupine |
| The Fire Tower by Jacqueline A. Lott |
| At Wit's End by Mike Sousa |
| Rameses by Stephen Bond |
| Firebird by Bonnie Montgomery |
| Punk Points by Jim Munroe |
| Gardening for Beginners by Juhana Leinonen |
| Spring Cleaning by Roger Carbol |
| EXTERMINATE! by Michael C. Martin |
| Cheater by Wesley Osam |
| The Weapon by Sean Barrett |
| Recluse by Stephen Gorrell |
| She's Got a Thing for a Spring by Brent VanFossen |
| Coke Is It! by Soda Pop Productions |
| You Are a Chef! by Dan Shiovitz |
| A Day for Fresh Sushi by Emily Short |
| Kid's Don't... by Dan Shiovitz |
| Tower of Beef by Ricardo Signes |
| Little Blue Men by Michael S. Gentry |
| A Bear's Night Out by David Dyte |
| The Moonlit Tower by Yoon Ha Lee |
| The Djinni Chronicles by J D Berry |
| The Elysium Enigma by Eric Eve |
| Kissing the Buddha's Feet by Leon Lin |
| The Awakening by Dennis Matheson |
| Metamorphoses by Emily Short |
| Gun Mute by C. E. J. Pacian |
| Attack of the Robot Yeti Zombies by Øyvind Thorsby |
| Fail-Safe, by Jon Ingold |
| Halothane, by Ravi Rajkumar |
| Toonesia, by Jacob Weinstein |
| Tale of the Kissing Bandit by J. Robinson Wheeler |
| A Change in the Weather, by Andrew Plotkin |
| Storm Cellar by P.F. Sheckarski |
| Fiendish Zoo by Elizabeth Heller |
| Bedtime Story by Taleslinger |
| The Bloody Guns by Stuart Allen |
| Phoenix's Landing: Destiny by Carolyn VanEseltine |
| Nine-Tenths of the Law by Jack Welch |
| Queen of Swords, by Jessica Knoch |
| Snowblind Aces, by C.E.J. Pacian |
| Spider and Web, by Andrew Plotkin |
| Violet, by Jeremy Freese |
| Nightfall, by Eric Eve |
| Everybody Dies, by Jim Munroe |
| What Happens in Vagueness by the IF Whispers Team |
| The Escapist by Rick Dague |
| Leap Time by Sarah Morayati |
| The Day I Mauled Mao! by Marius Müller |
| 2009 |
| The Cove by Kathleen M. Fischer |
| Ad Verbum by Nick Montfort |
| Things by Jacqueline A. Lott & Sam Kabo Ashwell |
| Glowgrass by Nate Cull |
| Earth and Sky by Paul O'Brian |
| Another Earth, Another Sky by Paul O'Brian |
| Luminous Horizon by Paul O'Brian |
| Undertow by Steven Granade |
| Guess the Verb! by Leonard Richardson |
| The Meteor, the Stone and a Long Glass of Sherbet by Graham Nelson |
| The Mind Electric by Jason Dyer |
| The Man from DEFRA by Kevan Davis |
| Escapade! by Juhana Leinonen |
| With a Wreath of Dewdrops by Jacqueline A. Lott & Sam Kabo Ashwell |
| La Seine by Derek Sutcliffe |
| Dead Like Ants by C. E. J. Pacian |
| Snack Time! by "Hardy the Bulldog" and Renee Choba |
| Unnkulia One-Half: The Salesman Triumpant by D. A. Leary |
| The Edifice by Lucian Smith |
| Tapestry by Daniel Ravipinto |
| Photograph by Steve Evans |
| 69,105 Keys by David Welbourn |
| Krakatoa Tuna Melt by David Welbourn |
| Floatpoint by Emily Short |
| Till Death Makes a Monk-Fish Out of Me by Jon Ingold & Mike Sousa |
| Game Developers Conference 2009 by Jim Munroe |
| Mingsheng by Deane Saunders |
| Shelter from the Storm by Eric Eve |
| The Bryant Collection by Gregory Weir |
| Scavenger by Quintin Stone |
| Being Andrew Plotkin by J. Robinson Wheeler |
| Lethe Flow Phoenix by Dan Shiovitz |
| Sam Fortune - Private Investigator by Steve Blanding |
| The Oracle by Brandon Allen |
| Cacophony by Owen Parish |
| Unscientific Fiction by Tom Tervoort |
| Downtown Tokyo, Present Day by John Kean |
| Finding the Mouse by James Dessart |
| BSE by Chris Smith |
| The Primrose Path by Nolan Bonvouloir |
| The Wedding by Neil James Brown |
| Gossip by Hugo Labrande |
| Obituary by Drew and Johnny |
| Selves by J'onn Roger |
| Afflicted by Doug Egan |
| Rover's Day Out by Jack Welch and Ben Collins-Sussman |
| Galatea by Emily Short |
| The Invisible Argonaut by Jacqueline A. Lott |
| Winter Wonderland by Laura Knauth |
| 2010 |
| The Lighthouse by Marius Müller |
| Awakening by Pete Gardner |
