Comments on: Put On Your Judging Wig: IF 2008 Is Running

By: inle

inle — Sat, 11 Oct 2008 01:32:12 +0000

You’re right, I didn’t ascribe your first comment to you. As such, I ddn’t expect you to even know about CCA. My apologies for misinterpreting you. I’m perhaps too touchy about the constant condescension RPS commenters (and even the RPS guys) about a game community (and indie games in general) that, paradoxically, stands for everything this blog champions.

By: Little Green Man

Little Green Man — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 18:27:24 +0000

yeah I got that Colossal Cave reference from when I played it a few months back. Confusing stuff.

By: Ergates

Ergates — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 08:44:54 +0000

Actually, it’s Colossal Cave Adventure, and you missed off the charge of plagarism. And aparently didn’t read my first comment either….

By: inle

inle — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 04:37:05 +0000

Here’s how a typical IF Comp judge would write up your game, Ergates:

-Poorly implemented
-Bad writing (or, to be precise, nonexistent writing)
-Boring and unimaginative, even for a Zork parody
-Seems to have last played IF in the ’80’s

Conclusion: Clearly, this guy just decided to make a game to troll the community, started coding it, and then just gave up halfway through. Too bad, there are flashes of humor beneath the condescension. Well, maybe his experience will help him realize we’re a little past “Zork” by now.

Score: 1 (out of 10)

By: The Shed

The Shed — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 01:00:04 +0000

@Ergates: Good. You should totally develop that IF. I mean, I’d play it.

By: sigma83

sigma83 — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 18:41:41 +0000

NMA is the fallout forum that hates fallout 3 on principle right?

I posted this comment in the wrong thread by accident, sorry for multiposting this.

By: Bhazor

Bhazor — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 18:37:35 +0000

Oh noes!
Grues!

By: Ergates

Ergates — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 17:30:05 +0000

You are standing at the end of a road before a small brick building. Around you is a forest. A small stream flows out of the building and down a gully

> enter building
That’s not something you can enter.

> examine building
It’s a small brick building. It seems to be a well house.

> enter
You are inside a building, a well house for a large spring.

There is some food here.
there is a shiny brass lamp here.
there is an empty bottle here.
there is a computer here.

> get lamp
Taken

> examine lamp
It is a shiny brass lamp. It is not currently lit.

>get computer
That’s hardly portable

> examine computer
It’s just a normal computer. Inside the computer you see:
Some Interactive Fiction.

> examine IF
The IF is the 14th Annual Interactive Fiction Competition

> use IF
I only understood you as far as wanting to use.

> play IF
You play the IF.
Time passes….
Time passes….
Time passes….
You finishing playing the IF.

> judge IF
You pass judgement on the IF.

> kill IF with sword
Violence isn’t the answer to this one

> xyzzy
Nothing happens

By: Noc

Noc — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 15:53:39 +0000

Did someone say something? I’d swear I heard someone say something

By: Fazer

Fazer — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 15:45:24 +0000

I know it’s out of topic, but you have to see this – Fallout 3 for Xbox 360 has been already pirated – http://www.nma-fallout.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=45491

OH THE IRONY

By: Dolphan

Dolphan — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 13:43:07 +0000

I always mean to do these, then realise they can be hard. I may have a look.

By: Bobsy

Bobsy — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 13:09:24 +0000

Mmmm, fresh gnocchi.