Post Ac6vEhGbr2kVsOSvMe by SJohnRoss@dice.camp
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(DIR) Post #Ac5ysaXkNSelJMEcjo by mms@emacs.ch
2023-11-23T10:38:19Z
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I want to start playing with #interactivefiction. I tried #zork a few times but always left defeated.What would be the best IF to start with? Something easy and not requiring hours upon hours (and a few A0 sheets for maps)?
(DIR) Post #Ac6DnKR4KwArDc3rHc by RogerBW@emacs.ch
2023-11-23T13:25:25Z
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@mms You could do worse than recent ifcomp entries: https://ifcomp.org/ . This is very much a living form.
(DIR) Post #Ac6ZJP1QuxHjkPCoGe by SJohnRoss@dice.camp
2023-11-23T17:26:32Z
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@mms Is there a particular genre or tone you'd most enjoy?
(DIR) Post #Ac6fQHcVR6HqXhD6HY by mms@emacs.ch
2023-11-23T18:35:01Z
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@SJohnRoss sci fi would be cool 🙂
(DIR) Post #Ac6fT1pqa1yASIl9g8 by mms@emacs.ch
2023-11-23T18:35:31Z
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@RogerBW some of them sound VERY cool! I’ll have to try them
(DIR) Post #Ac6gGcaEjvascM6blQ by SJohnRoss@dice.camp
2023-11-23T18:44:27Z
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@mms Snack-Sized Games:FloatpointHoist Sail for the Heliopause and HomeBig Games:Counterfeit MonkeySpider and WebClassic Infocom that Sidesteps the Zork Issues:A Mind Forever Voyaging
(DIR) Post #Ac6ukRqCdwXBLWgrOC by mms@emacs.ch
2023-11-23T21:26:44Z
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@SJohnRoss From what I see, they all run Z-Machine. How come we still use it 50 years later? Was there no other engine created?:)
(DIR) Post #Ac6vEhGbr2kVsOSvMe by SJohnRoss@dice.camp
2023-11-23T21:32:11Z
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@mms There are. You didn't specify that you wanted to avoid z-format games.
(DIR) Post #Ac6vLUoWYL1pHUZSAy by mms@emacs.ch
2023-11-23T21:33:25Z
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@SJohnRoss I do not (n the contrary!), I was just pleasantly surprised that we still use it extensivley.
(DIR) Post #Ac8sSXuVWl0vMixY4O by womump@mastodon.social
2023-11-24T20:10:27Z
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@mms Hm. Some random parser-IF recs (depending what flavour of SF you're after):‣ Floatpoint (2005) https://ifdb.org/viewgame?id=01efmfsk4r79mtks‣ Chlorophyll (2015) https://ifdb.org/viewgame?id=fylzkxxyxjvoya6‣ Coloratura (2013) https://ifdb.org/viewgame?id=g0fl99ovcrq2sqzk‣ Rogue of the Multiverse (2010) https://ifdb.org/viewgame?id=clrttol4iw7juc0k‣ Brain Guzzlers from Beyond! (2015) https://ifdb.org/viewgame?id=f55km4uutt2cqwwz(For all of them except the first, the "Play On-line" button should let you start immediately.)@SJohnRoss
(DIR) Post #Ac8u0Vn80oUsarGfdQ by mms@emacs.ch
2023-11-24T20:27:51Z
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@womump I tried floatpoint ans failed running it. Seems like my virtual machine does t support it. I’ll star trying those from the list. Thank you!
(DIR) Post #Ac8vcwKNtmTlqwi8rA by womump@mastodon.social
2023-11-24T20:46:00Z
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@mms Try renaming the downloaded file from .zblorb to .gblorb? (That's the problem that prevents the button working.)
(DIR) Post #Ac8vmug2tH0jd5bAQ4 by mms@emacs.ch
2023-11-24T20:47:49Z
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@womump ```frotz Floatpoint.gblorbBlorb file loaded, but lacks ZCOD executable chunk.Fatal error: Unknown Z-code version```
(DIR) Post #Ac8wKJ6t4QRIxm4pe4 by womump@mastodon.social
2023-11-24T20:53:50Z
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@mms Hm. (The thing is that the blorb wrapper contains a Glulx game file, not Z-code, which is why .zblorb was the wrong extension. But your interpreter doesn't seem to be going by the extension.)What interpreter?
(DIR) Post #Ac8wSiMV4JUtb4O9oW by mms@emacs.ch
2023-11-24T20:55:22Z
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@womump https://github.com/DavidGriffith/frotz
(DIR) Post #Ac8wqqovGv86mRByoS by mms@emacs.ch
2023-11-24T20:59:43Z
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@womump ok, so #freebsd binary of frotz is old (2.51) and does not support glulx. All other .gblorbs fail as well :)
(DIR) Post #Ac8xaNFlX9NuOtSGRc by womump@mastodon.social
2023-11-24T21:07:55Z
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@mms Ah. No version of Frotz will do Glulx, and most vaguely recent works will be Glulx (or something else like TADS 3).If you want a terminal-based interpreter, I think 'glulxe' is the best bet, but dunno if packaged for FreeBSD.