fweep.xyz

A screenshot of the interactive fiction mapping software fweep.

I’ve added the ability to type mapping commands directly into the game prompt! Https://fweep.xyz

#interactivefiction #if

In a first for humankind, fweep now integrates Parchment, so you can play and map in the same browser tab! Wow!

I made a text adventure/parser IF map creator at fweep.xyz. Please try it out and let me know what's good and what's bad!

It works primarily through typing, just like a text adventure!

#IF #textadventure #adventure #zork #interactivefiction

Or use fweep.xyz

Help test my new map creator, fweep!

rileypb.github.io/fweep/

Cover art for Phobos: A Galaxy Jones Story. Shows the planet Mars and its moon Phobos.

IFComp has started, and my game, Phobos: A Galaxy Jones Story is part of it! Check out all the games at IFComp.org!

Spotted in Harrisonburg, VA: two unmarked black pickups pulling someone over. Couldn't get a good look at the driver of any of the three vehicles. A minute or so later, a black helicopter flew overhead. What's going on here?

I found the most obscure bug in the world. The version of Leather Goddesses of Phobos packaged in the Infocom Sampler refers to Tiffany as "him". I'll be mailing them a bug report as soon as I find an envelope and a stamp.

If you see this, quote this post with a title screen that’s iconic to you.

The Interactive Fiction Competition

This is a few days late, but I've posted my entry for ifcomp.org: Phobos: A Galaxy Jones Story. Can't wait for September 1!

Finished The Lurking Horror with just one tiny tiny hint. Best Infocom maze ever. Just a good game all-around.

Sooo close I can feel it. Definitely an endgame feel now. I don't usually finish Infocom games without hints (read: never), so I'm excited I'm this close now.

And then I ran smack into those dreaded words (why, Infocom, why?):

Postponing Bureaucracy in favor of The Lurking Horror for now. A good way into it, and it’s pretty fun, if somewhat easy.

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On to Bureaucracy. Just a little ways into it, and frankly it's kind of boring. There's only one joke, and it's kind of tired. But I *will get through it*.

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I got bored and went to the Invisiclues. Two of the puzzles were reasonable, one was IMHO not. The ending is kind of silly. All in all, it was *fine*, but there's something distinctly unsatisfying about a treasure hunt where the treasures aren't useful for anything.

Hollywood Hijinx Vampire Penguins. A Corpse Line. Meltdown on Elm Street. Who could forget these classic Hollywood movies produced by your uncle, Buddy Burbank? But his greatest masterpiece has yet to be experienced.....

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In distressing news, I'm at 7/10 treasures in Hollywood Hijinx with no idea what to do next. Time is running out! Doesn't everyone love a good timer?

Played through as much Moonmist as I could stand. The game is really poorly structured, and it's unclear even what the objective is. Which is too bad, because the setting and background are so promising.

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Just completed Leather Goddesses of Phobos. I gotta say, I’m not as enamored of the absurdist games like LGOP and HHGG as some people are. Still a good game.

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Nah, just feed the COBOL into Grok and then have it turn it into whatever language is popular at the moment.

Wishing I had a game in Spring Thing.

#interactivefiction #springthing #textadventures

Working with the Inform codebase can be frustrating, as it sometimes seems to purposely flout existing convention. Or maybe Graham Nelson doesn’t know/care?
#inform7 #interactivefiction

Yay! Also I made the source code for Bureau of Strange Happenings public on GitHub: github.com/rileypb/BOSH

I've put a pause on the Infocom for the moment, as I polish up my entry to the NarraScope Showcase (narrascope.org), and also work on my *secret project*.

I’m free to beta test if you need anyone.

That’s new. Any plans to publish soon?

A hollow voice says ‘ugh’.

It occurs to me that all three of my published games feature a screwdriver. I pledge to you: no more screwdrivers!