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''See also => [http://if.home.comcast.net Teaching and Learning With Interactive Fiction]'' | ''See also => [http://if.home.comcast.net Teaching and Learning With Interactive Fiction]''<BR> | ||
''See also => [http://brasslantern.org/editorials/teaching-esl.html Teaching English as a Second Language (ESL) with IF] .. [http://brasslantern.org/editorials/teaching-critical.html Teaching Critical Thinking with IF] (Brass Lantern)'' | |||
* [http://groups.google.com/group/rec.arts.int-fiction/browse_frm/thread/86b198661cf5fdc0/c70496a2b6434522 Kids' interest in IF (Aug 2005)] | * [http://groups.google.com/group/rec.arts.int-fiction/browse_frm/thread/86b198661cf5fdc0/c70496a2b6434522 Kids' interest in IF (Aug 2005)] | ||
Revision as of 09:21, 9 October 2005
This is a collection of miscellaneous Past raif topics not directly to do with the development of IF.
If you add or change any of the sections on this page, remember to update the entry on the Past raif topics page as well.
Courses in IF
See also => A sample one week and one month syllabus on IF (Nick Montfort)
Books
See also => Game Design: Theory and Practice review (Brass Lantern)
- Suggested reading related to IF (Jan 1997)
- Recommended reading (IF related) (May 1992)
- Influential books / references about IF (Jan 1991)
- Twisty Little Passages: An Approach to IF (Nick Montfort) (Apr 2004)
See also => Summary and Table of Contents .. review by Paul O'Brian .. review by Stephen Granade (Brass Lantern) - Creating Emotion in Games
- Chris Crawford on Interactive Storytelling
See also => a review by Emily Short - IF Theory book / academia vs others (Dec 2001)
- IF Theory book / narrative vs puzzle (Nov 2001)
- Hamlet on the Holodeck (book review) / stories (Sep 1998)
Humor
- RAIF Pool, the ultimate IF language (Apr 1996) ..
- RAIF Pool #2 (Jan 1999)
- The well dressed adventurer (Aug 1997) ..
- Signs you've been spending too much time on RAIF (May 1998)
- You've been coding too much Inform when ... (Jan 2001)
- You know you've played too much Infocom when ... (XYZZY article) (May 1996)
- Chicken crossing the road (Jul 1998)
- Getting a kitten out of a tree (Jun 1999)
- Silly game elements: round one (May 1996)
- Silly game elements: round two (May 1996)
- Silly game elements: round two #2 (May 1996)
- Silly game elements: round three (May 1996)
- Murphy's rules of IF (Aug 1996)
- Make IF fast ! (Sep 1996)
- Playtester available immediately ! (Dec 1993)
- Announcing "Zork: Mimesis" (Apr 1996)
- NPC's point of view (transcript) (Jun 2005)
- Songs translated into IF commands (Jul 1998)
- How to order a bagel / toroidophagic intent (Jul 2000)
- IF Haikus (Jul 2000)
- Game author sued for mentioning "caves" (Sep 2000)
- Shooting yourself in the foot in various languages (Jun 1999)
- Snap - a new IF language ! (Apr 2004)
History / Infocom
See also => The history of IF .. A brief history of amateur IF .. The Colossal Cave Adventure page (& Wikipedia article)
See also => Timeline of Adventure Game History
See also => Infocom home page .. The Infocom Page .. The Storybook History of IF (Infocom) .. Infocom game trivia (XYZZY News)
See also => Infocom .. Infocom games (IFWiki articles)
See also => if-archive/infocom
- Milestones in the history of IF (Sep 1993)
- Why text adventures died (Oct 22)
- Infocom fact sheet (chronology, list of games, etc) (Dec 1992)
- History of Infocom (Dec 2000)
- History of Inform language & Z-Code (Jan 2000)
