Authoring Systems

» Brass Lantern Interactive Fiction Theory    The theory of adventure game and interactive fiction design, from elements such as puzzles to game analysis.    http://brasslantern.org/writers/iftheory/

» Choosing a Text Adventure Language    Some handy tips about picking which language to use when writing a text adventure.    http://brasslantern.org/writers/howto/chooselang.html

» Creating Adventure Games On Your Computer    The full book by Tim Hartnell.    http://www.atariarchives.org/adventure/

» Exposition in Interactive Fiction    This document introduces the concept of exposition in interactive fiction, and offers three versions of the same brief interactive fiction text, so that you may experience interactive exposition for yourself.    http://jerz.setonhill.edu/if/gallery/exposition.html

» Feelies.org    Company dedicated to distributing feelies for shareware and freeware interactive fiction.    http://www.feelies.org

» Interactive Fiction Page    Information on playing and developing interactive fiction.    http://www.cs.cmu.edu/afs/cs.cmu.edu/user/wsr/Web/IF/

» Interactive Fiction and the Future of the Novel    An article by Michael Berlyn and Marc Blank.    http://www.atariarchives.org/deli/interactive_fiction.php

» NPC Characterization    A guide on how to create believable NPCs.    http://emshort.home.mindspring.com/NPC3.htm

» OnyxRing    Covers topics from interactive fiction design to Inform implementation.    http://www.onyxring.com/

» XYZZYnews: Interview with Michael Kinyon    Interview with a Player Extraordinaire.    http://www.xyzzynews.com/xyzzy.13d.html