| Love Is as Powerful as Death, Jealousy Is as Cruel as the Grave:A Cambodian Love Story by Michael Whittington |
| Raising the Flag on Mount Yo Momma by Juhana Leinonen |
| Dulle Griet and the Antenorian Icebox by Sam Kabo Ashwell |
| The Day I Stabbed Stalin by Taleslinger |
| Sins Against Mimesis by Adam Thornton |
| Walker & Silhouette by C.E.J. Pacian |
| Varkana by Maryam Gousheh-Forgeot |
| shadows on the mirror by Chrysoula Tzavelas |
| Slap That Fish by Peter Nepstad |
| Orevore Courier by Brian Rapp |
| Goldilocks is a FOX! by Jason Guest |
| Hoosegow by Jack Welch and Ben Collins-Sussman |
| You are a Chef! by Dan Shiovitz |
| Janitor by Peter Seebach and Kevin Lynn |
| Queuelty by Sarah Morayati |
| Food Magic by P Hughes, C Madden, R Madden, L Hughes, & C Muckenhoupt |
| Apoptosis by Kate McKee |
| Mago by A Reed, A Othenin-Girard, & D Bowsman |
| Midair Madness by by Paul J. Furio |
| Safehouse by Benjamin Sokal |
| Lobsters on a Plane by Ben and Jack |
| Vortex 2305 by Jacqueline A Lott |
| PAX East 2010 Speed-IF by J McGrew & K Matthews |
| A Wizard Goes Shopping by Kevin Jackson-Mead |
| PAXless by Royce Odle |
| Marika the Offering by James Webb (aka revgiblet) |
| A Find Day for Reaping by James Webb (aka revgiblet) |
| Pathway to Destruction by Richard Otter |
| The One That Got Away by Leon Lin |
| Fragile Shells by Stephen Granade |
| Dual Transform by Andrew Plotkin as "Nigel Smith" |
| Party Foul by Brooks Reeves |
| Ka by Dan Efran |
| Roofed by Jim Munroe |
| Alien Abduction? by Charles Gerlach |
| A Day for Soft Food by Tod Levi |
| IF Progressive (1) by the IF Progressive Team |
| Mrs. Pepper's Nasty Secret by Jim Aikin and Eric Eve |
| To Hell in a Hamper by J. J. Guest |
| Every Day the Same Dream by Luis Gonzalez |
| Hoist Sail for the Heliopause and Home by Andrew Plotkin |
| The Mage Wars: Statue by Jim Fisher |
| Catapole by Adrien Saurat |
| Intro to Jabberwocky by Gregory Weir |
| The Fox, The Dragon, and The Stale Loaf of Bread by David Welbourn |
| Tin by Jim Aiken |
| Folkar Station by Doug Jones |
| The Waterhouse Women by Jacqueline A. Lott |
| Hey, Jingo! by Caleb Wilson |
| Madrigals of War and Love by Jason Dyer |
| Special Edition: IntroComp2010 Awards & Play Session |
| Tourist Trap by Iain Merrick |
| Cryptozookeeper by Robb Sherwin |
| A Fleeting Case of Self-Possession, or, Memento Moratori by Lea Albaugh |
| Closed Circles by M. M. Kathrel |
| Fang Vs. Claw by Oliver Ullmann |
| For the Love Of Ornery Blue Yaks by Doug Jones |
| Waker by Kevin Jackson-Mead |
| Plan 6 from Inner Earth by Adrien Saurat |
| Main Course by quantumsheep |
| I am the Law by djchallis |
| Yak Shaving for Kicks and Giggles! by J. J. Guest |
| 9:05 by Adam Cadre |
| Shrapnel by Adam Cadre |
| Adventurers Consumer Guide by Øyvind Thorsby |
| Aotearoa by Matt Wigdahl |
| Rogue of the Multiverse by C.E.J. Pacian |
| One Eye Open by Colin Sandel and Carolyn VanEseltine |
| The Twelve Heads of St. John the Baptist by Jake Wildstrom |
| The Blind House by Amanda Allen as "Maude Overton" |
| Only After Dark by Gunther Schmidl |
| 2011 |
| Death off the Cuff by Simon Christiansen |
| Starborn by Juhana Leinonen |
| The day I hugged Ghandi! by Taleslinger |
| The Unicorn Pool by Tiddy Ogg |
| Drama Queen 7 - Mother Knows Best by HermDog |
| Mite by Sara Dee |
| The People's Glorious Revolutionary Text Adventure Game by Taylor Vaughan |
| Baby Uncle New Year by Jonathan Blask |
| Flight of the Hummingbird by Michael Martin |
| Divis Mortis by Lynnea Dally |
| > by @ by Aaron Reed |
| Tryst of Fate by G. M. Zagurski |
| Degeneracy by Leonard Richardson |
| Hunter, In Darkness by Andrew Plotkin |
| A Scurvey of Wonders by Rob Dubbin, Courtney Stanton, and Darius Kazemi |
| Bored Ladders by Taleslinger |
