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61 relations: Activision, Adam Cadre, Anchorhead, Andrew Plotkin, Artistic License, Association for Computing Machinery, BASIC, Blorb, Compiler, Cthulhu Mythos, Curses (video game), Declarative programming, Domain-specific language, Emily Short, Experimental literature, First principle, Floatpoint, Freeware, Galatea (video game), Glulx, GNOME, Graham Nelson, H. P. Lovecraft, Infocom, Inform version history, Integrated development environment, Interactive fiction, Interactive Fiction Competition, Linux, Lisp (programming language), MacOS, Marc Blank, Michael Berlyn, Microsoft Windows, Mississippi State University, MUD, Natural language, Natural-language programming, Non-player character, Object-oriented programming, Parsing, Photopia, Procedural programming, Programming language, Rendition (text adventure game), Savoir-Faire, Slouching Towards Bedlam, Snake (video game genre), Source code, SourceForge, ..., Steampunk, TADS, Tetris, Tragedy, University of Cambridge, Varicella (video game), Virtual machine, XYZZY Awards, Z-machine, Zork: Grand Inquisitor, Zork: The Undiscovered Underground. Expand index (11 more) »
Activision
Activision Publishing, Inc. is an American video game publisher.
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Adam Cadre
Adam Cadre (born February 5, 1974, in Silver Spring, Maryland) is an American writer active in a number of forms—novels, screenplays, webcomics, essays—but best known for his work in interactive fiction.
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Anchorhead
Anchorhead is a Lovecraftian horror interactive fiction game, originally written and published by Michael S. Gentry in 1998.
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Andrew Plotkin
Andrew Plotkin (born May 15, 1970), also known as Zarf, is a central figure in the modern interactive fiction (IF) community.
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Artistic License
The Artistic License (version 1.0) is a software license used for certain free and open-source software packages, most notably the standard implementation of the Perl programming language and most CPAN modules, which are dual-licensed under the Artistic License and the GNU General Public License (GPL).
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Association for Computing Machinery
The Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) is an international learned society for computing.
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BASIC
BASIC (an acronym for Beginner's All-purpose Symbolic Instruction Code) is a family of general-purpose, high-level programming languages whose design philosophy emphasizes ease of use.
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Blorb
Blorb is a package format for interactive fiction games.
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Compiler
A compiler is computer software that transforms computer code written in one programming language (the source language) into another programming language (the target language).
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Cthulhu Mythos
The Cthulhu Mythos is a shared fictional universe, based on the work of American horror writer H. P. Lovecraft.
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Curses (video game)
Curses is an interactive fiction computer game created by Graham Nelson in 1993.
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Declarative programming
In computer science, declarative programming is a programming paradigm—a style of building the structure and elements of computer programs—that expresses the logic of a computation without describing its control flow.
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Domain-specific language
A domain-specific language (DSL) is a computer language specialized to a particular application domain.
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Emily Short
Emily Short is an interactive fiction (IF) writer, perhaps best known for her debut game Galatea and her use of psychologically complex NPCs, or non-player game characters.
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Experimental literature
Experimental literature refers to written work—usually fiction or poetry—that emphasizes innovation, most especially in technique.
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First principle
A first principle is a basic, foundational, self-evident proposition or assumption that cannot be deduced from any other proposition or assumption.
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Floatpoint
Floatpoint is a 2006 work of interactive fiction written by Emily Short about a diplomat sent to an endangered colony to discuss evacuation options and terms of cohabitation.
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Freeware
Freeware is software that is available for use at no monetary cost.
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Galatea (video game)
Galatea is an interactive fiction video game by Emily Short featuring a modern rendition of the Greek myth of Galatea, the sculpture of a woman which gained life.
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Glulx
Glulx is a 32-bit portable virtual machine intended for writing and playing interactive fiction.
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GNOME
GNOME is a desktop environment composed of free and open-source software that runs on Linux and most BSD derivatives.
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Graham Nelson
Graham A. Nelson (born 1968) is a British mathematician and poet and the creator of the Inform design system for creating interactive fiction (IF) games.
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H. P. Lovecraft
Howard Phillips Lovecraft (August 20, 1890 – March 15, 1937) was an American writer who achieved posthumous fame through his influential works of horror fiction.
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Infocom
Infocom was a software company based in Cambridge, Massachusetts that produced numerous works of interactive fiction.
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Inform version history
The history of releases of the Inform programming language for interactive fiction dates back to 1993.
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Integrated development environment
An integrated development environment (IDE) is a software application that provides comprehensive facilities to computer programmers for software development.
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Interactive fiction
Interactive fiction, often abbreviated IF, is software simulating environments in which players use text commands to control characters and influence the environment.
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Interactive Fiction Competition
The Interactive Fiction Competition (also known as IFComp) is one of several annual competitions for works of interactive fiction.
