[GAME][2.3+] Text Fiction

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onyxbits

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• Dec 28, 2013

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Bored of runner games? Tired of farming coins? Ready for entertainment that focus on depth and story instead of mindless button mashing?

Then welcome to the world of Interactive Fiction! Here every game is a story waiting to unfold as you guide your alter ego by texting where to go and what to do next.

Text Fiction is a Z-Machine interpreter with a modern UI for playing Z-Code games like the famous Zork triology. Hundreds of free stories are available for download.

 

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• Jan 4, 2014

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Just published v1.1 which now loads ZBLORB files and properly styles text in stories.

 

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Good idea, but as for me there is needed some pics and graphic to make some visibility of game.

 

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• Jan 8, 2014

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Assault_a said:

Good idea, but as for me there is needed some pics and graphic to make some visibility of game.

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Z-Machine ... I'm afraid there are no graphics possible with this.

 

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Ok, just released v1.2 with a lot of usability improvements. Who wants to beta test it ?

 

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• Jan 8, 2014

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Does this charge per sms please

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smeejaytee said:

Does this charge per sms please

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Heck no! It's only skinned to look like an SMS app because virtually everyone is familiar with that kind of userinterface. The game does not send any SMS at all (see: permissions). It plays entirely on your phone wihtout any external communication.

Short answer: it will neither cost you money, nor will you pay with your privacy.

 

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onyxbits

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• Jan 16, 2014

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New version

Just finished v2.0 ... the "Mina" theme looks kinda slick, what do you guys think?

 

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onyxbits said:

Just finished v2.0 ... the "Mina" theme looks kinda slick, what do you guys think?

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Very old school, and that's a good thing. Too bad I'm not in these type of games anymore.

 

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• Jan 21, 2014

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I was born in the 90's and never heard of this game. Quite interesting. Will try!

 

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• Jan 21, 2014

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Text Fiction is a Z-Machine interpreter with a modern UI for playing Z-Code games like the famous Zork triology. Hundreds of free stories are available for download.

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Nice! I like the interface.

Back in the days I started with this sort of games. Will be great to replay the Infocom era.

Thanks!

 

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ts1506

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• Jan 21, 2014

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Awesome work.

I was playing Sherlock , Zork, Border Edge and a few other I found on a website.

Works nicely, the UI is good too.

 

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• Jan 21, 2014

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good show man! i love text based games, on my kindle keyboard i had a website that i could use to play these sort of games, i will try to find it again and maybe we get thouse stories on there?

 

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Android version 2.1 maybe?

I don't suppose this can be ported back to Android 2.1 so it could be run on a rooted NOOK e-reader?

This would be a perfect app for an e-paper device like the NOOK Simple Touch or Glowlight - and there's a lot of them out there.

 

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Awesome work I love oldschool games! How to I search for more games?

 

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rcmeredith said:

I don't suppose this can be ported back to Android 2.1 so it could be run on a rooted NOOK e-reader?

This would be a perfect app for an e-paper device like the NOOK Simple Touch or Glowlight - and there's a lot of them out there.

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+1 to play on Nook Simple Touch (android 2.1)

 

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• Jan 21, 2014

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onyxbits said:

Text Fiction is a Z-Machine interpreter with a modern UI for playing Z-Code games like the famous Zork triology. Hundreds of free stories are available for download.

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Just wanted to say thanks for making available! I haven't played any interactive fiction games in a while. I see many hours of fun with this. Just threw you a small donation. Many thanks, Sir!

 

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• Jan 21, 2014

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ts1506 said:

Awesome work.

I was playing Sherlock , Zork, Border Edge and a few other I found on a website.

Works nicely, the UI is good too.

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Where did you find the Sherlock and Zork game? I just download the Text Fiction game and want to give it a try. I have not played these games in years. So cool.

 

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• Jan 21, 2014

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Different awesome game. No button smashing

 

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onyxbits

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• Jan 21, 2014

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Trozzul said:

good show man! i love text based games, on my kindle keyboard i had a website that i could use to play these sort of games, i will try to find it again and maybe we get thouse stories on there?

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Just for the records: Text Fiction is just an engine for playing arbitrary z-code games (z3,z5 and z8). You are not limited to the catalog on my website. Thats just meant as a primer for people who want to jump right in without having to search for games.