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|Style=Choice | |||
|Developer=Emily Short, Richard Evans | |||
|Home page=https://versu.com | |||
|Status=Unavailable | |||
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'''Versu''' (originally named Little Text People) is a conversational IF engine developed by [[Emily Short]] and [[Richard Evans]]. | '''Versu''' (originally named Little Text People) is a conversational IF engine developed by [[Emily Short]] and [[Richard Evans]]. | ||
The Little Text People studio was acquired by Linden Labs (of Second Life fame) in early 2012. Development continued for the next two years; in this period, Linden released an iOS app called "Versu" which included short works by [[Emily Short]] and [[Deirdra Kiai]]. | The Little Text People studio was acquired by Linden Labs (of Second Life fame) in early 2012. Development continued for the next two years; in this period, Linden released an iOS app called "Versu" which included short works by [[Emily Short]] and [[Dietrich Squinkifer]] (writing as Deirdra Kiai). | ||
In early 2014, Linden cancelled the Versu project. A larger [[Emily Short]] work titled [[Blood & Laurels]] was briefly released on Feb 25th, apparently by mistake, and then withdrawn. After further negotiations, it was released officially though not under Linden branding, and was available for iPad on the iOS app store. | |||
According to [{{if50online|2013-a-family-supper}} a 2021 blog post] by [[Aaron Reed]], "Versu games are no longer playable, except on aging iPads that have never installed software updates since 2015 and have a certain version of the Versu software." | |||
==Links== | |||
* [https://versu.com Versu website]. | |||
* {{if50|A Family Supper|2013-a-family-supper|portal=VersuAFamilySupper|year=2013}}, an example of a Versu work. | |||
===Design Articles=== | |||
* [https://emshort.blog/2013/02/22/versu-content-structure/ Versu: Content Structure] by [[Emily Short]]. February 22, 2013. | |||
* [https://emshort.blog/2013/02/26/versu-conversation-implementation/ Versu: Conversation Implementation] by [[Emily Short]]. February 26, 2013. | |||
* [https://versublog.files.wordpress.com/2014/05/versu.pdf The AI Architecture of Versu] by [[Richard Evans|Richard Prideaux Evans]] and [[Emily Short]]. | |||
* [https://versublog.files.wordpress.com/2014/05/ptai_evans.pdf Computer Models of Constitutive Social Practice] by [[Richard Evans|Richard Prideaux Evans]]. | |||
* [https://versublog.files.wordpress.com/2014/05/praxis.pdf Praxis: A logic-based DSL for modeling social practices] by [[Richard Evans]]. Slide show. | |||
* [https://versublog.files.wordpress.com/2014/05/graham_versu.pdf Prompter: A Domain-Specific Language for Versu] by [[Graham Nelson]]. | |||
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Versu (originally named Little Text People) is a conversational IF engine developed by Emily Short and Richard Evans.
The Little Text People studio was acquired by Linden Labs (of Second Life fame) in early 2012. Development continued for the next two years; in this period, Linden released an iOS app called "Versu" which included short works by Emily Short and Dietrich Squinkifer (writing as Deirdra Kiai).
In early 2014, Linden cancelled the Versu project. A larger Emily Short work titled Blood & Laurels was briefly released on Feb 25th, apparently by mistake, and then withdrawn. After further negotiations, it was released officially though not under Linden branding, and was available for iPad on the iOS app store.
According to a 2021 blog post by Aaron Reed, "Versu games are no longer playable, except on aging iPads that have never installed software updates since 2015 and have a certain version of the Versu software."
Links
- Versu website.
- A Family Supper (portal) - 2013's work at 50 Years of Text Games, an example of a Versu work.
Design Articles
- Versu: Content Structure by Emily Short. February 22, 2013.
- Versu: Conversation Implementation by Emily Short. February 26, 2013.
- The AI Architecture of Versu by Richard Prideaux Evans and Emily Short.
- Computer Models of Constitutive Social Practice by Richard Prideaux Evans.
- Praxis: A logic-based DSL for modeling social practices by Richard Evans. Slide show.
- Prompter: A Domain-Specific Language for Versu by Graham Nelson.
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