#text-game

@episims gave me a tag, thank you! I forge tto do these a lot so I am doing now while it's fresh.

Last song(s): Unbroken Road by Jeremy Soule from the Skyrim OST.

Favourite colour: Some kind of blue, it rotates

Currently watching: Several animes I like to call 'my shojo bullshit'

Last movie: Sinners

Currently reading: Text on the internet

Sweet, spicy, or savoury: Sweet. I am a sugar gremlin.

Relationship: Married

Current obsession: Sims 2. I mean, it's a strong obsession and has been an obsession for many years. But if I need to throw something new into the mix then maybe the Oblivion Remaster at this time?

Last googled: 'words for jagged'

Currently working on: Writing some spice, recoloring some tea boxes.

ROLE FOR RESISTANCE

Darkness has overtaken the land.

What role will you play?

Text games have come a long way from Zork. Thanks to new tools, new authors, and ubiquitous mobile devices enabling new players, the interactive fiction genre is enjoying a revival of sorts.

Game Developer spoke with Inklewriter dev Jon Ingold, longtime author Andrew Plotkin, indie dev and advocate Anna Anthropy, Failbetter Games CEO Alexis Kennedy, and interactive-fiction pioneer Emily Short about how (and why) the IF scene is expanding.