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Vivienne Dunstan

Inform 7 source code for my IFComp game "Bad Beer" is now freely available in the IFArchive. It is also linked from Bad Beer's IFDB game web page. April 1 is Source Code Amnesty Day for interactive fiction games. More info about my release in my intfiction forum post intfiction.org/t/source-code-a #Inform #interactiveFiction #game #coding #GameDev #IndieGames #sourceCode #IFComp

The Interactive Fiction Community Forum · Source Code Amnesty Day 2025Bad Beer’s Inform 7 source code is in IFArchive and linked from the IFDB game page: The source code is presented in its original untidied form. Rather devoid of comments 😜 Using chapters to break up the game. And within each chapter broken down further into locations, NPCs and scenes. There’s also an “Extra coding” section at the end, implementing a few extra things. The code is pretty standard stuff. The only points of possibly particular interest are: The use...
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CM Thiede

@brembs #Wisconsin was rich in #German nomenclature right up until everyone associated the #dialect with #krauts (those #nazis over there)

Then everyone said: Nope, I'm #Polish just to avoid being kicked in the teeth.

If you're ever in #Milwaukee schedule a visit to #read the #past to #inform your #future

mpl.org/local_history/historic

mpl.orgHistoric Newspapers · MPLThe Milwaukee Public Library: inspiration starts here - we help people read, learn, and connect.
#MPL#CentralLibrary#librarians
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Vivienne Dunstan

Back to #interactiveFiction #game #coding, in #Inform, an almost magical natural language / declarative / object oriented #programming language for traditional parser interactive fiction games. I'm in early stages of my next game, but getting stuck in. Luckily for flighty me I have 7 main sections of game that I can work on independently. So can flit about as much as want to, depending on which bit(s) I feel inspired to work on at a time. #GameDev #IndieGame #IndieGames #TextGame #TextAdventure

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Vivienne Dunstan

More #interactiveFiction game coding, working on my new game in #Inform7. Currently building the main structure, working forward through the early stages of game. Now making a start on Chapter 2 - I suspect there will be 7 chapters by the end. And just named a property a house name that I am doubtful may ever have been used in real life. But is totally appropriate in this specific case. #GameDev #IndieGame #IndieGames #Game #TextGame #TextAdventure #Inform

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Vivienne Dunstan

Firing up #Inform7 on my #Mac to write another #interactiveFiction #game. Getting stuck into the prologue. This will be a much bigger game than I've written before, including 7 main sections in the #code. It is going to take some time. So best get on with it sooner rather than later! Excited to be back #coding. There's something magical about using this #declarative / #naturalLanguage / #objectOriented #programming language and IDE. #GameDev #IndieGame #TextGames #Parser #TextAdventure #Inform

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Mr Creosote

"The universe: huge, vast, 99,993% empty space, and lifeless... with a few exceptions. Earth: The only known inhabited planet. An insignificant pebble infested with insignificant specks of life. One of theses specks, Jace Nyglus, is about to learn of his insignificance."

It was only later that I learnt about the many relations in terms of origin and impact in whose spotlight this game lives.

goodolddays.net/en/game/Weirdn

#Weirdness
#MegaZeux
#Inform
#RetroGaming

title screen of the game: "Weirdness" in distorted letters
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Petey P. Twelve

🖥️ ⌨️ Some students and I, with a tremendous amount of advice, assistance, guidance, and wizardry from @spacehobo , have created an old-school text adventure to help teach about the importance of physical security in the context of cybersecurity. You can play it here:

lars.d.umn.edu/one_night_in_sf

We really cannot thank @spacehobo enough for his ideas, help and contributions! 🙏 We could not have done it without him.

We'd love for you to test it out and send feedback to pahp@d.umn.edu or create issues at github.com/UMDLARS/one_night_i. #if #InteractiveFiction #security #inform #PunyInform

It is your first day on the job at Titor & Associates Financial Forecasting. You applied here to gain access to their offices after hours to steal their valuable information off of their computers. They have state of the art cyber security preventing any digital leaks of the information so you are here to physically take it. You step through the front doors of the office. It is pitch black outside. You are here after hours. As you walk through the quiet foyer, your shoes clack against the floor echoing revealing just how silent this space is after hours. You approach the elevator and press the up button. The elevator *DINGS* and the doors open. Entering the elevator, you press the button labeled "13", the floor of the office you are going to burgle tonight! The elevator hums as it brings you up to the floor requested, however upon reaching the 13th floor, the door does not open. A slot just below the floor buttons begins to light up requesting a security pass, which you were given upon your hiring. Elevator You are in a quiet elevator, it has stopped at floor 13. A small scanner is flashing with green lights waiting for you to present your security pass. This elevator is a tutorial to help you understand the basics of this game, and to teach you some useful commands. To start, try using the LOOK command, or L for short. [Some text has been cut due to length limits]
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Vivienne Dunstan

Designing a new #interactiveFiction game. Made huge progress with the design yesterday. It's big for me in scale, and pretty ambitious, but exciting at the same time. I'm now pondering the overall game name. Which can be changed if I want to in future, but I'd prefer to settle on it sooner. Close to firing up a new #Inform source code file and setting up the initial structural framework. #IndieGame #IndieGames #GameDev #CreativeWriting #Coding #Programming #Game #Inform7 #TextAdventure #Parser

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Vivienne Dunstan

Was just double checking something in my final #IFComp #interactiveFiction #game file (#Inform 7/10 parser text game, compiled into Glulxe/blorb format, to be played with interpreters, or online in competition website). And of course I don't have my built in testing short cuts to try in the release version! So speed played the game, typing frantically! I think it's all ready for the comp starting in a couple of weeks. Excited to be participating as an author again this year. #GameDev #IndieGames

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