Today I've not really done much work in terms of writing games, but I've been thinking over the last couple of days about interactive fiction. I've been meaning to find a way to advertise the Quest for the Lost Sheep on websites that actually might like IF, but not got around to it. There are a few sites, one of which is the Interactive Fiction database, so I've added the Quest for the Lost Sheep there. There's also a few competitions that I am quite tempted to write a game for - the Quest took me less than two weeks, and that included writing the command parser, so I shouldn't have too much trouble writing another one, and I tend to do well in competitions.
I had a nice review of the Quest on the IFDB site, too - interestingly they mentioned that it was quite suitable for beginners, which is perhaps what I was aiming at (after all, flash gamers are not really text adventure players). It'll be interesting too see if there's any other reviews.
I also wonder what people think of adware - in some ways it's a bit pointless, since there's so few people, but you never really know I suppose. And if it's tens of thousands of plays, perhaps it's worth it. I suppose provided people don't get deeply offended by it, then it's probably worth carrying on with. |
