One of the most informative books I've read in many years.johnphoenix wrote:
Plot and Structure by James Scott Bell
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- Wed Aug 17, 2011 7:45 pm
- Forum: General IF
- Topic: Are you an Author or a Gamer? - How do you get your writing skills?
- Replies: 11
- Views: 5760
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- Wed Aug 17, 2011 7:41 pm
- Forum: Game Discussions
- Topic: Recommended Games
- Replies: 18
- Views: 24388
Re: Recommended Games
Not to my knowledgeCampbell wrote:...and Cannibal is Disciple.

Nice shiny new forum BTW.
- Fri Jul 10, 2009 11:54 pm
- Forum: ADRIFT 3.9 and 4.0
- Topic: Third Person POV - Successfully?
- Replies: 21
- Views: 8807
- Fri Mar 21, 2008 11:15 pm
- Forum: General IF
- Topic: Does IF require a different writing style? - Advice wanted from 'proper' writers
- Replies: 16
- Views: 9761
IF is a very different beast and is often prose heavy, especially adjective heavy. Most IF writers feel that large blocks of text constitute a good and well written game which isn't true (hence the golden era of text adventures when games were challenging and entertaining yet carried terse descript...
- Fri Mar 21, 2008 11:00 pm
- Forum: General IF
- Topic: Tone in Horror
- Replies: 15
- Views: 8309
What scares you? Tap into your own everyday fears - you'll find a fair few others will share the same ones - and fold them into your writing. Effective horror writing is often about the what if? scenario. What if I got up in the night for a drink and a white haired old woman was standing at the foo...
- Fri Mar 21, 2008 10:53 pm
- Forum: Game Discussions
- Topic: Dark Places need testers - very new very early stages
- Replies: 10
- Views: 4444
I've just downloaded a 6.3 MB file (why is it so big?) and suggest you scrap the whole idea for now. Beyond the fact that I was unable to progress from the opening scene (options 1 and 2 were not responsive) the prose is dreadful and your grasp on what constitutes a game or even a demo is woeful. T...
- Wed Feb 20, 2008 10:00 pm
- Forum: Drifting Off-Topic
- Topic: Read any good books? - Lately?
- Replies: 16
- Views: 4103
- Tue Feb 12, 2008 11:57 pm
- Forum: ADRIFT 3.9 and 4.0
- Topic: Why Forum Is Dead! - Perhaps I Have An Answer...
- Replies: 41
- Views: 6323
- Sat Feb 09, 2008 5:06 pm
- Forum: ADRIFT 3.9 and 4.0
- Topic: Why Forum Is Dead! - Perhaps I Have An Answer...
- Replies: 41
- Views: 6323
I don't post very much and I visit even less but that has nothing to do with V5. I think the V5 argument is quite lame, in truth, and is raised simply so some members can bang on about how late it is and how few updates there have been regarding it. I'd like to say that I don't have the time to wri...
- Sun Jan 20, 2008 11:15 pm
- Forum: ADRIFT 3.9 and 4.0
- Topic: Day & night cycle - Please HELP!
- Replies: 14
- Views: 3749
In a previous unfinished game I employed a day and night cycle but created two versions of the same game - one at day, one at night. It worked a lot easier than using the same locations because there are a lot of things that need to be considered such as background descriptions and locations (shops...
- Sun Jan 20, 2008 11:12 pm
- Forum: ADRIFT 3.9 and 4.0
- Topic: Day & night cycle - Please HELP!
- Replies: 14
- Views: 3749
- Thu Nov 29, 2007 2:21 pm
- Forum: ADRIFT 3.9 and 4.0
- Topic: How *not* to start your IF writing career
- Replies: 46
- Views: 10157
I would never steer anyone away from Adrift because I do think it's a good tool for making adventures. However, the point is that if you are looking for notable recognition in the larger IF world then you are very unlikely to receive it because of the problems Adrift has had in the past, still has ...
- Wed Nov 28, 2007 5:04 pm
- Forum: General IF
- Topic: Does IF require a different writing style? - Advice wanted from 'proper' writers
- Replies: 16
- Views: 9761
I often think less is more but wordy prose has its place is used correctly. The most important aspect of any writing - IMHO - is that, beyond he mechanics of correct spelling and grammer, is to make certain that it feels right. If you read something and it seems cramped and awkward or dull as dishw...
- Wed Nov 28, 2007 4:59 pm
- Forum: ADRIFT 3.9 and 4.0
- Topic: How *not* to start your IF writing career
- Replies: 46
- Views: 10157
Some of us are serious about our game writing. If you're truly serious then I suggest leaving the Adrift scene because NO Adrift game will ever garner the respect and admiration that games written with TADS or Inform do. This is due to the well worn topic of the fundamental flaws in the design of A...
- Wed Oct 17, 2007 2:54 pm
- Forum: ADRIFT 3.9 and 4.0
- Topic: Is Adrift Dying?
- Replies: 71
- Views: 17478
It certainly seems so to me. I've never known the forum to be this quiet for so long. Sure, there's been periods before when it’s been kind of dead, but it always picks up again after a few weeks. This time, the dead period has gone on for months. I agree and this is why I don't bother visiting muc...