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Linux
Linux is a family of free and open-source software operating systems built around the Linux kernel.
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Lisp (programming language)
Lisp (historically, LISP) is a family of computer programming languages with a long history and a distinctive, fully parenthesized prefix notation.
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MacOS
macOS (previously and later) is a series of graphical operating systems developed and marketed by Apple Inc. since 2001.
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Marc Blank
Marc Blank is an American game developer and software engineer.
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Michael Berlyn
Michael Berlyn (born 1949) is an American video game designer and writer.
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Microsoft Windows
Microsoft Windows is a group of several graphical operating system families, all of which are developed, marketed, and sold by Microsoft.
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Mississippi State University
The Mississippi State University for Agriculture and Applied Science, commonly known as Mississippi State University (MSU), is a comprehensive land-grant and public research university located adjacent to the city of Starkville in an unincorporated area of Oktibbeha County, Mississippi.
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MUD
A MUD (originally Multi-User Dungeon, with later variants Multi-User Dimension and Multi-User Domain) is a multiplayer real-time virtual world, usually text-based.
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Natural language
In neuropsychology, linguistics, and the philosophy of language, a natural language or ordinary language is any language that has evolved naturally in humans through use and repetition without conscious planning or premeditation.
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Natural-language programming
Natural-language programming (NLP) is an ontology-assisted way of programming in terms of natural-language sentences, e.g. English.
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Non-player character
A non-player character (NPC) in a game is any character that is not controlled by a player.
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Object-oriented programming
Object-oriented programming (OOP) is a programming paradigm based on the concept of "objects", which may contain data, in the form of fields, often known as attributes; and code, in the form of procedures, often known as methods. A feature of objects is that an object's procedures can access and often modify the data fields of the object with which they are associated (objects have a notion of "this" or "self").
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Parsing
Parsing, syntax analysis or syntactic analysis is the process of analysing a string of symbols, either in natural language, computer languages or data structures, conforming to the rules of a formal grammar.
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Photopia
Photopia is a piece of literature by Adam Cadre rendered in the form of interactive fiction, and written in Inform.
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Procedural programming
Procedural programming is a programming paradigm, derived from structured programming, based upon the concept of the procedure call.
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Programming language
A programming language is a formal language that specifies a set of instructions that can be used to produce various kinds of output.
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Rendition (text adventure game)
Rendition is a 2007 work of interactive fiction by "nespresso", written using Inform 7 and published in z-code format, in which the player performs an interrogation of a suspected terrorist.
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Savoir-Faire
Savoir-Faire is a piece of interactive fiction written by Emily Short, about a magician in 18th-century France searching his aristocratic adoptive father's house.
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Slouching Towards Bedlam
Slouching Towards Bedlam is an interactive fiction game that won the first place in the 2003 Interactive Fiction Competition.
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Snake (video game genre)
Snake is the common name for a video game concept where the player maneuvers a line which grows in length, with the line itself being a primary obstacle.
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Source code
In computing, source code is any collection of code, possibly with comments, written using a human-readable programming language, usually as plain text.
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SourceForge
SourceForge is a Web-based service that offers software developers a centralized online location to control and manage free and open-source software projects.
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Steampunk
Steampunk is a subgenre of science fiction or science fantasy that incorporates technology and aesthetic designs inspired by 19th-century industrial steam-powered machinery.
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TADS
Text Adventure Development System (TADS) is a prototype-based domain-specific programming language and set of standard libraries for creating interactive fiction (IF) games.
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Tetris
Tetris (Тетрис) is a tile-matching puzzle video game, originally designed and programmed by Russian game designer Alexey Pajitnov.
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Tragedy
Tragedy (from the τραγῳδία, tragōidia) is a form of drama based on human suffering that invokes an accompanying catharsis or pleasure in audiences.
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University of Cambridge
The University of Cambridge (informally Cambridge University)The corporate title of the university is The Chancellor, Masters, and Scholars of the University of Cambridge.
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Varicella (video game)
Varicella is a 1999 work of interactive fiction by Adam Cadre, distributed in z-code format as freeware.
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Virtual machine
In computing, a virtual machine (VM) is an emulation of a computer system.
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XYZZY Awards
The XYZZY Awards are an event to recognize extraordinary interactive fiction, serving a similar role to the Academy Awards or Grammy Awards but for a far smaller community.
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Z-machine
The Z-machine is a virtual machine that was developed by Joel Berez and Marc Blank in 1979 and used by Infocom for its text adventure games.
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Zork: Grand Inquisitor
Zork: Grand Inquisitor is a graphic adventure game developed by Activision and released for Windows in 1997, and for Macintosh in 2001.
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Zork: The Undiscovered Underground
Zork: The Undiscovered Underground (or ZUU for short) is an interactive fiction video game written by former Infocom Implementors Marc Blank and Michael Berlyn and implemented by G. Kevin Wilson using the Inform language.
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References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inform
