InteractiveFiction ... Schedule

Paper Project/Project 1

Write a Text and Paper Based Interactive Fiction following these rules/constraints

  • Location Choice (choose only 1, action stays in location)
    • airport, snow-bound cabin, rose garden, car
  • Duration of Play
    • no less than 5 minutes, no more than 10 minutes
  • Characters
    • three characters only, including the participant
  • Fiction with 3 parts, divided somehow
    • way things look
    • way things sound
    • way people behave in the world
  • Include all of these
    • surprise entrance
    • broken expectation
  • Include 1 of these
    • a betrayal
    • a secret
    • a mixed motive
  • Include a desired object, it can be
    • a piece of rope
    • a pie
    • a pipe
  • Interaction
    • clear role for participant
    • some kind of randomizer (dice, cards)
    • multiple choice points and devise at least 3 situations which require a choice or action by the participant which reveals something about him/her
    • use what you learn about participant in the continuing fiction
    • elicit three emotional reactions from the participant