Interactive Fiction and Text Games

Melted JhonnycakeMelted Jhonnycake
edited February 2007 in Games
Anyone enjoy playing them?

I just downloaded a few today and they are pretty good. I've started playing this one called "Anchorhead" so far it's very similar to *The Shadow over Innsmouth

So feel free to discuss/reccomend any favorites it you are so inclined.

*I am not sure weather it is "A Shadow...", "The Shadow...", or just "Shadow Over...". I could look it up but I am far too lazy.

Comments

  • mariomario
    edited January 2007
    The classic book series "Choose Your Own Adventure" recently started releasing their books for the iPod! Here's their first, The Abominable Snowman!
  • brucebruce
    edited January 2007
    I'm writing a text adventure game right now, it's coming along well :)
  • HamelinHamelin
    edited January 2007
    I need an ipod just for that!
  • Melted JhonnycakeMelted Jhonnycake
    edited January 2007
    I think I may have had that choose your own adventure book, although it may have been the one about big foot.
  • illithid235illithid235
    edited January 2007
    A game that reminds you of "The Shadow over Innsmouth"? Is it set in the same type of location with the same type of crazy shit going on, or what? Sounds interesting. I didn't know any of his stuff went into other media besides Cthulhu stuff.

    I don't know if I've played any truly interactive fiction games before, but I think that the idea behind them is wonderful. Interactivity is the unique thing about video games and if they're going to be appreciated as an art form the interactivity is going to have to be increased. I love the Legacy of Kain games, but they're basically movies with some gameplay interwoven.

    Could you send me a link or something where I could download Anchorhead?
  • AgentcelAgentcel
    edited January 2007
    I have a "Choose your own adventure" book in which you buy a new computer and it takes over the world!
  • brucebruce
    edited January 2007
    Slick wrote: »
    So am I. It's made up of Microsoft Word Documents so it's not gonna work online because of the hyperlinks.

    Mine is an actual game, like H2G2 was :D Plus it'll be for OS X and Windows :D

    Quick plot: Aliens take over the world. Through a series of inane yet humourous events, you are the only one who can stop them. And remember: Your inventory is more significant than you think!
  • UnknownUnknown
    edited January 2007
    dang. I lose.
  • Melted JhonnycakeMelted Jhonnycake
    edited January 2007
    illithid235 wrote: »
    A game that reminds you of "The Shadow over Innsmouth"? Is it set in the same type of location with the same type of crazy shit going on, or what? Sounds interesting. I didn't know any of his stuff went into other media besides Cthulhu stuff.

    I don't know if I've played any truly interactive fiction games before, but I think that the idea behind them is wonderful. Interactivity is the unique thing about video games and if they're going to be appreciated as an art form the interactivity is going to have to be increased. I love the Legacy of Kain games, but they're basically movies with some gameplay interwoven.

    Could you send me a link or something where I could download Anchorhead?
    It seems like "The Shadow over Innsmouth so far, but other stuff, might Lovecraftian happen aswell, I really haven't done much except look around the town, Anchorhead, I'm a bit stuck on what to do really.

    It is here with some other ones, but you'll have to get a Z-code player dealie in order to play it which you'll probably be able to find just by Googling.
  • Drooling IguanaDrooling Iguana
    edited January 2007
    I tried to make a sequel to the HHGTTG game in QBasic way back when, but lost interest before long. It was going to cover the rest of the first book after the landing on Magrathea.

    I did, however, make my own IF game for my old Casio FX-795P when I was a kid. The parser was kind of rudimentary (commands were just one word rather than a short phrase like most IF games) but it was still somewhat cool. I don't have a copy of it any more, though. I had a tape drive for the thing for a while, but it was never very reliable and I don't know if I ever backed that particular game up. Don't have any of my old tapes now anyway.
  • HamelinHamelin
    edited January 2007
    I've had good dealings with winfrotz for all my Z-machine interpreting needs.
  • Melted JhonnycakeMelted Jhonnycake
    edited January 2007
    I use Zoom, cuz I'm on a mac, it's a pretty neat little program.
  • GarnetGarnet
    edited February 2007
    I got into interactive fiction for awhile to try something different. They can be quite fun and if you play the right type of music with them, some of them are very immersive.

    9:05 is a good game to start out with if you're a beginner. It's very short, but interesting.

    I really enjoyed playing Pytho's Mask. It's more of a swashbuckling type of game. You have to ask alot of questions, but the enviroment makes it seem like the characters are alive and active.

    Galatea is interesting in that you ask questions to one character. Depending on your questions, the npc will act differently if you are sensitive or hostile, heh.

    I can't remember what program you need to download for the two above games, but I suppose the website has links and such to what you need.

    I so need to try more of these when I get the time.
  • Ace76Ace76
    edited February 2007
    i need to find some really good text adventures...i cant find any i dont have to pay for
  • Drooling IguanaDrooling Iguana
    edited February 2007
    Photopia was pretty good, but it's more like a short story with the occasional bit of interaction that just happened to run in a Z-Code interpreter than an actual IF game with puzzles 'n stuff.
  • Ace76Ace76
    edited February 2007
    ill try it out it seems like something i would like

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