#parser games

After months of collecting, compiling and formatting, we are finally unveiling our biggest project to date:

INTRODUCING: The Interact-IF Database

In an effort to help readers find games and WIP projects following a certain tag, genre, theme or level of customization, as well as finding diverse authors of a variety of identities, we have created a database of primarily Tumblr-based IF projects!

This list has been put together with the help of the authors of the featured projects, who have provided us with information about their games. It will be updated regularly by the mods of this Tumblr.

Are you a reader looking for your next read?

Head over on to our list [link].

The projects on this database are in compliance with our FAQ and Guidelines. We reserve the right to not include entries sent by authors if their projects do not follow said guidelines.

Are you an IF author/dev wanting to share your project?

• You can fill in this form [link].

Are you the author of one of the projects and found an error?

• Let us know through this form [link].

Do you have questions about our database?

• Head over to our Database FAQ first to see if we provided an answer for it. You can always send us an ask otherwise.

A quiz from a magazine. A bored friend. His notepad, his dice, and altogether too much time until the rest of your friends arrive.

My new interactive fiction toy/game, THE EXIGENT SEASONS, is now available to either play in your browser or to download for use with any Glulx interpreter.

There's a frame story, but the game is mostly a big personality quiz: choose which path to take in a series of 10 crisis events, and you'll find out which of 33 possible futures you'll secure for your people. I want to hear your results!

...because sometimes @sqbr will ask “why can’t I throw the dice?” and you’ll end up teaching yourself how to use random number functions.

[transcript behind the fold.]

Hi everyone!

Over the past year, we have shared many interesting IF projects on this blog. With thousands of posts created, and the Tumblr search function not always being reliable, we wanted to provide a better alternative to help readers find what to read next.

In an effort to help readers find games with certain tags, genres, themes or level of customization, as well as finding diverse authors of a variety of identities, we are putting together a database of tumblr-based IF games and projects!

This central list will also help us create better recommendation lists and find games you may have been looking for.

Behind the scenes, we have tried compiling a list of projects we have shared the past year, but realized we were making a lot of assumptions about these games (eg: genre, themes, etc...). As we want to ensure the information on this database is correct, we want to reach out to fellow IF authors and dev out there to help us in this endeavour.

Here is the link to the form [link], feel free to share it around your fellow authors and spread the word!

FAQ

Game map for my first experiment with Inform 7, which will hopefully be going up on IFComp quite soon. 

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