The People's Republic of Interactive Fiction

The People’s Republic of Interactive Fiction convened on, Tuesday, Jan. 22, 2020. Zarf,, Jake, anjchang, and dan welcome Sara @saragettel (dan’s honored guest). Warning: What follows is probably not proper English, but just my log of notes from the meeting to jog people’s memories: Check out the photos.

Recap of 2020 Mystery hunt puzzles, picture puzzles , name of , Michael Bay’s Editing Bay
Jake’s favorite One with album covers that had pieces cut out– DDR — karaoke
Dan’s favorite – OX – 12 page pdf X’s and
Dollhouse Tour, 3D objects from different angles
Chess game, conversation between people
BAPHL should be next, check back on the calendar
There was a text adventure in this year’s IAP mystery hunt
And then an actual text adventure ( Wizards puzzle)
Ryan Veeder once wrote a Mystery Hunt IF puzzle

In the works
Dan released a short fiction and art zine — about sleep
somnotica.com — check it out!
Dan’s working on a game still
Jake game done from a jam in collaboration with others
Jake’s been Reading a lot about -parser interaction and how parsers might do more to handle when the player throws a tantrum
Sarah and Dan are through Hadean Lands

Discussion about interactive theater
Zarf went to a cool Club Drosselmeyer – Nutcracker dance with WW2 theme burlesque
Caroline Murphy
Dan and Sara had gone to Carnivale di Obscurita, a 1890s circus demonic burlesque.
A Harry Potter themed one existed too
need to cause effects that are clear from the actions the player took
Greater Good Interactive theater performance play about faculty of a public school,
The_Institute_(2013_film)
The latitude society

https://www.wbur.org/artery/2017/10/08/waiting-rooms-museum-of-science
“Waiting rooms” pennies as currency

The People’s Republic of Interactive Fiction convened on, Tuesday Nov. 12, 2019. Zara. Heflin, holborn, anjchang .were in attendance.  Warning: What follows is probably not proper English, but just my log of notes from the meeting to jog people’s memories: Check out the photos.

Zara. Heflin, holborn, anjchang
Beta testing fenwicks ferret game
Matt Snyder’s If advent calendar project
PPP

IF judging
Lmk Afterparty recommendations by Zarf
Oxenfree was awesome

Manifold garden
Typerider — what anj is playing.

Tying strategy game
Egaming
Marrow ask

Mutazione. Gardening and small town gossip

Oobles. Dance battle
Heavens vault

$8600 for IFcomp fundraising goal

Get donations in
Inform 7 out with a new Mac build

Next inform release anticipated

Subcutaneous Aaron Reed horror novel procedural generated. Indiegogo

Subq doing a jam about short if
1000 words or less on 15th

Adventures and wordplay in Chicago happened

Costume quest

Tiffany Chen cards if oeces
Leona feeds the cranberry bog. Catcher story

New version of curveship
Python 3 and Javascript demo

Zarf Catalina update for electrode

SpiritAI

Dwitter

Demos last this weekend Narrazcope

Invocations by zarf eblong.com/zarf/zweb/invocations
First one from canonical text
Second he wrote
Fields of words
Boom time the announcers test

Desert starve sandwich
French eat one egg an ouef
Subqjam

IF advent calendar

Ryan Veeders IF exposition due by leap day

Nick showed off some student pieces for PR-iF

Nick on sabbatical
Pr-if will be under construction for Spring term

See you at the next meeting tomorrow, Jan 21st, 6:30pm, in 14E-304. Same building, up the stairs one floor and then back.