Interactive fiction games (Sergey Matveev’s homepage)

Interactive fiction games ¶

I played some interactive fiction games. Wish to play them much more, especially Infocom’s classic, but current progress sucks.

Game	Status	Comments
Photopia	Finished	I liked it. It has no puzzles at all, just a story. Very short. Actually I hardly can call it the game, but just literally the slightly interactive... fiction book. Playtime, as far as I remember, only 10-15 minutes. It is mostly advised as a first IF game to try.
Lost Pig	Finished	The game I can recommend as a first one to try. Just simple funny quest with great modern parser. Only half a dozen rooms. Playtime: half an hour.
Shade	Finished	Single room. Starting just an ordinary simple quest. Finishing with a horror feeling. Creepy! Very cool, can recommend for the first time play! Playtime: less than 20 minutes.
Spider and Web	Finished	Ultimately cool game! Spying, high-tech devices, hiding, interrogation, time flashbacks and all that kind of stuff. Has some not hard puzzles, but currently it is the real game, not just a story. Playtime: two-three hours.
Violet	Finished	Single room. Dozens of puzzles. Very funny and unexpected ending. Very good game, very liked it! Playtime: an hour.
A Mind Forever Voyaging	Finished first part	It is the game I am going to finish first in my queue. Very like its plot. Remember the map pretty good. Interested in what will be next in it.
Trinity	I assume finished the quarter	Solved some puzzles, draw a most of the map (I assume). I liked it. Will finish it someday without any doubts.
Planetfall	I assume finished the fifth part	Draw big chunk of map, met the Floyd, liked it, liked the humour. Will finish it someday without any doubts!
Anchorhead	Still at the beginning	Draw a map with dozens of places, entered house, started exploring it, but currently that is all. Not sure that I had a satisfaction playing it. Probably I just did not reach the point of getting the interest in its doom world.