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1337: A Game Novel

Author(s)	Mark Fullmer
Publisher(s)	Real1st Games
Release date(s)	2010
Authoring system	HTML/PHP
Platform(s)	Facebook App
Language(s)	English
License(s)	Freeware
Multimedia
Color effects	B&W
Graphics	Noir Comic
Sound/Music	mp3
Ratings
Cruelty scale	Merciful

1337: A Game Novel is an interactive serial novel by Mark Fullmer. It uses Facebook App functionality to integrate a player's personal information into the storyline and employs RSS feeds to dynamically incorporate current events. Players' statistics are based on Jungian archetypes and traditional RPG character attributes.

Gameplay

Story navigation is similar to a choose your own adventure. Each of the novel's 300 pages prompts readers to select an option or supply their own. Choices shape either minor descriptions or major plot elements.

Plot

An elite group of ubernerd gamers (composed of the user's Facebook friends) are beta-testing an MMORPG called 1337. As the game unfolds, it begins to redefine traditional game elements of risk, agency, collaboration, and reward.

Links

Releases

1337: A Game Novel About Gaming

Reviews

Choice-based

Virtual reality

School

Mystery

Adventure

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-[http://apps.facebook.com/leetnovel 1337: A Game Novel About Gaming] is an interactive serial novel computer game released in 2010 by [http://real1stgames.com Real1st Games], makers of the hit haXX0r alternate reality online game. The game combines elements of both a empire simulator, first-person shooter, and role-playing game. It is notable for integrating Jungian archetypes into the RPG programming and for making use of web 2.0, user-generated NPCs. The principle author for both the coding and the story is currently unknown.
+[http://apps.facebook.com/leetnovel 1337: A Game Novel] is an interactive serial novel by [http://markfullmer.com Mark Fullmer]. It uses [http://developers.facebook.com Facebook App] functionality to integrate a player's personal information into the storyline and employs RSS feeds to dynamically incorporate current events. Players' statistics are based on Jungian archetypes and traditional RPG character attributes.
+[[Image:1337-screenshot.jpg|left]]
 ==Gameplay==
-[[Image:1337-screenshot.jpg|left]]The player joins a clan in the year 1337 A.D. as either a footsoldier to King Edward III of England or King Philip VI of France. Early gameplay involves traditional MMORPG gathering, exploring, and leveling-up tasks, which culminates in a ganking battle with the level's main boss.
+Story navigation is similar to a [[choose your own adventure]]. Each of the novel's 300 pages prompts readers to select an option or supply their own. Choices shape either minor descriptions or major plot elements.
-==Reception==
+==Plot==
-The game was reviewed by Gameology Magazine in late 2009 by David Breskin, a name which was later discovered to be fictitious. Gameology Magazine has not been available for comment on this matter. The supposed reviewer gave the game 3 1/2 out of 5 stars, writing "the thing that lost it those 1 1/2 stars for me was the cheesy binary code on the box cover. Or wait. Was it like wink-wink cheesy?"
+An elite group of ubernerd gamers (composed of the user's Facebook friends) are beta-testing an MMORPG called ''1337''. As the game unfolds, it begins to redefine traditional game elements of risk, agency, collaboration, and reward.
-* "Vaster than empires and more real. Frigteningly so." -- Dara Colbert, ''Spectre''
-* "One insane behemoth of a pesonality test." --''McFarley's Weekly''
-* "Tune in, turn on, drop out." -- Timothy Leary
-* "It requires some cooperation from God, but if he's willing, I'm willing." -- David Milch
-==Controversy==
-Real1st Games is one of many callsigns associated with the underground hacking collective Sparse. The group originated in Okinawa, under the leadership of Johnny Otaku, and is believed to be in some way connected to the Yakuza.
-The company originally attributed lead design of 1337 to "Mark Fullmer", which was later discovered to be an elaborate hoax, which included a fictitiously authored facebook page, [http://markfullmer.com personal weblog], and even complete short story and poetry collections. The true creator of 1337 remains unknown, though disgruntled fans are actively working to discover the identity.
-On January 15, 2010, the company was suddenly disbanded, though there has been speculation that this was simply media misdirection intended to divert attention from the company's clandestine operations.
 ==Links==
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 *[http://amutualrespect.org/words/2010/01/28/the-right-shadow-spoke-a-facebook-app-novel-shout-out The Right Shadow Spoke] by [http://markfullmer.com/Nick_Courage.htm Nick Courage]
 * [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NF8scNKsx9g youtube.com Game Trailer]
+* [http://real1stgames.com/1337.htm Winkipedia page]
 * [http://ifdb.tads.org/viewgame?id=zywjsol2de8yu3b IFDB page]
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-[[Category:Ported games]]
 [[Category:Adventure]]
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