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Interactive Fiction

  • 01-05-2012 10:07pm
    #1
    Denerick
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 6,488 ✭✭✭


    Does anybody here partake in interactive fiction? Basically its where you have a character and you create a story in conjunction with other people. I used to do it years ago and kind of miss it. It can result in some very interesting plots (Since numerous people take 'turns' to create a piece of writing) It can be problematic of course, as not everyone is always on the same wavelength. I haven't done this since I was 15 or so and I'm not sure if it was an early internet phase which has since died. Any advice/links would be much appreciated.

    Its a bit like fanfiction except the characters you create interact with other people to create a story.


Comments

  • #2
    wavehopper1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 356 ✭✭wavehopper1


    Not entirely sure what you're referring to.

    "Interactive Fiction" tends to refer now to various incarnations of the Zork/Colossal Caves style. There are a few websites and authors still outputting this stuff, although its very much a niche area.

    Apart from that, you'll find various boards/forums where members do a "next writer posts piece of story" on a particular theme. The zombie survival forum on boards here had one going for a while (will admit to being one of the writers!). From what I've seen, people into "fan fiction" tend to go for it so if you're particularly interested in a TV or book series, you might find a forum where members are writing in consecutive format.


  • #3
    Madame K
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 125 ✭✭Madame K


    I have not yet participated in such a project. However, I am presently watching such story unfold and I am flirting with jumping in.


  • #4
    oakleafsfree
    Registered Users Posts: 55 ✭✭oakleafsfree


    heyyy!!! i d be interested too. sounds different...but i wouldnt know the first point to begin....but definately a good excuse to have word play!!


  • #5
    Antilles
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,183 ✭✭✭Antilles


    Sounds more like you're talking about a text-based RPG than "interactive fiction".

    To me "interactive fiction" would mean something like these: http://www.abandonia.com/en/gamebooks#Real+Life+Gamebooks (which I loved as a kid).


  • #6
    oakleafsfree
    Registered Users Posts: 55 ✭✭oakleafsfree


    think your going way ahead, to somewhere....i dont know. think the original posters idea , was for fun, immeadiate and organic and just having a good play with words. you remind me of a shop in manchester city centre, i v watched from the window, where they r all painting little fantasy characters and err other stuff. think the original poster may have just wanted to flex their imagination and storytelling skills on line. :)


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