I was gripped the moment I entered the red blobby cave. The detail environment captivated me, I was so enthralled in the adventure that I did not notice that I was playing until 12, endlessly grinding quests in the detailed world. When finally given the chance, I decided to embark on my own to find a whole new depth of gameplay to await me. Easy 5/5.
tnelsond: While "use" is pretty much the verb of choice in graphical adventures, it is actually a very uncommon verb in text adventures because it is so vague.
alexlarioza: Though there is at least one Flash interpreter for zcode (which is the simpler/smaller of the formats Inform can compile to), "DangerousII" is actually running in Parchment, which is JavaScript, not Flash: http://code.google.com/p/parchment/
In recent versions of Inform 7, making a webpage that uses Parchment to play your zcode game is as easy as saying "Release along with an interpreter." If you're looking at making a game that's too big to compile to zcode, a javascript glux interpreter, called Quixe, is in beta now, though it does not yet support images/sound. So yes, if you're interested in interactive fiction, there are plenty of options and you should definitely look into it!
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The detail environment captivated me, I was so enthralled in the adventure that I did not notice that I was playing until 12, endlessly grinding quests in the detailed world. When finally given the chance, I decided to embark on my own to find a whole new depth of gameplay to await me.
Easy 5/5.
Beautiful!
LOL
alexlarioza: Though there is at least one Flash interpreter for zcode (which is the simpler/smaller of the formats Inform can compile to), "DangerousII" is actually running in Parchment, which is JavaScript, not Flash: http://code.google.com/p/parchment/
In recent versions of Inform 7, making a webpage that uses Parchment to play your zcode game is as easy as saying "Release along with an interpreter." If you're looking at making a game that's too big to compile to zcode, a javascript glux interpreter, called Quixe, is in beta now, though it does not yet support images/sound. So yes, if you're interested in interactive fiction, there are plenty of options and you should definitely look into it!