{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"The Short Game","title":"31: Interactive Fiction","html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https://share.transistor.fm/e/16cd0edd\"></iframe>","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":4642,"description":"The Short Game attempts to discuss an entire genre-defying medium of game design: text-based interactive fiction. That’s right, we’re talking about old-school text adventures, but also newer developments like Twine games and more interactive text driven games.\nWe discuss the history of interactive fiction, the interactive fiction scene today, and recommend a number of games that might be good for beginners or anyone interested in a good interactive read.\n\nPlease forgive our decrease in audio quality this week; we were traveling and recording under less-than-ideal conditions.\n(Lots of) Links for this episode:\n\nColossal Cave Adventure\nZork\nInterview with the creators of Zork, in the form of a text adventure\nInfocom\nFeelies\nPlanetfall Feelies\nBureaucracy Feelies \nHitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy Infocom Adventure\nTwine – an open-source tool for telling interactive, nonlinear stories\nInform – a design system for creating parser IF\nIFComp – An annual celebration of new, text-driven digital games and stories from independent creators.\nLost Treasures of Infocom for iOS\nIFDB – Interactive Fiction Database\nEmily Short on the IFDB\nGalatea by Emily Short\nFrotz for iOS – A great application for playing parser-based IF on iOS\nChild’s Play\nSavoir-Faire\nThe Dreamhold – A free IF adventure designed for people who’ve never played IF before, by master IF designer Andrew Plotkin. Our highest recommendation for newcomers!\nSpider and Web\nLost Pig\nChoice of the Dragon\nCounterfeit Monkey\nCreatures Such As We – IFComp winner, “A dating sim about how humanity connects through art, even out in the vastness of space.”\nKing of Dragon Pass\nFallen London aka Echo Bazaar\nIcebound\nXyzzy Awards\nSpring Thing\nPeople’s Republic of Interactive Fiction – How to Play Card\nBrass Lantern – Beginners Page\nInform (parser-based) Interactive Fiction Interpreters\nHadean Lands by Andrew Plotkin\n80 Days\nBlood & Laurels\n\nYou can follow our show on Twitter at @_shortgame\nYour hosts this week were:\n\nRaygan Kelly...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/CxYZwjjs_4iLjyLDzLnaaznbL5170eSsi-gM7hls96Q/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9iYzFm/ZGZmOGU2NDYxOTZl/YzAzNTU2NWM4MzJk/NzBmNy5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}