Writing Exchange

Alexander ShendiPlaying "Lock and Key"! Dungeon was a fail: Guards were eaten by the Lion in A2 and the prisoner escaped!<a href="https://rollenspiel.social/tags/if" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#if</a> <a href="https://rollenspiel.social/tags/InteractiveFiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#InteractiveFiction</a> <a href="https://rollenspiel.social/tags/glulx" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#glulx</a> <a href="https://rollenspiel.social/tags/LockAndKey" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#LockAndKey</a> <a href="https://rollenspiel.social/tags/inform" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#inform</a>

Vivienne DunstanInform 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 <a href="https://intfiction.org/t/source-code-amnesty-day-2025/74279/19" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://intfiction.org/t/source-code-amnesty-day-2025/74279/19</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Inform" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Inform</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/interactiveFiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#interactiveFiction</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/game" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#game</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/coding" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#coding</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/GameDev" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#GameDev</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/IndieGames" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#IndieGames</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/sourceCode" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#sourceCode</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/IFComp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#IFComp</a>

Vivienne DunstanReminded of April 1 Source Code Amnesty Day for interactive fiction games, I've just uploaded Inform source code for my IFComp 2024 entry Bad Beer. Source uploaded to IFArchive, and will take some days to process. Maybe ready by April 1st or soon after? Fab initiative. <a href="https://www.ifwiki.org/Source_Code_Amnesty_Day" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.ifwiki.org/Source_Code_Amnesty_Day</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/IFComp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#IFComp</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/interactiveFiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#interactiveFiction</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/coding" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#coding</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/sourceCode" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#sourceCode</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Inform" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Inform</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/GameDev" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#GameDev</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/IndieGame" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#IndieGame</a>

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Vivienne DunstanGood bit of middle of the night <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Inform" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Inform</a> 7/10 <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/interactiveFiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#interactiveFiction</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/coding" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#coding</a>, researching the "Hybrid Choices" extension, which will let me switch to CYOA choice format for a few key dialogue moments in my parser text adventure game. Looks like it should be perfect for my needs. <a href="https://github.com/i7/extensions/blob/10.1/AW%20Freyr/Hybrid%20Choices-v7.i7x" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://github.com/i7/extensions/blob/10.1/AW%20Freyr/Hybrid%20Choices-v7.i7x</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/GameDev" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#GameDev</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/IndieGame" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#IndieGame</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/TextAdventure" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TextAdventure</a>

Damon L. WakesPossibly my favourite thing about writing these Bubble Gumshoe text adventures is coming up with the confectionery-based characters and little jokes about them. <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/ScreenshotSaturday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ScreenshotSaturday</a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/gamedev" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#gamedev</a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/inform" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#inform</a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/inform7" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#inform7</a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/InteractiveFiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#InteractiveFiction</a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/BubbleGumshoe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BubbleGumshoe</a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/WhoWhackedJimmyPi%C3%B1ata" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WhoWhackedJimmyPiñata</a>

Damon L. WakesOne of the things I'm hoping to do with my latest Bubble Gumshoe mystery is to expand Sugar City and unite the environments from the previous games. Who Whacked Jimmy Piñata? will feature the crime scenes from both Who Shot Gum E. Bear? and Who Iced Mayor McFreeze? Also, as with those previous instalments, you'll be able to taste and smell way more of the setting than is probably sensible. <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/ScreenshotSaturday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ScreenshotSaturday</a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/InteractiveFiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#InteractiveFiction</a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/Inform" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Inform</a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/IFComp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#IFComp</a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/BubbleGumshoe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BubbleGumshoe</a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/WhoWhackedJimmyPi%C3%B1ata" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WhoWhackedJimmyPiñata</a>

Damon L. WakesNot exactly a New Year's Resolution because I started at the tail end of 2024 and I'm definitely not going to keep it going all year, but I'm currently setting aside every Saturday to work on my IFComp entry for 2025: "Who Whacked Jimmy Piñata?" <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/NewYearsResolution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NewYearsResolution</a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/IFComp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#IFComp</a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/Inform" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Inform</a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/WhoWhackedJimmyPi%C3%B1ata" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WhoWhackedJimmyPiñata</a>

WordofTheHour<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/inform" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#inform</a> : without regular form- French: informe- German: informiert- Portuguese: informar- Spanish: informar------------Fill in missing translations @ <a href="https://wordofthehour.org/r/translations" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://wordofthehour.org/r/translations</a>

Vivienne DunstanAnd several minutes later after updating my <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Twine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Twine</a> version I've made a good start. The Twine plot/puzzle diagram for just part of my new parser <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/interactiveFiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#interactiveFiction</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/game" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#game</a> is already vastly more complex than the example in the picture above. I've lots more to figure out before I can start <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/coding" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#coding</a> it properly in <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Inform" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Inform</a> 7/10.

