Lieux Communs -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Author(s): FibreTigre, Samuel Verschelde, Eric Forgeot, Hugo Labrande and Jean-Luc Pontico Website: https://informfr.tuxfamily.org/#lieuxcommuns Language: fr First Publication Date: 2007 License: BSD Rating: 4.0 (based on 4 ratings) ABOUT THE STORY Made for the Lovecraft's Common Place project. The player is wandering in a distant place, and discovers an abandoned caravan. After a quick exploration, the player can experience new places and worlds by finding some objects in the caravan... EXTERNAL LINKS Story File Requires a Glulx interpreter[1] Play online at fiction-interactive.fr Play this game in your Web browser. Walkthrough Text-only version Requires a Z-Code interpreter[2] EDITORIAL REVIEWS 50 Years of Text Games, by Aaron A. Reed > The French authors proposed to Nepstad their communal game, an omnibus of > short pieces each inspired by a different entry from Lovecraft’s tome of > ideas. After both their collaborative effort and the source of inspiration, > they titled it Lieux communs, “Common Places.” ... The French IFers set up > an SVN source code repository, and rather than give each author ownership > over particular stories, encouraged anyone in the community to contribute in > their own way [...] the final game would be credited to all of > ifiction.free.fr, rather than individual authors. The collaborators first > agreed on a frame story—a ghostly caravan filled with mysterious objects > [...] ... In part to make the project more accessible to imagined players in > a Swiss art gallery, the team decided to include music and illustrations, > and to keep puzzles simple. While the style and subject varied with each > story and contributor, many of the French games trended more philosophical > and dream-like [...] REFERENCES [1] [2]