#parser fiction

[kastelpls]

Chinese Family Dinner Moment

Chinese Family Dinner Moment by Kastel

stress | dysphoria | cornered

made my first parser game. single choice jam. it's now released.

[prokopetz]

I know you've recommended Counterfeit Monkey as a work of Parser Fiction, but given how you've also talked about Parser Fiction's reputation for being... occasionally trollishly difficult, is Counterfeit Monkey a good first game for Parser Fiction or is it better handled with some experience?

Counterfeit Monkey has a very good tutorial section and (mostly) reserves its troll logic for some of the more obscure achievements. I wouldn't necessarily recommend parser fic of any description as someone's first experience with interactive fiction – hypertext fic is usually a better entry point – but if you're determined to dive into the deep end on your first go, Counterfeit Monkey isn't a bad choice.

(With the caveat that you really do need to be good with anagrams going into it. That’s a skill its tutorial won’t teach you!)

[kastelpls]

Closure

Closure

Kira hasn't been the same since the breakup. Now she's done something really reckless, and she's asking for your help to figure out what wen

played *Closure* by Sarah Willson and i thought this was a really cute parser game about helping a friend overcome a breakup by infiltrating into this dude's room and finding objects to help her move on.

there's a lot of personality in the writing and i quite enjoyed the interactivity in the game. also, was surprised to see how the online version used instant messaging client-styled visuals.

that was adorable lol.

[dizzyhslightlyvoided]

Parser IF fic which messes with the "you are in a maze of twisty little passages, all alike/different" trope with a running gag where you regularly run into "you are in a little maze of twisty passages, all alike" and they usually have exactly one room.

Also keep it going with different permutations. "... all alike." "... all different." "... all similar, but different", "... all alike ... wait no, there's subtle differences" etc.

The punchline is that you eventually find an actual full maze that goes "You are in a big maze of twisty passages, all different. For example, this area ..." and then gives each room in the maze a unique description.