| Brain of the Night Guest by Colin Sandel and Carolyn VanEseltine |
| Delusions Again by Duncan Bowsman |
| Digging Time! by Rob Wheeler |
| A Shadow of Helpfulman by Clara Raubertas |
| The Right Tool by Christopher Huang |
| Vault of Hugo II: Electric Boogaloo by Roody Yogurt |
| Merk by Jesse McGrew and Kate Matthews |
| A Simple Theft 1 & 2 by Mark J. Musante |
| Book and Volume by Nick Montfort |
| Heroes by Sean Barrett |
| The Dream-Trap of Zzar by S. John Ross |
| The man-eating, halitosic gorilla of Brazil by Leaner Gilts, "Strangle" Lei, Gain Tellers and Slat Leering |
| The Forests of Lachryma by Roger Carbol |
| Love, Hate and the Mysterious Ocean Tower by C.E.J. Pacian |
| Moondarkling: Elfboon by Sam Kabo Ashwell |
| Smoochiepoodle and the Bastion of Science by Carolyn VanEseltine |
| Spectrum by Colin Sandel |
| Light of my Stomach by David Fletcher |
| The Chinese Room by Joey Jones and Harry Giles |
| The Best Man by Rob Menke |
| The Blue Death by Eric Forgeot as "Otto Grimwald" |
| The Cavity of Time by Sam Kabo Ashwell |
| Haunted House by rockersuke |
| In Memory by Jacqueline A. Lott |
| IN-D-I-GO SOUL by Jonathan Blask as "Roody Yogurt" |
| Indigo by Emily Short |
| The Matter of the Monster by Andrew Plotkin |
| The Singular Adventure of the Indigo Violet by David Fletcher |
| Painting the Rainbow by Royce OdleThe Price by Chris Conley |
| Plundered Hearts by Amy Briggs |
| Nord and Bert Couldn't Make Head or Tail of It by Jeff O'Neill |
| Scary House Amulet! by Shrimpenstein |
| Choice of Broadsides by Adam Strong-Morse, Heather Albano, and Dan Fabulich |
| Fish! by Magnetic Scrolls Ltd. |
| Suspended by Michael Berlyn |
| Wishbringer: The Magick Stone of Dreams by Brian Moriarty |
| All Things Devours by half sick of shadows |
| Choice of the Petal Throne by Danielle Goudeau |
| Speculative Fiction by Thomas Mack |
| Choice of Zombies by Heather Albano |
| For A Change by Dan Schmidt |
| The Multi-Dimensional Thief by Joel Finch |
| Everybody Loves a Parade by Cody Sandifer |
| Scavenger by Quintin Stone |
| Till Death Makes a Monk-Fish Out of Me by Jon Ingold and Mike Sousa |
| Taco Fiction by Ryan Veeder |
| The Crystal Palace by Peter Orme |
| To Catch A Dragonfly by Andrew Metzger |
| Dragon Flies Like Labradorite by Troy Jones III |
| Yours is the Earth and everything that's in it by Justin de Vesine |
| The extraordinary events of the last day of Professor Mangleworth by "Taleslinger" |
| You are a Turkey! by Jacqueline A. Lott |
| Six by Wade Clarke |
| Things by Jacqueline A Lott and Sam Kabo Ashwell |
| In Search of Velocitas fictus by Jacqueline A Lott |
| Within a Wreath of Dewdrops by Alphonse de l'Entaille |
| This is the game that I wrote by David Welbourn |
| The Invisible Argonaut by Jacqueline A Lott |
| The Play by Deirdra Kiai |
| Escape from Santaland by Jason Ermer |
| 2012 |
| Birth of Mind by Justin de Visine |
| Ragnarok: Twilight of the Gods by Admiral Jota |
| Being the Ending of the Beginning by Chris Conley |
| Danse Nocturne by Eggerich von Eggermond |
| Stupid Creek. Stupid Christmas by Troy Jones III |
| Dash Slapney, Patrol Leader by Andrew Schultz |
| The Day I saved Elvis by Marius Müller |
| Mammoth Vacuum Button of Death by Daniel Airey |
| Party Arty, Man of La Munchies by Jonathan Blask as "Roody Yogurt" |
| Post-Christmas Letdown by E. Joyce |
| Three More Visitors by Paul Stanley |
| The Silence of the Gods by Adele Riquefort |
| Tales of a Clockwork Boy by Marius Müller |
| The Hugo Clock by Jason McWright |
| Retro-Nemesis by Robb Sherwin |
| SPINNING by Rob "Flack" O'Hara |
| World Builder by Paul Lee |
| Pigpancake by Aubra Penner |
| Moonwrecked by Colin Sandel and Carolyn VanEseltine |
| Hangar 22 by Rob O'Hara |
| Ecto Horror by Jonathan Blask as "Roody Yogurt" |
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