- Zork Implementation Language (ZIL) (Feb 1996)
- Infocom data file format (Feb 1991)
- Favorite Infocom games (Dec 1992)
- Worst Infocom game (Apr 1994)
- Least satisfying Infocom games (Dec 2000)
- Most difficult Infocom game (Oct 2000)
- Infocom books (May 1993)
Polls / surveys
- What kind of IF author are you ? (Jan 2004)
- How did you get hooked on IF / changed opinions of IF / favorite puzzle (Jul 1994)
- Age of RAIF people (Jun 1997)
- Average age of IF authors (Feb 2001)
- Unfinished WIPs (Feb 2003)
- How people design games (Aug 1995)
- How long to learn IF system / write a game ? (Jun 1999)
- Time taken to write game (May 2003)
- Time taken to write IF comp game (Jul 2000)
- Taste in games / what people like (Mar 1995)
- Prefer long or short games ? (Aug 1997)
- Longest IF game you have played / would play (Apr 1996)
- Style / game type preferences (Nov 1996)
- Style / game type preferences #2 (Nov 1996)
- How people came up with game titles (May 2003)
- Ideas for first attempts at IF (Nov 2003)
- Game ideas / things already done (Apr 2001)
- Settings / what has already been done (May 2001)
- Settings done before in IF games (Dec 1999)
- Desired extensions to Inform (June 2004)
- Which OS people use for development (Jul 2002)
- Perfect world / if given unlimited resources for IF (Mar 1999)
- The perfect game (Jun 2001)
- Cruellest puzzle (Jun 1997)
- Most hated puzzle (Feb 1998)
- Good story games (ie. non puzzle games) (Feb 2000)
- Music to listen to while playing IF (Nov 1999)
Recommended Games
See also => Interactive Fiction Recommendations (Nick Montfort) .. IF Literacy (Emily Short)
See also => Recommended_games (IFWiki article)
- Adventure game canon / most important games (Jun 1996)
- Canon of IF / most influential games (Oct 1999)
- IF game recommendations (Jan 1999)
Children, Education and IF
See also => Teaching and Learning With Interactive Fiction
See also => Teaching English as a Second Language (ESL) with IF .. Teaching Critical Thinking with IF (Brass Lantern)
- Kids' interest in IF (Aug 2005)
- Writing IF for children (Sep 2000)
- IF games for children / recommendations (Oct 1998)
- IF games suitable for kids (Sep 2005)
Web based IF
- Web based IF games (Nov 1998)
- Web based IF (Dec 1999)
- Web based IF (May 2005)
- Web based IF (SSM / Standard Stateless Mode) (Sep 1999)
- Putting text adventures on the web (Sep 1999)
- Any IF online ? (Jun 2005)
Relatives of IF
See also Choose your own adventure .. Role-playing_game .. CRPG .. Mud (IFWiki articles)
- Static fiction vs IF (Sep 2001)
- I-Story telling vs I-Fiction (Jan 2004)
- Hypertext fiction (Oct 1994)
- Hyperfiction / hypertext fiction (May 1995)
- Choose Your Own Adventure (CYOA) (Jan 2004)
- Choose Your Own Adventure system (May 1998)
- Choose Your Own Adventure + comments on Photopia (Dec 1998)
- Choose Your Own Adventure system ideas (Jan 1998)
- Choose Your Own Adventure & MUDs & IF (Jan 2000)
- MUDs & IF (Jan 2004)
- Adding plots / storylines to MUDs (Feb 1997)
- Difference between IF and MUDs (Feb 1998)
- MUDs & multi player IF (Jan 1993)
- MUDs and multi user IF (Nov 1994)
- Role playing & IF (Feb 1999)
- Role Playing Games (RPGs) & IF (Dec 2000)
- Things found in RPGs not desirable in IF (Dec 2000)
- RPGs & IF / FUDGE as an IF system (Dec 2000)
- Myst vs text adventure (May 1998)
- Point and click adventures (May 1998)
- Roguelike games (Feb 1997)
- 3D Interactive Fiction (Sep 1998)
- IF & 3D engines (Quake) (Jun 1998)