Vivienne DunstanFiring up <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Twine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Twine</a> to figure out a plot/geography puzzle/state transition diagram for my current <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/interactiveFiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#interactiveFiction</a> parser <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/game" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#game</a>. I don't usually do this but since this portion of my game will require <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/coding" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#coding</a> a lot of mini scenes and timed actions in <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Inform" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Inform</a> 7/10 I want to design first. Sort of like in pic (not this game). <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/GameDev" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#GameDev</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/IndieGame" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#IndieGame</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/GameDesign" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#GameDesign</a>

Victor GijsbersDownnorthwest is a direction. Understand "dnw" as downnorthwest. Downnorthwest has opposite upsoutheast.<a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/tags/Inform" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Inform</a> <a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/tags/IF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#IF</a> <a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/tags/InteractiveFiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#InteractiveFiction</a>

Vivienne DunstanBack to <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/interactiveFiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#interactiveFiction</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/game" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#game</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/coding" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#coding</a>, in <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Inform" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Inform</a>, an almost magical natural language / declarative / object oriented <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/programming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#programming</a> 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. <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/GameDev" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#GameDev</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/IndieGame" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#IndieGame</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/IndieGames" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#IndieGames</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/TextGame" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TextGame</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/TextAdventure" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TextAdventure</a>

Susan Larson ♀️🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🌈<a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Voters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Voters</a> could <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/undo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#undo</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Missouri" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Missouri</a>’s <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/abortionban" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#abortionban</a> in November. Here are some key things to help <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/inform" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#inform</a> your <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/vote" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#vote</a> on <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Amendment3" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Amendment3</a>. <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Women" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Women</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Transgender" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Transgender</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/LGBTQ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#LGBTQ</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/LGBTQIA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#LGBTQIA</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Missouri" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Missouri</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Voting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Voting</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/WomansRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WomansRights</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/AbortionRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AbortionRights</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Abortion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Abortion</a><a href="https://www.ksmu.org/news/2024-10-10/voters-could-undo-missouris-abortion-ban-in-november-here-are-some-key-things-to-help-inform-your-vote-on-amendment-3" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.ksmu.org/news/2024-10-10/voters-could-undo-missouris-abortion-ban-in-november-here-are-some-key-things-to-help-inform-your-vote-on-amendment-3</a>

Vivienne DunstanMore <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/interactiveFiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#interactiveFiction</a> game coding, working on my new game in <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Inform7" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Inform7</a>. 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. <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/GameDev" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#GameDev</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/IndieGame" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#IndieGame</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/IndieGames" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#IndieGames</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Game" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Game</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/TextGame" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TextGame</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/TextAdventure" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TextAdventure</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Inform" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Inform</a>

Vivienne DunstanFiring up <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Inform7" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Inform7</a> on my <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Mac" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Mac</a> to write another <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/interactiveFiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#interactiveFiction</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/game" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#game</a>. Getting stuck into the prologue. This will be a much bigger game than I've written before, including 7 main sections in the <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/code" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#code</a>. It is going to take some time. So best get on with it sooner rather than later! Excited to be back <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/coding" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#coding</a>. There's something magical about using this <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/declarative" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#declarative</a> / <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/naturalLanguage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#naturalLanguage</a> / <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/objectOriented" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#objectOriented</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/programming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#programming</a> language and IDE. <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/GameDev" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#GameDev</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/IndieGame" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#IndieGame</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/TextGames" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TextGames</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Parser" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Parser</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/TextAdventure" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TextAdventure</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Inform" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Inform</a>

Petey P. Twelve🖥️ ⌨️ Some students and I, with a tremendous amount of advice, assistance, guidance, and wizardry from <a href="https://teh.entar.net/@spacehobo" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@spacehobo</a> , 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:<a href="https://lars.d.umn.edu/one_night_in_sf/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://lars.d.umn.edu/one_night_in_sf/</a>We really cannot thank <a href="https://teh.entar.net/@spacehobo" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@spacehobo</a> 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 <a href="https://github.com/UMDLARS/one_night_in_sf/issues" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://github.com/UMDLARS/one_night_in_sf/issues</a>. <a href="https://teh.entar.net/tags/if" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#if</a> <a href="https://teh.entar.net/tags/InteractiveFiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#InteractiveFiction</a> <a href="https://teh.entar.net/tags/security" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#security</a> <a href="https://teh.entar.net/tags/inform" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#inform</a> <a href="https://teh.entar.net/tags/PunyInform" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#PunyInform</a>

Vivienne DunstanDesigning a new <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/interactiveFiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#interactiveFiction</a> 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 <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Inform" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Inform</a> source code file and setting up the initial structural framework. <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/IndieGame" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#IndieGame</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/IndieGames" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#IndieGames</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/GameDev" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#GameDev</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/CreativeWriting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CreativeWriting</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Coding" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Coding</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Programming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Programming</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Game" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Game</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Inform7" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Inform7</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/TextAdventure" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TextAdventure</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Parser" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Parser</a>

Vivienne DunstanWas just double checking something in my final <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/IFComp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#IFComp</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/interactiveFiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#interactiveFiction</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/game" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#game</a> file (<a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Inform" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Inform</a> 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. <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/GameDev" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#GameDev</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/IndieGames" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#IndieGames</a>

Vivienne DunstanTonight’s supper <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/reading" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#reading</a> material. And hugely relieved that past me stuck postit notes in years ago at just the sections I need right now for polishing my latest <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/interactiveFiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#interactiveFiction</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/game" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#game</a>! <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/textAdventure" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#textAdventure</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/GameDev" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#GameDev</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/TextGames" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TextGames</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/IndieGames" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#IndieGames</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/IFComp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#IFComp</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/games" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#games</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/coding" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#coding</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Inform" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Inform</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#books</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Bookstodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Bookstodon</a>

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