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An experimental work that "deals with problems of non-[[linear|linearity]] in text adventures, and ways the [[player]] perceives them. It actually consists of two pieces, each of them representing one of the two extremes of [[interactivity]]."

{{game infobox|title=Suprematism in IF|image=|author=[[Andrey Grankin]]|publisher=n/a|released=03-Feb-2007|authsystem=[[TADS 2]]|platform=TADS 2|language=English|license=Freeware|color=none|graphics=none|sound=none|cruelty=Merciful}}

==How It Begins==
''Note: There are two [[story file]]s in this work.''

In <tt>'''black.gam'''</tt>, you might be anyone in Grankin's Black Room. It is dark, and you cannot do anything.

In <tt>'''white.gam'''</tt>, you are the author of the work and in a wonderful place. Your imagination is boundless, and you can do anything.

==Notable Features==
* Not a game. The player-character, such as he or she exists, has no goals to persue or puzzles to solve. The work has no ending.
* The work's [[title]] and [[author]] are not named in the work itself, although the white version claims to be titled ''The Absolutely Interactive Game''.
* The black version subverts the standard out-of-game commands. The [[save]], [[restart]], [[restore]], and [[quit]] commands do not work as they normally do. The player can only quit the work via the TADS interpreter controls.

==Trivia and Comments==
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suprematism Suprematism] is a style of art based on basic geometric shapes like squares, circles, and triangles. The style was founded by the Russian painter Kasimir S. Malevich in 1913.
* Although the two versions are functionally very similar, some players may experience the [[agency]] or [[interaction]] of the two versions somewhat differently.

==Versions==
===First Release===
* ''Suprematism in IF'' ([[Andrey Grankin]]; 03-Feb-2007; TADS 2).
** {{ifarchive|games/tads/|suprematism.zip}}

The zipfile contains two [[story file]]s:
* <tt>black.gam</tt> - "Version 0.0. The Final One."
* <tt>white.gam</tt> - "Version 65535.99999. Not to be finalized, ever."

==Links==
* [http://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.int-fiction/msg/26672281e1d867bb New Game Uploaded to If-Archive: Suprematism in IF] - Announcement on rec.games.int-fiction on February 3rd, 2007.

===General info===
* {{ifdb game|Suprematism in IF|dg0i078bvta0uw9g}}.
* {{ifwizz|Suprematism in IF|suprematism-in-if-(2007-en)}}.

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