Re:50 Years of Text Games – A 2021 Journey from Oregon Trail...
by SoSoRoCoCo on Saturday January 02, 2021 @03:50PM
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> one-time chance to pick up bubblegum in the first area of the game isn't something that is done anymore.
This is what I said in peer post a few hours ago. That's because the genre has been critically analyzed over the past 50 years.
Although the "click the keyword" modern I.F. really doesn't do it for me. I prefer the open-ended interpreters.
There is a doctoral thesis on this called "Twisty Little Passages". It discusses several "fundamental laws" of I.F. that were derived from the Infocom games of the 70's and 80's, such as your "bubblegum" complaint.
This is what I said in peer post a few hours ago. That's because the genre has been critically analyzed over the past 50 years.
Although the "click the keyword" modern I.F. really doesn't do it for me. I prefer the open-ended interpreters.
There is a doctoral thesis on this called "Twisty Little Passages". It discusses several "fundamental laws" of I.F. that were derived from the Infocom games of the 70's and 80's, such as your "bubblegum" complaint.
[1] https://www.amazon.com/Twisty-Little-Passages-Approach-Inter...